His ready acquiescence in his inevitable fate was well thought of; and while it excited popular sympathy in his favour, rendered even those who were responsible for his safe-keeping anxious to serve him.  Immediately on his apprehension he was conveyed to a small tower, which was occupied by a lieutenant and a few invalids, and very little restraint was placed upon his movements.  His retinue were allowed to visit him, and every possible concession was made to his assumed rank.  But he was far from content, and succeeded by a scheme in reaching the sanctuary of the Dominican convent.  From this haven of refuge he could not legally be removed by force; but on the urgent representations of the authorities the Archbishop of Seville sanctioned his transfer, if it could be accomplished without bloodshed.  A guard was despatched to remove him.  No sooner, however, had the officer charged with the duty entered his apartment than the prince seized his sword, and protested that he would kill the first man that laid a finger upon him.  The guard surrounded him with their bayonets, but he defended himself so valiantly that it became evident that he could not be captured without infringing the conditions laid down by the archbishop, and the soldiers were compelled to withdraw.  Meanwhile news of what had been going on reached the populace, a crowd gathered, and popular feeling ran so high that the discomfited emissaries of the law reached their quarters with difficulty.  This disturbance made the government more determined than ever to bring the affair to an issue.  Negotiations were renewed with the Dominicans, who were now anxious to deliver up their guest, but his suspicions were aroused, and his capture had become no easy matter.  He always went armed, slept at night with a brace of pistols under his pillow, and even at meal times placed one on either side of his plate.  At last craft prevailed—­a young monk, who had been detailed to wait upon him at dinner, succeeded in betraying him into an immoderate fit of laughter, and before he could recover himself, pinioned him and handed him over to the alguazils, who were in waiting in the next apartment.  He was hurried to gaol, loaded with chains, and cast into a dungeon.  After twenty-four hours’ incarceration he was summoned for examination, but steadily refused to answer the questions of his judges.  He was not, however, remitted to his former loathsome place of confinement, as might have been expected from his obstinacy, but was conveyed to the best apartment in the prison.  His retinue were meanwhile examined relative to his supposed design of withdrawing Martinique from its allegiance to France.  The result of these inquiries remained secret, but, without further trial, the prince was condemned to the galleys, or to labour in the king’s fortifications in Africa, and his attendants were banished from the Spanish dominions.