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Royal Commentaries. BooK IV.
ti!lg Bulls, throwing t~e Dart, and Lotteries; in whkh laccer many drew inge–
mous Morcoes, or aymgs> and ochers fcurrilous Sentences, like Libels of which
~hou~h I rem mber feveral, yet I think ic not convenient to repeat a~y of them
m this place.
· Upon the day of this folemn rejoycing, orders were given to fee chore Gentle-
men at liberty ~ho were the Citizens of Couo, committed to Ptifon by C11rvapil
a we mentioned before. Moreover he granted a general Pardon co rhofe "h~
were not a yet come in, onely Licenciado Carvajal was excepted, becaufe he ha–
vi~g been hi incimate. Friend, h~d deferted him, and alfo Garfililf{o de la Peg,11, as
Dugo Fernande~ Paientmo reports m Chap. 27c~ of his firfi Book, a alfo AugHjliu
de Carate, but v.:e mull: take leave to contrad1tt thefe Authours who have failed
in rhi parricular paffage, of which we are able to give a mo;e certain relation.
G_onf~io Pifarro g~ve efpe~ial ordc:r that no man iliould go out of che City wichouc
h1 11cen e · which Rodrigo Nunne~ and Pedro de Prado demanding chey were boch
puc co <leach, becaufe they gave evil example, and feemed to put jealoufies and
fears inr the minds of che people: and in this manner, we fee, char chere was no
joy wichout a mixcure of forrow, nor flaughcers, nor eifufion of bloud wichouc
rejoy jngs; which in Civil Wars cake their turns and changes.
Bue co come co che particulars of whac haµpened at chat rime in the Cicy -0f
Lof Re ·u; we are t cake notice, how chat ac that time Francifco de Carvajal feiCed
all the Citizen of Couo who had dererced hiCii caufe, excepcing oneJy Garfi/aj[o tit
La f/ega, who efcaped by a mere accident.. as the Hifiorian relate: For cbac very
nighc when Carvajal knocked at the door co come in and take him, a cerrain Soul–
dier went forth to open the door, whofe name was Hernando Pere~ Ta6lero, a Na–
tive of the Town of Aimendnu in che Dukedom of Feria, Fofier-brocher \\ ich Don
Alonfo de Par_g_M my Uncle by the Father's fide. This Hernando Pere~, «ho as well
for being of che fame Councrey, being all ofEf/remennos, as alfo on Ccore of Re–
latio both he and his Father and Grandfather had been Servams unto mine,
and that time aetually in fervice of Garfilaf{o de la Yega, my Lord and Father;
knowing Francifco Carva1al by his voice, wichout making any anfwer returned ~m­
mediately co my Farber, and told him that CRrV1tjal was at the Gate knocking co
l:Ome in: whereupon my Father made hi efcape out of the Houfe as well as
could, and fled to the Convent of St. Domingo, where the Friars received and
concealed him in a little private place, where he remained for che fpace of four
. months.
CarvajAi having fame intelligence that he was abfconded in the Monallery, and
the rather fufpeeting it, becaufe it was near to his Houfe, took fome Souldiers
with him, and fearched every private place and comer, chat no place fettned ro
be undifcovered, unlefs che whole Houfe had been thrown down; and herein
they ufed all cl.e diligence. imaginable, for Gonfalo Pifarro conceived all the rnali e
and defpight againfi him that was pollible, and therefore endeavoured to take
him and put him co death: fur he ofcen complained .of him, and faid, that they
had been Comrades cogether in the conqaell: of Coliao and the Charcas, had eaceu
at the fame Table, and flept in the fame Chamber rogether, and by reafon of
fuch obligation he !hould never have deferred and denied his caufe, much lelS
have been the Head of a Faetion againfi him, and a means to perfuade ochers to
forfake his Party.
Moreover Carvajal made four other fearches afcer Gar iiP.j[o, and at one cime he
lifted up che hanging on the fide of che High Altar, where was a nick or comer
where they lodged the moll: Holy Sacrament, and there was a poor Souldier hid,
and crouched up in a dark hole; but Carvajal perceiving chat it v as not che per~
fon for whom he fought, let down the Hanging again, crying aloud, the perfoo
is not here for whom we feek. A while after came anocher of his Souldiers, cal,
led Porras, who being defirous to 01ew himfelf more diligent and officious than
ordinary, lified up the Hanging of che High Altar, and che1e difcovered che p~or
Souldjer whom Carvajal had purpofely over-feen: buc Pornu, fo foon as he efpitd
him cried out, here is the Traitour, here is the Traicour. Carv111a./. was croubied
that' he was found out, but in regard he was a principal Leader of the Faction
againll: Pif11rro, he coulq not do leiS chan rake notice of him ; an~ fo dra \11:ing him
forth from his retireme aufed him co be confelfed by the Friars of che Coo~
vent, and then hanged up : but PorrM did not efcape the vengeance ofHea·
ven for this Fa~, as we ll undertland by the fequel. Ac
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