1. The traitor, having pleased this Francisco Martin with words and acts, and having treated him as he did the other malefactors who were loyal to him, began to ask him how it was that he and the others abandoned him, and went over to the provincial, in Maracapana. Martin tried to satisfy Aguirre, and to prove himself innocent, and that it had never crossed his thoughts to be a traitor; saying that Pedro de Monguia, Artiaga, and Rodrigo Gutierrez had deceived him as well as his companions, and, first carefully taking their arms from them one by one, had entered the port, and, when near enough for the provincial to hear them, had shouted “Long live the king,” and given themselves up. Martin said he could not prevent this, neither could his companions, for they were disarmed. Nevertheless, they did not enter the service of the provincial, as could be seen; and, when the provincial came to this port, they had escaped from him, their intention being to wait for Aguirre, should he come there, and choose to receive them back. He added that he alone had shown diligence in returning to the town, that the others were in the woods, rather persecuted by the inhabitants, and that they were in a most miserable condition, almost without raiment, and starving: thus, without doubt they would return to Aguirre's service, when they knew that he was there. This recital gave great joy to the traitor, for he now knew that he had people of his party in Tierra Firme.