In Part I, William Lamport has gone from a very educated Catholic Irish youth, to a swashbuckling Captain in the Spanish Army, now known as Guillen de Lombardo. His escapades with women land him on an excursion in 1640 to the New World as part of the entourage for the Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico), with a hidden agenda as a spy for the Spanish Court.
The "Z" for Ziza or The "Z" for Zorro
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Part II
Proclamation of Independence
Guillen de Lombardo continued to assimilate into society in the New World while spying for the Duke of Olivares. Guillen continued helping Don Fernando Carrillo file grievances for the people of the New World who were suffering from harsh and unjust government rule. During this time he met Don Ignacio, an indigenous petitioner on behalf of native workers who were being mistreated by a local silver mine in Taxco. Don Ignacio and Guillen de Lombardo became good friends.
The Duke of Olivares - 1635
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Guillen led a double life in which he secretly spied against the New World Criollos while he also lived among them and even helped file grievances against the Spanish Crown. During this time he had an affair in the New World with a wealthy heiress, Antonia Turcios, introducing Guillen to the circles of high society in the New World. Guillen began to see similarities between this New World and his Irish homeland. His friendships with the people of the New World exposed him to the plight the New World People suffered under a foreign ruler, just like the Irish suffered under English rule.
Don Ignacio and Guillen Lombardo met frequently, and eventually took Peyote during a ceremonial meeting. Don Ignacio claimed to "see the future" and Guillen was the ruler of New Spain in these visions. Don Ignacio told Guillen that the miners, the slaves and the mestizos would follow him in the uprising. Guillen lost his loyalty to the Spanish Crown, and forged an alliance with Don Ignacio. Guillen's sympathy for the people of the New World led him to plan the overthrow of Spanish rule. He created detailed plans for the insurrection. He planned to attack key strategic points ending with his ultimate appointment as "King" of the newly liberated country. He wrote the first Declaration of Independence of the Western World, outlawing slavery, instilling land reform, social equality and establishing a Parliamentary Democracy in the New World.
Proclama Insurrecctional
Guillen de Lombardo 1641/1642
Source: Biblioteca Digital Mexicana
Late in 1642, Guillen was ready to set his plan for liberation of the New World from Spanish rule in motion. He had the support of the lower class through Don Ignacio. He also had the support of the Spanish Criollos and their power base. Guillen made one mistake. Guillen consulted a mathematician and astrologist named Gabriel López de Bonilla. Bonilla then went to the Spanish authorities stating that Guillen consulted him asking to predict the future. This was an act of heresy and Guillen was arrested on October 26, 1642, at the age of 31. He was charged with the acts of witchcraft by the Inquisition. His drafts, plans and Declaration of Independence were found but dismissed as works of a drug induced lunatic. Guillen de Lombardo was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. Even the favor of the King was not able to dissuade the Spanish Inquistion from imprisoning Guillen de Lombardo.
For the next 8 years, Guillen would remain imprisoned. He met many Jews that would not convert, or who had been discovered as "hidden Jews" and imprisoned by the Inquisition. Guillen spent these years defending his position as well as defending those unjustly imprisoned on humanitarian and theological grounds. Guillen remained imprisoned until on December 24, 1650 he and his cell mate, Diego Pinto Bravo made a daring escape. He was the first to escape from a prison of the Inquisition, and his escape was so ingenious that it became legendary to the people. Guillen, instead of fleeing and hiding, instead plastered the city denouncing the Inquisition, and denouncing the Crown and its social injustices, further endearing him to the people.
William Lamport / Guillen de Lombardo
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