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618

•

Royal

Commentaries.

CH AP.

IX,

Of the affable Nature of the Marquis, and his Intentions

to fuccour and relieve thofe whom he believed to he in

want.

T

H E Marquis had one Son,:

and

one

Daucllter, and

no

more,

aud

G~

Pifttrro,

as we have

mentioned

in

the

38m

Chapter

of

his

9th

Book,

~ad

Qne Son ; but

Carate

makes them all three

to

be the Children

of

the

Marquis.

The

Mother

of the Son of

the

Marquis was 04ughter, and not Sifter of

At(l/,1'.J.

lllP"'

;

but

his

Daughter

he

had

by

a Daughter of

T:f

uaynp,

Capac,

whofe

Indian

Namiwas

HuayllM

N11fta

1

but

afterwards

her

Chrillian

Name

was

DonntS

Re~,

as

w~

have at large fpecified in the

aforementioned

Chapter.

And

farther,

this

Authour

confirms

what

we

have formerly

faid;

namely,

tbaf

though thefe

two

Governours

were

fo

vaftly

rich, yet

they

died

fo

PQ9r

1

that

of

all dieir

Wealth

there was

fcarce

fuffic~<:nt

to

bury

them. And indeed

mere was

nothing

remaining, fo that

they

were buried

of

mere_C~riry.

Alma.gro

was buried

b

at had

been

his

Slave,

and

the Marquis by

ano–

ther,

who

had

been his

as the fame Authour

a)ledges.

And

chafe

who

Gtttied

both

one

and

th

o

~eir

Burial,

were

Negro1

and

lndUul1,

as

both

Aurhonrs agree.

And

thus

qiuch

~

fuffice

to

!hew

in

what IDaflru!r the

rewards

chofo who have

been

(o

ufefull and deferving

in their

g~e-

.

.

Marquis was

fo

generally

kinci

and

obHgj!)g

in

his

carriage,

that he

never

gave an

ill

word to any perfon

whacfoever.

Wlien

be.

pl~ ~c

Bowls,

he never

woald

f

uffer any to

give

him

up his

Bow

ls

from the

ground ;

but in

cafe

any

one

was

[o

courteous a::>-

~o

1t,,

he

would

r.ake

it,

and

chrow

it

in!tamly

far

fiom

liim, which

went

for a

It

hap~ned

once, that

taking

up a

Bovvl,

he

dirted

his

hand~

vvith fame

f

whkh

fiuck

to

it,

and

pre(emly

lifting

up hls

foot,

he

vviped

it

off

vvi~h

his

Buskins:

For

l

remember

~hen,

and

many years after, tbat

it

vvas the

fafhion

and

gallantry of

Souldiers

to

vvear a fort

of Buskins

made

vvith

pac;k-thread, and not

Sh.~s.

On

vvhicn occafian a

certain

Favourite

ro the

Mar–

quis

feeing him

to

vvipe his

bands

on the Buskin,

Glm<!

and

offer~d

him

his

H~md

kerchief;

to

which

the

Marquis

fin.ilingly

replied,

I

~fJte./J

yoHr

Linen

u

fo

whjre,

that

l

dar.e not touch it.

One

day~being

'\t

Bpwls

with

a

certain

Souldier called

Alonfo P11lom4ru,

a

\!

cll–

condit~oned

Mao,

and

of

a

c}\earfull humoui: ;

and

tlle

.Marquis

lofiog

41mofi

at

every

end,

he quarrelied

and

cur

fed

at

evezy call; \'

hich

\''as

plaid;

and

ber~

he

wa~

fo

eag~r

and concerned

that all

the

~aJlders-by

wok notice, that ejthe;

hl.e

was

troubled-adlis

own

ill

play,

o otherwife for

the eight

or nine

rhout;Jnd

QQWOS

\\ liich

fie

lofi by

the

game.

Som<:

days

paWog,

cllat

rhe Margujs

paiQ.

nm

Jhe

, Money,

t

e Winner rook

the

confidence

to ask

him

for

~t

;

and

being

afte~wa.rds

troubled \

·ich

rhe im.P,Oftumcy

>

tht: Marquis forbad

pim

to

ask

am;

1

ore,

for that

he was

refolved

to-pay him: To

wbich

Pa.41J11Jir~1

re(?lied ,_

l/Jaur

J;.mdfoi/i be

rf[o!ved

never

to

p:

t:(h~

made

JOft

qu11rrel,

and

/;~

/o

1P1gry

the other d11;1

1

'¥fhm..

JOft

loft.?

'The

Mari

as

Co

well

pleaf~d wi~h

the

M(wer,

t~c

he

gave

orde.r he

{hould 'be

immediately

paid.

He would

play

at

all

Games, and

ith

ail

fQlfts

of

Perfons ; and

when

he

knew

any

ooe

to

be

oeceffitous and

wanting

he

would

in–

vite him to

phiy

with

him,

with

intention

and pm ofe to lofe co

hlm;

thialting

it

a more noble and

gen~rous

way

co

re,lieve

a

__pedbn

iQ\ 'ant,

than

by

direcc

Alm ,

which r-0 a haughcy

SpatJiard

is a

kind of an afirom;

but when he gains

by

advan–

tage of

play,

he not

onely rejoyces

io

the

, bur triumphs in the

Honour

of

being a better Gamefiei:

than th.e

Marqlli.s,

co

receive

his

Money

rarher as

due, than

gh

en

as a favour. When

he b

d \

jth

fuch

perfons

as chefe,

be

·ou1d either

caft

fbort, or

beyond, thauhe

other

mighc

vin. And\: hen

he plai

at