780 / 1070
BoóK
IV/
iJlejq
·t~1#eno
,
hacl
firfil:
fet
Up his Standard.
Bobadilla
·
was che Meill!nger hereof,
f
and u~&n chis occ¡¡fton i-t rnaj be perrinenc to our purpofe not to ofnit'a particular
•pá'ffiigf
which happeh_ed hereupon, chat a rnatter f~ remar
ka
ble m'áy nocbe for–
góheíl1 •.
There lived m
Atequepa
a vertuous and chancable Woman,
i
called
raanna
of
Ee)Jo»
who
liacl
beett a Servam tb the Lady
Cat1di?Ja Dyton,
a Woman of as
nO'b]fi
1
i 'family as,any,is
o(
that name in che Kmgdorfi of
Portugal,
and was che
W'rfe1Bf
Francifeb de c;-arvdjar,
though forne, to render her-odious, will have her
co·have been hi~ Whofe
~
but'certainly fhe was liis Wife, cand great!y,efteerned '
by -Her Husband, 'and
ált
che NoBiliit-of
Nru,
and-indeed her Perfori; ahdVercuei
and noble Birth did deférve no léfs~" ·
1
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- ' · 'This-Lady bréd up'and rnáintafüéd
1
this
roanna L'eyton
for
fo
long a time, that ac'
ieógffíhe took ~hac.narne, ánd called her .felf
Lejton
j
and chen afrer~ards mar–
ried het
to
a peí-fon of honour called
Francifco Vofo,
and íhe was a Peffon of
(q
great honour cWcit
Frarrci'fcoCarv,1j'dl
loved her as his ówn Daughter. During ~hefét
a·oubles and revblutidns caufed by
Gon9alo Pi
1
arro
íhe always favourecl che King's
fide, and often interceded for fome of chem w_ith her
Maller 'Carvaja! ;
otheti
fue afijíl:ed with her Money, and fome íhe 'concealed in her Houfe, and particii)
lafly 'fue liid three a{ rhac time when
Gon
1
a!o Pi9arro
firíl: entred into
Rim!c
wit~
that 'tfaughter and irñprifonment of people which \1/e have before reláted.
Fran:
cifco
1
de Carvajal,
whofe knowledge QQtliing efcaped, took her afide, and asked her
where chofe 1hree rt1en-were wl1ich 'íhe had hidden ; íhe denied to kp'ow of ani,
blff
1
he confidencly chªt·ging her with ic, and narni:'ng one of chern, whorn he
fu;.
fpet5ted, 1{}1e was
fo
confounded; ' t'har íhe could not longer perfiíl: in the denial,;
ahd therefore, ta'ki:ng
a.
rnánly 'courage, it is true, faid íhe, they "<!re in fuch a
Charnber, at1'á l
,~ill
brihg cheth
to
yotl with a Knife, chac you may cut their
Throats and
clrVrk
th~ir \13lemd, and eát cheir Flefh,· tha_t fo you may be glutted
aí1d fatiated wi~h ·hurrlañe
.Bloud
afrer 'which you are fo thirfiy: aod fo beíng
juft
.góiog away,
C.:ffvnja(
qlled her, and faid, !et thern alone, lec thern alone, and lec
rñe akmé alfó,"and dieDevrl take t11e'e : and chus
'foanna Leyton
gained her poinc
ancl
viétory ovér him. This relatioh I received frorn one of the greateíl: eoemies
tba(Cárvajalpact;
bút a perfon ofgreat probity, called
Gonfalo Silvej/re,
ofwhom
we nave fortneHy made'1nention.
,
Sorne fhort time a.fter this
'/oanna de Leyton
went to live at
Arequepa,where Dionyfo'
de Bobadil/a'brought
the Heads of
Lope de MmdoFa, Nicho!a1 de·Eredia,
and of three
or'four others;
ano
before
he
went
to
pay his reípeéts
to
Pedro de Fuente1,
who
wás Governour' of ébat Cicy under
Gonyalo Pipmo;
he made a vifü to chis
fMnna
leyton,
believing·chat fhéwould gladly hear of the healch of her Nfafier
Frmicifco de
Carvaial.
The Laqy received him witb a good welcome, and having firfi paífed
the ufúal corr\plelnents at meeting, and made enquiry after che welfare of her
f:ford, ilie earnell:ly'e'mreated
Bobadi!la
to deliver the Head of
Lope de Mendo
1
a
imo
fli~t
har1ds
1
rhat íhe might h'ave the fatisfaétion to bury .it in fuch manner as be.
came
,¡
períon of his merit and loyalty
to
his King; but
Bobadi!la
excufed himfelf.
faying, that he duríl: nót dbe ir, for thac fhe well knew che fevere humour
of
Carvajal
his Lord, who would for fuch anoffence hang him and quarcer him
j
bue
füe íl:ill conrinued her importunity, and defired him for God's fake
to
Jet her have
it,
and that íhe would give him rn o hundred pieces ofEight, wherewich he mighc
oblige and help one of bis indigenc Souldiers, for whar good, faid fhe, can it doe
you, fince the Head
is
difmembred from che Body, ro drag it rhrough the Screets
and fix it on che Gallows
?
Bue
Bo~?idilla.
íl:ill defired her excufe three or four time~
with che fame words, aod fhe continued
to
prefs him wich che greatefi earnefinefs
in che world ; bue ar Jength, feeing cinc fhe could not prevail wich all her intrea–
ües étnd promifes, íhf grew angry, and then f~id,
Well,
Jet it up then in rhe
nP.meoJ
God, but lz.now thát j oµ had better have !et it alone; and that the two hundred pieces of
Ei:ght which
1
ojfer{d:for
ü,
1
will employ in M-aj{es to be faid for hi1 Sou! ; and !'tell thec
farther, that he, whofoever he
ú,
that
ú
not contented to have that H~ad honourab!y
bu–
ried, will not live long, and
1
hope fhortly to fee
thy
Head in-the place of
it.
,This_ cjifcourfe pafling chus,
Bobadilla
(
as che Hi.fiorians
fay)
was ready to die
W1th !af:ighter
1
,l'dmif.ihg muth at the Dialogue ,hl líatl \vlch
rbanna. i¡eytrm,
and from
h~-,3/réWcdife~l'y't~-pr'efem th~ Head.~
to
Petl o'de
'Htr
ifes.
i\nd.-comruandi'ng che
rJUt~Jlr.~o
unfold di~ Oldthes where'ín they,H'éré
eb
1
Mtapped, chey_did it·fo aw.
~e~cfi
at'íd
W~re
'fo
pt'itzled
at
it,
t'h'at he was f(jrced to (;:orne himlelf and lay rhem
8~,~.f:
:1fome
orthe t.fpa~rafd'.r
~a'.ñcHhgby, íaid
t'hat
die
Heads ílah'k, bue
BobadiOa
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made