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II.
Royal
Com1nentarie.r.
Some have malitioufiy reported, that
Graviel de
Ro;1u
was joined in the fame
Confpiracy with the other , but that was a falfe Surm1fe;
f~r
had
h~
b en real–
ly
in that
Plot, he would not
have
left
near
an
hundred
Pnfoners m
the or–
trefs, many of which \ ere
in
the number of
~he
firft
nqu~rours, f~ch
as
Francifco
de ·Villafuerte, Alonfo
de
M.:tfueta,
J1-!ttncso
farra. d4
Leg111j4mo,
Dtcgo de
Maldovado
,
{ulio de Hojeda,
TomM
Vafque<..,
Dtego
de Tr,_.llo,
ana
yohn
de P
ancfn'Vo,
\Vith wh m
I
had acquaintance, and
ere. Perfonf
.otl!'greac
Interefl and
£tares
amongfi the
lndia~IJ
in
Co:tCQ:
Be.lides wl.uch)
Garciiaffe
"!la
Vega,
Gome~
de
7!r~
doya
and
PerA!vare~ Hol~uin,
remamed Pnfoner ;
all wlu h
to hav
taken \
!Ch
the~
would have been 'much
ta
the benefit
of
the
onfi
iratours:
Bue
this was
the
t~uth
of
the;
Matter: The Marqu· ,
when
he
fa,
his
Brother, and his
other Friends, rejoiced exceedingly, for he greatly feared,
t~at
by
the Malice and
Rage of hi
Enemies
they had
been put to death ; and
h1
peopl were greatly
encouraged
by
thefe
additional orces.
Gofl ft:tlo
Picarro
was made General of the
Foot, and
Alonfo
de
Alvar~do
of the Horfe;. and o.
well was
Gonf_a!o
Pi arro
be–
loved even by his Enemies, that many qumed their Horfes
co
ferve on Foot,
onely to
have
the Honour to be one of his ouldiers.
Alrnag.
ro
having re ·eived intelligence of. the great orce which
\J
a~
with
the
M1rquis, and that tho[e wl om he held m Cufiody, had mad
their Efc pes,
and
that
his Deputy
overnour wa
a
Prifoner, he feared that the
courfe of
his
g
od Fortune was changed; and repenting
110\:
that he had not accepted the
Pr p Gtions which were
offered
him, he refolved
t
enter
into a Treacy;
and
ro
that end he difpatched three
Gentlemen co
Pifarro,
namely,
Alonfo
En–
rique:{,' Diego
Ntmne~
de
Mercadura'
Adjurant' and
{ohn
de
G11z:,m1tn,
Auditour ,
both
which
were
fficers of H.
Majeilies
Revenue, giving them full Power
and Authority , to treat and conclude all Matters
irhout Paffion ,
in
fuch
manner as fhould be jufi and reafonable.
Piptrro
received them with all the
kindne~
and refpeet imaginable; bur being entred into a treaty fuch differences
arofe
in
the points betwe n them , that nothing
was
concluded: ' herefore to
put an
end
thereunt , the comrnverfie was referred
to
the Umpirage, and Award
of
Frier
Francu
d~
Bobadilla,
Provinci 1in thofe
parts
of che Order of the Merceds,
a
Perfon
of that Probity, Confcience and goad Qnderfranding, that both Parties
by
murual Confent agreed to refi fatisfied
ith his Determination: buc in chi
particular Authours difagree; for
Carate
makes mention of this Friar, and of no
other· buc
GomtP'a
reports chat the Perfon nominated
by
Almagro
was Friar
Fran–
cifco Hufando;
but whether the Arbitratours were two, or one,
ic
matters nor
much ; for both Hifiorians agree in the material Poin , and almofi
in
the fame
Word, which, according
co
ar11u,
in
the
eighth Chapter of
his third
Book,
are chefe.
" Friar
Frfjncifco
being deputed Umpire,
by
the con[ent of both Parties, did
c,
by
virtue of that Authority, determine, That in the firQ place
Hernando
"
Pifarro
fhould b
fee
at
Liberty,
and that
the Marqui ,
according
to
the pri–
ce
m ry
Agreement,
!hould
be
ioveaed
in the
po!feffion
of the
Cicy
of
Co-t".co;
" That
b~th
Armie
fhould be disbanded, and the feveral Detachments there–
" of fhould be made, and fent for the Difcovery of ther Parts ; and that
in·
" formation
fhould
be
given to Hi Majefry of all chefe
particular ,
chat
[o
he
" might dete mine and
rdain
according
t
hi own
gratiaus
Pleafure. And far–
" ther, for the better Confirrnation of the(e Articles, he determined Thar an
:: Interview
fh
uld ?e had
et ¥eer: the Marquis and
Alrmigro,
in the'Counrrey
called
M4/l.,.,
,
which \
a the
middle
place
between
the
two
Armies ; and
'' that
~either
par
y
!hould appear with more
than
twelve Horfe
on
a
fide~
'' And m regard that
Gon~lo
Piptrro
did not much confide.
in
the
Promifes of
::
Afm4gro,
~ot ~ru(t mu~h
ro
tl;e
Truce
that
wa~
made,
.he fpeedily
foilm\ed
the
Marquis
wuh
all
1
his Sould1ers, and paited bimfelf privately near the pea–
:: ple of
.iVitllla,
~nd
lined a certain W oo.d , or
Thi~ker,
through
hich
.Almagro
"
~as
to
pafs,
th about forty
Mufqueueo "'.)
refolving, that
in
cafe more oitl–
d1ers
w~re
brought
than were agreed,
t
at then they !hoilld fire upon them
'' and upon that fignal he would come
in
o their
affifienc~.
'
Thus far are the Words of
Carate,
not mentioning farther of
Almagro
ofwhom
Gomttra
reporcs
in
the
14oth
Chaprer, as
followech.
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AlmagrQ
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