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and obtain more mercy for him, than he could expeet from his
Enemi~s
in
Pent,
who oneiy attended an opportunity
to
kill him.
Hernando
l;aving
o~
thefe
Con–
fiderations left the
Indie1,
and efcaped out of the hands of his Enemies;
that ha–
tted which was prepared
for
him, was converted againlt
his
Brother the Marquis,
and proceeded fo far, as in the end to effecl: his ruine; the which
will
appear in
what is to follow.
Hernando Pifarro
being arrived in
Spain,
Die.~o
de Alvarado
brought a fevere
ln–
clietment againfl: him, defiring
that the
Caufe might
be
tried either by the Civil
Law,
or by a Court-Mar{hal as his
~ajefiy
iliould direet;
or
otherwife he chal–
lenged him ro a fingle Combat, offering
to
prove
by
force of Arms, that he had
violated both his Word and Faith, and that he hirnfelf was guilty of thofe crimes
which he had objeCl:ed agaioCT:
Almagro:
Moreover, he laid many other things
to
his charge, which for brevity fake we !hall pafs by. Upon thefe Accufations
Her–
nando
was committed to the Prifon of
Medina de/ Campo
;
during which time, and
whilfi:
Alvarado
was profecuting his Suit, he complained, that many rich Prefenrs
both ofGold, and Silver, and precious Scones, were given with intention
co
cor- _
rupt the minds of certain perfons
~
the which being proved, was occafion of crou·
ble
to
fome great and confiderable
Men.
But this being a nice p·oint, we have
onely touched upon it; and the rather, becaufe
in
the heat of this profecution
Al–
varado
died, not without fufpicion of poifon, by reafon (as
Gom.ara
faith)
chat
his
Death was fudden and unexpeet:ed: Howfoever, before that time, he had
fo
well
grounded
his
procefs, and proceeded
fo
far, that he had obtained feveral Verdiets
againfi:
his Adverfary. Howfoever, at length, time, which accomplHhes every
-diing, moderated the feverities of his lmprifonment, from whence he procured
his
difcharge in the year
1
562,
after twenty three years chat he had remained in
cufrody, which he fufiained with great equality of mind; of which he gave moll:
certain
proofs in all the particulars of his adverfe fortune
1
which then manifefily
appeared, when with wonderfull patience he received
the
news of the Death of
hlS
Brother, and of his other Kindred, and of the Confifcacion of his Lands and
potref.lions
which
bel~ng~d
t?
him,
b~fides th~
vafl: expence he was put to, both
m Prifon, and to mamtam
his
Law-f
wts.
This was all the World gave him in
rewa:d for
h~
great and
~ighcy
ACtions, and for the
inn~merable
di!ficnlties he
f
uftained to
aid
and
affifi
his Brother the
MarqUIS
Don Franci.fco Pifar,.o
m
the Con–
quell: of
Peru,
performing, as he always did,
the
Office ofCaptain·General ; with
which we
will
conclude this fecond Book,
returning
thanks unto Almighty God -·
who hath brought us fo far as to
this
period
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