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Commentariu.
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BooK
IV.
rheir Eílaces
to
ch~m
~ft1!
ci~finice labours and ~a~díhips, and tbe hazard o_f his
life;
in confiperatió11
pj
r~IN~h they offer~d cheir l_1ves and fort~nes to.remam ac
his devotio~. And ~einfHlOW entred
1
y,,1thm th(l
1
C1ty~ he wem direétly to che Ca–
thedral'Chprch rhet'e 'c9,áél01;e che moíl: Holy Sacrament,; che Srreets·al! along as
he paíled refounded wicKv.ocal Muíick, Singing, Minfirels and Trumpets,, which
were excellencly good in that pcy ; and the Bells of the Churches and Monaíl:e–
ries fpaké bis welcome, aqd ~dded to the Solem~ity of that d~y.
R.ifarro
having
performed hís devotions t,q. oµr Lord, went to h1s Houfe, which formerly belon–
ged
to
bis Brother the M
arquis, wher~, as the Hiíl:oriaps fay, he lived in ,greater
fplendour ane fiare tba!\
~v.erhe bad done before.
1
Sorne fay tbat he enterrained
eighty Hal~.~rdier~ for
liis
Gu?~d, ~nd that no .ma~ was permitted
to
1
G~
ciown i~
his prefence ; fome fayr, qe ¡gf!ye h1s hand t9 be k1ffed : bue man
y
ífones1of th1s
nature are frarned out o[en~y and malice of.,eoernies, who, as we have fa~d, raife
thefe repo 'ts, though 'tq,my
1
certain 1~nowkc,lge~ and
,.1
fpeak the farne on the
truth of a Chriíl:ian, thaq\1e e was no~ one Halberdie~ in all his Guatd, nor have
I
ever ñe~iA that he e1]t.~rµi!W9 any.
.And, as
I
have formerly mencioned, when
his 'Bro~h'.rr¡t~e Margu¡s / cµ,med int9 this Coumrey, with aCommiíJion from
his Majélty ~:·,¡nd witn,\fw~privilege t9, entertain tWet)ty four Halberdiers for the
guard qf¡bi~'l?erfon, ,he,c~qld,by no n;ieans perfQade any ro,accept ,of he Office,
it beiog éltee1ned too lQ,W~nd inferiour
to
che qualicy
of
a
Spaniar.d
;
onely
J
knew
c~o
mén.
-who ,
vouchfa(ep. ro humble , thernfelves
to
chae mean degree. And
therefore
l
kbow noc how afrerwards it could come to pafs in times ofgrearer
pr'ide
;md
:heigbt, that elggcy
.Spaniards
f\,ould be found to íl:oop or condefcend
fo
Jow ¾s ró bear Halbercls
09
cheir fhoulders, efpectally fince it hach been obferved,
thar rh.~1
1
w~e roo p_r~u~,
~~
own che raking money on che no_cion of pa~ ; and
therefor fam of op1q1on, c~a,c che Auchours who wroce of chis maccer d1d mif–
take ch~ ñame of Halberdie1:s for Harq1,1ebufiers. Befides,
I
note ir for a millake,
of che li~e,n~ture
i'n
th0íe who repon, rhat
Pifarro
rnade ufe of poifon co remove
rhofe Ql,\t of,the world who fiood
in
his,way, for never any fuch thing was aéted,
nor yet imagined ro
be
donq, for if it had been
I
fhould certainly have heard there–
of, foqqer or later, as wdl as they ; a11d indeed, had he been guilcy of fuch vani–
ties and crirnes as thefe; he would have been derefied and abhorred by ali che
world, w~ereas on c
he' comrary (as ali Auchours agree) he was well beloved ancl
generally' efl:eemed.
fi.ndfo much
I
declare upon my faich and cruch, as an eye–
witnefs ofmoff of th
efe paífages; and
I
fpeak in fincerity wichouc favour oi· af..
fefüon to any, having no engagemems to eicher Party.
1JI
:
CH
A P.
XLII.
.,¡
The. Authour declares:in what manner
Gon~alo Pi~arro
be..,,
haved himfelf towards his own People.
The death of
Vela Nunnez.
The arrival of
Francifco de
Carvajal
at
Los Reyes,
and the manner how he was receíved.
W
HEN
Gonfalo Pifarro
was at che
City
of
Co
:t.co,I
had fome knowledge
of him by fighc ; Jor foon afrer che Batee! of
Huarina
he came and reíided
there umill cbe Batee! of
Sacfahuana,
which was about
ftx
months, during which
time
I
was ftequently in pis Houfe, and obferved his behaviour both wichin doors
and abroad. Ali people ¡:iaid him the honour and refpeét which was due co their
Superiour, attending al'.)d following him wherefoever he wenc, either on foot or
on Horfeback ; and he demeaned himfelf with that courtefie and affability ro–
wards al!, and
fo .
like a fellow-fouldier, thac no man could find caufe of com–
plainc:
I
never faw him give his hand to any man to be kiífed, though deftred
m way ?f complemenc. . He (reely took offhis Hat to every man, and to perfons
of Qi!ahty he gave chem che Titles which were due to them
:
he conílantly as
we h~ve faid, called
Friip(ifeo de Ciirv¡¡j¡¡/
by the name ofFather, as
I
once o~er-
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