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Royal Commentaries.
becaufe
Jiijs
Houfe
and Efiace
"''~
in cbofe parts ; which licenfe
being obtained,
they travelled Jogether to
che
CharctU?
where
f~me ti~e
afterwards,
w~en
Diego
Centtno
declare
for the
KiQg,
he
f
urpnfed
and killed
h101.:
~nd th~mgh
m excufe
bereof
it
may be alledged that it was done for the Kmg s fervice, yet he can
never
wipe
off
chat blot of Ingratitude;
for during
the time of the Conquefi,
wqen
Diego
CeA/6110
cane
very
~oung in~o
the <;:ountrey,. he was fupported
a!1d
provided for in all hi ne effine , and
1n
the time of
his
ficknefs, by
Francifco
tie Almendr1u
who was a rich, and a principal perfon of quality in thofe days,
and took
rhe
fame care of him as if he had been his Son ; the which benefits
and kindnelfes
D,·ego
C6ntei1o
publickly o ned, and when they were
in
private he
called him Facher, as
AimendrtU
called him Son : and therefore he ought for ever
.to be branded with Ingratitude,
unlefs
the publick concemment for his Prince
be able to untie and aboli{h all other private obligations and endearments
whac–
foever.
Gonf.Alo
Pipwro,
finding himfelf
now invefied
in his Power and
Government,
which he held both by virtue of the Royal Grant given to his Brother the Mar–
quis, in whofe right he pretended thereunto,
and
n0w by the confent and electi–
on of the Judges, began co give ouc his wn Cornmiflion
to
Officers both Mili–
tary and Civil, and
to
fit
and hear Caufes, which he
difpatched
with
great
readi–
nefs, adminifiring
J
ufiice with Reputation and Authority, to the contentment
and fatisfaetion of che whole City; but
chefe
fmooth and chearfull
proceedings
were mixed with their troubles
and
misfortunes. For Captain
Diego Gmniel,
who
unrill this
time had always fhewed himfelf zealous
and paffionace
in
the
caufe of
Pif_arro,
began to alter his humour, and fpeak againll: him,
becaufe
he had
refufed to
grant
him a piece of Land with a Command over
Indians,
which he
asked of him
in
behalf of a certain Friend of
his :
and with
chat
occafion he railed
againfi the
Judges,
{aying, that they had unjufily taken away the.Government
from the Son of Marquis
Francifao Piptrro
to whom
it
appertained by lawfull
in–
heritance
defc~nded
from his Father, in virtue of a Grant from his Majefiy, to
confer it
up0n
one
who
had no right nor title thereunto ;
and for
that
reafon
he
declared, that
h~
would ufe his utmoft endeavours that the Son of the Marquis
ight recover his own Inheritance.
Gumiel
frankly
difcourfing at
this rate, with–
out regard to
che
place where, or the perfon to whom he vented his paffion, at
length the reports thereof coming to the ears of
Pifarro,
he gave
his
immediate
Orders to his Major-General that
he
!hould examine this matter, and take fuch
courfe
as might refrrain the licentious Tongue of that Captain for rhe future.
It ·
is
certain, that the meaning of
Pifarro
was not co put
G11miel
to
death, though
Carvajal
put that
inte~pretation
upon it, and havin& asked fome
q~eflions
about
the matter, and hearmg them confirmed, went direltly to
G11m1el
s Lodgings
where without more to doe he firangled him, and drew his Bodf into the
Mar~
ket-place, faying, give way, Gentlemen? for Captain
Diego Gnmiel,
who hath pro.
tefied and
fworn
that
he
will
never fay
tne
like things again. And thus poor
Gu–
miel
ended
his-days,
having loft his life by
the
intemperance ofhis Tongue, which
hath been the ruine of
many
a
man, but good to none.
G
HAP.
xx.
The J!eflivals and
Rejoycings
which were nzade for
Gon'ialo
P1~arro.
A
general
Pardon
given
to all thofe who were
fie~
away.
The place
wh~re G~r~ilaifo
de la Vega
we1&
r~tzred,
and
how
he obtained his
Pardon
from
Gon~alo
<
P1~arro.
1
P
l~11rro
and
his
Captains,
'being
f
welled
with
the
\Tapity
and oftentation of be–
mg Goyern<?\JrS and fupreme Lords of
Peru,
appointed days of Fe(ijval to
celebrate their
Triumphs,
after the
manner
of
Spain
;
as
namely
the
fport of bai-
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