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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
C HAP. X.
Two
?f
the Inhabitants
~f
Arequei:a
revolt to the
Vi~-k_ing,
wzth
two of
the Shzps belonging
to
Gon<salo
Pi~arro
and the Citi'Z,!ns of
ozco
defert
his
Army.
,
~T
THilfl the
ice-king
Blafco Nunne:z:..
was
troubled
with thefe thoughts and
VV
fears, a
lucky accident happened much
to
his
advantage and fatisfacuon.
for
two perfons
hich
belonged
co the Cicy
of
Arequepa,
one
of which was cal:
led
(eronimo
d~
Serna
and
the ocher
Alonfa
de
Carceres,
feifed upon the two Ships in
rh~t
J?orc
belon~ng ~o
Gonfalo 1:ifarro,
which
~e
had
bought
with
his own
money,
w1ch mtenc co
fh1p
h1s Ammunmon
and Prov1fions
thereupon, and with
them
to
be Mafler
of
chofe
eas,
hich was of great
and high
concernmenr to him
:
thefe
two perfons, as
e have faid, corrupted the Mariner , and perfuaded them
to
fail
the
hips
to
Los Reyes,
where the
Vice-king
relided, "ho received chem with
great
joy
and contentment;
for
thereby
perceiving that
cbe Forces
of his Enemy
ere
avering, and enclining
to
his
fide,
he cook it as a good
Omen of
his
fol–
lo
ing fuccefs. •
In the mean time
it happened
out
in the
Army of
Gon1alo Pifarro,
which
we
left
in
Sacfahuana,
that
the
Citizens which
belonged
to
C<P:.,Co,
refleeting
within
thernfelves
upon
the defign
in
which they were engaged,
and
confidering
how
unbefeerniog
and
improper a matter it was
to
petition for
J
ufiice
with Arms in
their
hand, which
ought
to
be
performed
in a
more
humble and fubrni!Iive man–
ner; it
was agreed arnongll:
the principal men amongfi them,
(as was
before
pri–
vately di fcourfed)
to
deferc the caufe of
Gonfal~
Pif arro
and return again
to
their
own habitation .
The
chief
and leading men in chis
defign were
Gravie/ de Roja&, Garfilajfo de la
f/ega, {ohn
de
Saavedra,
Gome~
de
ROJM,
[eronimo Cojfi/La, Pedro del Barco, M.,irtin
de
r1orenc1a, {eronimo de Soria,
Gome~
de Leon,
Do our
Carvajal, Alonfo
Pere~
de Ef–
quivei, Pedro Pipirro,
and
John
Ramire~.
Thefe
are
all
particularly mentioned by
the two Aachours,
Carate
and
Diego
Fernande~
;
buc
belides
thefe, there
were
f
everal ocher not
named
by
them,
as
rohn fulio de Ho1edd, Diego de Silva, Thomas
Ba:z:..que~,
Pedro A/onfo Carrafco, {ohn de
Pancorvo., Alonfo
de
Hinojo[a, Antonio
de
~Jnnones,
Alonfo
de
Loyafa, Martin
de
Me»e–
fes, Mancio Serra de Legmcamo, Francifco .de Villa Fl1erta, {ohn de Fig1ter0tt, Pedro
de
los Rio1l
with hi
Brother
Diego, Alonfo de Soto,
and
Diego de Truxillo, Gafrar 'Iara,
and
others
hofe aames
I
have forgotten,
wh
"'ere
in
all
bout
forry in
number,
with
many of which I had a
perfonal
acquaintance.
All
thefe having deferred the cau[e
of
Gonfalo Pip:irro,
returned
ro
their
own
homes
at
Couo;
\\•here having
provided
themfelves
wich
fuch
conveniences as
were neceffary
f(
r
their Journey, they '
ich all
diligence cook
their
Journey co
Arequepa,
with
defign
t
[eife the two Ships belonging
to
Gonfalo Pifarro,
which
they knew lay at char
place, and
embark themfelve
thereon, and
fail
co
Lo)·
Reye17
ell:eeming it
fc
r a
great
piece
of
fervice
to
rhe
Kiog, and a means ro
ingrariace
chemfelves \
icn
che
ice-king;
but
herein
chey
were
difappoinced,
for that the
Captains
Alonfo d& Carceres
and
{cronimo de la Serna
had
forefialled
chem
in their
defign, having
carried
the hips away
to
Los Reyes
before their
arrival.
And being chu
difappoinced of
their hopes,
they
confidered
of rhe fecurefr
way
they were now
co cake
to
get
to
the
Vice-king;
for they
knew
char
Gonfalo
pj_
farro
had
lto
ped
all the Roads and
Paffages
over
the Plains and
Mon
mains.;
wherefore they agreed
to
build
a
great
Boat or V !fel,
and
thereon co
rak~
their
paffage by Sea to
Los
Reyes :
che building
of
this V
~{[el
t?ok
~p
forty d ys urne to
little purpofe; for
the Carpenters being both
unsk1lfull
m
building,
and che
Tim·
her green
and unfeafoned,
no
fooner
was
che
Vef!el
lanched, and her
Provifions
laden
upon her but {he funk down
to the bottom m the very Harbour. Where·
fc
re
finding
chat there was no
ocher way
now left
them, rhey
refolved
to
hazard
hemfelves
on the
Land, which fucceeded according
to
thcir
defires, for the llC?ad
bemg