Before me:
Juan Soriano, notary-public.
Then the said investigation passed to the said auditor-general, who
caused Domingo de Ayamonte, who has been alferez and is a soldier
of the company of the master-of-camp, to appear before him. I, the
present notary, received from him the oath in due form of law before
God our Lord, and with the sign of the cross; and under that obligation
he promised to tell the truth. Being questioned, in accordance with
the head of the process, he declared that he was a witness of what
occurred. He declared that in regard to the said order contained in
the head of the process, he did not know it, and that he had not stood
guard in this city or in any other place, as he had but lately come
from the island of Hermosa. What this witness saw was, that while he
was seated outside the gate of Santo Domingo he heard a noise on the
part of the wall inside the city, and that some person was calling
out to the guard. Upon going to see who was calling, and hastening to
take part in whatever might arise, he found that the one calling was
Alferez Don Francisco de Rivera, the corporal; and that the friars of
St. Dominic and three of St. Francis were leading him a lively dance,
dealing him many knocks and blows with their fists. After the noise
had subsided, this witness asked what the matter was; and some soldiers
whom he does not know told him that they had the order mentioned in the
said head of the process, and that the said Don Pedro had entered clad
as a religious of St. Francis. This witness knows nothing else, nor
what soldiers were at the gate; for, as he has but recently arrived,
he knows no one. He declared this to be the truth, on the oath that
he has taken, and affirmed and ratified it, and declared that he is
fifty years old and competent to be a witness. He did not affix his
signature, as he could not write. The said auditor-general signed it.