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were brought covered with wounds before the 

 ulraen. 



Whilst that prince, who had resolved to put 

 them to death as enemies of the couiitrj, was 

 deliberating on the mode, the ulmena, or princess, 

 his wife, moved with compassion for their situa- 

 tion, interceded with her husband for their lives, 

 and having obtained her request, unbound them 

 with her own hands, tenderly dressed their 

 wounds, and treated them like brothers. When 

 they were fully recovered, she desired them to 

 teach her son the art of riding, as several of the 

 horses had been taken alive in the defeat. The 

 two Spaniards readily consented to her request, 

 hoping to avail themselves of this opportunity to 

 recover their liberty. But the means they took 

 to effect this were marked with an act of ingra- 

 titude to their benefactress, of so much the 

 deeper dye, as, from their not being strictly 

 guarded, such an expedient was unnecessary. 



As the young prince was one day riding be- 

 tween them, escorted by Tiis archers, and pre- 

 ceded by an officer armed with a lance, Monroy 

 suddenly attacked him with a poniard, which he 

 carried about him, and brought him to the 

 ground, with two or three mortal wounds ; Mi- 

 randa at tlie same time wresting the lance from 

 the officer, they forced their way through the 

 guards who were thrown into confusion by such 

 an unexpected event. As they were well mounted 



