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Royal Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
Head was expofed , or ac leaíl: that he confented thereumo : bue the truth
is he was ttóubled ar che aél:ion, ahd that
fo
foon as he was informed there–
of he gave Íli.1mediate order
to
have ic remo~ed_
j
rhe which. is confirmed by
the ceíl:imony of
Gomara:
bue flattery and pamahcy to a fide 1s always preva-
1ent with Writers, who by adding or diminiíhing can make a íl:ory turn which
way foever chey pleafe.
Gomara,
fpeaking of the deach of che Vice-king, faich;
That when
Herna11do de Torres
had with a blow íl:unned
Blafco Nunnez.
and
knocked him from his Horfe, and (as rnany believe) unknown to bim, by reafon
that he was under che difguife of an
Indian
habit,
Herrera
che Confeífour top¡_
farro,
carne to confefs'him ; and firíl: aske_d, who he was, to whicJ1
Bla(co NunneCG
replied, that chat quefüon was nor 1~atenal; for he was
to
doe h1sOffice, which
he defüed him wirhout farcher quenes to perfor.m ; for he was afraid of fome
tormenrs and cruelries would be committed on his perfon. Thus far
Gomara.
Then carne rhe Execuüoners and cuff offh~s head and expofed it on rhe gallows;
and fome rude and infolenc Souldiers drew out fome hairs from his beard ; and in
dífdain anJ triumph faid, Your cruel and pafiionace cemper harh broughr you
to
chis : a certain Caprain of my acquaintance carried fome hairs of his beard abom
him for feveral days, untill chey were raken from him by order. Thus did chis
unfortunare Gentleman end his days, for infiíl:ing too earneílly on chofe rnerhods,
which were neirher agreeable
to
che coníl:imrion of che Kingdom, nor yec
to
rhe
fe!-v-ice of che King, whence chac effufion of bloud enfued and cbofe many com–
mocions as have been relaced in che preceding Hillary: and which proved fatal as
well to
Jndians
as
to
Spaniards,
as
will
alfo farrher appear in the fequel of chat Re"
Jarion which
íl:ill
remains. And though his obíl:inacy in chis poinc
is
much bla–
med by many , yec cercainly he is in pare
to
be excufed on accounc of cbofe pre–
cife and fevere commands he broughc frorn Courc, and which he was by che
fu–
preme power enjoined
to
execute
j
as will be proved by che teíl:imony of chofe
Auchours whom we !11all bereafter have occaGon to name :, and
as he
himfe]fdid
ofcen
fay, as
before mencioned.
XXXV. .
the Funeral of the Vice-king. The AEiio11s of
Gon~alo Pi..
~arro
after the Battel. The Pardan he gave to
Vela
N
unnez,
and of the good Laws he
enaEl.edfor the better
Govemment of that líi11gdom.
G
Onfalo Pifarro
feeing that he had gained a clear Viétory, caufed che Trumpets
to found a recrear
:
for he perceived chac bis people were greatly difperfed
in che purfuit , whereby much bloud was unneceffarily fpilt: on che fide of che
Vice-king two hundred 111en were ílain, and noc above feven of the Souldiers of
Pifarro,
as
Carate
reports: becaufe che people of the Vice-king were fo cired and
weary wich cheir long march tbe nighc befare, that chey feemed rather
to
füffer
themfelves
to
be killed than
co
fighc
j
and jlerein chey iliewed cheir greac zeal to
his Majeíly, and cheir readinefs
to
die in his fervice. The bodies of che ílain
were buri~d pr?mifcuouíl~ cogecher in che field whe_re tbey
died,
fix or feven
Corpfe be11;1g la1d cogether
m
che Grave: bue che bod1es of che Vice-king of
Sancho.Sanchez.
d'
Avila,
of
Licenciado Gallego,
and of Capcain
Cepeda
,
a Naciv~ of
P:afcncia,
were
brnught.to, che Cicy, and there folemnly interred ; and
Gonfalo
Ptfarro,
and che ocher ch1ef Commanders attended che Corpfe, cloached in mour–
ning, and carrying fadnefs in their counrenances. The perfons wounded were
Don
.Alonfo de Monte Mayor, Sebaflian
Governour of
Belalcayar, Hernandez. Giron :
but
of
Cacetes, Carate
makes no memjon, though
:piego Fermmdcz.
fpeaks
of
him in
thefe words
j
Gon¡alo