Santo Domingo - A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich
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September 15, 1533. May she rest in peace."
And in Latin: "I believe that my Redeemer lived and that on the judgment day I shall be resurrected." In another chapel is a slab ten feet long with an elaborate coat of arms, surmounted by a helmet with flowing plumes, and having an inscription reading: "Here lies the magnificent knight Diego Caballero, councilor of this Island of Espanola, first secretary of the first Royal Audiencia which the Catholic Sovereigns established in these Indies. He died January 22, 1553." Surrounding this inscription is another: "Likewise lies here the generous lady Isabel Bacan, his good wife: she died in the year 1551." Above is a verse stating that he flourished with the strength given him by God, and on an adjoining stone are the words; "I have ended my cares. Hope and fortune, remain and seek others to mock." On another tombstone is the inscription: "This tomb belongs to Don Francisco de Almansa, canon of this holy principal church and commissioner of the Holy Inquisition, and to his heirs." |
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