Anno 1591.
Antony Perez, once the King's Secretary and in great Favour with him, after he had bin Prisoner the space of 12 Years, fled from the Prison in Madrid in April the foregoing Year. * 1.1 He went into Aragon, there to deliver himself up to the Great Justice of that Kingdom, and answer for the death of Secretary Escobedo, whom he caused to be killed one Night as he was going from Court, together with other things laid to his Charge. The Joy some People conceived at his flight was soon changed into Tears. On the 24th of May this Year the Prisoner was remov'd from the Great Justice his Prison to that of the Inquisition. The Rabble mutinying, and taking up Arms with cries of Liberty, assaulted the House of D. In̄igo de Mendoça, Marquis of Almenara, the Lieutenant. They had before conceiv'd Malice against him, and now murder'd him. With the same Fury they ran next to the Prison of the Inquisition, which they broke open and restor'd Antony Perez to the Prison where he was before. In pursuance hereof, on the 24th. of September, the People rose a∣gain, because it was design'd to carry back the Prisoner to the Inquisition, and breaking the Prison set him at Liberty. In this Tumult some were killed and wounded, Antony Perez fled to France, where he died some Years after. The Rebellious Citizens soon paid for their Rebellion; for D. Alonso de Vargas, an old Low Country Soldier, was sent thither * 1.2 with an Army, who reduc'd the City, and put to death many of the Mutiniers, among whom was D. John de Lamuza the Great Justice, for that he appear'd in Arms against the King. D. James de Heredia and D. John de Luna, two of the chief Incendiaries, were beheaded with many more. The Duke of Villahermosa and Count de Aranda were taken and sent Prisoners to Castile, where they died not long after in Prison; but were after∣wards acquitted of the Treason. In order to settle the Affairs of that Kingdom, the Cortes met at Taraçona, at which D. Andrew de Bobadilla, Archbishop of Zaragoça, presided.