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BooK

Royal

Commentariet.

he had done him ; and therefore in có~piement would neither retjuire

his

Sword

·nor his bagger which was gire about him,

whic.h

wc1s of coníiderabl~ -v~lue, rhe

Hile being ali of beaten Gold

pi:oce~ding a little farther, he met with

Diego

Cen–

teno,

who faid, my Lord,

am heartily forrow to íee your Lordffiip in thi3 coridition.

Gonf'ilo Pijarro

írniled hereat a1ittle, and replied, Caprain

Centeno,

there is nothing

íaid móre µpon rhis macrer, my bufinefs is finifued to day,

morrow

you

your íelves will lament my

fall ;

a_nd wichout interchanging more words, he

was carried direétly

che Preíidenes Quarcers, who received him in íuch manner

ás

che chree Authours agree; whoíe words we will faichfully re~at.

Carate,

Book

che feventh Chapter che íevench, faith ; And

he was carried befare che Prefi–

dent, between whorn forne fpeeches paffiog which were judged to be bold and fe–

ditious, he was committed to che cuftody of

Diego Centeno,

&c.

Gomara,

Chapter

186.

faith,

Villavicencio,

being proud of fuch a Priíoner, conduéted him forchwith

che prefence

ofGafca;

who, amongíl: many other queíl:ions, asked ofhim, wh~–

ther he rhoughc h~ had done well in raiíing War againíl: che Emperour?

which

Pifarró

replied, Sir,

and my Brothers gained chis Councrey at our own coft and

éxpence, and therefore

chought it no crime co afpire unto che Govetnmenc; ha–

ving

his Majefty's word and Commiffion for

it.

G11fca

in anger cwice cornman–

ded

thac he thould be taken from his prefence, and the cuíl:ody ofhim was com–

mitted ro the charge of

Diego Centeno,

who peti~ioned

for

che íame.

Palentino;

Chap. 9bth. relates the difcoorfe which paífed on chis occaíion, as follows;

Gon–

fª'º

Pifarro,

faith he, was carried before the Preíident, and being alighced from

tiis

Horfe, he made bis hurnble obeifance to him : che Prefidenc laid his faulcs be–

fore

hiqi,

and would have. COIT!forted him, bue

Pifarro

continuing

füll

inflexible .

and obfünace; anfwered, T~at it was he who had gained chat Countrey, and put–

ting.a

frnooth glofs on hís aétions, endeavoured to juíl:ifie whatfoever he had done;

which f9 provoked the .Prefident that he retorced very feverely upen him in pre–

fence of many fianders-by, and told him plainly that whatfoever he could pretend

bad not fufficient force to caufe him to fwerve from che duty he owed to his Prince,

much lefs to become ungracefull and obdurate ; for graming chat bis Majefiy

had

conferred che favour ~nd honour on

bis

Brother the Marquis to govern chis Coun–

trey, yet confideriag that chereby he had raifed boch him and his Brothers from

mean

and

poor to a rich and high condition, and advanced him from che dung-"

hill toa confiderable degree, it ought

be fo owned and acknowledged; efpe–

ciallY. lince in the difcovery of that Councrey there was nothing due ~o him

true

his

Brother might precend

fome merit therein, but he underfioo~

well

the

fa.vours

bis

Majeíl:y had conferred upen him as

efieem himfe_lf obliged fo~

ever to ,onciQue loyal and within che terrns of duty and refp~ét:

Pifar

would

have made forne reply; bue.che Prefidenc ~ommanded che. Marfual.to cake him

away, and deliver him into che cuílody of

Diego Centeno.

hus f

lentino,

and

wich him the ocher cwo Authoors agree ; but all of.thern are

íhorc in che rela~

tion they give of this matter, chat we think it neceífary to recount che ftory more

particularly as it paífed, which was chis ;

When

Gonf_alo Pifarro

carne to che place where the Prelident was,. he found

him alone wich che Marfhall ; for che ocher Commanders, afharned co fee him

whom they had denied and fold, recired at forne difiance from them: che cere~

monies of refpeét which were made paíled on Horfeback, for

Picarro

did not

alight feeing thac every man' kept himfelf on his Saddle,

did

alfo.

che Preíidenc ;

and che firfi thing he asked him was, Whether he thought he had doné wéll

raifing che Councrey againíl: ch~ Emperour, and making himíelf Governour there–

concrary to bis Majefiy's will and pleafure, and in killing

bis

Vice-king in a

picch'd Bactel: To which he made anfwer, that he had never rnade himfelf Go-.

vernour, bue was raifed chereunco by che Judges, who, ac che requefr and deítre of

all the Cíties of che Kingdom, had given him a Commiffion in purfuance and

confumation of chat Aét of Grace which bis Majeíl:y had conferred on his

Bro–

ther thé Marquis, impowering him to norninate a perfon to fucceed him afcer

his

life ;

and rhat

was ·manifeíl: and notoriouíly known to all che world rhat he

was

the perfon nominaced by

bis

Brocher: and that having gained the Kingdom,

was bue juíl: that he fuould be made Governour of it And as to the Vice•

king,

he was advifed by the Judges,

a thing lawfull and cendiog to che quier•

nefs and peace of che Empire, a~d to his Majefiy's fervice,

drive out

a perf

from amongíl them who was

little

fit

and qualified

fur.

~vernmeni

and.as

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his