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Royal
Commentarin.
BooK
II.
of this World rich and powerfull: the trutb of which hath been proved at
large by whac hach preceded.
·
.
In
fine cherefore, (as we have faid) chis greac Hero was íl:rangled
in
Prifon,
which was fufficient ro have made an end of hirn; bue to affeél: che minds of
chofe who faw him wich greacer co111paffion and forrow, his Body was broughc
forth into che Market-place, and his Throat cut chere; he had paífed che Ag€
of feventy fiv~ years, and bis Healrh was
fo
broken and infirm, thac had chey noc
haíl:ned his Death, he could not have lived much longer.
le
is faid, chat his Ene–
rnies, to íhew cheir greac abhorrence and deceíl:ation of him, had killed him
twice. The Executioner in privilege of his Office, and as his Fees, íl:ripped him
of his Cloaths, :rnd would alfo have taken his Shirt had it been fuffered : And
in chiscondition he lay expofed in cheMarket-place, che greateíl: pare of che day,
neither friend or enemy daring to difpofe otherwife of his Corpfe; for his friends,
who were vanquifhed, and in cuíl:ody, could not <loe it; and his enemies, chough
couched wich fome fenfe of grief and compaffion, duríl: not adventure upon an
Aél:ion which might adminiíl:er occafion of publick fcandal. Whence we may
fee che falfenefs of chis World, and how
ill
it rewards che worchy Aél:ions of
deferving Men.·
.
At le:1gch, towards che Evening, a poor
Negro,
who had been che Slave of
che deceafed, carne and broughc a comfe Sheet, whicl; w3.s his own, or which he
had begged; and wich che help of fome
Indian1,
who had been che Servancs of
Almagro,
they wrapped che Body cherein , and carried
it
ro be enterred in the
Cburch of che
Merced1,
where che Fnar , according ro cheir accuíl:omary Aél:s
of Charity, buried ic with many Tears io a
hapel which is under
r11e
High Alear.
Thus ended chat Great
Don Diego
do
Alm11¡;ro,
w!Jo hath lefr nothing more
Me,
morable of his Life, ch:m his greac Aél:ions ; and of his Death, chan grief and
lamencations for ic: che which, as ic was a fore-runner of che like face of che
Marquis
Pift1m,
fo
che manner of bis Deach was agreeable chereunto, and rnay
cherewirh be compared in ali che circumíl:ances chereof, as
will
appear by chac
which follows ; chac fo chefe cwo Cornpanions, who had an equal íhare in che
Conquefc and Governmenc of chis greac and rich Empire of
Peru,
may alfo be
equalized in che manner of their Deachs.
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CH. A
P.