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BooK

IV.

Ro_yal

CommentarieJ'.

could not be imagined that his Kinfmen could have aCl:ed herein without his con–

ent or at leafl: without his knowledge, in regard they all lodged under the fame

o~f:

and onely had two different Doors

each Apartme

nt: but f

or better af–

furan' e ofwhat was fufpeeted, the Vice.king fent

h~s

Brother

Vela.Nu~

ne~

with a

guard

Mu[qu~tiers

~ in

. the Agent before.

him~

and h

e bemg

Bed they

aufed him to nfe and dr

him elf, and

tarried him to the Lodgmgs of the

ice-king, who having not fiept all night, was lai9

u~on

his Bed with his Arms

on, to cake fome little repofe. And the Agent bemg rntroduced. by

~ay

of the

Court-yard gate; thofe who

w~re

then prefent report th t the

Vtee-ku~g

prefent–

ly arofe and faid, Is

fo,

Tr~1rour,

that thou hall: fent away thy Kmfmen ro

rve

Gon 2 ato Pi 2 arro?

To which the Agent made anfwer, I befeech your Lord–

fhip not ro call

e Traitour, for in reality I am nor

fo:

then replied the Vice–

king I fwear by God, that thou art a Traicour to the King.

I fwear by God,

faid

~he

Agent, I am as good a Servant to the King as your Lordfhip. At which

words the Vice·king became

enraged, that coming in his fury to him, he ll:ab–

bed him in the breaO: with his Dagger; though the Vice-king denied co have

·done it himfelf, but that hi

ervants and Halbardiers of his Guard, hearing how

infolently he anfwered, gave him fo many wounds with their Halberts and Par–

tifans, that he dyed upon the place without fo much time as

confefs or [peak

one word : And lefl:, being a perfon generally well-beloved, the manner of his

death iliould caufe fome mutiny and diO:urbance amongll: the Souldiers, of which

an hundred every night kept watch within the yard of the Houfe ; the Tice· king

gave order to have his Corpfe conveyed a ay by a -certain private Gallery leading

to the Market-place, where forne few

Indians

and

Negroes

received it, and buried

in a Church near thereunto, without other hroud or Winding-ilieet than ooe–

his own Scarlet Cloak which he ufually wore.

Three days after which, when the Judges feifed on the perfon of the Vice-king

(as we fhall relate hereafter) one of the firfl: things they laid

his charge was the

death of the Agent; and the Preamble to their Procefs was, that being carried

about midnight into the

Houf~of

the Vice-king, he never fince that time appea–

red ; and it was proved, that they had wounded and buried him. So foon as

this murcher was made publick, it occafioned much talk and murmuring in the

Town ; for every one was aifured that the Agent was a true Friend to the Vice–

king and his Caufe, having been the chief Inll:rument to perfuade the Town of

Los

Reyes

to receive him, againfi the fen[e and opinion

the major part of the

Judges. Thefe matters happened out upon Sunday at night, being the thirteenth

day of

September,

5'44·

Thus far are the

·ords of

Carate,

which are confirmed

alfo by

Diego Fernande;:,,

who

the feventeenth

hapter of his Book, adds

this

farther;

They conveyed, fays he, his Corpfe by a certain

allery, and buried chem in

a corner or nook of the great Church near adjoining ther unto; but fome fe\.,.

hours after that his anger grew cool, and that the Vice-king began to reflect with

reafon upon what he had done in his paffion

it is moil certain that he repented

of this rafh aet, and bewailed it with tears from his eyes. Howfoe\ er

Coon as

the death of the Agent was made publick

the To\ n, the Vice-king fent

call the principal Citizens to him

telling them, in excufe for -what he had done,

that the infolent words of the Agent had drawn his death upon himfelf; adding,

that none ought to take offence thereat, for whether he had done well or

ill,

was accountable to none but G d and the King; ' hich words more angred and

difpleafed the people than before :

that after the revolt of the

veral men be–

fore-mentioned, which was followed by this bloudy Tragedy,

~ich

cannot

.e.xcufed from the imputation of arbitrary Tyranny without any grclind or founda–

tton

~or

it,

a refolution was taken to imprifon the Tice-king : though it is mofi

certam that he much lamented thi unha py fate, faying, that the remembrance of

the death of

Tl/en

S11are~

made him

ften difhatted ; and therefore curfed his Bro–

ther

Vela

Nunne~,

calling him fool and eafl:, for that knowing his choler and paf–

fio~,

he ha9 yet brought him to hi pr fence at a time when lie knew that he

·as

ravmg and mflamed therewith : for had he been, faid he, a man of difcr cion, he

would have deferred he e ecurion of thofe command

and not have foffered

Suare;:,_

to appear untill he had feen his anger pacified. Thus far

Diego

Fernande2:J,

to which

Gomara

adds, and fays,

· .

That