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who was then in
Chach11puyM,
becaufe he believed
himfelf
to
have an advantage
in his numbers ; yet having -been re-manded by Orders
f~·om
Almagro,
he obeyed
chem and relinquifhed his
def~.
Garfia
d
e Alvar11do
bemg returned,
Almagro
de–
part~d
from
Los Reye.r
and ma"rthed towards
Coz.cowith
intention
to
fight
Alvare~
Holg1-Jin
the force of
Almagro
confifted
of
thre
e hundred Horfe well appointed, ofan
hundred and twenty Harquebufiers, and about a hundred and fixcy Pikemen, which
being armofr
fix.
hundred,·were
all
c11oice and approved Men ; amongft
which
there were many Perfons of great QQ_ality, and rich,
w
horn
Almagro
had feized,
hen he killed the Marquis.
And left after his departure any party 010uld make an Infurrettion againfi:
him_,
and ferve him, as thofe who were Enemies t? his Father had
don~
to him,- he took
Order
to
fend all the Children of the Marqms, and of
Gonzalo
Pi
fttrro,
out of the
Countrey. And now
firft
to
find out whether the Marquis had left any fecret
Treafure not difcovered, he put the Qiefiion to
Antonio
Picado,
Secretary to the
Marquis ' upon the Rack; and not being able
to
extort any thing from
him, he
nt
him'
to
the
Gallows, and hanged
him
up;
and
fo
he paid the Medal
with
his
own
Coin,
which he had fiamped
for the
Fa&ion of
Chili.
After
which
he
marched towards
Couo,
keeping in
his
way due martial Difcipline and Order with
much feverity; where we
fhall
leave both him, ·and
Alvarez:.,
Holg_uin;,
to
render
an account of what his lmperial Majefiy ordained
in
Spain;
after
he
had under–
ftood the great
Commotion~
which
had happened
in
Peru
untill the Death of
Don
Diego de Almagro
the Elder.
To appeafe wliich,
and co
examine the true fiate of all matters, his Majefiy
was pleafed
to
give C0mmiffion to Dr.
Yac1e de Clt{lro,
one of
His
Privy Council,
to examine
all
matters concerning the Death of
Don Diego
de
Almagro,
without
making any alteration
in
the Power and Government of'the Marquis; but
in
cafe
the Marquis fuould be dead before his Arrival, then by
a
provifional Commiffion
he was conftituted Governour
in
his
place.
This
worthy Perfon (for
fo
his
Atti..
ons
{hew him) was
a
Native of the City of
Leon,
and of the
Families
of
the
Va–
cM
deCaftro,
and
~innone1,
which
are noble
Houfes,
amongfi many
others
which
:flouri!h
in
that
Royal
City.
Vaca
de
Caftro
embarked at
Sevil
for
Peru,
and after many Difficulties and
Hor.–
my
Weather, to which·that Northern Sea
is
fubjett, he arrived at
Namhre
de
Dios
much later than
was
expetted, from whence he went to
Panama,
where he
again
embarked
for
Per11,
upon a
Ship not fo well provided
for
fuch
a
Voyage, as was
requifite, ef
~cially
finc:e it
was
to execute a Commiffion of fuch great importance;
for the Ship being defective, had not 12roceeded many Leagues on
her
Voyage,
before ilie was detained on the Coafi:
by
contrary VVinds;
by
force of which ha–
ving
loft one
of
her Anchors, <he was carried by the Current into
that
Bay
which
is
ccrll&i the Bay
or
Gulfof
Gorgona,
which
is
a
bad place, and very hard
for
any
Ship
to
~et
out, which is
bo~~d
to
Peru.
Wherefore
Vaca de pa.ftro
encouraged
the Manners to ufe all the diligence they were able, but findmg all ineffe&ial;
and to little purpofe, he refolved to go by Land, ftnce he could not avail to go
by
Sea. .
But tne
Journ~y
was long, difficult.and
t~dious,
by reafon of the
craggy
Mountains, the great Rivers and Defarts which they were
to
pafs,
with
want of
rhofe
Provifibns which were good and wh<?lfome.
This
lo~g
delay gave oppor–
tumty
to
Almagro
to revenge the Death of
hlS
Father,
of
which he was impatient
feeing that the Jufiice which
His
Majefiy had promifed was fo long deferred
;
At
length, afte; various
~hances
of a
difficult
Journey , Judge
Vaca
de
c;jl-ro
came to the Frontiers of
~tu,
where
Pedro
de
Puellcs
refided in·Quality of
De–
pury
to
Gon:talo Pi<(arro.
So foon as
he
found
himfelf
within the Limits of his
own
Countrey, and had been rightly informed of all matters
which
had
pa~d
in
Peru,
a1.1d.
of the
Pralt~ces and:Defi~ns
of the feveral Faetions, he wrote unto
all
p~rts,
givmg_
the~
advice
of~1s
Arnva], and of the Commiffion
he
brought
with
hu~
from
His
Maiefi:y ; by virtue of which he required them to receive him for
their
Gov~rnour.
And whereas he had thereby
a
power co fubfiitute o.ther
offi..
cers, he difpatched
his
Cornmiffions
to
all the Cities of
Peru
confiituting
fuch
Men Judges thereof, who (as
he
was informed) were
moderat~
Perfons and noc
interefted or
engaged
in
either party.
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