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Commentarie.1.
BooK
III.
publiíhing cheir offence: che like piece of Jufüce was executed on other infolent
and rebellious perfons. The day following the Goyernour went to
HH11,manca,
where he underíl:oop, diat Captain
Dieg~ de
RujM
h_ad killed Captain
rohn Te/lo
dr
Guzman,
and
Pedro d Onnate,
who was MaJor-General
to
Al,r,agro:
che punifhmenc
of ocher Offenders was referred by che Governour ro Judge
de la Gama,
who
condemned al! che ·principal Leaders of che
Almagrian
parry to dye, who were ta~
ken and imprifoned at
H11amanca,
fuch as
Diego de I-low, Antonio de Carden,u,
whofe throats he cau(ed
to
be cut ; and hanged
rohn Pera,, Francifco
Pew,
r_ohn
Diente,
and
Martín .Cote,
and rhircy others
of
che moíl: culpable or dúefefi Offen–
ders ; ochers who were pardoned for life, were banifhed into che remoce pares
of that Kingdom.
.
Whilíl: che Governour was thus employed in doing jníl:ice ac
Huamanca,
he
received intelligence that
Almagro
was taken and imprifoned ac
Couo;
whereforn
haíl:ning
to
that place, and arriving there, he immediately caufed che Sentence to
be execuced, which he had paffed upon him before che Battel, not being willing
to
fpend more time in new Procefles.
Carate
faich, chat tbey cut his throat
in·
che fame place, an'd by the fame Executioaer, who puc his Father
to
death, and
who íl:ripped him, and cook his Cloaths in .che fame manner as he had done his
Facher's, onely fome friends agreed for his Breeches, Waíl:coat and Shirc, which
were conferved ro hirn ; his Body was laid out, and expofed che whole day to
publick view ; afterwards they carried it co che Convenc of our Lady of che
Mer-
·
, ceds,
and there buried ic by che fide, or in che very Grave of bis Father, withouc
Winding-(heec or ocher Shroud ciian bis own Cloaths, onely out of charicy fome
few Maíles were faid for bis Soul.
This was che end of
Don Diego Almagro
Junior, which was
fo
like to that of
his
Father, thac fortane feemed
to
make che circumíl:ances of rheir lives parallel
in
every rhing ; for befides chat cbey were Facber and Son, and had che farne Name;
they were endued with equal courage,and conduét in War, aad with the farne
prudence and counfel in Pe:ice ; and if there was any thing of excellency more in
one than in the ocher, it appeared in the S
who from his youth bad been trai-1
ned up in good literacure, in which by h
f bis good pares boch for judgmenc
and quicknefs of tancy he made great improvemem : they refembled each other
in their Deachs, which happened in the fame place, and almoíl: in che fame man.
ner ; their Funerals were much alike, for having been rich and powerfull,
tbey
died
fo
poor, .that their Burial-charges were paid upon charity ; and to render che
circumfiances of cheir lives
in
all rhings ,agreeable, the Battels they fought and
loíl: were both upon a S:iturday.
Thus poor
Don Diego Almagro
Junior, concluded the Scene of his Life, who had
been the braveíl:
Meftizo
(
that is, one begot by a
Spaniard
on che body of an
In·
dian
Woman) that ever chis new World produced, had he taken the righc fide,
and obeyed che Governour, who was. confütuted by Cornmiffion from his
Ma–
jeíl:y. He was a Man who had a handfome feat on Horfe-6:ick in both Saddles,
either riding wich his legs at length, or íhort, as is che faíhion on che Gennet:
At laíl: he died like a good Chriíl:ian with greac repemance for his ftns.
Almagro
being dead, they h:mged up
rohn RodrigHe:t. Barragan,
and Enftgn
Enriqt1e:{,,
with
eighc others, who adventured
to
follow
Almagro
unto
Couo. Gomez Pmz,
and
Diego Mende,:,.,
and another.companion of theirs, made their efcape out of Prifon ;
bue finding no fecure place wherein
to
conceal themfelves in ali
Pem,
they .fled
to
che Mouncains, where Prince
Manco Inca
remained in retiremenr, and were
fol–
lowed by five others, who wem alfo to hide, and cure themfelves of cheir wounds
in thac_place: All which were received wich greac kindnefs, and with as g~d
~ncertammenc by che
Inca,
as he was able to give rhem
¡,
bue in whac Coin they
again repaid him, will appear by che fequel, for he was killed by one of thern in
requical for his favours and kindnefs towards them.
CH A P.