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BooK

IV.

Royal Commen'tariés.

coulg not be imagined chat his Kinfinen could have aéted herein wichouc his con–

fenr, or ac leaíl: wichouc his lmowledge, in regard they all lodged under che fame

Roof, and onely had cwo different Doors

_to

each Apartment: but for betcer aí–

furance ofwhac

was

fufpeéted; che Vice-king fenc his Brocher

Vela Nunnn

with a

guard of Mu[quetiers to bting che Agenc befare him, and he being in Bed chey

ca~fed _him cg r-jfe~nd dreís hi!n[elf, ~nd

carri~d him to_the Lotjging~ of che

.Vice-krng,

wfi~

h,mng not ílept a:Jl nighc, was la1d upon h1s Bed with h1s Arms

on, to cake fo1i1e-Jictle repofe,-1 And tbe Agent being introduced by way of che

· Court-yard-gate; rho[e'whb .wft'e then prefeoc repare thac che Vice-king prefenc~

Jy aro[e ancr faid, Is ic

fo,

'Tr::J,icour, chac chou haíl: fent away chy Kinfinen to

ferve

Gonfalo Pifarro?

To -which 1che Agenc made anfwer, I befeeéh your Lord–

íhip noc ro call rue Traitour,;ior in realicy I am noc

fo:

rhén replied che Vice–

king, I fwear by God, that chou art a Traitour ro che King.

I fwear by God,

faid che Agenc, I amas good a Servant

che King as your Lordíhip. Ac which

words cheVice-king became

enraged, rhaccoming in bis fury to him, he ílab–

bed him in che brealt wich his Dagger ; chough che Vice-king de;nied co have

done it himfelf, bue chat bis Servants a[!d Halbardiers of his Guard, hearing how

infolently he anfwered, gave him fo man

wounds wirh tbeir Halbercs and Par–

tí

fans, chache dyed upon the place wichouc fo much time as

confeís or fpeak ·

one word : And leíl:, being a perfon generally well-beloved, che manner of bis

death íhould caufe fome mutiny and difhubance amongíl che Souldiers, of which

an hundred every nighc kept wacch wichin che yard of che Hou[e ; che Vice-king ·

gave order to have his Corp[e conveyed away' by a cercain privare Gallery leáding

-to che Mark~t-placé, where fome few

Indians

arid

Negroes

received ir, and buried

it in a Church near chereunco, wichouc other Shroud or Winding-íheet than one-

ly his own Scarlec Cloak which he ufually wbre.

Three days after which, when che Judges fei[ed on the perfon ofche Vice-king

(as we íhall relate hereafter) one of che

firíl:

.chings they laid

his charge was che

death of the Agent ;, and the Prea:mble to ·tbeir Procefs·was; that being carried

about midnight into che Hou[e of the V.ice~king, be never fince that time appea–

,red; and it was proved, chat.they,1had wounded and buried him. So foon as

this murther was made public~. ·it occafioned much talk and murmuring in che

-Town; for every one was a{fured·chac the Agenc was a true Friend ro che Vice–

king and bis Caufé, baving been che chief lnílr'umenc co perfuade che Town of

ús

Reyes

to receive him, againíl: the fenfe and opinion of che majar pare of che

Judges. Thefe matters happened out upon Sunday ac nighc, being cHe rhirreemlí

day of

Septemb~r,

44.

Thus far·are the words of

Carate,

which are confirrnéd

alfo by

Diego Fernandei,

who

che feventeenth Chapter of his Book, adds chis

farther;

They conveyed, fays he, his Corp[e by a certain Gallery, and buried them in

a comer or nook of che great Church near adjoining thereumo ; bue fome few

hours after chat bis anger grew cool, and chat the Vice-king began to refleér wich ·

reafon upon whac he had dc;me in his paffion : it is moíl: certain thac he repented

of this raíh aét, and bewailed ic with cears from his eyes. Howfoever

foon as ·

the death of che Agenc was made publick in che Town, che Vice-king fent to

call che principal Citizens

him, telling chem, in excufe for whac he had done,

that the infolenc words of che Agenc had drawn his deach upon himfelf; adding,

_that none oughc to cake offence chereac, for whecher be had done well,or ill, he

was accoumable to none bue God and che King ; which words more angred and

difpleafed che people than before: fo that afcer che revolc of che Ceveral men be–

fore-mentioned, which was followed by chis bloudy Tragedy, which cannoc be

excufed (rom the irnputation of arbitrary Tyranny without any ground or founda–

tion for it, a refolution was taken

imprifon che Vice-king : chough

is moíl:

ce;-cain chac he much lamented this unhappy face, fayin_g, thac che remembrance of

che deach of

Y/len Suam:.

made him often diíl:raéted ; and therefore curfed his Bro- ·

cher

Vela Nunne2:.,

calling him fobl and beaíl:, for chat knowing his chol,er and paf–

fion, he had yec broughc him to bis pre[ence ata time when he knew chache was

raving and inflarned therewich

for had he been, faid he, a man of difcrecion, he

would have deferred che execucion of chofe commands, and not have fuffered

Suare;:,

to appear uncill he had feerr his anger pacified. -Thus far

Diego Fern11nde"',

to which

Gomara

;.idds, and fays,

te e

Thac