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III.
Royal
Corflmentaries.
CH A
·P.
VII~
.
Of
t/je Death of
the
Marquis
Don
Francifco
Pi~arro ;
and his poor Funeral and Enter111ent.
T
HE
Indians
who were Servants to the
M.
arquis, hearing
the noife
and
out~
·
cry which the Faltion of
Chili
made
in
~he
Streets,
i!Timedi~tely
rufhed
in
and
acquainted him of the Tumult, and of the manner with
which
they
were
Goming. The
Marqui~
being then
in
Difcourfe with
Doeto~r P?Iaque~,
the
Chief Jullice, and with Captain
Franciflo de C?avu,
who vvas hlS Lieutenant Ge–
neral and vvith
Francifco Martin Alcantara,
h15
half Brother by the Mother fide;
and
~bout
tvvelve or thirteen Servants of his Houihold fianding by, vvas greatly
allarm'd hereat eaftly fufpeeting vvhat the matter vvas; vvherefore he gave order
to
Francifco de Chaves,
to run and !hut the Door of the Hall, and of the
Dining–
Room vvhere they fate , that he
and
his Friends might
have
time co buckle
on thek Armour. But
de
Chaves
imagining that
this
difiurbance
vvas
no other
than fome quarrel amongll: the Souldiers, vvhich the Authority of
his
Prefence
might
appea~,
inftead of £hutting the Doors,
as
he vvas ordered,
he ran
oat
to
them, and met them upon the head of the Stairs; and being novv troubled at
this
unexpetted Encounter, he asked them vvhat their pleafure vvas; vvhere–
unto he vvas anfvvered by a Stab; and
finding
himfelf vvounded,
he
laid
his
l-Iand 11pon his Svvord, but before he could dravv
it,
he received another, vvith
fach a
fiafh
on his Neck, that,
as
Gomttra
faith, in Chap.
14).
his Head hanged
onely by
a
piece o_f the kin , and therevvith they tbrevv his Body -dovvn the
.
Stairs. The
S
rvants
of he Marquis,
who
vvere
in
the
Hall,
came
running _to
fee vvhat the matter vvas, and finding
Frttncifeo
de
Chavu
dead,
they
fled
like
poor
f
piriced Servants, and got out of the Windovvs, on the Gardenfide; amongft ,
. vvhich Doetour
Vel~quez.
vvas one, vvho holc;Hng
his
vvhiteWand
in
his
Mouth,
fuppofed tbat that Badge of his Authority vvould give a refpeCl: to his Perfon,
and fo ran as fall: as his Legs and Arms could carry him.
.
The Affaffinates finding the
Hall
empty, went
to
theDoor of the Dining-room,
where the Marquis hearing them
fo
near at hand, and perceiving he had not rime
to brace on his Arms, hafl:ily took hold of his Buckler and Sword, and together
with his Brother
Martin de .Alcantara,
and two Pages, who were grown
up
to be
· ·Men, one of which was named
l_ohn de
VargM,
Son of
Gome:;::, de
Tordqya,
and the
other
A lon
fa
Efcandon,
neither of
which
had time to put on their defenfive Arms
all there pofi:ed themfelves at the Emry of the Door, which
they
fl:outly defen:
ded for a great while, the Marquis
frill
calling out with great Courage,
Let
UJ
kjll
t hefa vi/lanou.r T raitors.
Thus whilfl: both fides fought very valiantly, the Brother
of the Marquis was killed, into the place ofwhom one of the Pages fl:epped, and
he and his Mall:er
fo
fl:outly defended the Door, that the .Affaffinates began to
fear, lefr whilfr they were gaining Entrance,
they
{hould be furprifed
by
Affiftence
from wid;out,
an~
that then they iliould be encompaffed on
all
fideg; wherefore
(ohn de Rada
made one effort for all , and taking
Narvtte!l;,
in
his
Arms
thrull:
him
in ai:
the Door
before him,
in
whofe Body whilft the Marquis had em–
ployed
his
Sword
i:he
othe.rshad opportunity to enter
in;
fome of which en–
gaged
with
the Marq
uis, andothers with the Pages, who fought
fo
valiantly
that
b~fore
.they
w~re
killed, they
fon~ly
wounded
four
of their Enemies.
Th~
Marquis
b~mg
.the -
~nely
Perfon remaining, they
all
fet upori
him·
at once,
and
·encompaffed
him
on all fides; ,
but
he fo well 9efende9 hirnfelf,
th~c
he_
dange-
roufly wounded three .of the Ruffians: But
m
r~gara
there were fo
~nany
to
one, and that he
w~ a~ove
the. Age of
ftxry
~ve
Years, he began to
grow faint,
fo.
tha~ o~e
of
t~e
Yillams
mcikmg.a
~afs
at him,
ran
him through the
Throat :1
wit~ wh1c~ fallm~
t9 ...
the
#~round,
.
h~ .
cried out with
a
Joud voice
~r
a
Confof–
four ; bur tune
not
being
g1ven
for
Confeffion
1
he made a
tofs
w
tn
his
Ri§ht
'
a
d..