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he had done him" and therefore in complement would neither require his Sword
nor his Dagger w'hich was girt about h~m, w.hich was of confidera~le , the
Hile being all of beaten Go!d : pr?'e le farther, he n:et. wit~ qen–
teno, who faid, my Lord, I am heartily fee your.Lord!h1p m.th1s m?rt
Gonfalo Pip1,rro fmiled here~t a little, and replied, <;:apta!n Centeno, there 1S nochmg
co oe faid more upon clus matter, my bu~nefs i~ fimfhed ~o day, to morrow
you your felves will lament my fall;, and without mcerc~angm~ m~re words, he
was carried directly to the Prefident s Quarters, who received him m Cuch manner
as the three Auchours agree ; whofe words we will faithfully repeat. Cttrate, Book
the fevench Chapter the feventh, faith ; And fo he was carried before the Prefi–
denr between whom fame fpeeches paffing which were judged to be bold and fe..
diti~us he was committed to the cuH:ody of Diego Centeno, &c. Gomartt, Chapter
i 86. faith, Vtllavicencio, being proud of fuch a Prifoner, condueted him forthwith
to the prefence of Gafca; who, amongfi many other quetlions, asked of him, whe–
ther he thought he had done well in railing War again!l: the Emperour? co which
Pifarro replied, Sir, I and my Brothers gained this Countrey at our own coll: and
expence, and therefore I thought it no crime co afpire unto the Government, ha–
ving his Majefiy's word and Commiffion for it. Gafca in anger twice comman–
ded chat he {hould be taken from his prefence, and the cufiody of him was com–
mitted ro the charge of Diego Centeno, vi. ho peticioned for the fame. P alentino,
Chap. 9oth. relates the difeourfe which paffed on this occalion, as follows; Gon–
fttlo Pifarro~ faith he, was carried before the Prefident, and being alighted from
his Horfe, ne made his humble obeifance ro him : the l?relidenc laid his faults be~
fore him, and would have comfqrted him, but Pipirro continuing frill inflexible
and obfiinate; anfwered, That it was he who had gained that Countrey, and put–
ooth glofs on his aetions, endeavoured to jufHfie whatfoever he had done;
provoked the Prefident that he retorted very feverely upon him in pre–
of many !landers-by, and told him plainly that whatfoever he could pretend
had not fufficienc force to caufe him to fwerve from the duty he owed co his Prince,
much lefs to become ungratefull and obdurate; for granting that his Majefiy had
conferred the favour and honour on his Brother the Marquis ro govern this Coan..
ttey, yet confidering chat thereby he had raifed both him and his Brothers from a
mean and poor to a rich and high condition, and advanced him from the dung–
hill to a confiderable degree, it ought to be fo owned and acknowledged; efpe–
cially fince in the difcovery of that Counrrey there was nothing due to him : it is
true his Brother rpight pretend to fame merit therein, but he underfiood fo well
the favours his Majefiy had conferred upon him as to efieem himfelf obliged for
ever to continue loyal and within the terms of dury and refpett : Fif arro would
have made fome reply, but the Prefident commanded the Madhal to take him
away, and deliver him into the cufiocly of Diego Centeno. Thus far Palentino, and
widi him the ocher two Authoars agree ; but all of them are fo ibort in the rela–
tion they give of this matter, that we think it neceffary to recount the frory mor~
particularly as it paffed, which was this;
When Gonfalo Pifarro came to the place where the Prefident was, he found
him alone with the Marfhall; for the other Commanders, ail1amed ro fee him
whom they had denied and fold, retired at fome dill:ance from them: the cere–
monies of re[pett which were made pailed on Hor[eback, for Pifarro did not
alight feeing that every man kept himfelf on his Saddle, as did alfo the Prefident ..
and the fir!l: thing he asked him was1 Whech~r he thought he had done well i~
railing the Councrey againfl: the Emperour, and making himfelf Governour there–
of contrary t0 his Majefiy's will and pleafore, and in killing his Vice-king in a
pitch,d Bartel: To which he made anfwer, that he had never made hirnfelf Go–
vernour, but was raifed thereunto by the Judges, who, at the requefi and defire of
all the C_iries of the Kingdom, had g~ven ~im a.Commiffion in purfuance and
confirmauon of that ACl: of Gtace which his Ma1efiy had confened on his Bro–
ther the Marquis, impowering him to nominate a perfon to fucceed him afrer his
life; and that it was manifefi and notoriouOy known td all the world that he
~as the pet.fon nominated by his Brother : and that having gained the Kingdom,
1t. was but JU a that he fhould be made Governour of it. And 2S to the Vice–
kmg, he was advifed by the Judges, as a thing l~wfull and tending to che quiet–
nefs and peace of the Empire, an_d to his Majelly's fervice, to drive out a perfon
from amongft them who was fo lmle fit and qualified for Government 6 and as td
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