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Commentarie1.
with
fifty
Horfe , and
Alonfo de
M1ndo911
was
to
brin~
up the Rere ,
~nd
t?
cover
the main
Body
in
cafe
they
fuou1d
be
attacke~
by
Dsego Cent1no,
and
m tlus
order
they marched
to
Co«o>
where they all met.
. C H A P.
XXVIII.
Diego Centeno
purfues after
Alonfo de Toro:
great
Jea–
/oufies and Fears
arife in
the
City
of
Los
Reyes.
Lo–
renc;o
de
Aldana
pacifies and
fuppreffes
t~en1. Gon~a
lo
Pi~arro
fends hi-5
Major
Gen~ral
Franc1fco
de Carva–
jal
into the
Charcas;
with
what happened in his waJ
thither.
T
HE return of
.Akm/o
de
Toro
towards
Couo
was
f
peedily made known to
D ie·
go Centeno
by the
int~lligence
w¥ch the
Indians
broug~t
him;
at
~hich h~
much admired ; and conceived
that
this fudden turn from
his
late
purfutt
and
di-
. vHion of
his
Forces into three parts mufi: neceffarily
be
caufed
by
fo111e
extreme
want, defeet or inability amongft his people,
in
confidence whereof he
detai:hed
fifty of his heft and lighteft Horfe under the command of Captain
Lope
de
Men-–
tlof'i,
to
purfue the Enemy, and take
u~
the
ftraglers, and
fuch
as remained
in
the
Rere. And accordingly
Me11dofa
'had
the
fortune
to
overtake about
fif
cy Horfe–
men of
chem
who were
in
the fecond detachment,
all
which
he
difmounced,
and
took
their Horf
es
and
Arms
from them ; though afterwards he reftored
chem a–
gain,
upon promife to take their fide and join
with them;
which good fuccefs
was
obtained daring the time
that
Alonfo de Mendopt
continued in
the
City
of
Plate.
Some Hifiorians who favoured theCaufe of
Alonfo
de
Toro,
fay
that he
han–
ged
feveral of them, though the number
is
not
f
pecified.
After
which
Lope
de
Mendoya
recarned again, to fet upon
Alon{o
de M6'11dof
11,
for as
yec
he had not quie–
ted the
City
of
Plate;
but he having received advice of the late fuccefs, rook ano–
ther way, and
fo
avoided him :
in
the mean time
Diego
C~1Jteno
coming co the
C~
ty of
Plate;
it
was
agreed to continue there for fome time, chat the people
might
have an opportunity to come in
to
them, and make provifion of Arms and ne–
ceffaries of which they flood
in
need.
The
unexped:ed return of
Alonfo de Toro
to
C0«0
furprized all the City with great amazement ; and the rather, becaufe no
jaft
caufe or
reafon
appeaerd for
fuch
a diforderly
retreat;
which had given courage
to the
Enemy ,
that was low, and a little before weak and
affiighted,
to become
bold and daring, and
to
make
an
attack upon them.
All
thefe fucceffes
were
particularly known and difcourfed at
Los Reyes;
and
in
regard there were people
of both parties
in
that place, and fuch as favoured the fide of the Vice-king
talked
publickly, that they would goe forth and join with
Diego
Centeno:
to
all
which
Lur-enf
o
dd
Aldana
feeming
to
give little regard, or co punifh or fupprefs
fuch
'
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ho gave out thefe Difcourfes;
Gonfalo
Pifarro
concluded tnat he was one of that
Plot, and a Ringleader of that Faetion.
• With
thefe apprehenfions feveral perfons went to
G<Y11f.alo Pif arro,
and gave
him
an
account how freely people d1fcoarfed of his
Affairs:
but when News came of
the
defeat of the Vice-king , and his firaitned and unhappy condition , the
hearts
o_f
that Party who declared for him began to fink, and toe Faetion of
P1farro
to
n~e
and take
courage ;
fo
that the principal Inhabitants of that
City
thought they
might not
fafely
make_ their Com.
la~s
to
Lorefo
de Aldana
againft certain
ill-af:
feCt:ed
pe~fons
who
daily uttered fedmous words and reports, to
che
dHlurbance
of the
~1ty
;
whom they
offered particular!y
to name,
and
bring their
informati·
ons
agamft
t~em
?
to
the end
that
they
might
be
punifhed by
death
or banifh·
ment, as their Crimes deferved;
to
which
Lorenfo
de Aldana
gave for anfwer that
he
was
not informed
of
thofe
matters before
but
that
now
fie
would feverefy
pU·
nifh them, as the Law did direct.
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