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Royal
·Commentaries.
BooK
V.·
- --,. . ._.,him.
Js it pef/ible,
faid he,
thatyou fhould fanjie and imagine me to be fo ungratefu!l
,u
to
fr»-g¡t
the kjnd an1 ,haritable_ entertainment
1
received from you, fome_years paji in thü
very City? orto bc!teve, that in return thereof I fhould not embrace ali occajions to maf.:!
k._nown
rr,_y
gratitudc ?
u
it
po!fib!e for me to be fo fhort of memory tU not to rcmember how
kind!J you took._ me and my Fami!J to your own home, (whe1f there WtU no flace to receive
m)
-¡¡nd entertained
m
there for d'!Ys and months, untillfuch time tU Marquü
Pi~arro,
oJ
gforiom rnemory, had made other províjions for me.
And having ever con/erved the
thoughts hereof in my mind,
1
cttrried great refpeil to every thing wherein you were concer–
ned
;
for, thougÍJ
1
had fufficient infQrmation, that
Diego Centeno
-,;,,,u
concealed within
your' pof{e/[,011, and though
1
kpew the very Cave it fe!f where he wtU hid, and nourijhed
by
your Jndians, yet
1
win~ed at it, and took_
w
notice thereof, that
1
might not giveyou trouble,
nor bringyou under a prejudice or
i/l
notion with my Lord the Governour.
1
might then ea-
.
ji/y (
if
J had pleafed) fent fome Files
of
MHfquetim and have •rr,ght
Diego Centeno
to
me
;
but for your fafe!
l
forbore to perfecu_te him, ,notwithftanding the mortal enmit_J 6e–
twee11
m. Nor .
indeBd did
1
much value him; for he who could fubmit to takt hü refuge
in
a.Cave wtU not much to be feared; not doubting but whenfoever he {hould adventure
11gain_abroad, and dare to rafe! up Arms againft
rrry
Lord the G1Jvernour,
1
jhou/d tfrive
him
hit_o
another Cave,
M
I
have done .fince hü flight from
Huarina,
where
by
the 6/ejfing
of,God, and 4/i./}erice
of
Friends,
1
gained a /ignal Vifüry.
And now, jince for your fakt
1
took._ not ~1engeanue
on
an enemy whom
1
had within my power, how much mtrre Jh,ou!d
J
refpe[l- your perfoJJ, and thofe whomyou own far your friend1 and acquaihtance? and to
11[–
fure you
oJ
thefe my real intentions,
1
give 7ou free !eave to return unto J'our home, and
there repofe and reft rvith
M
much freedom and fecurity
M
you can defire.
And alfo you
may
affure all the Inhabitants of thw City, and a!l fuch
M
were takfn and brought back in
your company, that for your fak! they are pardoned
awd
exempted from that punifhment which
_
their offences have de{erved.
And herewith he acquitted and di[miífed
Mig11el Cor–
nejo,
and freed che Cicy of che frars and apprehenfions chey were in for having
with zeal and affeétion íhewed chem[elves aétive in his Majeíl:y's Service, and
for
the afliíl:ance tbey had given
to
Diego Centeno.
This Srnry
I
learned, not onely
by
common report, bue from che particular relation of
Gonfalo Silveftre,
who was
a
profeífed enemy ro
Francifco de Carvajal,
as he was
a
faíl:
and faitbfull fi-iend to
Diego Centeno,
having adbered
to
him and accompanied him in
ali
his adverfi–
ties and misforcunes cill che day of his death, as
will
appear hereafter. And
011
this occafion
I
produce chis auchencick 'Nitnefs
to
confirm the truth of what
I
have [poke ; for
I
precend
to
flatter no man, bue really and cruly to lay dO\vo
rnatters of faél: according as chey have paífed.
Carvajal,
having gachered what Arrns and Horfes he could find in
A req11epa,
re–
turned to
Pir¿arro,
.who was ílill on bis march to
Co,;,co :
for by reafon of che many
fick
and wounded in che Camp, he was forced to continue longer at
HP..arina
than
was intended. And here ic is very obfervable, thac chofe of
Pifarro's
Parcy who
were rich took care and compaflion of the wounded men belonging to
Centeno,
and
dividing them amongíl: chem[elves ca1tied them to cheir own Tenes, where they
provided for cheir maintenance and cure.
lt
was my Facher's loe co have twelve
afligned
to
him, of which fix dyed on che march, and fix happened to live
and
recover.
I
knew cwo of chem, one was called
Diego
de
Papia;
a Gentleman
of
good Quality, and a perfon of verme, who made many grarefull acknowledg–
rnencs for che care which was taken of him. When
I
carne for
Spain
I
lefr him
in che Houfe of
Diegode Silvia,
who was Godfarher
to
me ac my Confirmacion.
The other was called
FrancifcÓ de Penna,
who[e name agreed well wich his nacure,
which fignifies a Rock, and indeed fo hardy was he, chat though he had received
three great flafhes on che Crown of his Head, from che firfr
co
che laíl: of which
chere was abouc chree fingers diíl:ance ; and chough his Skull was
fo
broke chac che
Chirurgeon was forced c9 cake out fome Bones ; :md having no better lníl:rumencs
to trepan his Hrnd, he made uíe of a Smich's Pincers in this operarion, yec had
he che forcune and íl:rengch
to
recover. And chis farcher íhewed che foundnefs and
hardinefs of his complexion, ·thac, notwithíl:anding
ali
thefe wounds, and che unfic–
nefs of che Iníl:rumencs thac he recovered wichouc Fever, or any other accidenc;
and yec kepc no rule or regimen in his Diet, bue ate whatfoever was [ec oefore him.
The which indeed was very ílrange, and never heard or [een before; and
fo
rnight
well be called
Franci{co Penna
racher than
de Penna,
which is
Francü Rock_,
and noc
Francis of the Rock,
And ha:ving faid chus much, ic will
be
now
timefor us
to
re-
rurn
to che Preíident.
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