ABSTRACT
They were all agreed; when the devil, who is always ready, God willing, to favour his own, and sustain them for some time, to commit greater sins, prompted Alonso de Mon toya, one of the council, to say, that it was not prudent at that moment to kill Aguirre. He said that if they sent for him, he would come, but accompanied by some of his friends, and, instead of their killing him, he might kill some of them ; so it would be better to put off his death, until they were on their voyage down the river, when Aguirre might be sent for to come on board the Prince’s brigantine, to speak to him alone, and thus, without doing harm to others, they could kill Aguirre.
