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Commentaries.
BooK
II.
" 'Tis well that there wants not chofe who are agrieved ac che fatisfaétion which
'~ wa~ given
to
my ~onour,.by the Deat~ of
Pedro de Lerma :
Whofoever he is, lec
" him [peak clearly
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pubhck, anq noc
m
fecrec and obfcure Whifpers j for by
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Heavens
I
arn
a
Man who dare anf '0'er him, and give him as many íl:abs, as
I
" did to
Pedro de Lermd.
The Governour knowing' thac he·meant and aimed at
him, prefently rnade up to him, and taking hold of che Collar of bis Doublec,
cried out with a loud voice'
I feiz.,e you in the King's Name, and·J charge
JOU
al! to
affift the fuftice againjf a Traytour and
1t
L'vfurthmr.
Whereupon ali thac vvere pre–
fenc cook hold on
Samaniego,
and put him in Prifon, for every one haced him,
being tired with bis infolences. Hereupon che Governour made Procefs againíl:
him by examination and teíl:imony of four Wimeífes: che fubíl:ance whereof .___
was this ; That rhey had heard
Samaniego
fay, that he had killed
Pedro de Lerma,
wl10 was one of his Majeíl:y's Capcains, and who had performed great Service to
the Crown in the lace Conqueíl!, having executed che Office of Lieutenant-Ge–
neral.
to
Marquis
Pipmo
;
and that he· killed him not in che Battel, bue as be lay
wounded- in bis bed : Being accufed upon this. lndiél:ment, he was found guilty,
and condemned to dye j during che time of which Tria!, che
Jndians
having erec–
ted
a
Gallows for him, he was broright forth to punifhment j and che
Jndians
ha–
ving in their own Language proclaimed his Crime, were the Executioners alfo
co
hang him up: which was a piece of Juíl:ice applauded by all·wh9 faw and .heard
clk
.
But to return again to our Hiíl:ory. The
lndians
did not execute che defign
they had agreed, which was to kili all che
Spaniards
after che Bahel, which chey
imagined mighc have been done; after chey were weakned by che common ílaugh–
ter: For God, who intended by their meaos
to
propagate che Holy Gofpel in
chofe parts, preven~ed thac intention
by
diífention amongíl: che
Jndian1
themfelves;
for thac che
l ndians,
who were the Menial and Domeílick Servants of che
Spani–
ards,
being affeél:ed with a natural'Loyalcy
to
cheir Maíl:ers, would not confenc
to
che Malfacre of chem, bue racher judged themfelves obliged to defend and fighc
for
thetn ;
for
che retneínbraoce
0f
whac wa-s encbarged thern by
Hua;na.
ca:
pac,
and
Manco Inca,
occurred
ílill
to cheir minds, by which chey believed, chat
an obligation lay on .1hem to ferve and obey che
Spaniards.
Thus did the divi–
fion between che
Jndian
Servants, and che ochers, prevenc che execution of cheir
deíign; from which alfo little foccefs could have been expeél:ed, coníidering chat
they had no Head, or General, to conduél: chem : And if chey had had one, yer,
as
Hiíl:oties
fay,
che
lndians,
who were on che
fide
of che Conquerours, would nor
well have accorded with nhofe who ,were vanquifhed.
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This Battel happened on the' 6cR of
April
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which being on a
Sat11rda.J,
which was che day after the Feaíl: of
Laz.arm,
che
Spaniards
conceived a particular
devocion for chac Saint j and in remernbrance thereof builc and dedicaced a
Church to him in chofe Plains where chis Battel was foughc, and which was
fianding wheo
I
departéd from thertce. Wichin chis Church che Bodies of ali
chofe who ' were ílain, both of one fide and the ocher, wer.e incerred : And
though fome alledge, chat che Batee! happened
n che
26th
of
April,
I cannot
bue believe chat it was an Errour of che Primer, who iníl:ead of
6,
put down
26.
B/tU Va/era
defcribing the Grandure of che City of
Cow,
rouches fome particu–
lars relating to thi~ Batee! , and fays :
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"· Thaé- in chofe Plairls cher
e is a Church d~dicated to St.
IJatarm,
where
fot·
,e
a.long time lay ioter!:'ed che Bodies.of thofe who weré ílain in,chat Fighc. Af.
" terw¡n·d~ a
Spania'rd,,
who was ·one of che Cob~uerours, a Perfon both Noble
" and Religious, was atcuíl:omed ,to.., refórc frequencly chicher to pray for che
ª
Souls qf chofe whoi1were i.nterred in chac plaée. r; And havirlg cominued rhis
" deXrótíon for a·Jong,ti!.ne, at lengch he happeAfdto,peai:Jighs<and deep groans
" frorm the Vaulcs of che Church, and cherewich appeared bcifore him che Perfoñ
" of one 9f his friends, which had been there ílaiffj bm he faid nothing more ro
" him, chan onely to intreac líitn, that he would continue his vifünó chacChurch
" lfrequently at certain Hours boch by Day and Nighc'.
At
firft
che
Sp«11ia~d
was
'' poffeífed with greac fear ac che fighc of chis App:trition, bue ac lengch being
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accu-