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Royal

Commentaries.

wlío

haye wrote ch~ Lives of

many men,

relate fome few paffiges of my

OWJ.il

rn1s

fortunes. ' ,

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ue to remrn

whac che af~refaid Authours have written concerning my,

Fa.~ ,

thc:r

I mufi rnnfefs thac time

no reafon for me to rnntradiét che refümoríy

f–

diree

fach impófrant Wicneffes , nor is

reafonable for me co· expeét , thac añy

ondhould

yield

en~ire cre~en_rn to me wh<,> am a party in che cafe. Fot"_rfly

owu pare, I am fausfied

wirhm m

y frlf, thao l have declared n0ching

h>m:·

~he

rtuth, and lec ocher men judge.as they pleafe :

am fufficientl:y contented, that

che_e::haraétev which they have given of my Father 01ould pafs for true: andtl ,dd

much avúl and value my felf on the 1onour of being che Son of

rnurageous ,.

refolure and válianc a Souldier, as he; who in che heat of a Battel

cruel <and

bfomdy as is before repeated, •duríl: adventure. ( as Hiíl:0rians write)

alighc·

from his Horfe , and

pare him for h·s friend ;·

ar.d.

am.·

rnl\lch danger cou

bec:1r chac prefence of mind , as to help ro fet him on Horfe-b ck. And ifl,cHis

afüon gave a rurn to che formne of che day, and obtained· che Viétovy

for.1P~fN"·

ce, taiúly- chere have been none, or at leaft few of thefe examples in\ the

World.

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Theíe Trophies of Honour atchieved

my Farher, I gla-dly affume unto

·niy·

felf: for t ie dehi'e of hon<,ur is

natural to ali roen, that 'even1 thofe "iho have.

no 'verme or worchinefs ro boaíl: of, yec rach'er than want f(?me little glitteringS' oí,

imaginary honour,

will

glory in chat which is cheir íhame: bue fome may ohjeét,

and fay, thanmy FJcher aéted againft his Majeíl;y's fervice: To which I make

anfüer,.rhat laying chat matter afide; che Afüon in it feWwas 6rave and merics<a

clue honour and renown.

Bue

t'eturn ro thole who fled from the Batee!;

a.:

mQngíl: which che Biíhop of

Co'~co

was one; and he, having',departed fnom

Ci!n–

teno

wichouc any regard ro either fide, or concerning himfelf farcher with them,

remrned

his C,:athedral Church , bue he was in too much,halle to viÍlt ir ,

011

·to make any íl:ay there.

cornpany with

hi'rri were

Alonfo de Hinojofa, 7ohn '711li'd

Hojcda,

wich about fourcy other principal Citizens and S61:ildiers, whom

faw

in;thacCity , but yeccannot rernernber their Names, excre~ínhofe·nhree former,

]y imen·rioned.· The Biíhop (·as I have intimated·in andther.place,) fodged' in

my Father's houfe with about fourteen or fifceen,more, and next morning early

they mee in che lrífer Sqtiare of che City near to ene Conv.erit of our Lady of che

M emds;

and chence chey travelled , and took the direét way co

Lo1

Reye1

be–

canfe they underíl:ood that

'fohn de la Torre

purfüed halid afrevthéni ; of whofe fuc-

cefs we 01all [peak in che following Chapter. .

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H A P. ,

xx1v;

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The Proceedings of

John de · la Torre

in -Cozco;

and

what

Wü S

aéie-d.

by,

other

evil

-Miniflers in other parts.

Aptain

rohn

de.la

To~re

p~rfuing chofe wh~ were fled from the Battel carne to

the City of

ouo;

where he execured his Juíl:ice on

'/ohn f/afq11e~ de Tapia,

,who

ad heen MJyor of the Cicy for che King: he likewife hanged his Collegue,

or Coaffeílour named

Licenciado Marte/.

Thefe men !oír their lives for want of

due rega d to thernfelves: for chey reíl:ing confidenc of

Centeno's

fuccefs againíl:

Pir:arro,

aéted with great zeal in che King's fervice againíl: füch as were of che dif–

aifetted Parcy : and yecchey took thefe matters into fo lictle confideracion , rhac

though chey

faw

che Biíl1op fly away, yec rhey refolved

íl:ay by ic, and noc quic

rhe City, untill

rohn de la Torre

carne, who ma~e chem pay for their errour and in–

togirancy with che lofs of rheir lives : bue as to che common Souldim he iíl'ued a

Prnclarnation of Pardon ro a\l rhofe who would liíl: chemfelves in his Company.

Then he gathered ali che Arms he could, and ereéted rriumphal Arches, and prepa–

redali rhings with magnificence and ofientation for che recepc~on of

pirro,

who,

as he pretended, 1qs coming to rhacCicy, to enj'oy che fruJCs an~ happy corrfe–

quences of bis Viétory: And here he leavied money for paymem of che Army.

and