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.

Royal e ommenuzrier. . BooK V. a,; a debr. 1 for my part dye poor p,nd without any thing, ihat ~ot fo m11ch ru the c!oaths ,11pon m; baclz are my own , but the fees belongmg to th~ Execut1oner , for the fervice he doth in cutting off my Head ; fo that 1 have nothmg to give for the ífººd and benefit of my Sou!; wherefore, I befaech you., Gcntlemen, ru fnany ofyou ru owe m.e money, to bejlow the Jame· in Mttj[eJ to be f aid for r1J :foul; ~aving full af[urance in God, through the méritoriom 1 b!oud and paf/ion of our Lord JefüS Chriíl: hu Son, and with the ajfijlence of )'Our charity, tha~ he will pardon my Ojfences a~d receivé me to Merey. And fo Farewel!. Scarce had he ended his requeíl: for Charity , befare che Sighs and Groans of the People were loudly heard; and many Tears were íhed by all chofe who heard thofe dolefull and fad expreffions. T'hen Pifarro kneeled down befare the Cru- cifix .which was placed on a Table fer upan rhe Scaffold. Then carne che Execu- tioner, , {ohn Enrique;:;,, to bind a Handkir~hief about his Eyes: · bue f ifarro deíi- red him to forbear, faying , chat rhere was no need of it: and when he faw him draw hisHanger co cut off his Head; he faid, Honeíl: ]11.ck .., doe thy Office hand- fornely; rneaning rhat he íhould doe his bufinefs ar one blow , and not in a man- gling manner, as fome have done : then faid rhe Executioner, I promi[e your Lordfhip that it fhall be fo done as you defüe: and having fo faid, he lifred up bis Beard wich his left-hand , being above a Span long, and cut round, as chey ufed to wear them i'n chofe days; and ~yith a back-íl:roak cut off bis Head aron~ blow, as if he had íliced a leaf of Lettice; and holding ·his Head in his hand, tl-;e_ body r.emained fom~ time befare it fe!!. And rhis was the end of rhis great Man. The Executioner would afcerwards have íhipped him, ,bue that Diegq Centeno, who was come to lay him in bis Coffin, re9eemed bis Cloaths by promiílng a recom- penfe for them to the Executioner : fo his Corpfe w~re carried co be imerred at Coi;;co in his own Cloaths, for wam of a winding S\1eet, which none w.ould beíl:ow, and were buried in a Convent of our Lady of the MercedJ, and in the farne Cha- pel where lay the bodies of rhe two Diegoes de Almagro, Farher and Son, whofe Fates had been the fame ; for rhey had been equally concemed in gaining che Commey;· and ali rhree were pm to dearh and buried upon·Charfoy; and afrer all ·this, as,if chere had wanced Earrh or Land in the Countrey, they were all rhree bur-!ed in the fame Gtave: And th3.t none of them might have.caufe to boaíl: of bis fortune above the other; all 1rheir condirions were made equal ; and ali three may be cornpared with tbat of Francifco Pi farro, who was Brotber of one and Conlpanion of--the orber who \..vas p,ut to dearh ( as before relared ) and buried afcerwards upon Chariry : and dms may thefe four Brothers and Compani. ons be c9rnpared and m¡¡de equal in every thing. So that now, lf a man foberly and irnparrially confiders tlie.courfe of this World, he will fee how·well and in wbat manner it re.wards .thofe.who ferve in their generation; íincethis was rhe re- compence of chofe who gáined and co!i'quered che Empire called Pcru. None of llhe three Authours make memion of·the Charity which Pi farro begged ar bis dearh; pethaps becaufe tfuey would not grieve the Readers with fo melancl10ly a · Srory; but, for rny parr, I wrire al! chings plaiP.ly and wirhout any diifguife. · The fury of the War being ovet , che Inhabitanrs of che.Ernpire cáufeGf Maf- íes to be faid iR their refpeól:ive Cities for the Soul of Gonf11lo Pi9ar.r_g , borh ín compliance with what he requefied of them ar bis death, as alfo from a Princi- . ple of grarituc.le to him who had faved rheir liberties, and ·laid clown his life far the publick welfare. His Head with tlilat alfo of Francifco de Carvajal· was carried to the City of Los Reyes,"-( which was built and fourntlecil by bis Brother the Mar- quis. ) And here, being pird1ed upan Iron Spikes, they were fer up€)ii a Gall6ws in the publiok Market-place. " ., , Gonfalo Pifa:do and bis four Brothers ( who have fopplied us with. matter for a long Difcour[e in this Hiíl:ory) were boro if1 che City of Triuxil!o, which is in che Ptovince of Efrrem_adura-, which we rnemion in honóur _thereunto, for bavüig produced fo ch He~mck Sons, who conquered rhe rwo Empires of rhe new Worló . namely, Mexico and Peru; for 'Don Hernttndo Cortes, Marq1'1is 'Del Valle, who fubdu: ed Mexico, was alfo born ar Medell, which is a Town in Eftrem~dura. Alfo ·p¡~fco Nunnez.. de Valvoa, who was the foíl: Spaniard that difcovered rhe South-Sea was a Na ti ve of Xere;:;,, de Badajoz..; and Don Pedro de Al,varado, who, aftenhe Con'. queíl: of Mexico, paífed inro Pe;u with ~i.ght hundr'ed men, of which _(Sarfilaj[o de la Vega was one of the Caprams, and Gomez.. de Tordoya, . were Nativ.es Qf Bada- joz..; t0 which we may add Pedro Alvare;;, Ho'8uin, Hernando de $oto, ~nd Fedro de.l . B11.r19