In the hills of the Moctezumas matters are again getting complicated, and just now our worthy chief, El Cojo, will scarce dare to sign a sentence of death, especially where the party to be Passado por les armes is a man of note like Don Valerian Miranda."
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid
Laugh and ask: 'What will the Passado cost, Fencing-master Allerts?
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers