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jefiy · which had been long in his mind,
and
which he at length put in execu–
tion '
as
we
<haH
find by the fequel: and in order thereunto he remained
in
Ri–
mac
~ntill
fuch
time as the Prefident embarked
for
Spain,
as
<hall be
declared here–
after. During the time that the Prefidem was employed in the Valley of
Aptrl'i–
tmtc
in
fharing
unto every man his proportion and lot; the Judge
Cianca
received
incdlligence, chat the
Licenf iado
Polo ~
who
was
_'fent to be Judge in the
Charca~,
had taken
Francifco
de Efpinofa
and
Diego
de
Carvapfl
the Gallantj and
fenc
them pn–
foners · who were the two perfons employed by
Gon f alo Pifarro
in
Arequepa
and
the
ch~rca1
,
after the Bartel
of
H11arina
,
and there cdmmitted thofe dlforders
which we formerly mentioned : but chefe men, before they came to
Cozco·,
wrote
a
Letter to
Diego.
Centeno,
intreating him to intercede
for
them, and at leafi obtai–
ned
fo
far
.a
remiffion of their Crimes , as might not extend unto life , but unto
banifhment out of the Kingdom.
In anfwer hereunto
Centeno
replyed, Thar
he
fuould gladly comply with their requefi , in cafe the enormity of
their
Crimes
were capable of
fo
much mercy, and could admit of excufe and alleviation befote
the Lords the Jufiices; but
fin£e
they had been fo
cruel as to
burn fev
en lndi11ni
alive without any caufe or provocation, he feared that the Vate was
<hi.Jcto
all
mercy, nor durft any
Man
appear with arguments of interceffion
in
a caufe
fo
vile and dark as theirs. Some
few
days after this Anfwer was given, chefe
Offen–
ders were brought to
Cou:o,
where they were hanged and quartered, and their
Quarters difpofed
in
feveral ways, to che great fatisfatlioo both of
Jndi11ns
and
Sp11-
niards,
who rejoiced to fee
a
Cruelty
fo
jufily
revenged.
•
CH AP.
The
Government
'of
Chile
~
given to
Pedro de
Valdivia~
The Articles which his own People prefer againfl hinz
;
and
hy
what means he
is
freed
by
the Prefident.
.
~
Mongfi
the many great DiviGoils and Difiributions made by the Prefiden.t
Gafca
in
the Valley
of.Apurimac,
the Government of the Kingdom of
Chile
was
conferred on
Pedro
de
V11ldivi11,
with
Title of Governour and
Captain
Gen'e–
ral
of that great Kingdom containing five hundred leagues
in
length ; .and more–
over, he received a
full
Commiffion to divide the Counrrey amongft the Adven–
turers and fuch
as
had deferved
well
of the Crown, The benefit of
which Com–
roiffion
Pedro
de
Paldivia
enjoyed a long time with great profperity and affluence
of
fortune~
uncill his Riches became
his
fnare , and were_the caufe of his ruine
together with a hundred and fifty
Sp11nifh
Gentlemen more who were all ilain with
him, as we have already related
in
the fufi part of this Hillery, in the Life of
Jn–
ca_Tupttflqui;
and have there anticipated this Story, .which was memorable and
worcby obfervation, and inferted it out of its due place, in regard the Succeffes of
tl;at
Kingdom
w~r~
impertinent co
o~r ~urpofe:
but the prefent paffiiges belon–
ging
to the Domm1on of
Peru
fall w1th11\
the
verge of our H1fiory, and are
the
proper fubjett of our Difcourfe, of which
Di.ego
Rern11J1dez:.,
a Citizen of
Palen–
cia,
gives
this
account ia one of his Chapters, the Title of which
is
this:
That
~y
the
fame
humane
Law1
fome
mm
m1t.J
he
condemned and
p11t
to
death,
and ;thers
guilty
of
t he feme Ctime may
be
f reed
and
Acquitted.
The fame Authour hath another Chapter, number
94.
the
Tide of
which
is
this :
In
what manner the
Prejident
fent
to
ta'k!
Pedro de Valdivia.
Tbe
A rtic!e.1 ;,,hicb
the
People
of
Chile
preferred
againft
him, 1tnd in what
manner
the
P rejidmt
6ro11ght
him
ojfo
Rrrr r
i
It hath