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. At another rime it happened out, Thac::
Canvajal
fo
unexpeétedly carne intó
the Monaíl:ery t9 make..another fearch,
Thát ,Garfilaffe dt la
Vega
was ál'together
. furprized, not knowihg where
to
retire; bue haitily ran into an empty,Cell;
where was no Bed nor other furnitüre under
whkh
he rnight cbver hirnfelf; one–
ly forne Shelves ofBooks covered with a Curtairi.juíl: fronting
to
the Door{·and
a
lictle diíl:am frorn che Wall,
fo
that
a
man rnight creep between rhe Shelves and
thac; aod there my Father chmíl: and crouaed himfelf. Two .or three of chofe
who carne co fearch chis Houfe carne imo chis Cell; and obferving it be void .and
ernpcy, and believing that the Sbelves were faíl:ned to che Wall,
fo
that n0thihg
could enter between, they wem out again, faying, he is nót here : Many ofthefe
hazardous Adventmes
my
Father ran, whilíl:
Gonfalo Pifarro
was at
Los Reyes,
during
\vbich
time his Friends, (of which he had many) interceded for him with
Gonf.alo
P_i.farrº
co obtain bis pardon, and at length prevailed to have him pardoned as to bis
Life,
opon
conditioo chat he íhould not fee him nor come imo his preíence ; fay–
ing,
thache oughc noc ro be admitted chereunto; who had vioJated all the Laws of
Friendíhip, Sociery and relacion
of
Councrey-rnen : but having thus far obtained
his
Pardon, he carne out of che Monaíl:ery; and retired privarely inco a Chamber,
where he rernained feveral days, umill che irnportuniry of Friends
fo
far prevailed
·wirh
Pifarrº
in his behalf
to
grane him a complete Pardon, and admittance co his
preíence; after which he kept him always in his company, under the notion of
a
Prifoner, not fuffering him
to
go out of bis Houíe1or eat from bis Table, and
when .in che Field, not to lie out of his Tent; and in this condition he continued
untill che day when the Batee! of
Sacfahuana
was foughc. And for this cauíe,
in
regard he was always
as
a Prifoner with
(!onfal
o Pifarro,
none ofthe three Authours
niake
any
rnemion ofhim in their Hiílories;
b.utI
who
was
fo
nearly concerned,
knew all che(e particulars with rhe íufferiogs
of my Fathér, who being di[poffeí–
fed of
his
Eíl:ate for che fp:ice of three years, both he, and
I,
and the refl: of my
Brethren, being eighc in number, were forced to live upon the Charicy and Alms
of well-difpofed perfons. This nearne(s which cau[ed
Gonfalo Pifarro
to keep
,ny
Father to
him,
was to fecure him that he íhould not eícape from him , and che
reafon why he entertained him at his Tabl
e, becauíe he knew that he had noc
wherewich to eat at any other place, and he
was.fogenerous as not to fuffer him
to
have che obligation to any but himfelf.
And fuch was che neceffity and wanc
which my Father laboured under at. thac time, that, after the death of the Vice~
king,
being in the CitY. of
Peru,
he boughc a Hor[e of
a
Souldier, who was called
Salina&,
and therefore they called the Horfe
Sa/inilla1,
which proved to be one of
the finell Horíes in ali
Peru,
and coll eight hundred pieces of Eight, which makes
nine hundred and íixty Ducats ; and chough he had not one farrhing of bis own
to pay for him, yet, truíl:ing to che kindneís of his Friends, that they would ei'–
ther lend or give him
fo
much money, he adventured to buy him; to wbich end
a
Friend of his, who had not more in the whole world, lent him three hundred
pieces ofEight, bue when
G_onfalo Pif_arro
underíl:ood that he had bought this Horfe,
he imrnediarely gave order
to
pay che fame out of bis own Efl:ate, knowing thac
Garfilaf{o
had
noc
wherewith
to
make fatisfaétion.
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CH A P.
XXI.
How and in what manner
an'
irreverent impiety againfi the
moji Holy Sacrament, and other hla/phemous words were
puntfhed.
Pi~arro
and his
P
arty 11omi11ate
Me/fengers
to be
fént into
Spain.
I
T remains now for
us
to relate the Judgrnent which befell
Porra.,
whích
was
chis; Three months after che profanation he had made of the
1::Ioly
Alear, he
ivas fent by
f:arvajal
ro
Huamanca
upon fome cercain occaíi0ns, and paífmg a little
füook of
W
acer not above
nwo
foot deep, he guided his,
Horfe;
being tired and
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