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Royitl

Comme~taries.

The things which I have faid already, and what I !hall hereafter add more di–

ll:inttly, I cook up at firll: in

t~e

time of

youo~,

as I heard them

accid~ntaliy

difcourfed amongft

men: for

mdeed about

that

r1me,

and for

fome·

ye-ars

afcer–

wards, there was fcarce any meeting of Per.Cons of QQ.alit)t but where chefe paffa..

ges were rhe common entertainment : Afterwards, ·in

more ripe

yea.rs,

re–

ceiv€d a farther information thereof from rhofe who

Lklci;

been Guards

the per–

fons of

Ca11vajal

and

Gon2alo Pifano:

for the Tems wherein thefe

tw0

perfons

were lodged were near

each ocher;

than the Sanldiers who were appointed

to be their Guards, being Perfons of

Note , did

ofc~n

change nheir ftations, and

pafs from one Tent to another: ancd upon their Teftimonies

w.ho

have feen and

heard

thefe Matters

gremnd

Relation.

And

now

to fhew the d1tforence becween rhe particulars.· related

this Au–

thour touching the b€hav1ours of.

C.ar7'JajaL

and

"Pir;ar'J'!'o

afcer tln.eir imprifonment :

and that which

have writren and

fhall writ@

hereafter ,

Dnatl

excraet

fume

few fayings of them, which indeed are nothing

but

vulgar talk and fireet-news,

and not received by Perfons of Q!.rnlicy, and underftaooing. Thau which

Palentino

faith, Chap.the 9och, is this: Then they carried

Francifco

Carvajat

before the Pre–

:fident;

who was taken in the

purfoit as

wa's

fal1€n m a Bog ; and as he was

conducted by

Pedro

Valdivia,

the Commonalty was fo.incenfed againft him, that

they would have killed him; which

Car7:!ajal

perceiving, defired the Prefident ooc–

to hinder them, but fuffer them co

kill

him in that very; place. It happened at

that time, that the BHhop of

Coll:,co

came to him,_and faid, wherefore was

it,

Car•

vajal,

that thou killedfi my Brother

for he had hanged his Brother

Ximenez.

afi:er

the Barrel of

Guarina:

which he anfwered, that he had not killed him: Who

was it then, faid the Bifhop

His own deftiny, faid

Carvajal :

with which the Bi–

fhop growing angry, and laying before him th€ crime he committed in the mur–

ther of his Brother; he bore up to him, and gave him three or four blows over the

Face with his

Fift

In like manner. much People flocked in upon him, giving him opprobrious lan–

gqage , reviling him for the many ill and cruel aetions that he had done

to all

which

Carvajal

wa~

filent, and made no reply ;

that time

Diego Centeno

coming

in,

reproved the people for their rude treatment of him ; which caufed

Carvajal

look earnefily upon him ; and ask him, who he was, that dealt fo civily

w ith

-him :

Centeno

replyed, Sir, do not you know

Diego Centeno ?

In truth, Sir, faid

Car–

vajal,

I have feen your back parrs

often, that corning now to fee your face ; I

fcarce knew you : meaning the purfuits he had made after him: Howfoever

Cen–

teno

was fo little offended at this reply, that he followed him into the Tent, where

he was detained prifoner , and

frill

continued to offer him all the fervices which

were in his power to doe for him, though he was well affiired, that

he were in

his condition, he woula not fhew the like to him ; which when

CaYva.jal

heard,

he made a .little paufe and fiop, and faid , Seignior

Diego

Centeno,

I am no fuch

Child or Fool

as with the fear and apprehenfion of death,

be moved unto fo

much folly ano vain hopes, as to requefi of you any kindnefs or good Office ; nor

do I remember at any time, in the bell: days of

life, that ever fuch a ridicu–

lous propofal was made to me as this formal offer of fervice which you make me;

which having faid, they carried him into the Tent. ·

all the Royal Army there was but one man killed, of

Pifttrtro)s

there were

fi~

teen; which happened. according to the difpofiti-0n of Divine Providence; that

his Majefiy might have occafion thereby to exercife his mercy and clemency

to–

wards

Pifa'rro

and his Souldiers. And thus did God out of his infinite compaffion

put an end to thefe troubles, with

little effufion of bloud as this which happen–

ed : which indeed was very firange, in cafe we confider

that Qn both fides there

were fourteen hundred Muf

qu~tiers,

feventeen pieces of

Cannon ,

above fix han–

dred Horfe , with a.great number of Piques and Lances: for when the King,s

parry

perceived in what manner their Enemies were loft and defeated , they had

nothing to

doe~

but to receive them , and give them quarter when they furren·

eked,

&c.

In the following Chapter,

which

the ninety

firft,

having related the femence

wh~ch

was pafied up<?n

G<Y/lfalo

Pifarro_;

he there adds, that when feveral gave

then Votes to have ·h1s quarters

fe~

up !n the publick places of. the

~icy,

the Prefi..

den~,

out of

refpe~

to the MarquIS, hIS

~rother,

refufed to give bIS confent there·

unto : and that at his death he !hewed

h1mfelf

very penitent for the fins he had

committed