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fuould be quartered , and his Limbs hanged up in the cmmmon high-ways leading
to
Cozco
,
is
a mofi falfe relation : for never was any fuch thing either imagined
or contrived : for
if
ever
any
fuch thing had been intended '
it
would certainly
have been difcourfed of
in
the times of peace and fetdemenc, as many other
things
were, which were at
firft
great Secrets, and afterwards made known and divulged
to
all the
World : Nor
indeed can
it
be believed
chat fuch a thing could
be
for
all
thofe of
the Council (
excepting the Prefident himfelf) had many and
ireat
obligations to
Gonfalo Pifarro,
having received
fignal
honours
and
benefits from
his
hands : and therefore
it
was not
likely they
would paiS an infamous fencence
againfi him, though
it
was neceifary for the fervice
of
his Majefty and
the
peace
and quiemefs of
the Etnpire, that
d!iey
iliould
give their
aff
ent
unm
his death.
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