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his death
he
was not concerned
in
it ;
but
he
having oppreffed
the
people
d
put many to death 'withouc either Reafon or Law, was in revenge thereof
futt
0
d
by
thofe whofe Kindred, Friends and Relations were murthered
by
him
If
th;fi
Meffengers and Minifiers he fent co his Majefiy to render him an
acco~nr
of the
fiate of his Affairs here (who were the Men who fold and betrayed him)
had
been admitted and impartially
heard,
no doubt bat his Majefiy would
have ac
cepted his fervices,
and
taken other counfels and meafures than what now appear:
for
whatfoever he
aaed
then was at 'the perfuafion and with the concurrence
0
£
the Inhabitants and Reprefencarives of
the
feveral
Cities ·
and was made to
00.
Jieve by Judges and learned Counfellours, that what
he
aeted was agreeable to
Law
and
Equity.
To
which
the Prefident made
anf\!
er,
That he
had
!hewed himfelf
very un–
gratefu11 and undefervin.g the gratious favour of his
Majefiy
towards
his
Brother
rhe
Marquis, whom
he
had
enriched,
and,
wirh all his
Relation5>
had
raifed from
the dull:
to
eminent
degrees ofWealth and Honour; and chat as to the difcovery
o~
the
Coamrey,
he himfelf had
conrribured
nothing
th~reu~to.
Well,
replied
P1f
arro,
then let
my
Brother have
the fole
honour
of
this D1fcovery, yet it can–
not be
denied
but that he had need of the help and affifumce of all
cbe
four Bro–
thers, together with the aid of all
our Family, and
of fuch as
were
allied
co
it.
The favour which his Majelty
fhewed
co
my
Brother confifted onely in a bare
Title
without Ell:ate
or
Revenue thereunto belonging: and
if
any one lhall
fay
the contrary, I
defire
them
to
affign the place wnere fuch Efiate or
Revenue
re~
mains.
And
to
fay that
we ' ere raifed from the dull:, feems fomething harili
and firange, for
it
is
well known
chat
we emred
Spain
with the
Goths,
and have
been Gentlemen for many
Ag~s
of an eminent and ancient Family. His Majefiy
according
to his
will
and pleafure may bellow Offices and places ofTrull on men
of obfcure
originals,
and
raife
them
from
the
dull:
who
were born
in
ic:
And
if
we
V\
ere
poor
vi.
e fought our fortune through the world, and by our indufiry we
acquired this Empire,
which
we
have prefented
ro hi Majefiy, though we might
have appropriated the fame
unto our
felves,
as
others
have done who have been
the Difcoverers of
new and
unknown Countries.
The Prefident, angred at
there
fayings,
cried out
twice
with a
loud voice,
Take
him away, take him away, This Tyrant
is
the fame
co
day as he was yeficrday:
then
Diego
Ce11teno
came and
took
him
into
his
cufiody,
having (as we
have
faid)
defired
that Office of
the Prefident. The other Captains
were fent co different
places, to be kept under fafe Guards ;
but
Francifco
de
Carvajal,
though an aged
man of eighty four years, out of a natural
defire .
ro prolong
life,
made his
efcape
·
and
fled :
he was
mounted
on a
Horfe
of a light Chefnut colour, and fomerhing
old; I knew him, and that
he
was
called
Bofcanillo;
he was a well-fhaped Horfe,
and
had
been excellently good
in
his time : and being now
to
pafs over
a narrow
Scream
or
Brook
(as
there
are many
in
chat
Coumrey)
he hafiily plunged
down
a
Bank of
eight
Foot
deep
to
the Water,
an~
on
the
ocher
fide ic wa as high
to
get up, and very
rocky~
fo that having
palI~d
over he _ laboured
much
~o
afcend
the Bank:
Carvaja~
bemg old and corpulent,
could give no
help
co
his
Horfe;
for
if he
had
onely neld
by his Main he had got over,
but
fwaying too much up–
on one fide, he pulled the Horfe upon him, and both of them fell together into
the
Brook,
and he under his
Horfe ;
in which
condition
his own Souldiers feifed
and
took him and
carried
him away prifoner co the
Prefident, in
hopes by fuch a
prefent
and
piece
of
fervice
co obtain
their
own
Pardons.
CHAP.