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Royal Com1nentaries.

CH AP.

XL I.

Of other paffages

li~e

the oth

;

and

irhat

h.1pp_e11ecl

!,1.Y

Boy

"f/Jo touched on°

the

0._~arttrs

,arv

•

HEN

he marched out of

Couo

go re

Co/l(lo

ich

three

hundred

Soul-

diers after him, all drawn up in form of Battel; for he

\vas

mu h

eafed

fee his men well exercifed and marching in good order. A litde more

1an

league

from

the City,

he obferved

one of

his

Souldiers

fepa rate

from the

reft

of the Company, and to retire behind a Rock in the way for his natural eafi ment:

Carvajal,

who remained always in the Rere_, the

bette~

fen

e. the march. of

his

T roops, feemed very an ry and much d1fpleafed with the

Sould1er

r leavmg

his Rank; the Souldier excufed himfelf, being urged by his

arnral n,.,.ceffi ies.

How> [aid

Carvajal,

a good Souldier

Peru,

who

~he

beft

So1J!~ier

the world, ought

to eat his Loaf

Bread at

Cozco,

and

ca.ft

out agam at

huqmfaca, \\I ich

are

hundred leagues di!l:anr

ach

from th

e oth

er.

Ar another time

Carvajal

travelling \.\ ith five or fix

Co 11panio1JS,

the} brought

him a roafted Leg of Mutcon

that large kind of Sheep v•:hich are

that

Coun–

trey, and which are half as big more as thofe are in

Sp'lin:

One of thofe in the

company called

Hernan

Pere~

Tablero,

who was a familiar

riend of

Carvajal,

dfe–

red

Carver, and as a bad Husband in his Office cut out large f1ice :

what

do.ft

thou mean,

faid he,

to cut out fuch great-pieces ?

I give every man, anf\.vered

his

proporcion;

i.s

-,:pe/i

done, [aid

Carvajal,

for

the Devil is in his Gut

who comes

for

more.

When

Carvttjal

was

returned vietorious from the purfuit he had made afcer

D~o

Centeno,

made

Banquet

Co-;:,co,

and invited all his

Capta~s

and chief

Officers thereunto : and though Wine was

dear

at that time, and worth

three

hun–

dred

pieces

of Eight the

Arrobe,

or twenty five pounds weight, being about fix

Gallons

EnglHh

meafure, yet the Guells drank freely of it, and not being accu–

ftomed to drink Wine, they were all

difordered chat fome fell

a-fle~p

their

Chairs, others on the Floor, fome tumbled down, and every one was

ill

accom–

modated md in

difguife;

which when

Donna Cata/ma Leyton,

coming

fonh from

her Chamber,

faw,

fhe, in a [corning

anner, faid, alas for

poor

Peru,

that thou

lhouldfi have the misfortune

be governed

fuch people

thefe; which

\ hen

Carvajal

heard,

Pe-ace,

faid he,

you old [ade, and

let

them

fleep

hut two hours,

for there is not one of thefe fellows but

4bfe

to govern half a world.

At another time, having imprifoned a rich man for fome \'rords which he

was accufed to have faid againfl: him, and having detained him in prifo

wane

of due evidence and

proof

of matters againfl: him, though he feldom

upon

thofe niceties to difpatch his Enemies: The poor man finding that his Execution

was delayed, he

imagined,

that the onely way to fave hi

life

was to ranfome him–

felf

with money ; for it was well known char

Carvajal

had on the like

occafion

taken the prefent and

been

reconciled : upon this fuppofition, he

fent

for a

riend

of his

and

delired to bring him two Ingots of Gold, which he had laid in fuch a

place, which being brought to him, he fent them to

Carvajal,

defiring him ro hear

his Caufe, and his Anfwers to the Accufations of his enemies:

Carvajal

having re–

ceived the Gold, went to vifit the Prifoner, whofe lodging was

his

Houf~ :

And the Prifoner pleading that

was

falfly

accufed, defired him to be fatisfied

with the niifery

had already fuffered, and that he would pardon him for God,s

f~ke,

promifing

for the future to become a true,

faichfull

and a loyal Servant

him, as he would find in time.

Carvajal,

taking his Ingots of Gold faid

with

a loud voice

(that

the Souldiers in the yard below might hear him')

n1!J,

Sir,

having

authentick_Writings and Paper1 to (hew

M yoH

have, did not you p-roduce them '7e–

fore: Go

your

wa.JJ

Goas

n4me in

peace,

and l£ve fecure!J,

for

though we are

again.ft

the

K:·ng, it is not re1tfon

tha~

we fhould lik§wife be enqmies to the Church of God.

We have formerly m another place related how

Carvajal

firangled

Donna

Mari~

Calde-ron,

and hanged her out at a

Window of

her Lodgings; we were then very

brief

this

narrative,

and

did

not

plainly

pecifie the

parcicular

words and reaf

ons,

not