"I am the man, may it please your Majesty," said the trooper, "who took the Constable; here is his sword; may your Majesty be pleased to give me something to eat in my house." "I promise it," replied Philip; upon which the soldier kissed his Majesty's hand and retired.

It was the custom universally recognized in that day, that the king was the king's captive, and the general the general's, but that the man, whether soldier or officer, who took the commander-in-chief, was entitled to ten thousand ducats.

Upon this occasion the Constable was the prisoner of Philip, supposed to command his own army in person.

A certain Spanish Captain Valenzuela, however, disputed the soldier's claim to the Constable's sword.

The trooper advanced at once to the Constable, who stood there with the rest of the illustrious prisoners.