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IV.
R.,oyal
Commentaries.
charges eighc rhoufand Pieces·of Eighc. were_paid him; the which Depoíicions·
,md Procefs againíl: the Vice-king ~ere figned by.a11 the Judges,
Carate>
onely ex•
cepted. The Ships being tben ac
Guaura
thei"Vice-king ·was carried rhicher
by
Boat, bue
A/vare,:,
went by Lancl, .where che Vice-king ,being committed to his
charge, he failed away with three of.the Ships, and was
fo
much in haíl:e thac he
would not fray for che dif~atches from che fodicaiure, bue made Sail withouc
chem ; and as to
Vaca de Caftro
he was carried back to
Lo, Rrye1
up::m one of the
Ships which werer)ately·feifed. ·Thus far are the words
o[Carate
[pecified in
che
elevench Chapter of che fifth.Book, whofe authority in chis relation we íhall mort
parricularly folldw,
io;regc1~ -
ne
wa~ prefent anda par~rc?nce~ned in
ali
thefe
tranfaétions ;
fo
we,!hall ámmthe faymgs of orher Auchours
111,.
chis matter, unleís
fomeching fingular occurs on which
Carate
doca not tou~h..·
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CHA 'P.
XVI:;.~:·
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The Jad misfortunes
of
the Vice-f<.ing.
mac
againfi the Judges,
a~zd
what
The Vice-k_ing ~s Jet at liber!J:
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A.
Confpiracy in
Ri~
wa.s
done th;,~upon,
_A,
LL
thac is before declared is corifirmed by.
G0mara,
tho;gh in-.a confufed
manner; who farcher proceeds in this manner-in Ehe ,J,6.oth Cma-piter of his
Book, wherein he fets forch che fad ,misfortunes ofche unbapp,yiVite-king. ,
.
When che Admira!, fays he, refufed
to
furrender up ~he Ships (to fave' ~he life
of che Vice-king, chey th~n treated him wich opprobrious w.erids, telling him, thac
a man who broughc fuch Laws as chofe deferved the1 reward he now:received
j
whereas if he had come without them he -had been honoured and adióued ; bue
now che Tyrant
is
cáken and our libercy reíl:ored: with fuch .,re¡miaches as thefe
they recurned him again into che hands of
Cepeda,
where they kepc him difarmed
in cuíl:ody of
Licenciado Ninno
,
howfoever he did always eac with
Cepeda,
ahd
lodged in che fame Bed wich him : bue
Blafco N,mne,;:,
fearing .ac chis ,time
to
be
poifoned, asked
Cepeda
upan che word of a Gentleman,-when chey faft did eac
cogecher, whecher he mighc freely and wichouc, danger €at wich 'hiril ? rhe which
quefüon was puc to him in pre[ence of
Chriftopher de Baxriento1, M artin ile Roble,,
Ninno
and ocherprincipal perfons; co which
Cepeda
retumed anfwer, arnJ, fai'd hej
fo
mean a [pirited Rafea!, chat if
I
had a' mind to. kilt ,you,
I
could noc doe ic
withouc fome fecret treachery? Your Lordíhip, faid he, rnay eac as freely ·as
if
you were ac che Table of my Lady
Donna Brianda de Acumna,
meaning his
Wife;
and
to
free you from all jealoufie I will be ybur Tafter, ~he which he obferved all
ch.e rime chac he remained in l?is Houfe.
·
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·
,One day Friar
Gafpar de Carvajal
carne to hirn and .told him, thac by order of
the Judges he was come
to
confefs him: che Vice-king asked whecher
Cepeda
was
chere, and ic being anfwered chac he was noc, and chac chere was nq ochers chan
che chree afore-mentioµed, he caufed him to be called, and cornplained tó him
of
bis hard fate ; bue
Cepeda
comforced him, and affured him thac chere was none had
power to ca,ke away bis life bue himfelfonely, che which he fpake on·aít'urance
of what had been agreed amongíl: chem ; and then
Blafco
Nunnez,
embraced and
kiíled him on che Cheek in prefence of che Friar. Thus far are che words of
Go–
mara,
which we have extraéled
verbatim :
and indeéd if we confider ic, 'cis
a
fad
paílage, That one eleéted
to
be a Prince and Governour of
an
Empire fo great as
Peru,
íhould be reduced to fuch miferies as he was by his own Creacures and
Confidenrs.
·
ThisFacher
Gafpar de Carvajal
·was che Friar of whom we made méntion for–
merly in che íl:ory of
Francifc.o Ore/lana,
in ·whac manner he oppofed him in his
treacherous defign againll:
Gonf_alo Pi9arro,
when chey were upoa che difcovery of
che
Cinamon Councrey
'i
and how
ne
was
lefr
upon
che
Trinir¡
Iíland, and retur-
-
ned
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