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Roy I

Com1nentaries..

BooK

IV.

ch c

Diego Cent no

entred int .

o~q,

a '

1

e

fhall

r late here:ifter.

I

have tbou ht

fit

co

ntion

this

articular

ailage

t0

01ew the faithfulneG and

Joy

lty

of

riis

good

~raca>

and r or

the

fi

me to the honour of him and thofe who defcend

from

him.

uc

befid

.

d1e

hariti s ' e re

iv d

from this good

man

Ptu#1_ui

I

received

fom other r

h

f

from a noble

P

rfon, called

[ohn Efcobar,

ho at that time

had

no command

. er

J;1dians,

r~ough

fc

1!1e

ye r

aften~ards

Doltour

Caj}ro

bequea.

thed

ome to

Im ,

upon

an

mtermarnage bet een h11

and che Daughter

of

r

afc

de

GH

ttr..i,

b

g

teen on the body of

MariaEnriquc:l:,,

both

P

rfons of onour

and

Qi

}icy.

h· \\ orchy

an

'f

ohn

de

fcobar,

who

1

dged in the Houfe of

A/fonfo

d~

A-fe{ti,

in a

i

rain n

r uilt in t e midfl:

f

my ath r' Rents,

ery much com–

affi

nating

ur '

1

t a d enury, defired my Tutour to give me

le

veto come

v

ry

day

r dinne ,

an

at night

t

fupper \Vit him ;

accepted very kindly

th

inner, but

a co

the

fupp

r we thought it not con eni

nt

co

keep our doors

ot- en at

that time

f

the

night

j

f;

r

we were hourly

in fear of

being maifacred

for

\l:;hich" h

d

good round , being always tbreatned by them; and none

pu~

us

inr

1

e

fi

r

than

Hernando

B11

hr I-lo,

who

a

1

fier of

the

Ordnan e ·

for

thou

l

h

'" nt not

c

with t em, yet he

um

d forne

annon

at hi

'own

ou

and made a

B

ttery upon ur , "hich, in the Map or defcription we

made

f

the

wn,

JU

fro1

ted '' irh hi , nothing

eing en '

en

n

but onely

the

t

0

Market-plac

of the

ity, '' hich he had

rrainly 1

v

lled to the ground, had

ot

e ri nd

nd

elations incerc d d for u :

r did th

R

lations of tl ofe

ther w

h

r olte

fare better than ' e ; though

th

y

vid need

a

more

particu–

lar

ma

ice and an er againll my

ther,

a

one

wh

had mor

fignally

been con–

cerned in th1

r

olc than any oth r.

Graviel

de

Roj.t1

a a

de

ly engaged

as

he,

ut

h

in

hi

uG

and offi ffion

in

Ch11quifl1ca

the

icy of

Plate,

they

had

not

che

fame o

·runicy to be revenged on him.

Ha

iog

thu

e red t

ir

ang

r

u on the

oufi s of rhofe Citizens of

Couo

who

had

re olted from their caufe, they recurned again into the Road of

Los Reyes

to

meet

Pedro

de

P11

II

s

and the

eo le \: ho

follm~

ed him ; but they were very

re~

diou

in

their m

r

h

to

H1Mmanca,

y reafon of the great Incumbrance of

their

annon

\\hi h

fc

110\

ed the

Cam .

{eronimo

de

la

Serna>

and

Alonfa

de

Carceres,

h had

r

volted vvirh the

n~o

hi s to

Los Re;•u,

reporced amongfi other things

t

the

i

e-king, ho

that

Gonfalo

Pifttrro

\

as eleet:ed

General

Reprefc ntative of

the ' hole mpi1

e,

nd that he

r Hing Men> and providing Ammunition and

Artill ry

to

march unto

Los

Reyes.

hi r port being brought

t0

the

ice-king and the

J

ufiices, \\hi h a yec

~as

ne\

to

chem ; for (as we have faid before) the Road being all fiopt

they had

rec

i

no

rher intelligence of

Gonfalo

Pifarro

than that he

'V

·a c m from

Co~o

to the

Charc.u :

bur

f<

foon as they underftood th t he \ as railing Men> they

immediately difpatched a ay

rder

to

the four Cicie , requiring and omman–

ding them t

re

ive

Blafco

unnc:l:, Vela

for

ice.king by Commiffion from

his

Majefiy. And that in cafe they had any aggrie ances they fhouJd fend their Com–

miffioner to the

icy of

Los

Reye.1,

ther

to

repr fem their Complaints and de–

mand

ullice in th fe matter

' herein they judged themfelv

aggrieved. And

in

ord r her unc , a

Gomara

fay ,

the

ice-king fent

riar

Thomao de

San

Martin

to

affure

Gonfalo Piy_arro,

that he had no

ommiffion to his hurt or prejudice, buc

rather Infiru

ion from the Emperour

t0

re\

rd and gratifie him for his many

labour and fer ices

erfc rmed rm ard hi Maj fiy

:

And therefore defired him,

that laying all fears and jealoufies afide, he fhould di

mi~

hi people, and come

freely and frankly co him

to

converfe and treat upon affairs. Thus

far

Gom11rA.

Now we

will

roceed to the Rebellion of

Pedro

de

PHelk1.

CH.A ·P.