895 / 1070
BooK
VI.
·
Royal
,Com~~entaries.
e
HA P.
vr.
The unfortun~te·death
of
Di -go Centeno
in the
Charcas,
·
and of
Licenciado
Carva1al
in
Cozco.
The
fomulati-
·
on
of
the
City of
.Peace,
the Courts
of
Judicature are
fer:.
led
.in
'Los Reyes.
-
-
'AFrer
that the P.refident
Gafc"
had finilhed the DHl:riibuticm of L:mds as hé
defigned in
Afltr-imac,
and was gone to
Los
Reyes
~
the Inhabitants and
dlief
l.ords
of
p-c,,,,
took their .le:aves
of him , in order to recuro to their own homes
j
Cities and Places of
ahoad ;-
fome to take
poífeffion
of their' new Eftares , and_
.óchers
.toirepair !heir
cid,
.which
were,gone
to ruine and decay by
themifer,ies
of
the
War. Amc.
1
mgíl: the rctt,
Diego Ctnté?to
went to ,his Efiace, in the Vil–
Jage of Plate, now called the
City
c;f Place,
by
reafon _of che vafi quanti–
(ies
~f
Silver
,which-¡c
ey daity
dig
ouc
of
,thac Hill adjoining to ic
>
rnlled
Pa..
-
tocfi';
where his
inte
i011
was to get whac -Silver and
Gold
he,
could,
and
therewith ttanfpo11c hi fe1finto
Spitt-11,
to
,r-encler an.acoount unto 'bis Maj~fiy of
.all
the
Serviaes
he
b
a
d<!me
fdr 11is lmperia:1 Crown; whioh 'Ms MGjefiy tal!:
king
into his gratious con'fidlcration might gratifie
him
with fome reward, which
the
Frefidmt .hacil
omitted
to
doe,
for which
ine~letc he
eReemed •himfelf highly
nffumred.
This
reí@lution
he-ing
diícovered
1
~0
fome
kiends
with
whórri
he con–
fulted ;
bis
intencion
'J)refeqtly
took
.air
and
was diva,lged thr<!>ugh che whole King–
·dem, being wrone
in
all ~ters and Papers ofadvice, whioh
gr
eatlyoffended che
-Government,
to
,liiear thwa
-.per:lfon
fo
ieonfiderable
as
Cem~no
w.aspreparing ·
to
carry
his Complaincs into
Spain :
fome of che great Officers then in power being
jeálous ofimisDefi@, woufol
have
perfüaded him not
t(j)
goe, on pretence offüend·
1hiP-
to
him;
but1inding thac
they
could net prevai'l , they refoived on another
Ci>UtÍe
Jn(!)l'C
,certain
:1111d
focure
than the formar., whkh was dfü; .Sorne of che ·
Neighbours
die;eaboots
out>ofmalice, -and• f@me
out
of
igRoranct,
wrore a Lét–
ter
to
bügo 'Dentnl.4,
defilring
,hún
to
come
to
11he
Gicy
of
PJate, where·they mlght_
.xonfült amongft
thcmfelves
concbrning ,his
Voy.age
into
Spain,
aod other matters óf
their own, whidi th~y wou1d tecommé-nd ro
be
communicated
by
him oo his Im–
perial
Majefiy.
ti:tm-m,
ac.oor~ingly
~prepared
fot his
joumey
to the
Cícy;
which
being
known·
tó
his
JnJiiln:r,
iliey
earooíUy perfuaded him not to goe, ba:v.ing
recei–
ved
fome
priva
te
intimation, as
,they
faid, from their familiar
f
pirits,
c,f
an in
cene
to
kili
hitn :
but
<i:enteno
was the
more
ref0lved ,
beGauftt
he weuld iliew how
,}ic1
tle he valned the fupeijlicious-witchaafts and-prefag~ of che
Jnéliflm.
Greac was
1he joy which ·thoíe who invired him íhewed
ac
his
attival
but fome Souldiers,
who had
been
his fiiends~nd companions at che time \Vhím he was purfüed
by
-Fr#?!cifc~
de C,ir,vajal,_
.and
in
the
Bamds
of
f!iiari~a
and
,&fcfohuana
_pr~vately
_függ!–
fied
tbe11
fe.wsfor
bis
appmam:e
there; tel:lmg
bím,
that
the
predu5hon
wl111cn
h¡¡
· own
JniJ;,m
ferv~nts had made
lmown
to
hirn,
the Carne was alfo confirmed
by
thofe of chat
Cífy,
and fignified
no
_cheir
Maficrs :
the
wbi~h his frie11ds interpre–
t~d
for
a
finiítet
ornen , thmigh in
tealícy
there appeat:ed no
oqtwatd
C!auf
e ortea–
fon
to
fufpeét
ir:
But
Centeflo
cal't'ied
tñe
matta- high, and
flighted
thé
va.infü–
perfütion
of
me
]niÍilÚII
;
faying tbat their ccmverfatfom
\ns
with
the
Dev
il'
whd
was
the
Father
of
Lyes~
ánd therefote
11ó credenc~
·was
to be givén ·.to th~ir
preJages : bue a íhort time íhewed the vanity of his
confüfoni.e;
for hav,ing béeri
four days
in
che
City ,
he was folemnly-
iovired
to a:n efltett-ainmen~ in
the
hoafé
861
of acertain Gentleman, whofe nafille
it
is n0t neceífary
to
fpeiific l\ere,
bue
one-
Jy
to
recou111t th€ matter of
faél:
like an Hill:0rian, with8Ut mher
reflexioq)
feeirig,
th~c ch~
perfons
themíe\v-es are
now
in
place,
where
they_
hav.e
given
-an
_acc0unt
~f
th1S aéhon.-
ln
íhorr, at tMs Banquec fuch
á
dofo of
po1fo'Il
was prei;ared, and
g¡–
ven
to
Ce11t,110
fo
privacely
ánd'
undifcoveYed,
withont
ariy
prefent
Cymptb~
dr
-rorments
i
n the
&wels, as did bis
bofmeB
1
and difpacched
him
in
thlee
days; -
Hisdeath
w.asgteatly
laroonte<d
by
all fürts
of
People
irt
die
Kq1gcf0í'ri-, for he
w.asa Gentleman of mudi go0dnefa
and
affabl~ dep©rtrmmt,
whichi
hád gained
hima general affeétion and
e!teem,
1-Ie'
had been
t:ootemed
in
ai~
t~'
e~loit~
iind