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Rcryal
Commentaries.
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gether:
Alonfo
J,,e
Toro
was of a proud, cholerick difpofition_, and very loud · h·
fpeech;
Diego Gon2ales
being in the Hall, which was next to his Daughter'
Jt
is
menr, he heard
A!onfo
de
7?ro
fcold
~nd
.quarrel
wit~
his Daughter, who was
i'~~~
ry good and
ermous
W
1fe, and m his fury coming out into the
Hall
h~
with his Father-in-law , and fanfying that he came
.to
take part with
hi~ Da~ht
ter, hep efently brufled up to the good old man, who was above fixty five yea -
of age, and with a loud
voice
gave him bafe and foul language ; but
Gon
alei
~s
"f!'arJ!.M,
ra~her
wirh intention to defend. himfelf than wi_rh deGgn to hurt
fils
so:
~n-_law?
laid hold on an ?ld Da.gger which hung by a firmg at bis fide, and drew
it m his own defence, with which
Alonfo
de
Toro
being more provoked came up
fo
clofe to the old Man that he received a wound from the Dagger, which, hen
De
17argtU
perceived, and con.fidered that there was now no othe way, he gave him
tJ:ree or four fiabbs more m the Belly, and the!1
fl~d, fe~ri~g
Jell:
de Toro
fhould
by
his firength wrell: the Dagger from hnn, and kill him with it; but he had firengch
onely to purfue him about fifcy paces
to
the foot of the Stairs, where he fell down
and died. This was the fate of poor
Alonfo
de Toro,
which his own fury and cho–
lerick difpofition had brought upon him, his Father-in-law being forced there–
unto merely to fave and defend .himfelf.
Diego
Gonfales
was afterwards tried for the
facr,
and acquitted, and I knew him
feveral years afrer
~
he had a Son named
Diego
de
Vargas,
who went to School
with me
w
hilfi we learned co reade and write, and were afterwards in our Latin:
we were alfo neighbours, and lived next door but one to them when this unfc rm–
nate mifchief happened. After the death of
Alonfo
de
Toro
the Corporation of the
City made choice of
Alonfo
de
Hinojofa
to be Govetnour and Captain thereof un–
der
Gonyalo
Pifarro;
but he was foon fuperfeded by
Antonio
de
Robles,
who received
a Commiffion for the place from
Pifarro:
by which though
Hi?Jojofa
efl:eemed
himfelf much difobliged, yet he dHfembled his pleafure untill a
fair
opportunity
offered co make known his refentments, as
will
appear more plainly hereafter.
The Letters and Advices alfo of the arrival of the Prefident were carried to
r:Arequepa,
and to the City of
Plate,
and flew over all
Collao,
where many of thofe
people were concealed who had been difperfed by
Francifco de
Carvajal
when he
purfued
D iego
Centeno.
This news caufed great fermentation in the minds of the
People, and particularly an inhabitant of
Arequepa
called
Diego
Alvarez.,
being then
near the Sea-coafi: with nine or ten Companions, made himfelf Captain of them,
and taking Colours of a Linen Cloth, they went
in
fearch of
Diego
Centeno,
who
had by chis time quirced his Cave, and gotten together about five men, who una–
nimoufly chofe
Centeno
for General of the new Enterpri[e. At firfi they confalted
whether
it
would be moft advantageous for them to march to the City of
Areqnepa
or to
Co~o,
where they knew that
Antonio de Robles
refided with three hundred men
well fitted and appointed; but as yet they knew not
~hat
to refolve apon, for
it
feemed a hazardou matter
tiO
attack a body of men with
Co
much difadvantage
of numbers , but afterwards, confidering chat they carried with them the fpecious
colour of the King's Authority, and the powerfull name of Loyalty, they refolved
on the quefiion, and co march direetly
to
Couo.
But let us leave them here on
their Journey to relate other altions and fucceffes which were carried on and paf–
fed in divers parts, and at che fame time
in
thofe Counn·ies, which were
fo
many
and various, that I feern co be entred into a Labyrinth, · from ''hence I fhall en–
deavour to extricate my felf
in
che bell: manner I am able, hoping for the Readers
pard n and acceptance, in cafe I fall {bore in the relation where fuch great variety
of affairs hath happened.
We have mentioned before, how chat
Lorenfo
de
Aldana,
Hernan
Mexia
de
Gld""–
man,
[ohn
.Alonfo
Palomino,
and
[ohn de
Tllanes
were, by order of the Prefident fent
by Sea
to
Peru;
diefe by the way came
to
Tump_i:t,
where
B_artolmeo
~e
Vtllalobo1
was Governour under
Gonfalo
Pi2arro,
who obferving that their four Ships had re–
mained four days before the Port and had not emred, he fufpeeted that they had
changed heir Copy, and were revolted
to
the other
Party~
upon
~Nhic~ ~uppofici
on, without other grounds, he difpatched aMeffenger co
Pi2arro
with this mform_a–
tion. The news was
full:
carried to Captain
Diego
de
Mora,
who was then m
Truxillo,
above a hundred leagues diftance from
Tumpi:;::.,
who was from
the~ce
co
forward it with all expedition to
Gonf alo Pifarro.
Diego de. Mora,
upo!l
receipt
of
this Advice, difpeeded the-Meffenger to
Los Reyes,
but he h1mfelf remained
do~bt
full which
fide
to take,
~hechel'
he
fhould
adhere to
Pift-1rro
r rev
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from
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