4000003870

BooK

Royal

Commentaries.

him and cried, Oh the fiinking Rafcal, Oh the fiinking Rogue,

Carvajal

is co–

ming

kill

you

for

being

bold with

him~ bu~

the. Boy ran down to the

wa–

ter, wafhed

his

finger very

\X.

ell, and rubbed It wuh

du·~, an~

Co.returned home ;

the next day, being Monday he came

the School

\Vith 01s

F~ger

very much

[welled and looked as if he wore the Thumb of

Glove upon

it;

towards rhe

eyening his , hole hand was

f\,

elled up to his very Wrifl:; and next day, being

Tuefday, the [welling was come up

to:

his

~ery

Elbow,.

that he was _then

for–

ced to tell his Father of it, and confefs how It came:

for

remedy of which, Phy–

ficians being called, they bound a firing very ftrait above the

welling, and

fcar–

rified

his Hand and

Arm,

applying ocher Antidotes and Rem

edies

thereunto; not–

withftandiog which, and all the care

t~ey

_could ufe, the Boy

w.as

very near death:

and though at length lie recovered, yet 1t:was four months

after

wards before

could take a Pen in

hi?

hand -to write. And thus as the temper of

Carvajal

virulent and mali tious in

his

life-time,

was

his

fle!h

ooxiqus

aft~r

his. death,

and

gives us an

experiment

what manner

the

Indian.r

empoifoned

their

Arrows.

H A P.- XLill. .

)

what

nzanner

Pi~arro

was executed.

the·

Aln1s he

de–

fired

might

given

for

his

So.ul

after his death,

with

fo112e

account of his difpofitio

n and

natural parts.

rA·

now

the laft· place

\V.e

.are

give

relation of

th~

dolefull end of

•

Gon94lo Piparro,

whom .we left in confeffion

all

that day, and untill noon of

the

d~y,

untill

the Officers were .called

dinner,

but he re

fofed to

fC\t,

and

remained

alone

untill

the Confeifour returned, and

continue.cl

~onfeffion

un–

till

it ·was very late: in the mean time the Officers of

Jull}ce be

ing impatient of

delay, were ftill going and coming co hafren the difpatth ; and one of the moft

grave and fevere amongfi: chem, being ,troubled to fee the time thus

pafs

away,

cried out with

loud voice; what

will

they

never

have done, and bring forth

this

man

at which faying all the Souldiers· were much offended, and uttered

ma–

fcandalous and reviling words ag_ainfi: him, moll:

0£

wbitb, though

well re–

member, yet

am too modefl: to repeat them here, .or name the perfon ,:

for he

retired

ithout replying one word, left he fhould provoke the Souldiers

farther

anger, whofe difpleafare he much feared

for

what

had already expre{fed: but

prefently afterwards

Gonf alo Pifarro

cam~

forth and was fet upon

Mule purpofely

provided for him ;

had

his

Cloak on, and his hands loofe, though

·fame Au-–

tbours write, that

his

hands were bound;

y~t

about the Mule's neck,

halte

was tied to comply with the formality of the Sentence : in

his

hands he carried

the Image of our Lady

(co

whom he

was

greatly devoted) praying her to inter–

cede for his Soul. Being .come hctlf way to the place of Execution, he defued

Crucifix (which one of the Priefts who attended him, of which there being about

ten or twelve) gave into

his

han'ds; which he exchanged

for

the Image

our

La–

dy, kiffing

firft

"ith great humility the

of her (.iarment :

upqn

the

Crucifix he

fixed his eyes

!l:eadily that he did not remove them from that

qbjeet:

uncill

came to the Scaffold, which

was

purpofely ereeted for his execurion,; and

being

mounted thereupon,

went to one fide of it, and from thence made his Speech

to the Souldiers and Inhabitants of

Pers1,

who flocked

all

pares

thither,

being

abfent,

unlefs thofe wh

o had been

0£

his

party,

and

.ere

revoked

froro

him

and of them alfo fome were

prefent.in

difguifes, and not to be known, n Eben"

he fpake with a loud voice

this mann

er ;

Te k.now, Gentlemen, that

1J!J

Brothers and I

htt11e gained

this mpire, and

that

many

,JrJH

are pof{effed

of Lands

and

Baronies, which

my Brother

the

Marq11u

conferred

upon

'JOH;

aml many

you here prefenr hav e received

th~m

from

me. Morewer man of

J OH

owe

me monry,

which

luwe

f reely

lent t o

yo11,

and others

have

receivcJ

them

gift

And

_npt

If.