But I assure you that although I came into the company of Antonio Pereira by my own will, it was for no evil purpose.

To be brief, senor, I had a brother who fled hither from Portugal because of a crime that he had committed, and joined Pereira's band.

With much toil I tracked him out, and was welcomed at the Nest because I am a priest who can comfort the sick and shrive the dying, for wickedness does not console men at the last, senor.

I persuaded my brother to return with me, and we made a plan to escape.

But Pereira's ears were long: we were betrayed, and my brother was hanged.