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Elena Pellús Pérez - RUA - Universidad de Alicante

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[XI. De Cortesii fuga]<br />

Cortesius igitur, ut supra dictum est, in arce adseruari<br />

iussus in omnem eua<strong>de</strong>ndi occasionem erat intentus.<br />

Timere ducis iram, non qui<strong>de</strong>m facti conscientia, sed<br />

maleuolentissimorum quorumdam hominum odio, pedorem<br />

situmque carceris exhorrescere, uincula molestissime ferré.<br />

Ergo cum his animi curis ac sollicitudinibus angeretur,<br />

ferream catenam et neruum, quibus erat astrictus, noctu<br />

abrumpere tentat. Neruum tametsi difficulter, fusticulo<br />

tamen, quem ad id ipsum parauerat, obrumpit, catenam<br />

facile exuit. At ferreum pestillum cum serra effringeretur,<br />

perstrepuit.<br />

Ruptis itaque uinculis su<strong>de</strong>m qui prseter parietem erat,<br />

arripit ad lectum ubi arcis custos iacebat citato gradu tendit,<br />

ne si antequam eo ipse ueniret, clamaret, uel si clamare<br />

pergeret, su<strong>de</strong> caput tun<strong>de</strong>ret. Sed Christophorus Lagus,<br />

id nomen arcis przesidi fuit, uel uenientem Cortesium,<br />

non sensit, uel si sensit belle dissimulauit, nam ne mutire<br />

qui<strong>de</strong>m est ausus. Eius Cortesius gladium peltamque, qua;<br />

ad lecti caput pen<strong>de</strong>bat, capit. Hanc brachio illum cinctui<br />

adaptat, rectaque ad effringendam fenestellam quamdam<br />

it; ea effracta, pendulum <strong>de</strong>orsum se mittit. Cxterum,<br />

primum omnium ad carcerem, ubi amici et commilitones<br />

qui eius partes sequi dicebantur uincti erant, tendit. Quibus<br />

consalutatis, et in spem breui e carcere liberandi erectis,<br />

iussisque ne sine ducis iussu e loco abirent, in oppidi<br />

templum confugit. Christophorus uero arcis custos, cum<br />

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