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Commentaries.
BooK
V.
noc co incerrupc, by a long digreílion, che proper currenc of che Hiílory, we
íhall now fupply thac defeét in t~is pl~ce.
Donna Maria C~lderon,
chough re0-
ding in her enemies quarcers, and m their power, yec made 1c her comrnon d1f..
courfe in ali companies, to fpeak openly againíl:
Gon
1
alo Pifarro;
and nocwichítan–
ding
Carvajal,
to whom che informacions were broughc, did cwice or thrice ad–
moniíh her
ro
be lefs liberal in her language, and to be more prudenc and cautious
in her fpeeches, as did ocher Friends who wiíhed her well; howfoever·íhe made
no uíe of chis good counfel, bue venced her paffion with more libercy and indif..
cretion chao before: whereupon
Carvajal
wenc one day co her Lodging, and told
her ( Lady Goffip)
l am come to rnre you of your too m,,ch prating, dnd I lzn~~ no ~tfer
rem14Y for it than to choalzyou:
but fhe, fo!lo.wing herLpleafant humour, and tbi'nk–
Íng thac
Carvajal
was in jeíl:; away; faid íhe, y0u
1
dtunken Fool in che Devil's
narne; for chough yóu jefi-,
I
will fiop my ears to
Y<;m,
and not hea1:: in earneíl:,
faid
he, I
do noc jefi- ; for
I
come
to
cure you of t©o ,rnuch loquarny : .for chac
you rnay noc prace as you have done,
I
come to ílreighten che widenels of your
Throac; and
to
(hew you chac
I
arn
in
earnefl, behold here are my
Ethiopian-
Soul–
diers ac hand who are
to
doe you chis fervice; for he a·lwaY.s carri12d three or four
Ne1.roes
wich him for fuch Offices as chis: hereupo_n he went his way, ,and his
.A{yr–
midons
imrnediately ílrangled her, and hanged her Body out ac aWindow looking
to che Screet; and as he was under, he caíl: up his eyes arrd faid,
Vpon
rl1J'
lije, Lady
Go.ffep,
if
this
be
nota remedy
to
¡¡ffrightyou frrnn too much talb:ng, I k,ziow not., what other
means to
ufe.
-,
Carvajal
being ac a cerrain Cicy wbe're his Souldiers were quartered upon che In–
habicancs, and having occaúon
to
march from thence, cwo moncbs after\vards
he
recurned again coche fame
City;
where an Officer of thie Town, fe:iring thar rhey
would quarcer che fame Souldier upon him which formerly had been with hi~,
went
co
Carvajal
and deGred him chat chat Souldiei: rnighc not be puc upon hirn :
Carvajal
underíl:anding him, gave him a nod iníl:ead of ocl:ier anfwer: And ·co–
rning co che place where quarcers were
to
be aíligned to che Soaldiers, he faid to
every one of th~rn parcicularly ; Go you to fuch
a
place, and you to fuch a place,
and
fo
difpofed ofevery one of them as if he had carried a lif!: of che Inhabitants
names in wricing; at lengch coming to che Souldier before-menrioned ; and yoa,
Sir, faid he, go to fucha Houfe, which was far from che Chamber where he for–
merly quarrered: Sir, replied che Souldier,
I
defüe co go
to
my old Landlord,
where
J
am
well
known; No, faid
Carvajal,
I
would have you go ~o che place
which
I
aílign you:
bue
che Souldier would noc be
fo
anfwerecl, faying, chac he
had no need co change his quarters, where he was
fo
well entercained before;
and chen
Carvajal,
rnoving his head with greac gravicy,
I would hkveyour worjhip
go,
faid he,
to the place I have appointed for you, where you will be very well treated;
and
if
J'OU
want any thing more, my Lady
Catalina Leyron
wil!
be néar
at hand to
ferve
you:
and chen che Sould~er, underíl:anding chac he (hould be well provided for,
accepced his offer, and fa1d no more.
¡ ,
The Head of
Francifco de Carvajal
being
cut
off, was carried to che Ciry of
Los
Reyes,
and chere fixed upon che Gallows in che Market-place, in company with
che Head of
Gonfalo Pi9arro;
his Quarcers, with chofe
of
ocher Capcains concer–
ned in che fame condemnation were.fec up in che
four
greacRoads which lead to
che Cicy of
Couo.
And in regard thar in Cha
p.
33.
of che fourch Book, we have
promifed ro give an account of che poifon wich which che
Indiam
of che Iíland of
Barlovento
did ufually infeét cheir Arrows, by ílicking chem in che Ae(h of dead
men:
I
Oiall, in confirmation thereof, relate whac
I
faw experienced on one of
che Qqarters of
Carvajal,
which was hanged up in the High-way which leads to
Collafuya,
which is to che South-ward of
Coz,co.
The ching was chis:
One day, being
Srmday,
tenor cwelve Boys of che fame School with me, ,yhofe
F:ichers were
Spaniards
and Mochers
Indians,
al! of
us.
under che age of cwelve years,
walking abro:id to play, we efpied che Quarcers of
Carvajal
in che Field, at which
we all cried, lec us go :md fee
Carvajal;
and being come to che pbce, we perceived
rhac che Qiarrer hanging chere was his Thigh, very far, ílinking and green
virith
corruprion. Hereupon one ofche Boys íaid, chac oone of chem duríl: go and rouch
him: Sorne faid yes, fome_ faid
º.º;
wich which chey divided inro cwo parcies,
bue
none duríl: come near
1t,
unull one Boy, called
Bariholomew Monedero,
more
bold and unlucky chan che refi, How, faid he, dare noc I? -and wich chat ran and
thrufi
his
middle Finger cle~r chrough che O!!_arter; upon which we ali rañ from
him,