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Commentaries:
BooK
VI.
·chey all flocked
to
che pub\ick Hall of Judicature: and tbe Judges being fet up–
on che Bench, che Se<1ls of che Iníl:rurnent were broken up, and che writing read
in
publick ; The iífue of ,vhich was chis: Thofe who had che leafl: expeétacion
\yere favoured \Yith good allocments; and chofe who had rnoíl: were emirely
lefc
out, and remained 1,,vichomany diíl:ribution.
le
was pleafant
to
fee and hear che
diverfity of mens behaviour and fayings ; fome carne out with pleafant councenan–
ces, and ochers frowned, and fwore and curfed che Prefidenr, being now become
deíperate and wichout arw hope,
&c.
Thus far
Palentino.
The Prefident with ali fpeed left che Countrey, not
to
hear and underíl:and che
Reproaches and Curfes which would be given him; and haíl:ned as faíl: as was pof–
lible
to
Pr¿mama
;,
nor vvould he enter into Porc by che way to cake refrefhmenr,
having a'perfeét hatred and abhorrence
to
che Coumrey: wich him he carried -Li–
cenciado Cepeda
prifoner, who formerly had been one of bis Majeíl:y's Jufüces in
tho[e Kingdoms and Provinces; :md chough che Prefident hada füfficient power
c_o
bear and judie biscauíe ; yet, in regard he
b~1
promulg~d
a_n
Ad of Pardon
toali people, he was unwilling
to
cal! chofe faulcs meo quefüon which he had
for–
merly forgiven ; and therefore remitted his cafe
to
che fuprer;n~ Royal Council of
che
Jndies.
And being come to
Valladolid,
where che Court then ref\ded; his-caufe
was re-aífumed and bis faults opened, wich many aggravating circumfiancesof the
Attorney General : And though
Cepeda,
in defence of himfelf alledged thac che
other Judges and be had afüd ali things with intention
to
ferve hisMajeíl:y and
with deíign
to
qual.ifitt and abate tbe [ury of feditious and mucinous men,
who[e
fpirits were heated and puc imo fermentation by chaeipdiícreet rigour
w
hich the
Vice-king
B!afco Nunnei:,
ufed in execution of chofe 'new Laws which were che
caufe of ali tbo[e Troubles which enfaed :- bue chefe Allegacions ,¡vail(¡d little
in his favour, ·nor was
ic
poflible
to
prevent che [encence which was,paífed upon
him, ·
to
dye as a Traycor. And tjiough bis friends and relations u[ed ali che
intereíl: che:y were ab]e t() gain hispardeo ; yet, Jeeing chey could not .avail for his
life, they then endeavoured to moderare che fentence, chat he mighc not dye as a
Traytor, and
fo
his bloud be attaint~d :
to
av.oid which a comrivance was made
with a dofe of poifon, whereby he paífed moi'e eafily and quier
y
imo che nexc
world óefore [enrence was pronounced formally againíl: him at the Tribunal
of
Jufl:ice.
All
which was che cornmon and publick difcourfe in
Peru,
and wh\ch
I
heard afterwards confirmed in
Sp11in
by fome
Jndians
w_ho hapP.e11ed cq enter before
me
i:nto
difcót.iffe abóut che death of
Licenciado Cepeda.
Ánd ic isfartber faid of
Cea;
peda,
chat he difcourfing after che de<ith of
Gonyalo Pifarro
of che fucceffes of rhe lace
Affairs, and of che [entence of demh which paífed upon himfelf; and that he was
condemned as a Trayror, to have his Houfes demolilhed, and che ground thereof
to
be fowed wich Sale,and his Head
to
be fixed on a Spike oflron; chac he fhould
fay , he would maimain the caufe of
Gonyalo Pifarro
to
have
oeen
jüíl: and legal ;
- and chat he was no J;raycor
to
bis Majeíl:y ; and chat he aéted encirely for confer–
vacion of che Empire ; and that if he did noc make chis good, he would pawn bis
Life; and 0ffer his Throat to che Knife ; provided he mighc have che Parliameni:
of
Parir
or che Univerfüy of
Bolonia
for his Judges, or any other Court of Jufüce
not fubjeéted to che Imperial Dominion. Dr.
Gonyalo Yl!efca,s ,
in bis Pontificai
Hiíl:ory fpeaks almoíl: che fame thing of
Cepeda,
as before mentioned, who[e words
are as followeth :
' Amongíl: che many famous and renowned perfons who were concerned in che
Troubles of
P~ru,
ther~.was one
Licenci11dQ Cepeda,
who aéted a confiderable pare;
he was a Nauve of
Tor:deji/!a,s ,
and one of che Judges who aime;'pver with che
Vice-king
Blafco Nun~e,:, Vela
.-
Ic were not juíl:
to
conceal bis
Name,
baving been
very aétive in _his Majeíl:y's (ervice, whilíl: he employed himfelf in.cbat duty: and
afcer~ards, be_1~g engaged w1th
Gonfalo Pifarro,
he íl1ared a greác
pát'C
in bis illegal
prafüces.
Tb1s
Cepeda,
acche conclufion of ali, when boch Arrrrües"were drawn
up in che Fi~ld_
to
give Battel , revolted over
to
che Imperial Camp , with fome
danger of h!s
ltfÍ;\
for
Pifárro
fent to purfüe him, and he was lefr for dead upon
a wet rn_ooníh p1ece of ~round. Though
G11fca
received _biti:i chen \ itb great figns
of
a
fleétionand go?d-w11l;
ye~
aft~rwards he broughc h1m meo
Spain,
and caufed
h1m
to.beclapc up
m
tbe Kmg s pnfon, and was afterwards arraigned of High–
trea
fon.
Ceped¡¡
made
fo
good a defence
for
hirn[elf, and
with
fo
much reafon ,
(_for
he
knew very well the man~er to ~efend bis Caufe) char ic was generally be–
lieved he would have been acqu1tced wtth
much
honour : but dying of a ficknefs
'
in che