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Koyal
Commentaries.
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!he'' how well he accepted them, he gave him Commiffion to be a
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d.
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a.
arrant
r~qumng ~
e
In iam
to
ierve
im upon the way,
and
to
furnifu
hun wlth neceffanes for his Journey; and farcher commanded chat
no
Mer h
in
Potocji
<hould open his
Shop
or fell any thing untill his
Parc~er
had
cleared
~t
hand of
all
h~
Merchandife. The Merchant, proud of thefe favours,
went
hf~
way
and
fc
_ld his Go_ods at the races he
pleafe~
;
and
having gained above
thirt
rhoufand pieces .of Eight, he
retur~ed
to
.carva1at,
and to fecure
himfelf of his
rr
v~ur, ~e to~d
him, that he had gamed eight thoufand pieces of Eight in
Panner–
!hip.wuh him, and that
fou~
thoufar:id, which
as the moiety thereof
belonged
to
him:
Carva1.al,to make
~is
Sould1ers merry, began
to.
fpeak
in
the Merchant's
phrafe
a~
fiyle;
aod.
told him that
he
could not be fausfied with
a general ac–
count
um11l
he
fa
w
l
is
Book. The Merchant readily drew it out
and read
rhe
feveral parcels ;
as,
lmprimi.r,
for fo many
pieces of Cloth of Gold ;
'Item
fo many
pieces of attin, fo
many
of
elver, fo
many
of Damask, fo many
fin~
Cloaths
of
Si
ot
1
~a
W
o?l,
~o
many .
ieces
of
fine
Holland and Cambrick, and
fo
feveral of
them
1
h their
pr~es, wh1~·h
he brought from
Spain;
the
lafi parcel
of
all was
three
d
zeo
f
Corn s,
~
hKh
amounted
to
fo
much.
Carvajal
was filenc
untill
he came
to
rhis arcel ; and then he cried our, hoJd, hold, reade
that
parcel
once
again;
hich \ hen he had done, he
turned
about
to
h·s ouldier,
and faid,
Do
not
yor1
ths"nk._, Gentlemen, that he
char~es
me over much in thiJ parcel
of
Com!JJ?
The
uldiers
l
ughed
hearrily
to hear
him
ft
p at this marrer of the
Combs,
and
to
pa
by
all
the
groffer furn
preceding.
hus
was
the
Partneriliip dHfolved
and
Carv.,yal,
having
taken his <hare of the gains difpatched
away his
Partne; well
treated and
fa
cured by him; as he did
all
rhofe who brought him any benefit.
This paffage,. or fome other very like it, a certain Aurhour relates in a diffe–
rent manner, \\·hich was thi
:
Carvaj1tl,
pur foing
after
Diego
Centeno ,
happened
one day to take three of his ouldiers, t ·o o which being the mofi confiderable,
heh nged up
refendy; and coming to the third, he found him to be a
!hanger
and a nati e
Greece,
called Maller
Franci{co,
and pretended to be a Chirurgeon,
thou h in r
alicy
he knew norh·ng of that Profeffion; and
this
fellow, as the
greatefl: Mifcreanr of the
t
iree he
rdered fhould be hanged on rhe highell:
Gib.
bet
:
Francifco,
hearing this
emence, faid to him, Sir,
Why
will you trouble
your fel
f
to
hang Cuch a pi ·full
Raf
cal as I am, \.\ho am not worth the
hanging,
and who have never given you any caufe of offence - and, Sir, I may be
ufofull
to
you
in curing your wound , being a Chirurgeon
by
my profeffion
:
well,
faid
he,
go
thy
ways, and 1 pardon thee for
whatfoev~,
thou haft already done or jhalt doe for the
fi1-
t11re, on condition that thot-e cure
my
Mu.In,for I
am
fure thoH art more
11
Farrier than"
·
Dotlour.
Mafier
Francifco,
having got free by thefe means, in a few months
time
aften ard he made his efcape, and ferved
Diego Centeno,
and after the
Bartel
of
Huarina
being again taken,
Carva}ltl
ordered that he fhould be hanged; bm
Ma–
lter
Francifco
defired his Worihip's excu{e for that at fuch a time he had pardoned
him both for \ hat was pall: and what 01ould be hereafter
:
and hereofl challenge
your paroll, as becomes th
e honour of a
o
uldier, which I know you highl}
1
efieem.
The Devil
ta~e
thee,
fa.idCarvajaJ,
and
do.ftthou
remember
this now? ill
l\!ep
my
Promife,
go, look after
my
Maus,
and
run
away
tU
often
tU
thou
wilt;
if
aIL
the
ene–
mies
of
my
Lord
the Governour
were
lik!
tb e we
fho11/d
foon be
Friends.
The
fiery
of
Mafier
Francifco
is told of a certain Priefr
in
the fame manner onely with change
of Perfon .
In
hi purfuit after
Diego Centeno
he took three perfons of thofe which he called
Weavers or Trimmers; who, as their necellities urged them, ran from one
fide
to
another ; and of this fort of people he pardoned n ne, but hanged as many of
them a he could catch : and having hanged two of them,
t~e
third thinking
to
plead fomething
f(
r hi pardon, told him, chat he had. been his
Servan~,
and had
eaten often ofhis Bread ; his meaning was, that often times, as a Sould1er, he had
eaten with him at
his
Table.
Curfed, {aid
Carvaj l,
he
that Bread which hatk
heen
fa
ill emplqyed:
11nd
turning to the Executioner,
tak!
me this Gentlemnn, and hang hmJ
11p
on the higheft /;ranch ofyonder Tree having had the honour to eat
of
my
Brettd.
And left
this
Chapter fhould be over long we have thought fit co divide ic inro two pares.
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