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BooK

IV.

Royal

·Commentariei.

meÓt, and chen, extending bis merey

hi¡n; he caufed him to be hanged ; which

I believe was the greaceíl: piece of cruelcy that he ever commicced : afcer which he

proceeded forward in his márnh. The Parcy of

:,;>lega Ce~teno,

not being'able td

fufiain íuch .perpemal labours and tedious _ travéls, bega1i to faint and fail, as well

Horfe as Foot,

chat feveral of them fell inco the hands of

Carvajal;

fuch as

,were princip~l'men of n,oce 'l;e_ put to deach,-wi,houc

¡>aJd9h

or merey tp a~y one

ofthem, bur a~ to che meaner forc, h€ fpqred tf-iem at the

mterceffi.on

of h1s owri

.Souldiers. But here we ·rnu{t

.noc o;nic

He rel'a ion

·of

a trick or jeíl:

'\Vliich, at ,

chis rime, and in che midíl of

this purfu~t,

certa\n Souldier puc upon

Carvajal;

as rnany had alréady done during chis War. _le happeoed chat many poor Soul–

diers went

Carvajal

and complained, that during al! che time that chey had fer–

ved under hirn, and had marched

mány lea

ues on foot

witho.uc

íhqe~

or.íl

:ock–

,ings in'fervice of-their Lora ihe Govetnour; he had never caken care to PfQVidé

them wíBh &hings neceífary ánd convénient f9r them ;·Jupon which

Carvajdl

fup~

plied n:i?nY of them wtth Horfés, Arrrís, Clothes, and Money

far as he was

abJe. ' The which gave entou!agenienc to many of che Sbuldiers to be faichfull,–

·aqd ferve him

che end of che Wars; bue 9chers of!Gof~r, principies made ufe of

;rhe Horfes ahd Arms which he had given them to revolt to the ocher Party.

' Amongíl: che reíl: chere was a cercain Scmldier whom

Carvajal

ha<l moúnted _on a

Mare, áñd)having·an ii:icenti,on to revolt, he always carne up in che Rere with bis

Mare, íl:ill makiúg bis boaíl:s ánd brav:adoes, what he would doe, and bow

for–

wárd he would be, if he were well mounte<l. ·

Carvajal

being troubled to hear

thefe 'codíl:ant vapours ~nd fayihgs of the Soulqier, changed his Mare, and in place

thereof gave him-an excellent Mule, and t0ld him, look

it nów, Gentleman

Souldier, for

hav-e mounted you che beíl: of any man in ttiis Troo~; here, Sir

· ·faid he, cake her and complain no m0re

me, for I fwear by.the Life of our Go,

Vernour, that unlefs you advance to morrnW by break 'of day twelve leagues be~

fore m, I will pay yoli off according to y'oyr deferts. The Sould.ier.rect:lived che

Mule, and heard che threats, but .to avoid the effeéls ofthem, he took another

way; and travelled chat ñight before Sun-riíing eleven leagd~. ApQUt which

time meeting with a.Souldier of his acquaintance, who wenc

feek fo~

Ctivaja,l;

pe faid

him, pray recommend me to my Colonel, and tell him, tQ~t ·though

I have not been able this night to cravel twe1ve leagues, yec I have tr~vel]ed ele–

ven of them, and hope before noon to reach che ful\ twelve, and four more.

The Souldier not knowing that che other was fled, bue (uppofing he was fenc

him upon fome Meífage with haíle and diligence, told

Carvajal'

.what tbe Soul–

dier had faid to him ; but

Carvajal

was more aíhamed of"'Chis fecond cheat that

was put upon him, than an~ry at che unfaithfulnefs and treachery o( che fellow

and m a paflioq·fatd,

Thefe weavers

(

for

he called all chofe who revolted from

bis to. the King's Party )

had need to live in a ftate of Confeffion¡ and always prepared to

di~, and to pardon me in cafa 1 makf bold to hang as many of them

can ineet with

;

for 1

have no need offuch Cuftomers, who.. come and cheat me of my Horfas"and Arms, and whe¡,¡

théy are well provided and equipped, thén to run from me and revolt to

the

Enemy.

Anil

to the Priefts and Friars, they are but

many ,Spies, an~ fuch as come with a likf dejign.

fi't

for Friars anil religiottf men to remain in their <;hurches an4 Ce/Is, and like good

mn/to ptay for the peace

Chriftians, r-ather than under the fanél:ity

their Habits

cloak_ treacherbus dejigns: Let them loó~

tó

it, for if thej underfta11d,not the duty

their

Profeffion, !'et thcm not think_ it mueh,

l ftrip them of their Habits, and makf bo!d tu

hang them

f ,

of which 1 have.obfar7r1ed' feveral examples .in the Wars where

have been

IÍ

Sou!dier.

This did

Carvajal

'utter wich much

paffi.on

and vehemence, and was as good as

his woli¿, .as well

Friars as others, _according

che report of all Hiíl:orians

for fuch as he took who had revolted fr0m him, he puniíhed with the·ucmoíl: cru–

e[ty and torment; but thofe who, w~re onelr Ptifoners of War; and had kepc

Eheir

fi9e, he ufed well and with fome kindnefs, endeavouririg

füing them over

to bis own Party, And no_w we !hall leave

Carvajal

in his purfuic of

Diégo Cen–

teno,

a,nd return to

Gon{alo Pifam

who was alfo

the

purfuit

of the Vice-king,at

the f~me time, and almoft in the fame days;