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11.
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thm.~gh
he
m~~e
his Appeal to the Emperour, yet
Ftrnando
(
notwithftandin'
the 1mportumt1es of many perfons,
who
earnefily urged him thereunto )
refu~
." fed ro admit of his Appeal. All which not prevailing,
Almagro
himfe1f
" implored his mercy, befeeching him to
f
pare his life ; in conGderation
that
cc
when
he himfelf
was in
his
power, he
had
not put him to death nor
ft>llt
the
'' bloud of his Friends or Relations. That he would remember
h9~
he had been
.'' an
infuurnenc to raife his dear Brother to that high pitch of honour
and
.Pro–
" fperity which he now enjoyed. That he would behold, and confider
rum
for
cc
an old, decayed, and gouty Man ;
and
rherefore admit of his Appeal that he
'' might pafs thofe few unhappy days which remained to him of
life,
wlthin
the
cc
dark folitudes
of a
Prifon,
there to lament and bewail his fins.
Ferdinande
Pi4'
"
yarro
remained deaf and unmoved
with
all thefe preffing iofiances,
which
were
" fufficient co have mollified a heart of fl:eel, faying, diat he wondered
much
" that
a Mao of his Spirit and Courage fhould entertain fuch apprehenfions of
'' Death. To which he replied, That fince
Chrill
himfelf
feared
it, how much
" more might the frailty of his Nature be touched with the approach thereof:
" And lafily, he conjured him by
the
reverence due to
his
old Age,
which
ac...
'' cording to the courfe of Nature, could not long continue :
Almagro
was
hard–
" Jy
brought to Confeffion, having
fiill
hopes of
life ;
but
at
length
he
fubmir..
" ted, and having confeffed to the
Prieft,
he made
his
Will
and Tefiamenr
" making the King, and
his
Son
Don Diego,
his Heirs
:
Howfoever, he would
" not own the Sentence paffed upon him, left Execution iliould immediately
'' follow
:
Nor would
Fernando Pipirro
allow the Appeal, both becaufe he had
,, received Commands from
Francifco Pir_'1rro
to the contrary' and likewife
be·
'' caufe he believed
that
the Council of the
Indies
"'
ould revoke the
Sentenc~
'' In fine, Execution was performed; and notwichfianding
all
the Applications
" made
for
him, he was firangled
in
the Prifon , and afterwards publickly be-
. «
headed in the Markee-place at
Couo,
in
the year
I)
38.
·
'' The Death of
Almagro
was greatly lamented , but by none more (
,unleG
<c
by
his
own Son) than
by
Diego
de
Alvarado,
who was once fecurity to
Alma..
''
gro
for
Fernando Pifarro,
and procured
his
releafe and freedom out of Prifon;
" and yet notwithfianding all
that
could
in
gratitude, and on
the
fcore
of the
'' like ufage
be pleaded
for him,
nothing would prevail. Wherefore
AlvarAM
'' returned
to
Spain
to impeach
Franci}co Pi;arro
and
his
Brothers, and
to
de–
,, mand fatisfaetion from
Fernando
for breach of promife; buc
whilfi
be fol–
" lowed this Suit at
Valladolid,
where the Court then relided, he died, but not
" without Come
fuf
pidon
of
Poifoo? becaufe
he
lay
not
fick
above three
or
" four
days.
.
"
Diego
de
Almagro
was
a
Native
of
AhnAgro
,
it
was
never certainly known
" w
no
was
his
Farher , though fome fay he
was
a
Priefi.
He had never learned
'' letters, nor could he reade; howfoever, he was an undertaking
Man,
dill–
,, gent, and ambitious of Honour and Fame ; he
was
free and
liberal,
yet not
'' without Affettation of vain-glory, contriving to make the World wicneffes
'' of his generous Aetions: His Souldiers loved him for .the Prefents and
Lar...
" gelfes Ile gave
them,
otherwife he was hated for the hard treatment he fre·
" quently ufed towards them both
in
Words and corporal Punitbments. He
" remit ed the Debts of a hundred thoufand Ducats, which his Souldiers owed
" eim, tearing and cancelling the Obligations of thofe who were prefent
with
'' him
in
Chili ;.
which
was a piece of Liberality more becoming a Prince, than
" a Souldier; and yet when ne was clead, there was not a Perfon that would
cc
befiow a Clout to cover his Wound. His Death feemed the more Tragi–
,, cal
and fo much the more cruel, becaufe he never would put any Man
'' to 'death who had relation to
Francifco Pifarro.
He never was Married,
" howfoever he had a Son by an
Indian
Woman
in
Panama;
he called him
<C
by his own Name, and gave him good Education ; but his end was
unhappy,
!'
as
will
appear hereafter• .
Thus far
Gomar11;
the which
is
confirmed (as we faid before) by
c11..
rate.
And