Page:History of Nicolas Pedrosa, and his escape from the Inquisition in Madrid.pdf/2



ICOLAS Pedroa, a buy little being, who followed the trades of haver, urgeon, and man-midwife, in the town of Madrid, mounted his mule at the door of his hop in the Plazuela de los Affligidos, and puhed through the gate of San Bernardino, being called to a patient in the neighbouring village of Foncarral, upon a preing occaion. Every body knows that the ladies in Spain in certain caes do not give long warning to practitioners of a certain decription, and no body knew it better than Nicolas, who was reolved not to loe an inch of his way, nor of his mule's bet peed by the way, if cudgelling could beat it out of her. It was plain to Nicolas's conviction as plain could be, that his road laid traight forward to the little convent in front; the mule was of opinion, that the turning on the left down the hill towards the Prado was the road of all roads mot familiar and agreeable to herelf, and accordingly began to dipute the point of topography with Nicolas, by fixing her fore feet reolutely in the ground, dipping her head at the ame time between then, and launching heels and crupper furiouly into the air, in the way of argument. Little Pedroa, who was armed at heel with one may ilver pur of tour, though ancient workmanhip, reolutely applied the ruty rowel to the houlder