He arrested him, that he might be protected from the fury of the rabble; but Treslong, who now commanded in Flushing, was especially incensed against the founder of the Antwerp citadel, and felt a ferocious desire to avenge his brother's murder upon the body of his destroyer's favourite.
"Pacheco was condemned to be hanged upon the very day of his arrival.

Having been brought forth from his prison, he begged hard but not abjectly for his life.

He offered a heavy ransom, but his enemies were greedy for blood, not for money.

It was, however, difficult to find an executioner.

The city hangman was absent, and the prejudice of the country and the age against the vile profession had assuredly not been diminished during the five horrible years of Alva's administration.