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IV.
Roy4l Commentaries.
ment, and then,
extending his mercy co him, he caufed him
~o
be
hanged ;
~hich
I believe
was
the greatefr piece of cruelty that he
ev~r
committed:
afc~
whICh he
proceeded forward
in his
march.
T~e
Party of
Diego
Centcn~,
not be1:ig able to
fullain
fuch perpemal labours
and tedious travels, began to
famt
and fail, as
well
Horfe as Foot
[o
that feveral of them
fell
into the hands of
Carvajal;
fuch as
were
principal'
men of note
he
put
to
death, without pardon or
mercy co any
one
of
them bur
as
;o
the
meaner fore,
he
fpared them at
the
interceffion· of
his
own
Souldie~s.
But
here we
mull:
not omit che relation of a trick or
jefi,
which,
at
this
rime and in the
midfl:
of this purfoit, a certain Souldier put upon
Carvajal,
as many had
already done during .this
War.
I~
happened
~hat
many poor Soul–
diers
went
to
Carvajal
and complamed,
that durmg
all
the
tu:ie
that they had
fer–
ved under him, and had marched
Co
many leagues on foot without
fi10es
or fiock–
ings
in
fervice of their Lord the Governour, he
had
never taken care to provide
them with
thingc; neceffary and convenient
for
chem ; upon
which
Carvajal
fup–
pJied many of them with Horfes, Arms, Clothes, and .Money
fo
far as he was
able. The which gave encouragement to many of the Souldi€rs to be faichfull;
and
f
erve him to
the
end of
the
Wars ; but
others
of loofer principles made ufe of
the
Hories
and Arms which he had given them ro revolt to the other
Party.
Amongfi
che
rell there
was
a certain Souldier
wh~m
Carvajal
had
mounted on
a
Mare, and having an intention
to
revolr, he always came up in the Rere
with
his
Mare, fiill
making
~is
boafrs and bravadoes,
what
he would doe, and how
for–
ward
he would be,
if
he were well mounted.
Carvajal
being troubled co
hear.
tbefe confl:ant vapours and fay ings of the Sou1dier, changed his Mare, and
in
place
thereof gave him an excellent Mule, and told
him,
look to it now, Gentleman
SouJdier,
for
I
have mounted you
the
befi:
of any man in this Troop.;
here,
Sir,
faid
he, cake her and complain no more of
me, for
I
fwear by the Life of our Go–
vernour, that unlefs you advance
to
morrow by break of day rwelve leagues be–
fore
us,
I
will pay you
off
according to your deferts.
The
Souldier received the
Mule,
and heard the threats, but
to
avoid the effects of chem,
he
toolt another
way,
~nd
travelled that night before Sun-riling eleven leagues. About
which
time
meeting with a Souldier of
his
acquaintance, who went
co feek for
Ca,vajat,
he faid
to
him,
pray recommend me to my Colonel,
and tell
him, that though
I
have not been able this night to travel twelve leagues, yet
I
have travelled
ele~
ven of them, and hope before noon
co
reach the full twelve, and four more..
The Souldier not knowing that the other was fled, but fuppofing he was fent bv
him upon
fome )Meffitge
with
hafie and diligence, told
Carvajal
what the Soul–
dier
had
faid
tcrhim ; but
Carvajal
was
more afhamed of
this
fecond cheat
that
was
put
upon
him than angry at
the unfairhfulnefs
and
treachery of
the
fellow;
and
in a
paffion
faid,
Tbefc Weavers
(
for
fo
he called
all
thofe who revolted from
his to the King's
Parry)
had need to
li~e
in a
ftate of Confeffion,
and
alw~s
prepared
to
-
die, and to pardon me in cafa
I
mak! bold to
hang
11J
many
of them
llJ
I can
meet
with
;
for
I
have
no
need
of
fuch
Cuftomers,
who come
and cheat me of
my
Horfes
and Arms
and
when
they
are
well
provided and equipped, then to run from me and
revolt
to
the
Enem;.
And
a1
to
:he Priefts a:id
Friars,
.t~ey
are
hut
fo
m~ny
.spie.r,.
and fuch
M
crmu:
with
a lik!
dejigni
It
ts
fit
for
Fnars
and
religsom
men
to
remain
in
thezt
Churches
and
Cel!J,
and
like
good
men to
pray
far the peace of
Chriftians,
rather
than
under
the fanllity
of
thez'r Hahits to
tloalz.
treacherous
dejigns :
Let them
look..
to
it,
for
if
they
under
ft
and
not
the
duty
of
their
Profeffion, let them_
nat
think._
it
much,
if
l
.ftrip them
of
their &hits, and mak! bold
t•
hang
them: of
whuh
I have
obferved
feveral example.; in the
Wars
where I
h1tve
heen
~
Souldier.
This
did
Carvajal
utter with much paffion and vehemence and
was as good as
his~
ord,
as well
to Friars
as
others, according to the
rep~rt
of all Hill:orians :
for
fuch as he took who had revolted from him, he punilhed with
che
urmofr cru–
elo/ and torment; but thofe _who
wer~
onely
Prifoners
of
War
1
and had kept
then;, fide, he ufed well and wtth fome kmdnefs, endeavouring co bring them over
to his own Party. And
n:>~
we !hall leave
Carvajal
in hls purfuit of
Diego
cen..
teno,
and
r~turn
to
Gonfalo
P_12arro
who was alfo in the purfuit of the
Vice-KiOi
at
the fame ome, and almoft m the fame
days.
CHAP.,