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heard him fáy; for when I was a Boy, ora young Lad, he would always have·me
wich him, and ~pon a certain time
Ca~vajal
carne to fpeak
to
him; and chough
rhere was none
m
che Room prefent w1ch chem befides my felf, yec
Carvajal
not
being willing chat
I
íhould hear any thing which was between them whifpered
him in the ear; what' it was
I
could not hear, but
Pifarro
anfwered in
a
few words;
which were, Look you Facher. .
·
I
have feen him fometimes at Dinner,
for
he always ar.e in publick ; bis
Table was very long, and hetd ac leaíl: an ,hundred people: at che upper end
of
whicb he face·himfelf, and on each hand there was a void fpace !efe which might'
comain two perfons; at which diíl:ance ali·Souldiers fate down as chey pleafed-;
onely che Caprains and Cicizens did not dine with him, unlds ic were in their
own Houfes.
I
dined with him twice at his own Table, :by his command and
invication ; one of which \~as ·on
Candlem&-day,
and then his Son
Don Fernando,
_
and
Don Francifco
his Nephew, who was Son to bis Brocher che Marquis, apd
1
ate íl:anding at che void place of his Table, and he carved ·for us ali, and gavé
from his own Place; ali which
I
faw, being chen about che age of nine years,
which I compleared on che cwelfrh d~y of
April
following, and do certifi~ che
rruch chereqf, baving been an eye-wicnefs of what
I
have before memioned;
fo
thac Hiíl:orians may yield more credic to rríe herein ~ha~
to
chofe wbo fp?ak-0Ull
ofprej_udice, an9 with rancour and malice co h_is perfon.
fo
like manne~ fhey,:a~;.
cufe h1rn, and fay chat he took away all che Fifchs and Revetme belong1ñg'tb thé
King; wich che Tributes which were paid by
th'e'1n;Jian1,
,and·tbe Eíl:aces ohhofe
who took up Arms againíl: him, which cogetber ,amouAte~.i?to '¡ibt>V~ cwo -rliÍrd
pares of ali che Income of
Peru;
and yec fot a-fl' chis
1
oh~y
fa;ltihat his SouldiérS
were unpaíd, at which they remained much unfatisfied; bue we may eafily refute.
this errour and this miíl:ake ofWriters, when it is coníidered, thac for certain h~
efe no hidden Treafures at che time of his death. They alfo accule hirn of Adul-
tery and Incontinence, with rnany aggravating circumílances, which are moíl:
no–
torious in the lives of Governours and men in erninent places.
But
to
remrn to our Hiíl:ory :'
We
rnuíl: know, ,'tnat during che time thac
Gon-'.
falo Pifarro
refided at
Los
Reyes;
it
happened that
Vela Nunne,:,,
Brother to the late
Vice-k:ing, carne
toan
unforcunate
end.byrneans of Capcain
¡ohn de la Torre,
who
fome years before had married an
Indian
Woman, who was Daughter to the
Cu–
raca
of rhe Province of
Puerto Viejo :
The
Indians,
pleafing them[elves wich che
honourable alliance of a
Spaniard,
whorn chey eíl:e
eming andpreferring before
their Riches, difcovered unto him a Treafure of an hundr.ed and fifcy choufand
Ducats in Gold aod Emeralds, which were hidden witbin che Tombs of cheir
Ancel1ours.
¡ohn de la Torre,
having chus rnade his formne, had a mind to leave
Gon-
2.alo Pi
1
arro,
and recuro into
Spain,
and there to enjoy his Riches: bue then conG–
aeriog wich himfelf th¡¡c his Rebellion and Aétions agaioíl: che King were coo
well known (for he wa-s one of chofe whó rore
Out
the
Hirii·s
of the
Vice-king"s
Beard and puc them into aMedall) he feared he íhould be called,in queíl:ion, and
noc live fecurely and in peace at home : wherefore to cake off this blemiíh from
him, and doe fome remarkable fervice, he perfuaded
Vela Nunne,:,
to make his
efcape wich him, on one of the Ships then in Port, promifing to affiíl: him there–
in, in cafe he would engage his Relacions
to
favour and proceél: him, for the goód_
fervices he had done in delivering him out of che hands of thac Tyrant.
Pela
Nt1nne,:,
hearkned
to
che propofals he had made him, bue then íl:ories and rumours
fl}!ing abouc thacche King had confirmed
Gonyaló Pifarro
in che Governmem,
Vela
Nunne,:,
prefencly changed his mind, and began to contrive in what manner he
might fix himfelf in che gqod opioion of
Gonfalo ·Pifarro.
¡ohn de la Torre
obfer–
yj¡lg..
.thi~;?lteration, and fearing leíl: he,or fome others of nis Confidencs íhould
malúPat·difcovery
to
Pifarro
of the Compaél: or Plot that was between chem,
thoughc ic
to
be his beíl: courfe to be before-hand with them in che difcovery ;
and fo went to
Pifarro
and informed him
qf
the deíign of
Vela Nunne,:,
to
maké his
efcape, for which they cut off his Head, and hanged and quartered anocher con–
cerned in che fame Plot : howfoever, ié was the common ralk chat chis piece of
cruelty was aél:ed at che perfuaGon oriely of
Licenyiado Carvajal;
for
Pifarro
hada
kindneís for
Vela Nu:ane,:,,
who'ín he loved.for his go0d ·nature and
fü
1
eec difpofüi–
on, and never inclined
ro
puc hirn to deach. And chis was che fate of chis poor ·
Gentleman, by che fal[e accufation ofa creacherous fellow, who was a Villain of
tbe higheíl: nature.
Francifcode Caroajal,
having
fome
days before received in•
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