chords vibrated in the ſympathetic organs of Pedroſa's beaſt, than boulting forward with a ſuddden ſpring, ſhe ran roaring into the throng of friars, trampling on ſome, and ſhouldering others at a moſt profane rate; when Nicolas availing himſelf of the impetus, and perhaps not able to controul it, broke away, and was out of ſight in a moment. "All the devils in hell blow fire into the tail, thou beaſt of Babylon," muttered Nicolas himſelf as he ſcampered along, never once looking behind him, or ſtopping to apologize for the mischief he had done to the bare feet and ſhirtleſs rill of the holy brotherhood.
Whether Nicolas ſaved his diſtance, as likewiſe if he did, whether it was a male or female Caſtilian he uſhered into the world, we ſhall not just now enquire, contented to await his return in the firſt of the morning next day, when he had no ſooner diſmounted at his ſhop and delivered his mule to a ſturdy Arragoneſe wench, when Dom Ignacio de Santos Aparicio, alguazil mayor of the ſupreme and general inquiſition, put an order into his hand, ſigned and ſealed by the inquiſidor general, for the conveyance of his body to the Caſa, whoſe formidable door preſents itſelf in the ſtreet adjoining to the ſquare, in which Nicolas braſen baſin hung forth the emblem of his trade.
The poor little fellow, trembling in every join and with a face as yellow as ſaſſron, drop a knee to the altar, which fronts the entrance, and croſſed himſelf moſt devoutly; as ſoon as he had acended the firſt flight of ſtairs, a porter habited in black opened the tremendous barricade, and Nicolas with horror heard the grating of the heavy bolts that ſhut him in. He was led through passages and vaults and melancholy cells, till he was delivered into the dungeon, where he was finally
