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VI.
·Royal
Commentaries.
Authour, who afcerwards proceeds as follows. When
Don G11rci11
perceived, fairh
he chat he had buc a fhort rime to live, he defired to be admicced
e.o
coníel!ion;
and when
rohn Ortiz., de Ctrf'ate
carne in to fee him, he befeeched him, that fince
he was fhortly to die, he would intercede for him to have one days timf to re–
coHecl himfelf, and confider pf his fins, for cJ1ac he was a young man, and had
been a great finoer. Ar that iníl~ot
Bnltafar Ve!az.quez.
entred rhe Chamber, and·
without fufferiog
T9hn Ortiz.,
fo
much as
to
fpeak, he CQmmanded him to void che
Room, and told
Don Garcia
that he had .bue an hours time given him to live,
which he was to make ufe of for preparacion of bis Soul: ~nd being in confeffion,
he often admoniíhed him to difpacch ;· and before he had done, he rhrew che
Cord about his Neck, which he drew
fo
hard chac it brake; and then applying
another Rope, ·which he fuppofed too ílow
in
doing execurion, he dre\3/ out his
Sword and cut his Throac and Head off therewith; whiéh
being done,
7ohn de
Ortiz-
cloched him in his Burial Shrouds, and caufed him to be
interr.ed..The like
fort of Juíl:ice chey paífed upbn ochers, not admiccing any of
·rhemto
confeílion;
nor
to
any legal proceedings, -leíl: acche Tribunal of Juílice, chey fhould have im–
peached chem to have' been che chief aod original Plotters and Contrivers of chis
Rebellion. Thus far
Die,(o Hernandez.,,
Chap.
19.
who a little before difcourfing
of
chis macter faich as follows:
It was che greac Maíler-piece of ali rheir policy,
to
put men to deach without giving them time to confefs, leíl: éhey fhould
accu[e
rhem and difcover cheir Plocs and Treacheries; and as ro chofe in wbom rhey
had iny confidence of being fecret and fairhfull to che defigns, they would keep
in hand and encourage, allowing them time. to be gone and make their eícape ;
which they aéted by rraverfing Jufüce to that fide and party whereumo rheir
own intereíl: moíl: chiefly direéted.
Herewith
Diego Hernandez,
concludes his eighceench Chapter; and with mucli
reafon deteíl:s che abominable praétices, cruelcies and treacheries which chefe men
aéted upon their beíl: and moíl: intimare Friends: for chey were che wretches who
had defigned and contrived che death of
Pedro de Hin-0jofa,
and haq above three
years hefore refolved to kili him, in cafe he fhould refuíe to become their Head
and chief Commander in their iotended Rebellion. And then afterwards the vil–
lany and barbarous cruelty of theíe men is not to be expreífed ; who killed chofe
who knew their wickedneís, and caufed chemíelves to be eleéted Judges and chief
Magiíl:rates,
to
condemn chofe whom chey had caufed to fin and rendred guilty
of
all
chofe murchers and bloudy cruelties which they had plotted and contrived.
Bue
Heaven found them out at laíl: and punifhed chem according to cheir demerit,
as we {hall fee hereafter.
·
CH A P.
XXVII. .
Of 'what happened in
Potodi.
Egas
de
Guzman
i;.s
drawn
and
qua_rtered. Other outrages are comilzitlf{d by
the
Soul-
'
diers. Many brave menare put
to
death.
Cozco
arms
againfi the Rebels.
T
Hefe and many others were che horrible ~nd execrable Villanies which paf.
[ed in che Ciry of
Pinte :
and now we !hall proceed to what was committed
in
Potocfi,
where they robbed all che Treafure belonging
to
his Majeílr, which
~\·as
[o
great and vaíl: a fum thac it amounced to a million and
a
half of pieces of
Eighr, which
all
vanifhed
to
nothing, and never was there one farrhiog of ic re–
covered ; for it was caken away after the death of
Hernando de A/varado,
h1s Maje–
fiy's Accomptam-General, who~
Antonio de Luxan,
having made himfelf Chief
J
ufüce of rhac Town and pares chereunco belonging, had fenrenced to die, and as
he
weilc
to
Execmion he publifhed his Crime to have been, that he had fided with
che General
Pedro de Hinojof11,
with intention
to
rai[e all che Kingdom in arms
againíl: