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thereúnto added feveral ocher affromive words , noc convenient ro be reponed
here. For which
Comara
couldmake no other excufe, chan chat he did not frame
the Story himfelf, bue received it from others whofe paffion might caufe chem
to
fpeak
malitioufly :
to
which che Souldier replied, chat it w:is t~e
pare
ofa difcreet
Hiíl:orian not
to
cake up reports upon common hearfay, bue to weigh every ching
with marure delibetacion,
fo
as neicher
ro
praife men who are worthy of com–
mendation, nor yec defame fuch who deferve honour and high eíl:eem; ánd here–
upon
Gomara
departed from-che Souldier greatly troubied, chat he íhould fay
in
his Hiíl:ory , chat
Carvajal
did not know
to
Centeno.
And as falfe it is
chat
Carvajal
íhould fay, thache would have difperfed che quarters of nine hu~dred
rnen chrough thófe fields, for certainly he never was
fo
vain aad inconfiderate
to
uccer fuch matrers. And now
I
íhall tell whac
I
heard from chofe who were
in
company with bim all thaé day; and
I
mucb depend upon cheir Relacion, having
been educaced with them from pine years of ~ge uncill
I
carne to be cwenty,
when
I
!efe my own Coumrey, and wenc into
Spain :
The truth of which Scory
is
chis ; So foon as it was day,
Francifco de Carvajal
fent to call
to
him
Pdro de Lopez–
de
Cafafla,
Secretary
to
che Prefiderit
Gafca ;
and. after he had difcourfed wich him
for fome time in privare, he·drew out rhree very fine Emeralds, wich a hole
drilled chroughthem
to
hang on a íl:ring; rwo ofchem were of an oval forro, and
the other round, which he tied upon his lefc Arme : and taking che biggeíl: ofrhem
apare from che reíl:, he faid, Mr.-Secretary, chis belongs to che Heirs of
A ntonio A !–
tarriarino,
and is valued at five choufand pieces of Eighc, which make
fix
thoufand
Ducacs :
I
defire che favour of you,
to
fee it reftored
to
the true Proprietor : che
other belongs to fuch ari one ( whofe name
I
have forgot) which is valued at
four cboufand pieces of Eighc; and in like manner
I
delire you to fee it given co
che right Owner. This, which
is
che leaíl:, is my own ; which
I
defire you to
fell for me, and whacever it produces ,
to
employ it in Maífes, to be faid
for
rny Soul, thac God may accept thereof, and pardon my Offences. The Secre–
cary, noc pleafed wich chis .offer, cold -him , that he expeéted from him
fome
larger offers of reíl:itution, and thac if he were difpofed fo to doe; he would add
ten choufand pieces of Eighc of bis own,
to
make up his a greater fum, and chat
he would beíl:ow it ,
as
he thould direét.
l
Sír , faid
Cahlajal,
I
never raifed
this War, nor was
I
che caufe ·of ir; añd-chat .
I
might
1
avoid all Eogagemenrs
therein,
I
was up9n
my
Voyage
into Spain ,
and
1
iadvanced-feveral leagues on the
way : bue being difap¡.;,ointed of mea.ns c0 efcape;
I
took che fide which fell co
rny Lot, as Souldiers of fortune l!fe to doe ; and as·
r
did when
I
ferv~d che Empe–
rour in qualicy of Serjeé;lnt MajGr ,' under
Yaca·de Caftro ,
who was Governour of
chis Kingdorn.
If
chere have been Robberies and Plunderings on either fide com–
rnitted, ,v-e muíl: attribute them
to
che natural effeéts of War : for my own pare,
I
cook nothing from any man, bue comented my 'felf with what was given me out
of free-will: and at che ~onclufion of all, chey have taken every ching fromme ~
I
mean, what was given me, and what
I
poífeífed before che beginning of chis
War.
Ali
which
I
refer co che infinite merey
bf
God our Lord,, yvhofe pardon
I
beg for all
my
Offences, and that he would profper and prefetvc you, an·q; re–
pay you che charity ·y<m have offered me; for che Good-will oughc to be ellee–
rned
for
che Deed. - And th1:1~ended this Difcourfe with che Secrecary.
In
the
aftemoon che Secretary fent him a Confeffour, as he defüed, _whom he encenai–
ned wich his Confeffion umill cowards che Evening; and
lo
cñe=mean time 'the–
Officers of
J
uíl:ice feht·cwo or three times
to
haíl:en' his difpacch ',-chat che fencence
rnighc be execuced : but
Carvajal
was defüous to procraét che time till night, chac .
he might fuffer in chdfark.
Bue
ié was not granteci him, for che Judge
Qianft
and
che
Major General
Alonfo de A /varado
,
who had paill!d fentence upon him were
very irnporcunace to have him d1f¡mched, uncill.which 'time every rnorneQt fee–
medi weeks and year~. Atlengch beiog broughc out of che door of che Tenc,
pe
was crouded into a fort of Basket in·nacure of a hurdle, drawn by two greacMuJes
which had nocgone above three ot four paces befare he was overmrríed, wich
bis
face on-the ground ; and lifcing up his head, aswell .as he was able, he c¡illed'óu~ co
thofe wño followed him, Genclern<m, confider, that
I
am a Chrifüan, whi~h
was no fooner faid , chan he was raiféd up again by at leaíl: thirty of che Prime.
Souldiers belonging co
Diego Centeno :
and one of chem parcicularly cold me, thac
when he carne
to
che Basket , he chought it had been one of che largeíl:
fize ,
bue
when he carne ·co puc bis hand under
ic,
he found chache was fo
chrufi
and crou-
p
p p p p
ded