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Royal Comnzentaries. BOOK VIII.
Confifcations of their Eftate~: and thus did they obtain a reftitution of their ln–
dians which the Vice:King had divided., an? conferr~d on. other Spaniards to in–
creafe and bette~ their Eftates. At. all which the Vice-King was in great trou–
bl and perplexity : For not only. d1d h~fu~er th ... affr<:>nt to.have his own Or ..
ders repealed, but alfo lay under an obhgatron of making fatisfatlion to thofe
who were difpoffeffe~, '?Y fo~e other returns, or equivalents to be made them.
All that hath been fard m this matter, l faw my fdf tranfacted in Coz..co, aad the
like paff~d in oth r Cities, where the fame rigour of Juftice 'had been put in
practice ; as namely, in Huamanca., .Ylrequepa, the Charcas, and the New Plant-a–
tton. So foon as it was generally known that the aforefaid Sentence was re–
pealed, and that the Heirs .were reftored again to the po!leffion of their Lands.
the Spaniards took a liberty to report, That this courfe was taken wirhout any
order from his Majdty, or direction from the Council of the Indies, but meerly
by the Power and arbitrary W ·u pf the Vice-King, intending by fuch feveri–
ties to fhew his -Power, and fecure himfelf froin all Mutinies and Confpiracies
fo~ure. But the Vice-King being now _of another Humour? and pro–
with that gentlenefs and good temper which we have before mentioned.
was pJeafed to grant unto a certain Gentleman of Worth and Virtue, and ofa~
agreeable Perfon, named Pedro de Orfua, a Licenfe to make a Conquefi: of the
~ountry of the Amawns, which runs along the River Marannon, which is die
fame we have mentioned before, ~here Francifco OreUana deferting Gonp~lo Pi..
·farl'o came into Spain, and begged of his Majefty the aforefaid Conqueft, but
be di ed in the way, and never put his Enterprifc into ACl:ion. In purfuance
of this Grant Pedro de Orfua went from Coz..co to Quita to raife Souldiers whe
were wiJling to adventure on new ConqueJls: For in Peru all the Lands wer~ mea..
fured out, and s:livided amongft the Antient Conquerours, an<l men ofMerit in
that Empire: He alfo gaihered h the Arms and Provifions he was able,to which
the C~tizens., and Inhabitan thofe Cities~largelY..con_tribute~ by thoir Bounty
and L1beraltty ; for fo obh was Pedro de Orfua m bis carnage towards eve–
ry one, as engaged their Affections to render _him all the Affiftances and Services
they were able. Many Souldiers attt>nded him from Coz..co; amongft which was one
called Don Fernando de GJ1z..mar1, with whom I was acquainted, he was lately come
from Spain; and there was another, who had.been an old Souldier called Lope de
.Aguire., a fellow of an ill fliapen Body, and of worfe Conditions and Pratl:ic. s~ as
are. defcribed in a Book of the Eiogies of Worthy and llluftrious perfons, writt n by
:Jahn de C aftellanoi.a Secular Prieft, who had a Benefice in the City of T1m1a, in
·ne new Kingdom of Granada. Thefe Elegies, though written in V. rfe, are ye£
a true Hiftory, and wherein be fills fix Cantos with the expedition of P dro de
and how he marched with 500 men well armed and appointed~ together
confiderable body of Hone. 'He alfo relates the manner of his d ath,
was killed by his own Souldiers, and his moft intimate Friends, bac
they rnigbt enjoy a beautiful Lady, whom Orf11a carried for a Companion wi h
!Jim; the which paillon of Love hath been the ruin of many brave Captains in
the World, fuch as Hanmbal, and others. The principal Actor~ in this Tragedy
w re Don Fermmdo de Guz..man, Lope de Aguire, and S~lduendo, who w re in love
with this Lad y, befides feveral others, whom this Author names ; who alfo far–
ther relates, That thefe Traytors fet up Don Fernando for their King, which Ti–
tle he was fo vain and foolifh as to accept, though he had no Kingdom to p vffi fs;
nor right to any thing but his own ill Fortune, which foon followed him,· be–
ing killed by the fame Friends who had promoted him to his Royal Dignity :
And then Agt11re took upon himfelf the Government, which he fo well exer-
ifed, that at feveral time he killed above 200 men; he plundered the l!land of
Mar_garira., where he committeq moft detcft1ble Cruelties. Thence h palled
over to other lfi-..s near adjacent 1 wh re he was ov rcome by the lohabi–
ten ts; but before he would yield himfc lf, he killed his own Daughter, whom
he brought with him., for no other r · afon, than that afrer he was d ad, fhe
might i ot be called the Daughter of a Traytor. This was the fum of aJl thofo
Cru ltie which ind d were moft D iabolical, and the b ginning and ending of
thi whole Enterprife, which commenced with fo much G allantry, and mighty
Pr paration', of which I ~as in part an Eye-witnefL
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