Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento De Gambòa - To the Straits of Magellan #261051

The sentence was that he should hear mass in the cathedral at Lima, stripped naked, with a candle in his hand, and that he should be perpetually banished from the Indies. Until his departure he was to be kept in the Monastery Of San Domingo at Lima, without any books, fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays, and reciting seven penitential psalms. Sarmiento appealed to the Pope, and Obtained a commutation Of the banishment, with license to reside at Cuzco and other parts Of Peru until 1567. It was years before he was free from annoyance and persecution, and it was due to the great value of his services that he was protected by the Government from the intolerable tyranny Of the Inquisition.