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ting Bul!s,_throwing-t~e Dart, and Lotteries; in whic~ lac~er m~hy drew·in~e–
nious Motcoes, or Say1qgs, and others fcumlous Sencences, hke L1bels, of wh1Ch
though I rernernber feveral, yec I think it no_t cdnvenient to repeat any of them
in chis place. ,
Upon che day of chis folemn rejoycing, orders were given to fet chofe Gencle–
men ac liberty v.:ho were che Citizens of Couo, committed to Prifon by CArvAjAl,
as we mentioned be(ore. Moreover he granced a general Pardon to thofe who
were not as y n, onely Licenciado Carvaj4/ was excepted, becaufe he ha–
'ving been bis Friend, had deferted him, and alfo Garfilajfo de la Pega, as
Diego Fernaí1 po reports in Chap. 27th of his firft Book, as alfo, A11guftine
de Carate, but we muíl: cake leave to contradiét thefe Authoúrs, who have failro
in t!-iis particular paffage, of which we are able co give a more certain relation.
Gonfalo Pifarro gave efpecial order chat no man íhould go ouc of rhe City without
his licenfe; which Rodrigo Nunne~ and Pedro de Prado demanding they were borh
puc to death, becaufe chey gave evil example, and 'feemed to puc jealoufies and
fears into che minds of ~he people: and in this rnanner, we fee, chat there was no
joy wichouc a mixture of forrow, nor ílaughters, nor effufton of bloud wi'rhout
rejoycings; whi~h in Civil Wars cake cheir mrns and changes.
Bue co come uo che particulars of )Nhat happened at that time in the City of
Los Reyes; we are to cake notice, how that at that time Francifco de Carvajal feifed
ali che Citizens of Couo who had deferted his caufe, excepting onely Garfilaffe de
la Vega, who efc-aped by a mere accident, as che Hiflorians relate: For that very
nighc when Carvajal knocked at che door to come in and take him, a certain Soul–
dier went forth co open che door, whofe name was Hernando Pere~ Ta6/ero, a Na–
tíve of che Town of AlmendrM in che Dukedom of Feria, Fofter-brother wich Don
Alonfo de PargM rny Uncle by che Facher's ftde. This Hem,wdo Pm~, \\ ho as well
for being of che íame Coumrey, being ali of E/lremennos, as alfo on fcore of Re–
lation, for boch he and his Facher and Grandfather had been Servancs unto mine,
apd h~ at chac ~ime aél:u~lly in f~rvic~ of G~rfi[affe dt la_Viga, my Lord and Father;
kno~mg Francifco Carva;al by h1s vo~ce, w1thouc ~akmg any anfiver rerurn~d im–
med1ately to my1 Facher, and cold h1m that Carv111al was at che Gate knockmg ro·
come in : whereupon my Father made his efcape out of the Houfe as well as he
could, a'nd fled to che Convent of Sr. Domingo, where che Friars Feceived and
concealed him in a littJe privare place, where he remained for the fpace of four
monchs. ,
Carvajal h:iving fome imelligence that he was abfconded in che Monaílery, and
the racher fufpeél:ing it, becauíe ic was ,near to his Houfe, took fome Souldíers
wich him, and fearched every privare place and comer, chat no place fecrned to
be undi fcovered, unlefs che whole Houfe had been thrown down; and herein
they u[ed all che diligence imaginable, for Gonfalo Pifarro conceived ali th~ malice
and defpight againfi him that was poílible, and cherefore endeavoured to rake
him and puc him to d~ath : f0r he often complained of him, and faid, that chey
had e n Comrades cogecher in che conqueíl o['Collao and che Charuiu, had earen
at che fame Table, and ílept in che fame Ch¡imber cogerher, and by reafon of
fuch.oblig:icions he íhould never have deferted and denied his caufe, much lefs
have been che Head of a Faél:ion againfi him, and a means to perfuade orhers to
forfake his Party.
Moreover Carvajal made four other fearches after Garfilaf[o, and at one time he
lifced up che hanging on the fide of rhe High Altar, where was a nick or c
where they lodged che moll Holy Sacramenc, and there was a poor Souldier
and crouched up in a dark hole; bue Carvajal perceiving thar it was not che : ·
fon for whom he foughc, lec dow!l ch~. Hanging again, crying aloud, che períon
1s not here for whom we feek. A whrle afcer carne anorher of his Souldiers, cal–
led PorrM, who being defüous to íhew himfelf more diligenc and officious chao
ordin~ry, lifced up th~ Hanging of che High Altar, and rhere difcovered the poor
Sould1er whom Carva;al had purpofely over-feen: bue Porw, fo foon·as he efpied
.him, cried out, here is che Traitour, here is che Traitour. Carvajal was rroubled
thac he was found our, but in regard he was a principal Leader of che Faélion
againll Pifarro, he could not do lels chao cake notice of him; and fo drawing him
forth fro111 his retirement; caufed bim to be confeífed by the 'Friars' of the ,Con–
venc, and chen,hanged,him up,1 bue Por.rtu did not efcape tbe vengeance of Hea–
".en for this Fa~, as we tball undedtaud by the fequel.
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