DIEGO DUQUE DE See also:

• ESTRADA, LA

ESTRADA (1589— ?)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish memoir writer, soldier and adventurer, son of Juan Duque de See also:

• ESTRADA, LA

Estrada, also a soldier of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo on the 15th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1589 . Having been See also:

• LEFT

left an See also:

• ORPHAN

orphan when very See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, he was educated by a See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin . While still young he was betrothed to his cousin's daughter . One See also:

• NIGHT

night he found an intruder in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman with whom he was acquainted, and in a See also:

• FIT

fit of See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy killed both him and the young See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady . The prevailing See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour was considered a sufficient See also:

• JUSTIFICATION

justification for Duque de Estrada's violence, but the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law looked upon the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as a vulgar assassination, and he had to flee . After leading a vagabond See also:

• LIFE

life in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, he was arrested at See also:

• ECIJA

Ecija, was brought to Toledo, and was there put to the See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture with extreme ferocity, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to extort a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession as to his life during the past months . He had the strength not to yield to See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain, and was finally able to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, partly by the help of a See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

nun in a religious house which faced the prison, and partly by the intervention of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . He made his way to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, where he entered the service of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• OSUNA
• OSUNA, PEDRO TELLEZ GIRON

Osuna (q.v.), at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy . Duque de Estrada saw a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of fighting both with the See also:

• TURKS

Turks and the Venetians; but he is mainly interesting because he was employed by the viceroy in the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy against See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice . He was one of the disguised Spanish soldiers who were sent into the See also:

• TOWN

town to destroy the See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal, and who were warned in time that the conspiracy had been betrayed, and therefore escaped . After the fall of his See also:

• PATRON

patron, Duque de Estrada resumed his vagabond life, served under See also:

• BETHLEN, GABRIEL (GABOR) (1580-1629)

Bethlen Gabor in Transylvania, and in the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . In 1633 he entered the order of See also:

• SAN

San Juan de Dios, and died at some time after 1637 in See also:

• SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia, where he is known to have taken See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island against an attack by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French .

He left a See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs, entitled Comentarios de el desengenado de si Mismo prueba de todos estados, y See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election del Mejor de ellos--" The Commentaries of one who knew his own little See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth, the touchtstone of all the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and the choice of the best." They were written at different times, and part has been lost . The See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is incorrect, and it would be unsafe to See also:

• TRUST

trust them in every detail, but they are amazingly vivid, and contain a wonderful picture of the moral and intellectual state of a large part of Spanish society at the time . The memoirs have been reprinted by See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Pascual de Gayangos in the Memorial histSrico espannol, vol. xii . (See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, 1860) .