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Com1nentarie1.
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IV.
The Provincial
mad~
great hafre_
in
his journey, and with him the Scours
alfo
returned upon .the advice he had given
chem,
that
Pedro de
Puelles
wa
tn-o
day
march before
~un,
and had.paffed the
Xauxa,
fo
that
it
was impoffible for
the~
to
overtake him.: And
~emg
come to
Guadachile,
he told the People the
fame
Srory , and that it would oe
t<?
no
purpo~e
to
goe in purfuit of him : and takin
Vela
Nunn.e~
on
~:me
fide,
h~
pnvately
h1fp~red
to him the Danger
in\ ·hich
h~
was,
adv1~ng
him to make ufe
?f
th~s
Information for his own fafery.
Vela Nun–
ne~ re~ealrng
the _treachery agamfl: hnn. to four or five of his kinfrnen who \'ere
"i~h
him,. diey privately cowa:ds the ghmps of the Evening, fiole on horfe-back,
as
_if
they intended to. give their horfes water.,
a~d
having the Provincial for their
guide, they made their efcape under the protechon of the night. So foon as their
flight was known,
{ohn de
la
Torre, Piedra
Hita,
George
a
Grecian,
and ocher Soul–
diers wh<?
~ere
_cqncerned in the Confpiracy feized upon the Guard in the night,
and clappmg their fire-locks to the breafis of the other Souldiers, fivearing to
kill
them, if they refolved not to goe and join with them. V\Thereupon every one al–
mofl: freely declared ,
that
they would be of their fide, and particularly Captain
Gonfalo
Diaq
and though they affrighted
him
with the fame terrour as did
the
others, and bound
his
hands>ehind
him.,
and
in
appearance offered many other
affrighting things
to him,
yet
it
is believed that he was in the Confpiracy, and
the principal in the Plot; and fo
it
was believed and went for currant amongll:
all the People of the City ; for
it
could not be imagined, that he who was a kinf–
man and fon-in-law to
Pedro
de
Puelle.r,
could be of a contrary party
to
him, there
having
been no quarrel or caufe of difference between them. And thus
all of
them getcing up and mounting their Mules which had cofi:
fo
dear, they travailed
towards
Gonpdo Pifarro,
whom they met near
GHamanga,
where
Pedro de Puelles
and
his
men being arrived two days before them; found fuch difcouragernent in the
Camp
of
Pifarro,
by reafon of the flow motion and coldnefs of
Gafpar
RodrigHe~
and his Affociates; that had
Pedro de Puelles
and his men frayed onely three
Ciays
longer before they had come up, the whole Camp of
Pirr1.rro
had mofi cer..
tainly broken
up
and been difperfed : but the arrival of
Pedro
de
Puelles
put fuch
life
and fpirir again into them, both by his recruits and by his
v;
ords ; that they
refolved to proceed in their enterprife; for he told chem, that
in
cafe
Gonfalo
Pipir–
ro
would retract, and not think fie to proceed., he notwithfianding was refolved
to
undertake the defign, not doubting but
to
be able
'~ith
his own men to take
the
ice-king and
rid
the Coumrey of him , confidering that he was generally
hated, and that all the people were difaffected
co
him.
Pedro
de
Pue/ks
had
little
lefs than fourty Horfe with him, and about twenty Mufqueriers; but when
Gonfa–
lo
D:.u
and his men
v.
ere come up and joyned with them, then
all
parts were en–
couraged, and refolved
v;
ithout
any
fear or doubt
to
proceed :
by
this time
f/ela
Nunne~
''as arrived at
Los
Reyn,
and had acquainted the Vice-king
with
all that
had
pa
ed; \ ho, as we may believe with reafon, refented this
ill
beginning as
ominou , finding his affairs every day to
fall
into a worfe efiace. The next day
Rodrigo Ninno,
who was Con of
Hernando 1Vinno
Mayor of
To/f'do,
returned to
Tole–
do
with three or four more who refufed to follow
Gonfalo Dia.a
,
nowirhfianding
all
the affronts and abufes they could put upon them;
for
they
took from them
their Arms and Horfes., and fiript them of their Cloaths;
fo
chat
Rodrigo
Ni~mo
came onely in querpo, with a pair of old Trunks, without Hofe, or Shoes, or any
thing on his Feet, unlefs a pair of pack-thread Sandals, v\ alking all the way on foot
with
a Cane in his hand. The
Vice-king
received him with all the kindnefs
imaginable, and praifing his Loya1cy and Confiancy, told him that, confidering
the Caufe
for
which he fuffered, the
Habit in
which he
was,
feemed more
be–
coming than
if
he were vefied in Cloth of Gold. Thus far the two Authours a·
gree
in
the fame fenfe, and almofi in the fame words : To
which
Diego Fernan–
dez. Palentino
adds, as follows:
When
ne~s
was brought to the Vke-king of thefe
ill
Succeffes, he greatly
re–
femed them, clearly now perceiving that his Affairs went crofs, and
th~t t~e
affec–
tions of the people were tainted with rebellion : Howfoever, that he
~ight ~ ~ome
manner revenge the di!loyalty of Captain
Gon~alo Di~,
who had
~o 1~nomm1~uf
ly broken his faith and word with him , and fince he could not
mfhcr
a
pum~menc
OI\
his perfon , he caufed the Colours or Enfign
?f.
his Company r.o
be trai–
led along through the Market-place
in
the fight and view of the Captains,
Soul- .
diers and
of all the
City;
and
commanded
the Serjeancs and Enfign
of che Com-
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