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Royal
Commentaries.
over the purfoit of the Enemy, who were
~o
far advanced. before .them, that
it
was impoffible to overtake them. And having refrefhed his men m
Ayahuac~ ~s
well as he could, he marched away in good order by the fame way that
~he ~IC~king had paffed; where in the way they picked up fome of
t~e
V1ce-kmg s
people, who were tired, and not able, by
weakne~
to follow his Camp,
~nd
others who out of fome difcoment had deferted his Party: but as
to
the
V1ce–
king, 'with fuch as\\ ere
with
him, he
purf~ed
his march
~owards
the City of
~itu,
which is fimaced in a Coumrey plenufull of all prov1fions for refreil1ment
of his men who were much tired and weakned for want of neceffary Food. Af–
ter
Come liftle repofe and refrefhment taken,
Pif arr o
continued his purfuit, though
by his long fray
he
was
far
cafl:
be~1ind
:
howfoev~r
as he paffed he rook
f~ve:al
<?f
the Vice-king's men, who lagged rn the rere, which he refufed to enrertam m his
fervice either becaufe he was fufpicious of them, or becaufe he had more men
than p:ovifions and needed no additional forces againfl: the weaknefs of his Ene.:.
my :
but fuch 'as he took of them he fent away either
to
Trnxillo, Los Reyes
or
any other part, according to every man>s choice; but men of note and quality he
hanged up. The people who were thus permitted to return unto their homes,
reported
all
things where they paffed in favour of the
Vice-~ing,
and_ in difparage–
ment of
Pifarro,
whom they reprefeoted as cruel and tyranmcal;
which
mofi per–
fons believed, becaufe they efieemed the caufe of the Vice-king to be
}uft
and
oyal: And whereas the people who refide in that Province are more defirous of
news and changes than in other places, becaufe they are Souldiers, which are idle,
and give themfelves
to
no bufinefs ·or employment, and therefore entertain dif–
courfes of State Affairs with much variety and pleafure in their talk : And on the
contr!ry, Citizens and men of bufinefs are averfe from the
War,
becaufe they are
hara!Ied therewith, and fubjeB:ed
to
the infolence of Souldiers, and though they
iotermeddle not in Affairs, yet they are liable upon every little occafion
to
be
quefiion~d
by him who Governs, and be put to death, that their Efiates being
confffcated he may gratifie his Followers and Faction with them; and therefore
having thefe fears, every one talked and difcourfed of news. Thefe rumours were ·
fo
common and loud that they came to the ears of
Pif arl'o
and his Rulers in their
refpettive Jurifditl:ions; to fupprefs which reports in all places, and more efpeci–
ally
ar
Los Reyes,
where the greatefi confluence of people was, many were hanged
by W.arrant from an ordinary Ju£Hce, called
Pedro Martin de Cicilia,
who
was
ve–
ry zealous in the caufe of
Gonfalo Pif_arro
and for the fuccefs of his Affairs.
For
as
to
L<rnnfo de Aldana,
who was his chief Deputy there, he was cautious and wary
how he intermeddled in matters, for which he might be called into quefiion
in
cafe
che ride of Affairs !hould turn; but behaved himfelf with that moderation as pre–
vented the effufion of bloud, and confifcation ofEfiates ; and
for
the whole rime
of
bis
Government he kept things
in
foch order, that, though
he
acred by Com–
miffion under
Pifarro,
yet, he never did any thing partial or againfi Law in his
favour, .but rather
prot~Cted
thofe who were inclined
to
the Vice-king's Party
5
who bemg fenfible of his favour, flocked from other Provinces to take refuge un–
de~
him ; of which the Zealots for
Pif
arro
taking particular notice, efpecially the
High Confiable of the City called
Chriftopher de Burgos
teO:ified great difpleafure
thereupon;
for
wh~ch
Lorenfo
de
Aldana
feverely reproved him, and gave him ve–
~y
hard _words
publickl~
before
the
people, and on
farther
provocation
clapt
him
mto Pnfon.
Of
all
which, though
Gonfalo Pif_arro
received certain intelligence
yet,
he dilfembled the matter, judging that, being far difrant it would not
b~
conveni~nt
t?
revoke his C?mrnHiion, be_caufe he was firong
u;
Souldiers,
which
w~re
with
him, and had gamed the affethons and good
will
of the people in
tha~
City. Thus
far
are
the words of
Auguftine Ca.rate.
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