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BooKlV.

Royal Commentarier.

tefi feverity: and accordingly ic was concluded amongíl: thofe who were unconcer–

ned in this fafe Conduét and Pardon; to

kill

Ga[par

Rüja-s , Philip de Gutiem,,

che fon of

Alonfo de Gutiem,,

who was _freafurer tQ his Majeíl:y and born at

Ma–

drid,

and alío

Aria& Ma!donkdo·á

Gentleman of

Gálicia,

'-wbo, with

Philip Gutiem:,,

had loitered two or three days Journey behind in

Guamanga,

upon pretence of cer–

tain bufineífes ¡ro b1_ don@ tpere in order to their

ourn_ey; but during their

lt~1/

chac place

Goní_alo A farro

d1fpeeded

Pedro de b te!les

w1ch

<!.J~arty

of Horfe to cake

off their Heaas: bar che execution of

Gafpar' Rodriguei::.

ás

more difficúlt: for he

was chen a Caprain in che Fíeld, and aétually ac che head of a.lmoíl: ,cwo Jiuydi:ed

LaAces, and being a perfom very rich, of great' tQ"t~refr,itane!

~vetY,

pbpilla~;

tTie,

could noc acl: cheir defign públickly upon him,

áh~

th@r~.fét;Hh@y

1-fa~l-'r~fo'urCé

·c6

chis Scrac~geme.

G~n

alo Pifat,ra

com1:1a'nded

~_u'n~~~dl a!n~ ~lff~1H~~~8uff~t~,

of Cap'tau.:-i

Cmnenno

s Company to be ma read1nets, anli hav1tig g1ven oul 'fo

~ád1

of them prívate Arms, and IDlaced ché Artrllery"in good oYd¿r;

:he

c~llec!ltWe

r~ap~

cains co come ro him, cellíng chem chac_he

had

cerc~in adt ic~~?

~~íc~

h~llfte:'

ly received from

Los Reyes,

to commumcate

cóthem. •And'Bemg all

corne;, anH

amongíl che reíl

Ga[par Rodriguez., Gonfdlo Pi¡arro

fl:ept' out ofñis Tent;' Whil:!J was'

well guarded wich Cannon, and precendiñg as

Wére fome other búfineís,'

ih·

t~'

mean time che Majar-General

Carvajal

comés to

Gafpar Rod'riguéz.,

and

laytóg,

hii

hand on che hile of his Sword, drew it out of che ,Scabbard; advifing

hmr

ct1> c,all

for a Prieíl: and confefs, for chac he was to die imrnediatélyi::

G'afp(lr

'R1JWiiue~

re–

fiíled a while, pretending to be ihnocenc, and to

deáfhitnfelf.of

chofe

,a2~MaftbGs·

which were againíl: him; but chac would ndc ferv'e his éqrn,'.'for immepla,tely they

cut off his bead.

· ,

· •

. The execu.tion of the[e 'roen rerrified 'rhe ·whole <Sám¡;,, ·and rn0re

~at'tichf~dy

chofe whó wer"e confcious to thernfelves of \,jeing Cornplices

the·

fam~

t?\.a16«

for which chofe were puc to deach; and thefe atts of 'foverity we e·che 'inote

af.

frighting becaufe they were che firíl which

Grií1yalo P-iyarnJ'

had'.d5rnmitteW~néf iM:

ufurpatíon of nis cyranmicat Power. Some:few days a'ftetWárds

Don BJli-aµr

:~nd

bis

Comrades carne to che Camp bringing

Baltafaf'de Loayfa

ana

He~nímdó Cti.-DJtlo;,

(as we have faid) Prifoners

but che

day

before he knew thae tfiey were'.co-encer

inco che Camp, he Cent bis Major General

Carvajal

before him, wich orders that

wherefoever he mee them he íhould put chem to déach : but füch was'

~~e

good

fortune of

Loayfa

and

Cava/los,

that they miíl:aking cheir wa'y, che Major GeP.eral

was di(appointed of bis prize, and che Prifoners were brought tp che Carnp, whert:

many ince1:ceífours appeare'd··in favour of che two Delinquencs, chac

Loayfa

,vas

relea[ed arrd [ene away, wichonc any provifion made for him, bue

'Herndndo de Ca–

va/los

was conti9ued, and carried awav with che

re.íl

: of che Arrny. Thus far

687

the accounc given by

Carate

in the fifch Book and che eleventh Chapter. ' .

_In

fine, chey killed

Gafpar Rodríguez.

and his Accomplices, whofe death-was'fia–

frened and occafione.d by cheir applications' to theVice-king for.a Pardon 'ánd a

fafe Conduét, which he· and his adherencs dernanded for fafety of cheit

1lv:es,,

Gomara

confirms in the' 164th Chapter of his Book-; The Vice-king's l')a'.rdon

and a

faf

e Concilutt was general for all,

Pifam, Francifco de Carvajdl, Benito dJ

·C¡¡r–

vajal

and forne few ochers onely ex~epced

at which

Pifarro

_and bis,Major-Gerieral

were

rn~ch offended, th~t chey 1mmed1ately hanged up

Gaf¡~r ]J.odrigue:::,,_ Philip

Gutierez.

w1th che refi; wh1ch are the words of

G-omara.

th1s manner tblS poor

Gencleman

Ga[par Rodrigue:::, de Campo Rotondo

ended bis days; for being of an uil–

quiet fpiric, he was neicher well wich chofe who were called1Tyrants and Rebels,

nor with chofe who were eíl:eemed for Loyalifis.

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