“...Until the age of twenty-six, he was a man devoted to worldly fuss, and above all, military exercises gave him pleasure, because he was possessed by a huge and vain desire to gain fame. And so, when he was in a fortress besieged by the French, and everyone believed that it was necessary to surrender in order to save lives, because it was clearly visible that they could not defend themselves, he gave the alcalde so many reasons that he still managed to convince him to defend himself, although this was contrary to the opinion of all the caballeros, who, however, were encouraged by his fighting spirit and his courage ... "