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becaufe •his Houfe and

:.&ti::ace

was in

ifüd[e

patts ;·~-hicb licenfe being obtained,

'truey

rravelled, to'gethét -to

,fh¡¡<aharct&,_

where forne rime a'frerwards,

1

when

Diego

Centeno·

declared for the

:J('.mg,

1fté

fm-prífeél-and killéd him

1 :-

and though in excufe

hereof

it

rnay be alledged that ic was done for the King's fervice, yet he can

nev_er wiré

9ff

r~hat bloc

1

0f

1

I0gi'atitu~e·i for cluring che time of the Conqueíl:,

-.vhea·YJidgo:<Cént'eno

'carne Vér'y yoUng li.nto the Courfüey, he was fupported and

,provided for in ,al! His rie-eellities, ahd ifl che time of his ficknefs, by

Franci/co

de

.AfmendYM,

wn0

WaS

'a riéh, ami

a

·principal perfotJ of qua)íty in thofe days,

~nd took .the .'fame

1

care·

0f

Mm

a's

-i.f

be bad

been

his

Son

;

che which benefics

-~uld

<k.indmeífes

Diego Cerlf.éno

~ul5li:ck19

owned, and when i:hey Were

fo

privare he

-c-áilitd

him Farher, as

iY-1.lmtndrar

ca,füecl

'him

Son: and therefore"he ·oúght for ever

-ro

b'e branded wich fograricude, unlefs the pü\Jlick,>cóncernment for bis Prince

,l!,e able

to

uncie and abolifh all :other pl'ivate oblig'atiéns--and endearments what-

foever.

_

; ' ,

'

Gonptlo

Pifam,

findiAg lhimfelf now invelil:ed in

1

his Power Md •Governtrrenc,

which he meld borh

by

Vit't-ue

of tlie Rtoyal Grame "giveri

tb

bis lfüother che Mar–

quis, in whofe vighc he'pre~ended tbéreúnw, and no

-,v

by the confent an8 eleél:i–

on of che Judges, began to give

@lit

his own Comtniffidn to Officers boch Mili–

tary and Givil,

cfllJQ

co'

ific

and ·heár Cau:fes, which he difpacched with 'great readi–

-nefs, adminiíl:ring·Jufüte With Riepqmion and Au~hority,

ro

the contentment

·and.fatisfaétion of che whole City ; bue thefe fmooth ano chearfull proceedings

were niixed with :their troubfos ancl misfortunes. ForC1pcai:n

Diego

Gumie!,

who

uncill

this time had always fhewe<l hlmfelf zeafous and paffiona-te in rhé'éau'fe

of

Pif_arro,

began

to

alter ·bis hurnour, and fpeak againíl: -him,

1

becaufe he ha(!

refufed to·grant hirn a piece of Land with a Cornn'land over

Indians,

which he

ásked ofhim

in

behalf of a cercain Friend of his: anél with chat occafion he railed

-agaIRfr

the Judges, faying, tha:t tbey rnad unjufi!y taken away tbe Governmetít

fr0m

th€

Son of Manquis'!Fr.nnoijoo

1

Fipal'-rb

tb

Whom_>it' apperrained by'Jawfu'll

id–

heritance defcended

fr0m·

his

Etther,

ih

virtüe :of

a

'Graflt

frbm

'bis'Majeffy,

t~

-CO'nfer it upon one wh@

'ha-Oi

ilighc nor titJe t'hereunto ; and for that reafon

he

· declared, tlilat he wou:Jd ufe his urmeft endeavouts· tbat the 'Son of the Matqui~

-might recover bis bwn fn'heritancá.

<flümiel

frankly di1c6urflng

,aé

this rate; with–

out regard

ro

the ,place :where, or che •\Jerfon to whotn he vemed his pa{fton,

1

'

at

length che repom· ther:e0f <roining to the ears of

P.i}arro,

-he gave

1

his immediace

Orders to his Major-General thac he fhould examine this rnatter, and cake

fuch

'Courfe as rnight re'íl:rain 11he licencious Tongue of rhat Capfain for che future.

le

-is certain, that the meanirlg ,of

'Pit¡arro

was h'Ot tb put

0Hmiel ~o

death, though

Carvajal

put that interpretatkm upon it, and 1having asked {orne

1

quefüons .rbouc

lihe

maicter, and hearing them con'firmed, \went clireétly t0

Gumil:l's

Lodgings

-where ..yithout more

t@

d0e he 'firangled him, ¡¡:nd drew bis íBody 'idtothe Mar~

ket-place, faying,

give

wa~, ~er:.;lemen

fo~

Cap~ain

D{eg_o(]Hmiet,

\vbG

hat'h

pt9-

teíl:ed abd fw@rn that he w11linever fay the hke •thmgs

=agám. And

thus poor

Gu–

?1Jiel

ended .his-day'.!i,

h;iviag

!0fl:

>bis,

life

by

d:ie

iRtérnperanweíbis

Tongue, whic'l)

bath

been

che.ruin€

ofm,any a

man,

but g00d to a0n1:::· '

·

;

';

,

,

'l

1--

The Feflivals

and Rejoycings wV

okh ,wt?

-~e

m'étd'e

for

Go.n~alo

Pi~arro.

A

generat

P

arl/.on

give.iz-

-to:

ali

lhofe

who

}Ve,r.e

fied ,away.

The place nihére

Gan9

ifaífo '@da

Viega

was

r~ri~ra,

and

how

he

.obtained his'-f

ardqn

frio"'!Z,

'Gon~a'.Io

Pi~arro~

:

r.

.

'

nrfarro

and

bis

Captains, \'beingfwelled

with

the l'\llinitY.

~nd

ofl:eritá'tidn

'OÍ

be~

~

ing Gov~un0urs ,md fup,reme Lords of

Per1',

ªP.~n~d

•days

df1Fe1Hval

td

celebrare their-Triumphs,

afcer ihe

1maaner

of

!Ypí'lin

s

ias

nátnely the fpbrt

'OÍ

bai-

ting