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Royal
Commenta.~~es,.
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that it bor<lered on the Skirts of the faovvy Mountain, he imagined vvould
be
the worfl guarded, and that dferefore little or no
prnvi!to~ woul~
be made on
lbat
part againft any Atmmpt. And farther they gave
!Jum
mfiruchons to affi1re
foeh friend
as
fhould join herein
of
the
fame
Rewards; and iliould be more am–
ply
r~paid
accmding
to
thofe great Services, which thereby
t~ey w~uld
_perf?rm to
the Emperour,
his
King and Mafi:er; and to fecure the Sould!er
s
Faith
m
r.h1s mat...ter, they tendered ar:i Oath t!o him,
when~by the~
caufed him _co (wear
never.to
di!Cover this fecret to any perfon whatfoever, faymg, that havmg efieemed
himfor
a good Friend they had entrull:ed to him th.e grearefi
fecre~
in
the
World. The
Souldier returning told his Story, how that his two Compa..mons were hanged by
the Enemy, and
h~
alone was faved
and
fet at Liberty,
u~on whi~}:t
Almagro_
re–
fleeting a while imagined tha
t fom~ufe was to be made of this Sould1e() who with–
out any
appare~t
reafon
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as
beet.ertreated than the other;
co
d~fcove~
which he
.feized on the Souldier, and put
hnnto the torment. The Sould1er bemg on the
Rack,
confeffed the fecret committed to him, and
ho~
Pe';alvarez.
defigned
to
attack
him on the Qgarter which was next to tbe
fnowy
Mountain, by reafon
chat
that
fide being efieemed almoll: inacceffible, would lie the moll: open and undefended.
By which Confeffion
Alr;tagro
finding that the
So~ldier
intended ro aet
in a.
n·_ea–
cherous manner againfr him, gave order
to
have
him
hanged. Howfoever givmg
fame credit to his Words, he
fortified
chat fide of his Camp, which bordered
to-–
wards the fnowy
Mountain~
where for the fpace of three days he endured much
cold; howfoever by thefe means
Alvarc~
got the fiart, and marched at
a
good di–
fiance before him ;
Almagro
followed
him
for fome Leagues, but finding that
it
was impoffible to overtaKe
him,
he returned into the high Road, which leads to
CiJuo.
Alvarez.
proceeding on the way he intended, joined his Forces with ·thofe .
Qf
Alonfo de Alvarado,
at which meeting there
was
great joy and triumph, becaufe
that the greatefi: number-
of
them confified of fuch as .had enrred that Countrey
with
Don Pedro
de
Alvarado,
which was
the
firft
original of Friend!hip
and Affoci-
ation which was commenced between them.
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Thefe Forces being thus joined, Letters were written by common conf€nt to
the
Judge
Vaca
de
Cafaro,
giying him to under(tand of all matters that were
pall~
and
defiring him to hafi:en with fpeed
to
them> for that his prefence was neceffary
in
that conjuneture for better countenance of their Affairs.
So foon as thefe Letters
came
EO
hand,
Caftro
de
Vaca
hafiened
to~
the City of
~itu
to
recruit his People
with
the For<::es which were in that place. When he came near,
Loren:c::,o de Alda·
na,
who was Lieutenant Governour for the Marquis
in
~it11,
went forth to meet
and receive him, as did alfo
Pedro
de Puelles,
who was the Deputy of
Gon:c::,afo
Pi-
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farro.,
and Captain
Pedro
de
Vergara,
not to be faulty
Qr
remHs in paying the fame
refpeet, though otherwife employed in the Conquefi of that Province, which
is ·
called
Pacamuru,
and
by
the
Spaniards Bracamoros,
went alfo to receive Judge
J/aca
de
Cafaro;
and deferred roe place, which he had already fortified, that he might
be better enabled to defend
himfelf,
and fend
bis
Forces againfi
Almagro;
but be–
fore
Vaca de Caftro
thought fit to leave
~tu,
he difpatched
Pedro de Puel!e.t
before
to
Truxillo,
to make Cuch provifions in that City, and in the Coumrey thereabouts
as the War required. He likewHe difpatcbed orders to
Gome~
de
RojM,
a
Naciv~
of
Cuellar,
to
repa~r wi~h
his Forces in all diligence
to-·c:
o.uo,and there to perfuade
~
the
P~ople
to receive him for Governour; who accordmgly made fuch
f
peed that
he
arnved
a~
Couo
before
Almagro,
wlio was detained in his way by the
fickn~fs
of
(o~n
de
J!.ada,
who
dye~ afcer~ards
in that
Pr~wince;
Gomez. ile
Roj1t1
_was well re–
ceived m
Cou&,
-ana
his Orders and ,IqQ:rucbons obeyed, and accordingly
Caftro
w'!S
ac~nowl.edged
for
Governour; for that
Cicy
remained loyal and obedient co
~ts
Ma1efl:y
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fuch manner as it had been left by
Alvare2:,
Holguin.
In
the mean
tune
V
~a ~e
Ca.ftro
departed from
~itu,
and went to
Truxillo,
and by the way was
met wuh many_ Noble Perfons, who had been difperfed about the
Coumri~s
and
by
many Sould1ers, who being defirous to ferve
His
Majefl:y, went forth
to
r~cei
ve
him.
Pedro
Alvarc2:,,
~nd
his people, who .then tefided at
Truxillo,
agreed to fend
t~~o
perfons
to
meet him on the way;
~nd
m the name of them, and of rhe whole
C1~y,
t?
mak~ tend~r
of
~heir
Obedie?ce a?d Service to-him, as Governour .by .
Commdfion
fio~
His Ma1efiy, by whteh Title
we
!hall difiinguifh him hereafter–
rhe
~erfons
nominated. for Envoyes
on
this occa.fion were
Gomc2::.. de .'Tordf!Y1t,
and
<;7arci!af{o de la
Peg~;
with
figh~ -
Qf
wh~m.
the Governour was
gr~arly
rejoiced, be–
ing. muc,h encouraged to fee
h1s
party
daily
encreafe to fuch numbers, rhat when
L 111
z
he
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