4000003871

Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

pleafed and laughed, wonoering to

feé

fuch pref~nce of mind and read{nels .of

pirit

a man of his condition to reply

aptly on e~ery thing t~at was faid

him. All this and rnuch more paífed between

Cm:&a¡al

and odwi:s, on the

Víi!tY

day

chis_Batee!, or raeher a Defeat without_ a Batee! : ~llt as

Gonfalo .Piyar–

be rernained alone, and no company adm1tted ro fee h1m , becaufe he

de–

fir~d ic : unlefs

Diego Centeno

and

fix

or feven principal Souldiers more, who were

fec o'fer ñim

for

his guard<'

, ·

The day following

Gon 2alo Pifarro

and his Lieut~nam Genei:al ,' with

all the

Captains ·takeo, were brought to Executién , as

Gomara

relates, chap.

87.

and

particularly nominates

rohn de Acofta

,Francifco M11ldon11do,

fohn

Vele~

(1.uevara?

Dionifi.o de Bwadilla, Gonfaló dt Los Nidos_;

and fays, 'that of the lafi of•th@rn,

t~;Y

drew bis Tongue out at che Nape of h1s Neck; bue he alledges no rea(on for \t;

onely we rnay believe, ic was for tre;1Jonable words ·fP,oken againíl: bis Imperi~

Majefiy : ali ehefe and rnany others were hanged ; and though

d1ey

were Gen–

tlemen, yet chey loíl: cheir privilege by becorning Traycors and ,fü~ls

rheir

King : Afc~r they were execuced, cheir

Heads were cut·off, and

i€nt

into dive1"$

parts and Cities of the Councrey: The Heads

fohn de AcoftaJ.-and Franolf<»

M.udon~do

were picched u~OR Iron Spikes

·Ín

ch~ M~rket-place of

Gó~co

whicb

faw

theré, though

Palent1'.no.,

ch~p.

,'9i.

f:áith

that;

Atofta's

Head

"".ªS

fet up

Los Roes:·

the Head of

]J)ionljj-4-Je BM11tdilla

and another with

bis,

·was

carried

tó

Are'f1tepa;

and thereby thac- which

thé

good Lady·

róan de LeJton

JJret'aged of th~

B()Vadilla,

was accompliíhed; faying; whcm

carrieQ tpe.Head of

iLope de Mendo–

fª

(et up in chat City, that they fhould in a fhorc time take ~hat tlead down,

and fet up mis in che place' thereof. Tbe·•feveral,Aúthqurs write, that they haíl:–

ned the execution of

Gon¡alo Pif""º

and of

his-Offiq!ts

~onc~rqeq wich him;

with all expedition poffible; for they aonceived

'chat'tne üoann-ey could noc

fafe and in peace whilíl: they were living.

P~fjt#'u

téceived fentence to hav~

his

Head cut

off

for a Traytor, his hou(es in cº:i::.~•tie?moliíhed ,

aoo

che ground

fowed witn Salt , and thereon a

P!llát_

ra\fed with

~b~

Jnfcripcion,

Thefe are

r!,t

Dwellings of rhat Traytor

Gon~álo Pi~arro,

&c.

All which

my felf bave feen performéél and

á&éd ,

and chofei very houfes ra–

zed to the ground, whicb were once"~

lor of

Gónfalo Pifarro

aqd his Brothers~

when che Countrey wasdivided: that place in che

Jndian

Tong11e was called

Go–

racora,

which is as rnuch

to fay,

The Herb-garden. Pifarro,

as we have faid, was

deteined a Prifoner

the Tent of Captain

Diego Centeno,

where they ufed him

with

the

fame refpeét as had been givea-him in the-time of his greateíl Profperi–

: ali

chat day he would eat nothing , though invited to it, bue walked up and

down che whole day very penfive ancj full

thoqghcs" After fome hours in che

nigbt he called

Centeno

,.¡al1d

askec;I him wpetheF

he¡¡was feo.:ire for that nighc?

his meaning was, wheilier they would kili him that night, or let him live untill

the next day ; for he was not ignorant that his Enemies chiríl:ed after pis bloud in

fuch

a rnaimer that every hour feemed a year to theuj untill he was-difpatched out

of chis World.

Cente:110

ailf1,Vered, rhac he mighc r~ ,íeaure as

t~a~,howfoever

bis

mind was unquiet ; he lay down after Mid-nighc and ílept for about che fpace

of an hour, aaj iheo arifing agai,n,

walked uncill !¡>re~k of day ; aap

[,9

fooo

as it.was lighc-;t

he <,ieíir,eii10tlave. a ~ onfeífour '

,vit-n

·w·ho¡n

~ ri

lmáinea unrrn

Noon: ,

~~·e~

wiH

1,.~~

ñimfqr aw.l~i~e to enterci'fo eµr felves

\l.vi

h '.\

Narraciy~

o'f the m~n_ner%ow

f:an/a;al

:pehaved bimfelfthat 'day'~-

\.vhich

1 r 1

aliry

'11/3S

ni.;Jt

wil.d a'ntl~xhavagane as''ól!e

ou~A,urhours re~phs it to havé

hfef!

'but

far;,di{(érl!n.l ptatmer·;'~fl.fuall :reláf.~'Wicp

grea(_crµ,c~

apd

imp:trc;al!cy: Nrlt

f-tn"d"v'e&

to,

.fl)eakfavourably of.f,i1in

'in

refpe&flto '.fQ11tner beneijts

:md

ef!gage–

ments·

~ih)t&~1·

hav4-r~ei~~ ;frÓtri

~i9:f,

~iac rath~r

·me

~ontrary','

fbr he deµgoed

to.havelkdle~

!fat

~~,.

~er the

•of

H~~f

P,4-7.

a,n~

:(ought_

f~ .

fome pr~–

t~?ces

.~!.{i~;a'.1ftng

fr,0

'm.Jf

<ilou9e_and h1f .:own vatn f~{p1cí9ns. , J~ow,foever ajJ

li1íl:0¡1a~u,gnqo

\ay

__ aQéie

ali

preJu(\ic~,~n.d

mali'r:,~a'1¡n,~·any'perfp1 ,

Qor rp~a~

ouc ~t~~~r-?r ~ffeéhon', bJJt clea1'~Y

r,elat~ rn~cter'~

f~~

_for IP,fbrµi;¡tion of

pofiency•m·a.f~er-Ages·:

AiJél·

ai:e:prcl¡ingly

prc;>teíl

'as

Chníhan; '

thar·I

'have

breviacecf·

m'any

pariicúlars

-,and

oinitced

divers'

circúrnfümces

chings cha

~ight not'feem b_iaífed,~~ów~ras

any

.~f~fi,

P,~iH!f..

éo con~radí~ the a!Je~;ir;.:

onsof che

af'o11efa1d Auffiours, .and wl creular}y

1'.¼lcfl/'?JP,

wbd came 'lare inco

ffü

Ceiwrey;

took=

úP

many FaJ.,I~f )Yhich the·_cótj,lnon 'Pe'O~/e- -r~rced

t?f

Truths, •áécóttfing

to the-fevera'l 'Faétíons and Parcieswffich

díey

'fol'lówed. ,

'i.

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