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íhould be quartered, and his Limbs hanged up in the common high-waY.s leading
to
Coz,,co
,
is a moft falfe relatiQn : for never was any fuch thing either ·imagined
or comrived : for
if
ever any fuch thing had been intended ,
it
would cercainly
have been difcourfed ofin the times ofpeace and fettlement, as many other things
were, which were at firft great Secrets, and afcerwards made known and divulged
to all the World: Nor indeed can it be believed that fucha thing could be,
for-–
all tbofe of the Council ( excepting the Prefident himfelf) had many and great
obligacions ro
Gonfalo Pifarro,
having received fignal honours and benefics from
his hands: and therefore ic was noc likely they would país an infamous fentence
againft him , though it was neceffary for the fervice of his Majeíly and che peace
aod quietnefs of che Empire, chac chey íhould give their affent unto his death.
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