735 / 1070
, BooK
IV. .
Roy~l
Commenta~ies.
....
701
dearh; telling
Peter del Barco
par.ticu\ar)y, who· was the laíl: ofthe three which
he
hanged ; That in regard he had been a Captaii:i ; an'd one
of
th<:! Conquerours of.
that Countrey, and was·a perfon of quality, and ene of the.richeíl: in thofe pares,
·he would grant bim chis ptiviJege at bis cle~ch, to chufe ,w,hich of the boughs
he
.plt1afed for bis gallows. Bue' to
Eewú de Leon
his Life was granted ac che lnter–
ceffion of a brother of bis, who was a Souldier in
Gonfalo Pifarro's
Army, and
who begged it as
a
fpecial grace and favournnro him. .
·
,
· The
J
udges being cerrified with this piece of Cruelcy , and fearing leíl: the like
fentence í}1Qu)d be execw:ed on all the others who were then-in'prifon , and thac.
the City íhould be given up for a prey cq the Souldiery , in·caí~ they deferred
longer to perform their demands. They with all earneftnefs fent to the per(oos to
whofe Counfels they had referred thernfelves in this matcer, that they íhould im~..
mediately give in their opinions : whereupon every one,
nemine cont~adicenú,
~~ve
cheir Votes,
cinc
che Government íhould be conferred on
Gonfalo Pif.arro;
which
. the
J
udges infiantly made known to him', furrenáring up to
hlm
all the_Power of:
thac Province unrill fuch time as bis Majeíl:y's pleafure fhould be known therein:
And hereupon cheyrenounced cheir Commiffions ofhearing and decerrnining Cau–
fe;;,
and refigned ali inco che Governours hands, givirlg fecuricy to refide
in
che
Cicy, and
fü
on che Bench, and hear ali Caufes and Aél:ions of complaint which
íhould be broughcbefore chem. Thus far
Auguftine de Carate,
.
.
And here we
will
cut íhorc che Thread of this Difcourfe , leíl: we íhould feem
over cediJus in th\s Chapter.
•
C .H A
P.
XIX.
Gon~alo Pi\arro
ió.procltiimed Governqur of
Peru,
Hí-5
En;;
try
inio
the
City
of
Los
Reyes.
The
death of [__aptain
' ,_Gumiel.
The
Citizyns
'Of,
Cozco·
are {et at Libert)'.
't
T
HE
execution of
Pedro del Barco, Martín de Florencia,
and
rohn de Saavedra
·
made a greac noife, and·was occafion o[ much difcontenc and murmurings
both in che City and in the Camp: for ( as
Diego Fernande?:; de Carvajal
repares
in
the twency fifth Chaprer ofhis Book) the people apprehended, chatas
Francifco de
Carvajal
h~d been
fo
bloudy as to
kill
thofe chree; he would farrher proceed
in
bis
Tragedy to the death of all the others who were imprifoóed for the like caufe: for
which reafon many of the Citizens of
Rimac
and Captains and Souldiers of the
Army made their Addreífes to
GonJalo Pifarro,
befeeching him noc to fuffer the
effufion
of
fo
much Noble Bloud, and,of perfons who had been Iníl:ruments and
engaged in the Conqueíl: of the Empire; for fuch an
Aét
ofCruelty would render
bim odious
to
the whole World. Whereupon
Gonfalo Pifarro,
who was a per–
fon of a tender and flexible nature, gave immediately a ver'!y rich Medal and
a
Ring to be carried to
Francifco Carvajal
(
who well knew chat boch of them belon–
ged to
Pifarro)
ro
ferve for a token and fign
to
him to defiíl: from farther fpil–
ling of Bloud.
Bue as to the particulars of what is related farther concerning the death ofthofe
men whom
Carvajal
put
to
death ;
I
have learned from thofe who were
then
pre–
fent, thac chofe Citizens were put to deach folely by che will and auchority of
Car–
vajal,
without the order, privity or knowledge of
Gonfalo Pifarro.
For all
the
CommiffiQn which he had was this, thac he íhould goe, and quier the people;
for underíl:anding rhat all che Cicy being in great coníl:ernacion , were ready to a–
b:mdon che place; he fent him with Orders to pacifie them, thac rhey migh~ re–
joic~ at
his Arrival.
Carvajal,
wbo well enough underíl:ood his meaning replied
t_o
him , faying,
I
promife y0ur Lordíhip, that
I
will
fo
order Mátcers, that they
{hall be obliged to goe forth and meet you :
to
perforrn an~ make gdod bis word,
( according to the Marcial way
of
expreffion ) he hanged the three men
in
the way
)-Vhere
Pi2arr.o
was
ro
país, which,he ca\le.9 the meeting of him, .and·faid, that chis
was