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1\-oyal
Commen-tarin.·
BooK
VI.
ther trouble to •Friend1 to iNtercede in
my
beha!f, which is
iik!!J
to be
.u
ineffré,tual
.u
what
hath alre~dy paf[ed.
And having faid this, tbe Afs was whipped fqnvard, and he
ran che gantlet according
to
the Sencenee, to the great ,difpleafure and ¡egre~ boch
of
Spaniards
and
Indians;
wb~ were troubled t~ fee.a ~enrle~an, on-fo .{1ight a
caufe, diíhonoured by
a,
pumíhment
not
agreemg to
~1s
,Qg_ahty : howfoever he
avenged himklf afcerwards, according
to
the Law of I:Ionour prafüfed
in
this
World.
'
,
The reve11ge which
Aguire
tool<_ for this alfront;" The dili-:
-
gence
ufed
by
the Governour of
Cozco
to ta~e
1 Agui.re;the man7!er
ho,i7
he made
his efcap.e.
·
2
'
A.
Fter this
Aguir~
could not be perfuaded to purfue
bis
deGgn of tQ.e
1
.Conquefi,
.
though che Inhabicancs of
I'ot~cji
offered to have afiiíl:ed him with
all
things
neceffary thereunto ; but he excufed himfelf, faying,
71iat after fuch a jhame as rhis,
death was his onely remedy and confo!ation, which he wou!d endeavour to obtain as
foon
as
prdfible ;
under this -melancholy he remained in
Peru
untill the time in which'the
Office of
Efquivel
expired; and then he al~ays, like a defperate man, purfued
and
followed him, watching an opporcunicy to kill him, and wipe off thf íhame of
the late aífrom.
Efquivel,
being informed of chis defperace refolucion by his
Friends, endeavoúred
to
,avoid his Enemy, and took a journey of chree or four
hundred leagues from him
1
,(üppoíing that
Aguire
would not purfue him at fuch
a
difiance: but rhe farther
Efquivel
fleó the more earneíl was
Aguire
to
follow
him. The
firíl:
journey which
Efquivel
took was
to
che City of
Los
Reyn,
being
three
hú1
dred and cwenty leagues difiant; but in lefs,than fifteen days
4guire
was ·
there wi(h him: whereupon
Efquivel
cook another flighr, as far :is to che Cicy of
'
fJ..!!.ito,
being four hundred leagues diíl:an,t from
Lo1 ll..eyes,
but in a litcle more chan
cwency days
Aguire
was· again with him: which being intimated
to
Ffquivel,
he
took another leap as far as
Co~co,
which is five hundred leagnes from
f!.!!ito;
bu~
in a few days after he arrived chere carne his old Friend
Aguire,
crave ling all che
way on fooc, wichouc Shoes or Scockins, faying, that
ic
became not che condíri- ·
on of a whipped Rafea! to tr'avel on Horfeb:ick or appear amongíl men. In chis
manner ~id
At,uire
haunt and purfue
Efquivel
for three years and four rnonths :
who being r:iow cired and wearied wich fo many long
anq
tedious journies, which
profited him licrle; he reíolved to fix his abode ac
Couo,
where he be]¡eved
rhat
Aguire
would fcarce advencure
to
atcempt any ching againll: him,
fo11
fe;ir of che
Judge who governed chat City, who was
a
fevere man, impartía! arid inflexible
in all his proceedings: and accordingly took a Lodging'in che middle of che Srreec
of the great Church, where he lived wich great care and caution, wearing a Coac
of Mail under his upper Coat, and went always armed wich bis Sword and Dag–
ger, 'which are Weapons noc agreeable co his profeílion. At chis time a cercain
Kinfman of my Fathers, che Sori of
Gomez, de Tordoya,
and of his namé', fpoke
to
J;fquive!,
and told him, chat Gnce he was bis Councrey-man of
Eftremenno;
and
his-Friend, he could not bue advife him (-as it was known over ali
Peru)
how ·
diligent
Aguire
had been
to
dog and follow him wich purpofe and.intent co
kill
him ; wherefore if you pleafe I will come and lodge by nighc in the fame Houfe
with you, which perhaps will divert
Aguire
fr,om coming chicher.
Efquivel
than–
ked him, and told him thache always went well provided; for he never puc off
bis Coat of Mail, nor laid bis offenfive Arms a!ide ; and to be more wary or cau–
cious than chis would be fcandalous to the Cicy, and íhew too much fear of
a
poor fellowwho was of a lircle anda comemptible preíence: Howí6ever the
fury
of bis mind, and che defire of revenge had exalted him ahove bis natural fiatute'
and proportion, and rendred him as ,confülerable as
DiegoGarffit, de Pflredes,
and
¡ohn de Vrbina,
who were famous men in their time : in virtue and force of
thig
·
defired