rad; las gentes del duque de Alcala[8] doblan la
esquina de la plaza de San Pedro,[9] y por el callejon de las
Duenas[10] se me figura que he columbrado a las del de
Medinasidonia.[11] ... ?No os lo dije?

[Footnote 1: veinticuatros. Magistrates of certain cities of
Andalusia, whose duties, according to the ancient municipal regime,
were much the same as those of the modern _regidores_ or aldermen.
As the name indicates, there were twenty-four of these city
councilors.]

[Footnote 2: el flamencote = 'the big (_or_ great) Fleming.' During
the reign of Philip II, owing to his religious persecutions in the
Netherlands, several eminent Flemish noblemen were sent to Spain to
treat with him on this question. Among the most famous were Egmont
(Lamoral, count of Egmont), who was in Spain from January to April,
1565, and Montigny (Floris de Montmorency), who made two trips to
Spain, one in 1562, and the other in 1566, on which occasion he
remained until 1570, when he was murdered at the king's bidding.
Philip received both of these envoys with a show of great cordiality
and affection. The Spanish nobles, on the contrary, were cold in
their reception, and would gladly have given them over to the
Inquisition had there been no fear of Philip's anger. Either of
these envoys, if they were ever in Seville, may be referred to here,
or some other influential Fleming who may have been there under
similar conditions, or this may be mere fiction.]

[Footnote 3: los senores de la cruz verde. The officers of the
Inquisition. The arms of this body were a green cross surmounted by
a crown, with a drawn sword to the right and an olive branch to the
left, upon a field of sable. See Emmanuel Delorme, _les Emblemes de
L'Inquisition d'Espagne_, Toulouse, 1905.]

[Footnote 4: los magnates. Doubtless Philip II and his court are
meant.]

[Footnote 5: Madrid. See p. 80, note 2.]

[Footnote 6: Pero Botero. See vocabulary.]

[Footnote 7: Pater Noster. See p. 33, note 1.]

[Footnote 8: El duque de Alcala. In 1558 Philip II bestowed this
title upon D. Pedro Afan o Enriquez de Ribera y Portocarrero, second
Marquis of Tarifa, sixth Count of los Molares, and bearer of other
titles as well. He was made viceroy of Naples in 1559, at about the
age of fifty, and died some dozen years later. His wife was Dona
Leonor Ponce de Leon, by whom he had no children. This is probably
the d