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"I am not a Moor," answered Peter in his rough Spanish. "I am a Christian escaped from Granada, and I cut down that man because he was trying to insult my betrothed, as you would have done, Senor. I did not know that he was a soldier of the Hermandad; I thought him a common thief of the hills."
My wife, therefore, go where she will, takes with her a complete Santa Hermandad, and I am perfectly easy in mind But, my dear sir, there is abundance of means by which to annul the charter of marriage by our manner of fulfilling it!
Within a few days now, through their help, I shall be part owner of la Hermandad Stable; and I can marry when I please." "Fortunate girl!" said Tio Pedro, turning to Mariquita. "It does not affect me," replied the girl, with chilling contempt. "Had you the wealth of the Indies, Benito Villegas, and a dukedom to offer, you should never call me yours."
On the afternoon following his first visit, Castell's agent, Bernaldez, arrived again at the prison of the Hermandad at Seville accompanied by a tailor, a woman, and a chest full of clothes. The governor ordered these two persons to wait while the garments were searched under his own eye, but Bernaldez he permitted to be led at once to the prisoners.
Your Majesty, I did not know that he was a soldier of the Holy Hermandad, and I pray you pardon my offence, which was done in ignorance, fear, and anger, for we are willing to pay compensation for this unhappy death." Now some in the court exclaimed: "Well spoken, Englishman!"
At length, towards evening, they entered the eastern suburbs of the vast city and, passing through them and a great gate beyond, began to thread its tortuous streets. "Whither go we, Captain Arrano?" asked Castell presently. "To the prison of the Holy Hermandad to await your trial for the slaying of one of its soldiers," answered the officer.
The rapidity of pursuit and the certainty of capture of offenders, the promptitude of justice, and the barbarism of the punishments made a strong impression; and the combination of popular vengeance with official sanction made the hermandad an effective form of national police. It was introduced into Aragon in 1488.
My wife, therefore, go where she will, takes with her a complete Santa Hermandad, and I am perfectly easy in mind But, my dear sir, there is abundance of means by which to annul the charter of marriage by our manner of fulfilling it!
It might have been about nine; but she could not say exactly. And from the assertion that she did hear a slight sound, though puzzlingly cross-questioned, she never wavered. The King and the Sub-Prior both looked disappointed. The chief of the Santa Hermandad expressed himself confirmed in his previous supposition.
A sort of military police, known as the hermandad, was established. These reforms were carried out with excellent effect; instead of birth, merit became the primary qualification for honourable offices. Papal usurpations on ecclesiastical rights were resisted, trade was regulated, and the standard of coinage restored. The whole result was to strengthen the crown in a consolidated constitution.
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