601 / 1060
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BooK
II.
Royal
Com1nentaries.
out of the Field, durll: not engage in a pitched Batte), as they had formerly done,
yet
they continued their frequent SkirmHhes with lofs and damage on
o~e
fide and
the ocher. And having marched twenty Leagues farther unto the Bridge of
A–
manr:ay, Alonfo de Alvarado
received _intelligence from d}e
In1ians,
that
~he
!':ca
'
as
fled
and retired into the Mountains, that
Hernando de
P.1p1rro
was impnfoned ,
tbat'[ohn
de
Pi rarro
was dead, with many others, during
~he
lall: Siege, befides
fe–
veral other particulars which had happene9; to_ all \yh1ch
4tvarado
had been a
{hanger umill that
ti~e:
But
flOW
upon this advtCe, 1t was Judged n:ofi fafe not
to proceed farther, unnll they had received new
Or~ers
from the fyfarqms, to whom
they gave a true information of the fiate ofall affairs ; . and lefr, rn the mean rime,
Almagro
{hould make an attempt upon them, they fortified
the~feI:res,,
and provi–
ded for aSiege.
Almagro
heanng that
Alonfo de Alvarado
was with his Forces come
as far as the Bridge of
Amancay,
di(oatched a Meiliige
to
him by
Diego de
A lvarado
andeight other Cavaliers of the
bell:
Quality then '-' ith him ;
and
in a
peaceabl~
a.ndcivil manner
gave
him to underfiand, that: the tide and claim he laid to that
Government was very rnanifell: and plain by the Commiffion he had received from
his
Majefiy ;
and therefore he exhorted him
to
return in peace, and ifnot, he pro–
tefied againfi him for all the Bloud, Miferies and Damages which fhould
follow.
This Melfage being delivered,
Alonfo
de
Alvarado
feized on thofe that brought
it,
and detained them Prifoners, faying, That
to
the Marquis, and not
to
him,
they
ought
to
notifie their infiructions, not being authorized or empowred to aet
any
thing without his Orders
:
And though
Garfilaffo
de
la
reg'!,
Peralvare~
Holguin
Gomez. de
Trr,.doya
1
and other princip?l Officers were of opinion, that they ougnt
t~
be
fee
free, and liberty given them to intimate their Me!fage co the Marquis him–
felf; for that
in
all parts of the World, even amongfl: the moll: barbarous Nati- .
ons.) the Perfons of Arnbamdours were always privileged, and freed from Mole–
fiations and Arre!ts whatfoever. That this courfe
would
ferve
to
augment and
enfJame the ·heats of pa£Iion, which were kindled between the Governours, ra–
ther than to allay and appeafe them. That it was a hard cafe that thofe who had
gained that Empire,
~d
were
in
hopes to enjoy the fruits of their labours
in
peace
and quietnefs, fhould now quarrel and kill each other, when they came to fhare
and divide the prey. That he fhoufd confider with what
infamy
the relation· of
this
Story
would be received in the World, when it fbould come to be known
that on the fcore of particular interefis, a civil and inteiline War was begun
a~
mongfi them : But
Alonfo de Alvarado
being far from being moved by thefe reafons
adhered to his own opinion, incited by a natural obfiinacy, to the great dilcon:
tent~ent
of
I~
people, who were
defm?us
to enjoy the Riches of
Pen~
in peace,
~d
m an amicable correfpondence, ,which they had acquired at the coll: and ex–
pence of much blond, and of inceffant labours and turmoils
full
of danger.
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