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VI.
Royal Commentaries.
jeíl:y ; which had beeh long in his mihd, anci'which he ac length puc in exe~u·
tion ; as we íhall find by che fequel
e
-and in order chereunco he remained in
Rí-
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,nac
untill fuch time as rhe Prefidenr-embarked,for
Spain,
as fhall be declared here•
after. During the time chac che Prefide[!é was employed in the
Valley.ofApuri–
mac,
in íhai:ing untó every man his proportion and lot; .che Judge
Gian~a'_received
intelligence, that the
Licenfiado Polo,
who "\\;as fent
to
be Judge ·in che
Charcas;
had taken
Francifco de Efpinofa
ancl'
Diego de Carvlijal
the .Gallant, and fent them
-pri–
foners; who were che cwo perfons employed' by
Gon9alo Pifarro
in
Arequepa .
and
the
éharca.r_,
after che Battel bf
Huariná;
and there commiéted.chofe diforder.s
which we forrnerly mentioned : bue thefe meri, befare they carne to
Coüd,
wtoce
a
Letcer to
Diego Centeno;
intreacing him
to
incefrede for cl-iem~· and at leaíl: obcai–
ned
fo
far a remiffion of their Crimes, as might- not extend unco life, bue untó '
,baniíhment óu~
of
che Kingdom.
In
anfwer líereunco
Centeno
replyed, ·That he
íhould gladly comply .with cheir requefi , in cafe tbe _enormicy of thei~Crimes
were capable of
fo.
much mercyt and could admie ofexcufe·andalleviacion befqre
the Loras theJufüces; bue·fince chey had been
fo
cruel as to bum feven
lhdi,mi
aliv~
without,~Y caufe or ·provocation ,
he
feared that the Gate was·íhut
to
·all .
merey, nor durll: any-Man,appear with arguments of interceffion in a caufe.
fo
vlle aod dark as theirs. Sorne few days afcer this Anfwei; was given, ch'efe Offen–
.d~ were brought to
Cozco
,
where they were'. hanged anti quarcered , and their
Qpatters difpofed in feveral .ways, to the great fatisfaéHori•both of
Indians
arid
Sp11,1,
niards
,
_who réjoiced to fee
a
Ci:uelty
fo
juíl:ly revenged; ,
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ihe
G~vernme~t
of
Chile
i-s'
·¡1~e~·
to
fedro
de
Valdivla.'
.
The
Articles which
bis own ff(Qp!e
,pi,efer
againfl him
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and
by
what
means
he is freed
by
th~·.
Prefident.
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A
MongO:
th~
many-great Di-vifions and Diíl:ribucions made by
the
Prefident
Gafea
in
che Valley of
Apurimac,
the Governmt:nt of the Kingdom·of
Chile.
-Wás conferred on
Pedro
de
P11fdiv,if,
with-Title of Governour and Captain Gene–
~l ofthat great Kingdol,Il c,ont~ining five, hundred leagues in lengch -~and more.!–
over,
he received a ful! Com_qliffion
to
divide che Countrey amongll: che
'Aóven–
turers and fudi as had deferved
we11.
ofche Crown. · The ben,efit of which ·Com–
iullfion
Pedro de Jlaldivia
enjoy~d a long time with great profpericy abd affiuence
of
fortune, uncilflíisRiches,became his
fnare ,
and were rh~ caufe of,
his
tuine ,
together with a hun4red and
fifty
Sp,mifh
Ge,ntlemen more,who Were all tlain wieh
him,
as
we have already related .,in the
firfi:
pare of this l:Jiílory, in
e.heLifo of
Jn:..
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r11p.tizq11i;
and have there :aqtitipated chis Scory,
which
,was ~~morable and,
wortliy obfervation,
and
inferced it out of,its due place,r
i!l
régard the.Succefies of
~at Kingdom were imp~rtinept to our purpofe: but ch(; prefent paffages balon–
ging
to the Dominfon of
P~:tf.
fall within the verge ofour Jiifi:ory ,.and are the
proper fubjeét of dur Difcou~fe, of which
Diego .Hmz~nde~
~
;i
Cicizen of
P
aim–
tfa,
g~ves
th~
acsourit in
ºi:tS!
oJ bis Chap~ers; che Title·of whlch
is
this.:
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That
py
the
Jame,,
biimqre
Laiiis
fo,p~
men may
bé
cofidemned -nnd
put
to
deatli,
and
other
1
g11iity
of the
feme
Crime m~ be freed an'd Acquitted.
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The lame Anchorir,h~th a'i1qilie~,,C~pter, n~mher
94. the
trícié
of wliich is
this
="·
In
what manner the Prejident.
fent to
tik!
Pedro dé
V
~ldivia. '
f¡,;
Artic/e.r.
:;,hich thé
People of
Chile
prefemd
agaínft
him,
and
in
1Fh11t mMmer the
Prtf,dmt
brought
him
off.
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