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Royal
Commentaries.
ply
the fame Counfel to your felf,
which
will
be as
wholfome for you as
for
me: And now pray do me the favour
to
reach me a cup of _that liquor
w~ich
the
Indians
are drinking : the Gentleman prefently arofe from hIS Seat, and with–
out mher reply, went and fetched
a
.pHh
of
~hat liq~or,
and brought
i~ t~
Carva–
jal;
who received it;
and
to iliow
~is
compliance
wit~
the Gentleman s
_kindne~,
drank
it
and thre'vv the
dHh
from him : And thus this Spark was repaid for his
good
C~unfel;
by which he _was put
fo
out of countenance,
th~t
when
~e aft~wards jelled with any of his friends, and that any of them found him too mmble
m
hi
Repartees; they would fay, Away, away,
Let
us .goe to
Carvajal>
and
he
will
fet us
all
at rights. Another Gentleman of good quality, younger than the other,
but
]oofe and extravagant in the vices of his youth, and who took pleafure
to
publifh and boall: of chem; began to preach to
Carvajal
io
the fame manner as the
orher
had done , feeming 'ery zealous for his Repentance, being fhorrly to dye.
To which
Carva;al
made chis anfwer, You have fpoken, Sir, like
a
Saint,
but
we have this Proverb,
Ayoung Saint, and an old Devit:
with which this young
Gentleman was put
to
filence.
.But another Gentleman received feverer language
from
him
being
known to come with intention co fcorn and triumph over him,
. rather
cha~
to admonifh or comfort him :
for
his Salutation was this;
I kifs
your
W
ortbip's hands, Good Seignior Lieutenant General: For though your
W
orfhip
would have hanged me
at
fuch a place; yet, (having now forgotten it)
I
come
co know wherein
I
may ferve you, which
I
fhall readily perform without remem–
brance
of
my
late
ill
ufage.
Sir, replied
Carvajal,
What is
it
you can doe
for
me, which you offer with fuch mighcy ofientacion and gravity
?
Can you fave
my life?
If
you cannot doe that, you can doe noth"ng;
When,
as you fay,
I
would
have hanged you,
I
could have done
it
if
I
had pl
fed : but perhap you were
fo
much a
Ra
fcal, chat
I
did not think you worth the hanging ; and now, forfooth>
you
w
ld fell me what you have not. Go your ways, in the Name of God, be–
fore
I
fay "orfe to you.
In
this manner did he fcorn and triumph over
his
Ene–
mies,
and
never did he carry himfelf with that confl:ancy of
niind,
authority,
gra–
vity and fieadinefs as he did that day when
he
was taken.
I
was acquainted with
all thofe three Gentlemen whom I have here mentioned, but it is not reafon to
name any man, but on occafion of
fome gr
at aCl:ion : but they all afterwards
be–
came Citizens of
Cozco,
and had the
beft
quarters of that Oty affigned to
them.
CH AP.
XXXIX.
Of the Captains who were executed, and how their Heads
were fent into divers parts of that
Kingdon1.
T
0
the preceding Difcourfes we
~all
add .this one of .a different nature co
all
the refi. There was
a
certain Sould1er
called
Diego
de
Tapia
whom
I
knew,
and of whom
I
have made mention in our Hifiory of
Florida,
lib.
6.
chap.
18.
and who had been one of
Carvajal's
Souldiers, and much efieemed by
him, becaufe he was a good Souldier, aetive and
fit
for bufinefs. He was of
lit–
tle fiature, but well fha_ped and had revolted over to
Carvajal
before the Battel
o~
Huarina;
this poor fellow, .coming ro
Carvajal,
wept, and !bed many rears
with
great tendernefs
:
alas , Sir ,
fa
id he, Father, how much
am
I
troubled to
~ee
you
in
this dHl:refs ; I wifh
co
God, that my
life
might fatisfie
fc
r your ,
for
1t
could never be
etter offered than for you. Alas,
Sir,
how much am
I
grie–
v~d
for
you! had you fled, and ma e your
efcape
with
me,
it
had fared othenl\:ife
With you. To whkl
Carvajal
replied ,
I
do not doubt of the forrow
and
fenfe
you have of my condition; and
I
am much obliged to you for the expreffions
you have
~ade
of your good
will
to me, offering to exchange your life, to
purchaf~
mm@.
But·
tell
~e,
Brother
Diego
,
fince
we
were
fuch
great and
inti–
m~te
Friends, why thou didfi not tell me of thy intencion to be
g
oe, that we
might have fled
away
together? With
which
Aof
wer the
Standers-by
were much
pleafed,
I
'
.