Storia do Mogor 265.17.1

265.17.1

This event occurred in the year one thousand six hundred and seventy-six (1676). The soldiers crossed the river, and went in search of a livelihood, having received a considerable sum of money from the noble gentleman. The latter was seized and sent to Portugal. He asserted that he had shown great consideration to his victim in not slaying him until he had confessed and received the sacrament, whereas he might have had it done before. As it seems to me, Ignacio Sarmento had just reason not to be astonished at dying in that way, for in his day he, too, had done similar deeds more than once.