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Royal
e
ommentarier.
BooK
V.
M
a debt. ] jor
rtJ)
part dye poot'.and withoÚt any thing, ihat ~ot
fo
muchas the c/oaths ,upan
m;
back._ are
my
awn , bue the fees befongmg ta th~ Executwner , for the fervice he dath
in cutting off
my
Head;
fo
that 1 have nothmg to g,ve for the ;;ood and benefit of
my
Souf:
wherefore,
I
befeech
J'ºu,
Gentlemen,
M
many ofyou
M
owe me money, to bejlow
the
Jame
in Mílj{es to be faid for
r1?J
~oul; hav~ng full af[urance
i~
God, through the méritoriom
')
bfoud andpaffion
of
our Lord
Je
'fi.lsGhr,1íl:
hu Son, and with the a/Jiftence
of
)'Our charity,
that he will pardon my Ojfences a~d receivé me to Merey.
And fo Farewel!.
Scarce had he ended his requeíl: for Charity , befare che Sighs and Groans of
the People were loudly heard; and maAy Tears were íhed by all chofe who heard
chofe dolefuU and fad expreffions. T'hen
Pifarro
kneeled down befare che Cru–
cifix.which was placed on a Table fecupon che Scaffold. Then carne che Execu–
tioner,
1
ohn Enrique;::,,
to bind a Hanc;lkir~hief about his Eyes: · bue
f'
ifarro
deíi–
red him
to
forbear, faying, chac chere was no need of it: and when he faw him
draw .his Hanger
to
cut off his Head; he faid, Honeíl
]11,ck__,
doe chy Office hand–
fomely; meaning chac he íhould doe his buíinefs ac one blow , and not in a man–
g!ing manner, as fome have done: chen faid che Execucioner, I promi[e your
Lórdíhip thac ic fhall be
fo
done as you deftre : and having fo faid, he lifced up
bis Beard wich his left-hand , being above a Span long, and cut round, as chey
ufed
to
wear them i'n chofe days; and \
-yi.cha back-ílroak cut off bis Head ar onl';!
blow, as if he had íliced a leaf of Lettice; and holding ·bis Head in his hand, cr.~
body r.e.mained fome time befare ic fe!!. And chis was che end of chis great Man.
The Executioner wÓuld afterwards have firipped him, bue chat
Diego Centeno,
who
was come to lay him in his Coffin, re9eemed bis Cloarhs by promiíing a recom–
penfe for chem to che Execucioner : fo his Corpfe w~re carried to be .incerred ac
Co,;;co
in his own Cloaths, for wanc ofa Winding S\1eet, y.hich none would beíl:ow,
and were buried in a Convent of our Lady of che
Merceds,
and in che fame Cha–
pel where lay che bodies of che cwo
Diegoes de Almagro,
Facher and Son, whofe
Fates had been che fame ; for they had been eqaa1ly concemed in gaining che
Countrey ;· and ali chree were puc
to
deacb and buried upon·Charito/ ; and afcer
ali ,chis, as,if chere had wamed Earth or Land in che Councrey, chey were all
chree bur.ied in che fame
Gvave:
And that none of them might have,canfe ro
boaíl: of bis fortune above che other; ali cheir·conditions were made equal ; and
ali three may be compared with that of
Francifco Pifarro,
who was Brotber of
one and Conlpanion of,tl,e ocher who '-Vas p,ut co deach ( as befare relaced ) and
buried afcerwards upon Chariry : and dms may chefe four Brothers á@d Compani.
ons be c9rnpared and m;ide equal in every thing. So chat now,
lf
a man foberly
and irnpartially confiders tlie_ courfe of chis World, he will fee how well and
in
what manner it re.wards ,thofe.who ferve
in
cheir generation; íincethis was che re–
compence ofchofe who gáined and co!J"quered che Empire called
Peru.
None of
t:he three Authours make1mencion of che Charity which
Pifarro
begged ac bis
deach; pethaps becaufe they would not grieve the Readers wich
fo
melancholy a ·
Story; bue, for my pare, I write ali chings plainly and Withouc any diifguife.
The fury of che War beíng ovet , che Inhabitancs of the.Empire cáufed Ma-f–
íes
to be faid iR cheir refpeótive Cities for che Soul of
Gonpilo Pi9anr.9
,
both in
compliance wich what he requefied of chem ac his deach, as alfo from a Princi- .
ple of graricude co him who had faved rheir liberties, and ·laid dowa his life for
che publick welfare. His Head with tfuat alfo of
Francifco de Carvajal'
was carried
to
che Cicy of
Los
Reyes;'-(
which was built and founcledl by his Brorher che Mar-
, quis. ) And here, being pitched upon Iron Spikes, they were fer upo"¡¡¡ aGallóws
in che publidk Market-place. '
·,
., .
Gonfafo Pi9arro
and bis four Brothers ( who have fopplied us with. macter
for
a
long Difcourfe in chis HifJ:ory ) were born in che Cicy of
_Trwxil!o,
which is in che
Ptovince of
Efrrem_adura,
iwhich we mention in honóur :thereunto, .for having
produced fuch HevoJCk Sons, who conquered che cwo Empires of che new Worló, .
namely,
Mexico
and
Pern;
for
Von Hernttndo Cortes,
Marquis·De/
Valle,
who fubdu–
ed
Mexico
,
was alfo born ac
Medell
,
which· is a Town in
Eftrem~dura.
Alfo
Viifco Nunne:,;; de Valvoa,
who was che firíl
Spaniard
that difcovered rhe Souch-Sea
was a Narive of
Xere;::, de Badajo:,;;;
and
Don Pedro de Alvarado,
who, afcer ·rne Con'.
queíl: of
Mexico,
paífed into
Peru
with eighc hundr'ed men, of whfch .
<Sarfilaj[o
de la Vega
was one of the Captains, and
(lome:,;; de Tordoya, .
were
Nativ.es·
0f
Bada–
jo:,;;;
t0
which we may add
Pedro Alvarn Holguin, Hcrnando de Soto,
-~nd
Pedro de.!
·
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