The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

BboK v~ Royal Commentdries, him, and cried, Oh the fünking Rafq l, Oh the fiinking Rogue; Carvajal is co- ming to kili you for being fo bold with bim ; bm the Boy ran down to the wa- ter; wa.fhed his finger very well, and rubbed it with dirt, and fo remrned home ; the next day, being Mcmday, he came to rhe School with bis Finger very much fwelled, and looked as if he .wore the Thumb of .a Glove upon it ~ towards the ~vening bis whole ~iand was fwelled up ~o his very Whíl:; and nexc day, being TueCday, the fwelhng was come up to h1s vety Elbow,, fo that he was then for- ced to tell hisFarher of ir, and confe[s how ic carne: for remedy of which, Phy- ficians being called, they bound a íl:ring very íl:raic above the fwelling, and fcar- rified bis Hand and A;rm, applying otber Antidotes and Remedies thereunto; not~ withíl:anding which, and all the care rhey could ufe, che Boywas very near death : and rhough at. length·he recovered, yer it was four mom_hs afterwards before he . could take a Pen in his hand to write. And thus as the ·temper of Carvajal was _ virulent and malitious in his life-time, fo was his fleíh noxious afrer his dearh, and gives us an experiment in what manner the I11dian1 empoifonecl cheir Arrows. CH A P. XLIII. in whai m"annbr Pi~arro wás e~ecuted. , Óf the Aims he de; fi red might be given. fer his Soul. after his death, with fome account 'of his difpofition and natural parts. • ( . f i.. 1 ' • t ' ~ 1 1 r~N D now in che ·laíl: ¡pJac~ we. are to give a rela ,tion.of che d.olefull end of · Gon9alo Pi9arro, whom we left in confeffion all th ae day, and untilt noon of the next day, umill che Officer.s were called to dinner, bue he refuCed ro ear, a nd rernained .alone umill che Confeífour remrned, and fo conrinued in conft !fli.on un- rill. iL was very late: in che mean time rhe .-Officers of Ju füce being imp atien t of delay, were füll . going and coming ro haíl:en che difpatch; and one of che moíl: grave and fevere ainongíl: them, being , rroubled ro fee•tQe time tbus pafs away, cried out with a loud ..voice; what wi.Jl rhey never have ,done, aiid bring forth rhis man? at which faying all the Souldiers were much offended; and uttered ma- ny fcandalous and reviling·wqrds ·againíl: him, ínoíl: of which, though I well rec mernber, yet I am too qiodeíl: . to repeat tbem he re, Qr, p ame che perfon : for he rerired withour replying "one word, lci íl: .he íhould ,prmw.ke che Sould i~rs to fa r.ther aoger, whoCe difpleafore he much fearecl for .wba t he J1ad already exp1•eífed : bue prefently afterwards Grm f•ilo Piyarro carne forch and was fer- upon a Mu le purpoCely provided for him ; he had his Cloak on, a,nd his'hands loofe, rhough fome Aú- thours write, thac_ his haods were bound; yet about_.the Mule's neck, a halrer was tied to comply wich the fotmality of che Senren~e : in his hands be carried the Image of our Lady (to whom he was greatly d_evoted) pray ing her to imer-. cede for bisSoul. Being come half way ro the place of Execurion~ he defired a Crucifix (which one of tbe Ptieíl:s who aHend<::d him, of whic.h thtlre beingabouc ten ;or cwelve) gave inco his hands; whi¡:;h he excbanged,for rbe Image pf our La" dy,kifling firíl: with great hum¡liry.the hemofherGarmem: upon tbe Cruci~x he, .fixed his eyes fo íl:eadily tbac he did not remove them from that objeél: untill h{i carne to the Scaffold, .which was purpofely ereél:ed Jor his execurions ,_ and being mounted thereupon, h6! weot to one íide of ir, and from rhenc.e made hisSpeecn to the' Souldiers and Inhabitants of Pmt, ,wbo flocked from ali pares thither, fe}v being abfent., unlefs thofe who had been ofhjs party, and were·revolted from him 3 and of them.alfo fome were pre[ent in difguifes, and not to be known,· and theri he Cpake with a lóud voice in chis mai:mer; - · . ~ r ., , Ye ~now, Geritlernen, that my Brothers and l have gained this Ernpire, and that man.y of you are pof{c.ffe.d of Lands dnd Baronie1, which my Brothe.r the Marquú conferred upon; you; and-many ofyou here prefenr have received themfrom me: .Moreover many ofyoµ. o~e. me money, which] have fr ee/y /ent to )OH, and ,othen hm;e réceivea them M d gijt and ~ot,i . M/1 I