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Royal
Commentaries.
B 'ooK
IV·.
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H A P. . XIII.
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the Death of. Agent
Yl_len Suarez de
Carvajal,
and of
~
the
great nnttzny
and
dijlurhance
he cau.fed in
Peru.
D.
Uring all thefe troubles and flaughters
in
the Camp of
Gonyalo
Piplrro
there
.happened
an
accident
fad
a~d
tragical
in
the
City
of
Los Reyes,
whi~h
Go–
mara
m the
1
5
9th Chapter of hIS Book relates to have been in this manner
LewJs Garcia San
~neJ,
who was Pofimafier in
Xauxa,
brought certain
L
teer~
which
were
~rote
m
Cyphers by
Benito
de
Carvajal
co
the Agent
Yllen
Suare~
his
Brother: the Vice-king prefently took a jealoufie upon the Cypher
and a
fufpi–
·don
of the Age_nt's faithfulnefs, and iliewing chem
to
the Judges,
d~man
ed their
opinion,
whec~er
they
~ere
not ground
fufficienr
to
put
him~
to
de th .
r.
hich
the Judges replied, that
it
were convenient firfi to know the contents of them.
Hereupon che Agent
w~s
called for, who coming, did not feem, as c ey fay, ·to
be fiartled or change his countenance, , though he was feverely treate \\ ith 01arp
words; but took the paper and read ic without hefitation, D oetour
'/ohn
Alvare~
.noting the words which he read : the fum or fubfiance of all the Cypher was, the
Dumber of Souldiers that were with
Pifarro,
and
what
his intentions were; ' ho
were in his favour and who not; and in fine declared, chat he ' ''ould watch his
opportunity to flip away, and come to the fervice of the Vice-king
fo
foon as he
could difengage himfelf, according to the Counfel vvhich the Agent had given
him. After which the Key of the Cypher was called for, and the marter being
thereby difclofed,
it
was found to agree with the interpretation given by rhe Agent,
and to verifie the truth thereof
Benito
C4rvajal
came to
Lima
two or
thre~
days after
Blafco
Nun~
was feifed, not knowing any thing of the de h of the Agent. Thus
far are the words of
Gomartt.
Howfoever there
frill
remained upon the mind of the Vice-king fuch a jealoufie
of the Agent, that like an evil
Spirit it
fiill
haunted and followed him, never
fuffering him to be at
re~ unt~ll
at lafi the direfull effe& thereof broke .out in the
very Chamber of the
VICe-kmg,
where the Agent was atiaffinared w1thour any
caufe or
~afon
for it, which frruck a greater terrour into che minds of the people
on this fide than was the late confiernation in the C amp o
onfalo Pi. a-rro,
fo
that neirher Party.was free from Tragedies oft e r o rn. And panicuJarly here
happened out one the night following, occafioned by the Aight of
Baltafar
de
Ca–
ftilla
and
others afore-mentioned. The three Authours report this Hifiory al–
moft in the fame manner: and
fufl:
we {hall repeat \vhat the Accountant
AugH/line
Garate
fays
upon
this
Subjett, and then
~
e fhall add chat from the others which
be hath omitted. That which he relates in the eleventh Chapter of his fifth Book
is as follows, and herewith we
will
return
to
the Subjeet of our Hifiory.
Some few hours after
Don
Baltafar
de Caftilla
and his O:>mpanions were depar–
ted from the
City
of
Los ReyeJ
in purfuit of
Loayfa
as
i
before-mencioned, the
matter was not fo fecredy carried but that
it
came
to
the knowledge of aprain
D iego de Vrhina,
who was Major-General to the Vice-king ; for he oing his
Rounds in the night through che City, and calling at the Houfe of fome of rhefe
who were fled, neither found them at home, nor
their
Arms, nor Horfes, nor the
menial
Jndia~ervants
which belonged to chem ; upon which fufpeeting whac
was faln out, he direetly went to the ice-king' Lodgings, who" a then in Bed,
and cold him that he had reafon
to
believe that che grea tefi part of the people had
deferred the
City.
The Vice- ing
\\as
greatly troubled (as was reafon) at this report, and
a1 Hing
from
his
Bed gave immediate order ro found an alarm, and that eve1
y
man
fhould
fiand to his arms ; and calling his Captains, gave them order
to
go from Hou fe
to Houfe and make enquiry who "'ere abfent, that
fo
he might be informed of
the number of thofe who were departed. And having accordingly made fear h,
and found that
D iego
de
Caroajtt'-,
{eronimo
de
Carvapd
and
Francifco de Eflobedo
were
miffing who were K.infmen of Agent
YI/en
S111tre~
de
CarvR-jal,
i t
was
iollantl}'
b~J.ieved
~hat
he was engaged in the Plot, and in
fa\
our of
Gonfalo
Pifttrro;
for ic
coul