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''
Fernando
from this intention, efpecially fince
Diego d.c
.;tlvarado
was then refiding
'' at the Court, and ready to accufe him, faying, That this matter would be bet–
" ter
negotiated at
a
dill:ance, than upon the place: Howfoever,
Fernando
would
" not hearken thereunto, being of a contrary op·nion, that
he had
greatly defer–
" ved of the Emperour for his many Services, and for having by
way
of Jullice
" cleared the Countrey of thofe turbulent Spirits, who were Difl:urbers of the
'' Peace.
At
his
departure, he advifed his Brother
Francljco
not
to
repofe confi–
'' dence
in
any of the
Almagrian.r,
efpecially thofe \·vho were gone into
Chili,
\
horn
:: he had found
to
be con.ffant and
atfeet~onate
to
the Memory of
Almagro :
And
he
farther counfelled
Ium
not
co
permit thetn co Cabal fot by experience
he
1
"
had found, that five onely of them being together, were plotting in what
man–
cc
ner
to
kill
him. At length being departed, he came to
Spain,
and appeared at
'' the Court with a great Equipage and Riches; but
it
was not long before they
'' carried him from
Valladolid,
to
the Prifon of
Medina de
Campo,
from whence as
'' yet,
h€
is not
freed. And
herewith
Gomara
ends that Chapter.
.
'
· For
the better
underll:andin~
of
w~ich,
w_e
are
to
:kno~,
That
though
Gonfaio
de Me[a
had
ferved
Hernan{io Ptran:o
~n
uahty
of Ca2tam
of
.the
Artillery, yet
he, wtth many others, was much di1fcontenced, bernafe he
looked
upon hirnfelf
as
ill
rewarded for his former 'Services ; and that when he expeeted to have
been
fent
Commander
in
Chief,
he
was then e;nployed Under-Captain to
Pedro
de
C.Wdia:
Wherefore finding
hin~felf
in $his
mam~er
Qighted without any place of Honour,
or Advantage, he
b~ga.n
to fpeak
ill
of
Hernando Pif.arro,
and
to
threaten, that
he
would fee
Almagro
at Liberty wheafoever they brought him forth
to
carry hlm oo
/JJs
ReyeJ:
All
which
he
declared openly, and without any confideration
a[
tfue
dan–
ger he incurrea of his life, he affetnbled his friends, and formed a party for
Af.–
magro,
in
which
he
f<
und many that were ready to comply. So foon as
Hernando
Pipirro
was informed hereof, he immediately, with all diligence, went co the
Col–
lao,
but
Meft1-
was not then
~artered ~here,
befog newly returned with
Pedro de
Candia
from the Frontiers, and was
then at
M11.f{U!~
which
lyes
Blfiward
:from
Co/tao,
a
Countrey very Mountainous,
and full of
deep
Rivers,
as
we
have
defcri–
bed
at
large in the
Life of
the Kiog
Inca Yupttnqui :
Th~
Spaniardt,
by reafoa
of
thefe impediments,
not
having been able to make
their
Conquefis, were returned
from
Collao
wpen
Hernan
dp met them, and put
Gon~lo
de
Mefa
to
Death;
and ca–
!hierif)g
Pedro de Candia
fr.omhis Command, he beftowed
it
on a cercain Gentle–
maq
called
fera~ure.r
de Carnpo
Redondo~
ho afterwards made an entrance
into
tbat
Coumr~,
and
di<l
more than any that went before
l1irn;
howfoever,
the
ways and pailages were fo difficult, that all his labours and endeavours proved vain
~nd
fruitlefs.
Pedro
d.e Candi¢
efieeming himfelf affronted, and agrieved hereby,
heing troubled
co be
deprived of
his
Command, concealed the anger hereof
in
his
breafr,
uncill
fuch time as
an
oppormnicy prefented, that
he might
declare
for
the
Almagri4n.r;
the fuccefs whereof was faral
to
him, as we fhall fee hereafter. For
Ped.Yode
Cai1diq
could qot fo well
dilfernbl~
his refenrments, but that they
were
vifible ro
Hern4ndo,
antj appeared in his countenance; for though the Tongue be
filent, yet the Face
c~mmonly
difcovers the grief, or the delight
Df
the Heart:
the }ii}e
ditfatisfa~ion
was alfo apparent
in
the behaviour of many ochers.
Wherefore con!idering chat
his
endeavours
co
lelfen
the numbers
of
his Enemies,
ferved to multiply them, he was as it were forced
to
put
Almagro
to
death,
which
he ace-ordingly executed
afo~r
his return
to
Couo
from
Col/110 ;
fuppoGng, chat when
the
cau(e
aJ}d
objelt of
all
thefe Mutinies and Dill:urbances was removed,
all
things
woµfd
return to the
ufual
and feded condition of peace
and
quiecnefs;
bu~
it
happened out quite contrary: For by the dolefull Tragedy of the
Death
of
AJ..
magro, H ernando Pifarro
rendred himfelf
fo
odious, that his condition was much
more fecure, by putting himfelf into the hands of
the
J
ulHce of
Sfain,
where
Die–
go
tip
Alvarado
was ready
to
accufe
him,
than
if
he had remained in
Peru,
when~
the oppo!1te Faetion of
Almagro
watched onely an opportunity to defirpy him.
Hernando
Pifarro
was a difcreet Perfon , and againfi: the opinion and perfuafion
of
all
his
friends, judged it the leafr evil to make a Voyage
into
Spain
;
where he
imagi,ned;, chat. the great Services he had performed
i~
the
Co~quefi
of
cha.t
~01-
pire, and tfie mfuperable Labours he had overcome m the Siege vvould
1ufiifie
his Cau[e
befo
e his Majefry, and the Riches vvhich he imported vvich him, for
the
King's
and
his ovvn account vvould make his Accefs eafie
to
the Royal
Prefence,
and