872 / 1060
.
.
Royal
C'o1n1nentarie1.
Book
V.
1f.5
a debt. 1 f or
VJY
part d.J•e poor and
withot~t
any
thing, that not
fo
much
1u
the cl0ttth
my back._ are my
own,
but
the
feeJ belonging to
the
Executioner,
for
the fervice
/
11
f
0
~
f>1
mt
ting
off
my
Head;
fa
that
1
have
nothing to
give for
the good and benefit
of
m;e;
0
',
ll
1xrcforc,.
I
hefeech
JOH.,
Gentlemen,
tU
many of
you
tU
o'"e
me
mMey,
to
heftow the
j.
fll1••
in M..tj[e1 to be faid for my
Soul;
having
fHll
aj{urance
in
God,
through the merit
-~11'.e
bloud
and paf!ion
of
our Lord
J
efus Chrifi
hu
Son, and
with
the
af!iftence
of
your
ch°;·~us
t
h.it·he
will
pilrdon
my
Offences
and
receive me
to
Mercy.
And
fo
Farewell.
FJ'
car e had he ended
his
requefl for Charity, before the Sighs
and
Groans
of
the
Pe
ple were loudly heard; and many Tears were
fhed
by
all
thofe
\1\
ho
heard
hofe dolefull and fad expreffions. Then
Pi
f
arro
kneeled dovrn
before the Cru–
ifix
which was placed on a Table fet upon the
ffold. Then
came the
Execu–
tioner,
{ohn
Enrique;1:;.,,
to bind a Handkirchief about his
Eye :
but
Fipirro
deli–
red him co
forbear, faying,
that
there was no need
of
it:
and
when 11
·whim
raw
his Hanger to cue off
his
Head ; he
fa
id, Honea
J
Ack.,
doe
thy
Office
hand-
omely; meaning that he iliould doe his bufinefs
at
one blow , and
not
in
a
man–
gling manner, as fome have done:
then faid the Executioner,
I
promife
your
Lor fhip that
it
fhalJ be
{b
done as you defire : and having
fc
faid he
lifted
u
his Beard with his left-hand, being bove a Span long, and cut
round,
as they
ufed
to
wear them in thole days ; and with a back-fir ak
c
t
of
his Head at one
blow,
a
if
he
had fliced
a
leaf of Lettice; and holding
hi
Head
in
hi hand
rhe
body
i
emained
f
ome time b fore
it
fell. And this was the end of this
great
Man.
Th
Executioner would after ard have £hip ed him, but
th
t
Diego Centeno,
who
\'as
c
me
to
lay him in
his Coffin,
rede med his Cloat
s
by promHing
a
recom-
ofe
for
them co the
Execution~r
:
fo
hi Corpfe were carried t-0
be
interr
d
at
Cou:o
in his own Cloath ,
for
want of
a
winding Sheer, which none
vo
ld beltow
and \\" re buried in a Con ent of our Lady f the
Merccd.r,
and in the
tame
Cha~
pel \\'here lay the · odies of che
t\\
o
Diegoe1
de
A
Lmagro,
Father a
d
Son,
whore
ates
had
been the fame; for they had been equally concerned
in gaining the
Countrey; and
all
three were
put
to
death and buried up n Charity ;
and
after •
all
thi , as if
t~re
had \.vanted
Ear h
or Land in the Countrey, they
were all
three buried
in
the fame Grave
:
And
chat
none of them might have
caufe
ro
boafi of hi fortune above the ocher; all their conditions '"ere made equal; and
all
three may be compared
with
chat of
Francifco Pifarro,
''ho
was
Brorher
of
one and Companion o the other who' as put
to
death (as before related)
and
buried after\\ ards -upon Charity·: and
thus
may thefe four Brother and
Compam~
n be ornpared and made equal in every thing. , S
that
now~
If
a
man foberly
and impartially confiders the courfe of this World , he \vill ee
I
ow ' ell and in
'' hat manner it rewards thofe who ferve
in
their generation; fince
this
·as
rhe re–
compeoce of chofe who gained and conquered the Empire called
Peru.
-one of
the three Auchours make mention of the Charity which
Pifarro
bee-ged
at
his
death ; perhaps becaufe they would not grieve the
ead
s
~
ith {(
melancholy
a
.
ory; but,
for
my part,
I
write all thing plainly and without any difg ife.
he fury
of the War being ver ,
t
e Inhabitants of the Empire
c ufed 'Maf..
fes co be faid in their refpecttve Citi
~
for che Soul of
Go11f1tlo
Piptrro,
both
in
compliance with what he requefied of chem
at his
d ach,
alfo from
a
Princi–
ple
f
gratitude to him who had faved cheir
liberties,
and
laid
down
hi
life
for
the
publick welfare. His Head with chat alfo of
Francifco de
Carvap1l
\Vas carried
t
the
lty of
Los
Reyu,
(which was
built
and founded by his Brotner de
Mar–
qui . ) And here, being pitched upon Iron ""'pikes, chey \-'ere
fet
upon a
allow
i
the
i:
ublick Markee-place.
Gonf(do
Pip1;·ro
and hi four Brothers (who have fup lied us
\\'ith
matter for a
long Di comfe in this
Hillery)
w re born in the City of
Trnx iUo,
whi h
· ~ in
the
Provin e of
ftrHmadura,
which we mention in honour _thereunto , for
having
rodu d fuch Heroick ons, who conquered the n ·o Empire of the new
orlo,
namely,
Mexico
and
Peru;
for
Don Hernando Corte1,
Marquis
Del
Ta/le
who
ubd~1-
ed
Mexico
,
was alfo born at
Medell
which
i
a Town in
Eftrcm.ad11ra.
All
afco
Nunnez:.
de
Valvoa,
~ho
was the
firfi
Spani .rd
that difcovet d [he outh-
a,
was a Native of
Xerez:.
de
Badajo~
5
and
Don Pedro de
Ah
1
tt>"ado,
wh ,
a
r
1
rh
n.–
quell: of
Mexico
pa!fed into
Peru
\
ith
eight
hundred
men, of
w
i
h
G,,1rp·l~OJ
de
la
Vega
was on'e of the Captains, and
Gomez:. de
g-'ord<!Ja,
wet
. Tarive
f
fi,xh–
JO~.
to'
hich
\i
e
may
add
Pedro
Alt1are~
H olgmn,
HeHM~Jdo
d
s
10,
and
Pedro
dd
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BAre