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BooK
IV.
Royal Commentaries.
charges eight thoufand Pieces of Eight ,were paid
hiirt ;
the which Depofitions
and Procefs againfi the Vice-king were figned by
~11 t~e.Judges,
Ca;ate
o~ely
ex- ·
cepted
The
Ships
being then at
G11aura
the Vice-king was earned thither
by
B©at,
but
4.lvare~
went
by
Land,
where
t~e ' Vice-king
being
co~tted
to
his
charge, he failed away with three of
the Ships,
an~
was
fo
much m
h~e t~at
he
would not
fiaiy
for the difpatches from the
Judicature, but
made Sail without
thtem ;
and
as
to
"f/ac1i
de
Cafaro
he was carried back
to
Lor
Reyes
upon
~ne
<?f
the
Ships which
were
lately
feHed.
Thus far are the_wo:ds
~f
Cara!e
fpec1fied m the
eleventh
Chapter
of
the fifth
Book, whofe
authority
10
thlS
relatton
w~
!ball
more
'arcicularly .follow,
in
regard
he
was prefent and a party
c~nce~ned
mall thefe
~anfaetions
-;
fo we {ball omit
th~
fayings of other Autholirs
m chis
matter,
unleiS
fomethiog fingttlar occurs
on which
Carate
doth not touch.
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XVI.
The fad
rJJisfortunes
of
the Vice-king.
A
Confpiracy
in
Ri·
I
1
mac
againfi
the Judges,
and
what
w~
done
thereup011
The
Vice:..k._ing is
fet
at liberty,
-A·
Lt
that is
before
dedared
is
confirmed by
Gomara,
though
in
a
confufed
manner ;
who
farther proceeds
in
this
manner
in
the
1
6
oth
Chapter of
his
Book\
·whereif\ he fets forth the
fad misfortunes
of
the
unhappy Vice-king.
W
nen the
Admiral, fays he, refufed
to
furrender up
the Ships
to fave the
life
of
the
Vice-king, they then
treated
him
w,ich
opprobrious words,
celling
him,
that
a man who brought fuch Laws as
thofe
deferved the reward
he
now received ;
.
whereas
if
he had come without them he had been honoured and adored ; bat
now the Tyrant
is
taken and
our libercy refiored: with
fuch reproaches as thefe
they
returned
him
again
into che hands
of
Cepeda,
where
they kept him difarmed
in
cufrody
of
Licenciado Ninno:
howfoever he did always
eat
with
Cepeda,
and
lodged in the fame
Bed
with
him : but
Bl11tfao
N11nne~
fearing at
this
time to
be
poifoned, asked
Cepeda
upon
the
word
of a
Gentleman, when they
firfi did ea
together, whether
he
might
freely and
without
dan
eat
with
him?
the
which
queftion was put
to
him
in
prefence of
Chriftopher de Barriento1, Martin de
R~/u~
Nmno
and ocher
principal perfons;
to
which
Cepeda
returned anfwer, am I, faid be;
fo
mean
a
f
~ited
Rafcal, that
if
I
had
a
mind to
kill you, I could not doe
it
witbont
fom~
fecret treachery
?
Your Lord!hip, faid he, may
eat as
freely as
if
you were
at the Table of
my Lady
Donna Brianda
de
Ac#mna,
meaning his Wife;
and
to free you from all jealoufie I
will
be your Tafter,
the which he obferved all
th~
time chat he remained in his Houfe.
One
day
Friar
G11,fpar
de
Carvajal
carl'le
to
him
and told
him,
that
by
order of
the
Judges he
was
come
to
confefs
him: the
Vice-king
asked
whether
Cepeda
was
there,.
and
it
being anfwered that lie was not,
and
that there was
no
others
than
~he
three
afore:-rnentioned, he caufed
him
to
be
called, and complained to him
of
his
bard
face; but
Cepeda
comforted
him, and
affured
him
that cnere was
none
had
power to
ta~e
away
his life but himfelf
onely,
the which he· fpake
on
affurance
o! .
\yhat. had
been
agreed amongfr them ; and then
Blafao Nrunnez
embraced and
killed him on the Cheek
in prefence
of
the Friar.
Thus far are the
words
of
Go–
mara,
which
we
have extratted
verbatim:
and
indeed
if
we confider
it
,.tis
a fad
paffage,
That
one
elected
to be
a
P~inc~
and Governour
of an
Empire
f
o
great as
Peru.,
iliould be reduced t'o fuch
mifenes
as he was
by
his
own
Creacures
and
Confidems.
Th~
Father
Ga/par
de Carvajal
was
the
F1iar
of
whom
we
made
mentign
for~
werly m the frory
o~
Francifco Ore(lana,
in .what maoper he oppofed
him
in
his
treacherous defign agamft
Gonf.~do
Ps9arro,
when they W€r€ upon che
difcovery of
the
Cinamon
Countrey ;
and
ho~
lie was lefc
upon
the
Trini~
Ifiand, and
recur-
.
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