1. Lope de Aguirre was a Guipuzcoan of the town of Oñate, his parents were hidalgos, persons of fair standing, but whose names we have not been able to find. When the traitor was killed, he was a little more than fifty years of age, of short stature, and sparely made, ill-featured, the face small and lean, beard black, the eyes like a hawk's, and when he looked, he fixed them sternly, particularly when angry; he was a great and noisy talker; when well supported he was most determined, but without support he was a coward; he was very hardy, and could bear much fatigue, on foot as well as on horseback; he always went armed, and well protected, and never was without one or two coats of mail, a breast-plate of steel, sword, dagger, arquebuse, and lance; he slept but little, especially at night, but he reposed during the day; he was the enemy of good men and good actions, particularly of praying, and he would allow no one to pray in his presence; so when he saw any of his soldiers with rosaries in their hands, he took them away, breaking them up, and saying that he did not want Christian soldiers, nor praying ones, that such occupations were only fit for monks and nuns, who understood such things; but that if necessary his men should play with the devil at dice for their souls.