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V.
Royal
.Commentaries.
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P.·.
xxv~
Of
the Gratitude which
FranCifco
de Carvajal
/hewed
i~
Arequepa
to
l\t!iguel Cornejo,
in return of thofe bene–
fits and kjndnejfes
which
fome years
before he
had
dcme
for
hin~.
·W
E have
now an occafion
prefenred
to
declare
fome good attions perfor-
~809 .
med
by
Francifco
de
Carvajal
in lieu of the many
bad
ones which Writers
report of hhii. We formerly left him on his
way
to
Arequepa,
in purfuit of
his
flying Enemies: Upon News of his approach,
not
onely thofe who fled from .,
the
Bartel of
Huarina,
but
likewife
the Inhabitants,
who were
about
fourty
in ·
number, abandoned the
Ciry,
and cook the
way
to
Lo.r
Re.Jes
along the Sea-coalt..
So foon as
Carvajal
was entred into the City , and had received information of
their flight , without fiop,
or
fiay , or repofe fo much
as
of one hour, he dif–
patched twenty five of
h~s
chief and choice Har9uebufiers
~fcer
them, commanded
by
an experienced Sould1er;
who had all
been
mfirutted
10
the
School
of
an ex–
tellent
Malter ,
and were for their
bravery
termed his
Sons : and
thefe made
fuch
expedition in the purfuit of them, that they overtook them two
days
journey
from
Arequepa,
and Ieizing upon every one of them, they brought them back a–
gain to the
City, not
fuffering one man of them
to
efcape. Amongfi: chefe was
a noble Gentleman , one of the
firfi
Conquerours, and an Inhabicant of that Ci–
ty, called
Miguel
Cornejo;
who had fame years before much obliged·
Fr1tncifa.o
de
Carvajal
when he came firft into
Per11,
before he had Lands or Efiare, or had ac...
quired any Fame, or Reputation, or Intereft in chat Countrey : the manner of
it
was this;
Carvajal
travelling with his Wife
Donna
Cat11lina
Leyton,
one maid-fervant .
and two men-fervan s, came to
AYeq11epa,
where finding no Inn nor Houfe of en–
certainment co receive him, he remained in the Streets : for
it
is to
ae
noted,
chat
in thofe times , and many years afterwards , there were no Houfes of publick en–
tertainment in all
Perst;
nor were there any when I came from thence,
in
che year
i
5
60;
but T ravellers were ufed
to
take
up
their quarters with the Inhabitants
o(
.the Countrey or Province; for Cuch was the generofity of chafe Gentlemen in thofe
day~
who had Lands and
Jndiaru
allotted to them, that they frankly received
all
Strangers into
their Houfes, affording
them entercainrnenr not onely for days and
weeks, but
alfo
for months and years, and likewife furnifbed them
~
ith Clothes
·
untill Cuch
time
as
they
were
able
to
pro\
ide
for
themfelves; the
which
generous
and obliging ufage was the common cufiome and praetice of chat \."\-·hole
Coun~
trey.
In this condition was
Francifco de
Carvajal
in that
City
without friend
or
acquaintance, or houfe whereunto to
refor~,
and
fo
remained for
the
fpace of
three hours on horfe-back with
bis
whole family in a corner of the ·Ma\·ker-place;
when
MigHel
Cornejo
having taken notice of him, as
he~
as going to Church at
his
return
went up
,to
him ,
and
asked him
w?ar-
_his bufinefs was fo long
th~re .,
ftnce for above three hours he had ob[erved
him
10
that place
?
Sir, an[
wered
Carvajal ,
I have no kindred, friend or acquaintance in this Countrey, and there
being
no Inns
or
p1aces
of
publick entertainment ' hereunto I might goe to be re–
ceived, I
am
enforced to
fray
in this corner of the Street. To which
MJ.uel Cor–
t1ejo
replyed, Your W
odhip
hath no need of another Inn than
my
Houfe ,
rhereunto
if
you
pleafe
to
goe, you {hall find us all ready to ferve
you
to
the
utmofi of our po ;\ er. Afrer this he carried them to his Houfe and entertained
them nntill fuch
time.
as
.that
Mar9uis.
D on
Francifco
Pifarro
bellowed
fome Lands
and Houfes on
Carv~lJal
rn that
C ity;
for he was one of thofe choice Souldiers
which
1Jon
A ntonio
de
Mendoya,
Vice-king of
Mexico,
fem to the
affifi~ce
of the
Marquis
Pifarro,
when Prince
Manco
I nca
had ra1fed great Forces againfi him
7
as we have formerly related in its due place.
When
Francifco de
Carvajal
underltood that
Miguel
Cornejo
was amongfi the pri–
f<?ners
that~ er~
taken, he
~au
fed them all to be brought
to
his prefence, and ha–
ving feen
Corne70,
he took
hnn
afid , and began
very kindly
co
complain
and
chide
L 1111
him