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Royal

Commentariú_.

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P. VIL

Of th~

Death

of _the Marquis .

Don_

Fra~cifco

Pi~arro

·{lnd bis poor Funeral and Enterment.

;

.'.

·,

Indian.t,

who were Servants to the Marquis,

hearing

tbe noife and óut~

cry whkh che,Fafüon of

Chili

.made

the Streets, immediacely·ruOied in

and acquaínted hlm .of the!amult"- and

che manner with which chéy weré

coming.

1"he Marquis .being then iri Difcourfe with Doétour

Vel.w¡ne;:.

che

Chief

ufiice, and .with.Captain

Franc,fao de.ChavN~

who .vvas bis Lieutenant Gej

neral, and vvith

Francifc.o

#.lfrtÍ!#

Alcffntara,

his,hal[Brother by the Mother fide,

and abouc cvvelve or cbi,rceen Servan[$ of bis Houíhold ftánding by, vvas greatly–

allarm'd hereac, eafily fufpeélll}g .vvhat .ch

e m~tcer v

vas;·vvherefore h~ gaye order

Francifco deChavu,

to run and fbut the

Door.of

che Hall, .and ofdie Dining:..–

lloom, vvhere -they fate, chat. h

e an~ . his Friend

s mighc have time ,to.buckle

ón cheir Armour. Bµt

de Cha.71es,

imagi.ni

~g..tbac this difturbaoce vvas· no.other

than fome quarrel amo,rnhl the

Sbuldiers

vvhich·th

e Au

thoricy,

QÍ

bis Prefence

might appeafe, in{lead of fbutti!lg che Doors, as he

.vv.as·

órdered,,he ran ·ooc- td

ch,em, and mee them upon the ·head of che Srairss

md.. b

eió~,

novv troubled a'c

chis unexpeéted Encounter, he asked chemtvvhat their

·pleafure

vvas,; ·- where-

, unto he vvas anfvvered by a Stab; and ·fioding h.imfelf VVPUllded ; he ,laid .his

ijand upon bis Svvord, bue beforc~ he could .dr.avv ir, he received another,, vvith

focha íla{h on

his

Neck, t~ac, as

Gomara

fa_ith,

~p•

.14.f:

bis Head'hanged

onely by a p~ece of che Skin , and therevy1di

they

hlevv f

os Body 1dovvn _the

Scaits. The S'(Jrvancs of che

·Marquis,

vvl\io vvet"e

the.Ri-

11, carne running _to

feeivvhat the matter vvas , and fijiding

Fr~nci{fór-,d~ C

havtJ, d

ead,, .they

fled

poor fpirited Servants, and goc out ofdie Wmdovvs, on thé Gardenfide; :iimomú?

vvhich Doél:our

Ve!IWJ.He1:.

vvas one, vvhó hóldi}lg his·vvhiceWand in his Mouth,

fuppofed that.that Badge of bis Autboricy vvotJld give ·a ref

peél:

bis

Perfon;

and,fo ran ªs faíl: as bis Legs and _Armscould carry him.

" . , ·

<, . ··,

.The Aífaffinates finding cheHall empcy, went to cheDoor·ofche Dining-room;,

. where rh~

Mªr,qµ,is,

heariQg them fo near

hand, and perceiving he had not time

to prace Qn his At11Js, baíHl;y took hold of his Buckler ,and Sword, and togecbet

wich his Brorher

Martin de .Aka1!tara,

and two,Pages, who ,~ere grown up to .be–

Men, one of which was named

r.ohn

arga1,

.-Soh of

G011Jé..~1d;

7órdqJa,

and che

ocher

Alonfo Efcandon,

neithet of which had time to put on thei1.1:defenfiv,e Arms;·,

all chefe poíled themfelves at che Encry of cht: Door, which they fioutly_ defen~"

ded for agreac while, che Marquis íl:ill calling out wich gre'4t Q)urage,

l;,et

III

ki/Z

-rhefe villanous Traitor;.

Tbus whilíl: both fides foüght very valiantly, che Brothet–

oftbe Marquis was killed, inro che place of whom one

che Pa.ges··fiepped, and

he and bis Mafier

fioutly defended che Door, that ther,Aílaffmates,began td–

fear, leíl: whilíl: they were g~ining Entrance, they íhoúld be furprifed by Affiíl:ence·

from without, and chac chen chey íhould beencompaífed on ,all fides; whereforé

roh'! _de Rada

rnade one effo~t for all , and taking

Narvae;:.

in bis Arms , thr:uft

him in ar che Door before h,im, in whofe Body whilíl: che Marquis-had em.:.

ployed his Sword, the others had opporcunity to enter in_; fome of which en–

gaged \Vith che Marquis, and others witb the Pages, who fougbt fo valiantly;

that before chey were killed, they forely,wounded four of their Enemies., . Tlie·

Marquis being che onely Perfon remaining, they all fer upon him at once,_and

encompaífed him on ali fides

bue he fo well defended himfelf, .that he dang~-,

rouíly wounded chree _of che Ruffians: Bue in regard there Were

many to

onel and that he was above the Age of fixty five Years, he b_égan to grow

.faint;

fo mat one of che Villairis m;iking a País at him, ran him tlirough the Tbroat·;

with vthich falling to. the Gtouna, he cried out with a loud·v:oi<;e for a Coa&?–

{our.

out cime-noc being giverl for Confeffion, he_

madé

CrQfs with

h4J:~;

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