the troops of Gasea, largely through the defection of a number of his own soldiers, who marched over to the enemy.  Pizarro surrendered to an officer, and was carried before Gasea.  Addressing him with severity, Gasea abruptly inquired, “Why had he thrown the country into such confusion; raising the banner of revolt; usurping the government; and obstinately refusing the offer of grace that had been repeatedly made to him?” Gonzalo defended himself as having been elected by the people.  “It was my family,” he said, “who conquered the country, and as their representative here, I felt I had a right to the government.”  To this Gasea replied, in a still severer tone, “Your brother did, indeed, conquer the land; and for this the emperor was pleased to raise both him and you from the dust.  He lived and died a true and loyal subject; and it only makes your ingratitude to your sovereign the more heinous.”  A sentence of death followed, and thus passed the last of Pizarro’s name to rule in Peru.

Under the wise reforms instituted by Gasea, Peru was somewhat relieved of the disastrous effects of the Spanish occupation, and under the mild yet determined policy inaugurated by him, the ancient distractions of the country were permanently healed.  With peace, prosperity returned within the borders of Peru, and this much-tried land settled down at last to a considerable measure of tranquillity and content.

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EDWARD HYDE

The History of the Rebellion

Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, who was born February 18, 1608; at Dinton, Wilts, and who died at Rouen, 1674, was son of a private gentleman and was educated at Oxford, afterwards studying law under Chief Justice Nicholas Hyde, his uncle.  Early in his career he became distinguished in political life in a stormy period, for, as a prominent member of the Long Parliament, he espoused the popular cause.  The outbreak of the Civil War, however, threw his sympathies over to the other side, and in 1642 King Charles knighted him and appointed him Chancellor of the Exchequer.  When Charles, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Charles II., fled to Jersey after the great defeat of his father at Naseby, he was accompanied by Hyde, who, in the island, commenced his great work, “The History of the Rebellion,” and also issued a series of eloquently worded papers which appeared in the king’s name as replies to the manifestoes of Parliament.  After the Restoration he was appointed High Chancellor of England and ennobled with the title of Earl of Clarendon.  But the ill success of the war with Holland brought the earl into popular disfavour, and his unpopularity was increased by the sale of Dunkirk to the French.  Court intrigues led to the loss of his offices and he retreated to Calais.  An apology which he sent to the Lords was ordered to be burnt by the common hangman.  For six years, till his death in Rouen, he lived