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BooK

Royal

C,ammentaries.

Lorenfo

Aldana,

proceeding· on his

Voyage, loo[ed

fi·om

Tr1txillo

and failed

along the Coafr, and, having fome fick peop!e

aboard,

he came for refre<hment

th@ River called

Sant4,

h@re they

took

m frefh water,

from

whence he feat

a certain Friar of

the

Mercedr,

called Friar

Pedro de

VI/oar>

to carry to

Pifitrro

the

11ews

of his arrival

thofe

parts,

and with this occafion to advife all

perfons

whom he knew to be well affeeted

to efcaQe out of che Cicy of

Los

Reye.r

upon

any Boats or

Vefiels

they

coul

get,

promifing

that, with

the

P~naces

and

Skiffs

belonging to the Ships, he would gather and

t~ke t~em

up, and bring chem aboard

their hips. So foon as

Piplrro

heard that this Fnar was come, he prefently cau·

fed him

be brought

him without permillion to difcourfe

itq any perfon

either

publick or

private:

and upon the news o_f the

revolt

of his

Fleet, .

highly inveighed

againfi

Lq-ienfo

de Aldana,

accufiog

hnn

of falfity? and

berraymg

hiS

Coumrey,

and of

iC1Eratituae

for the friendUtip he had

ever

!hewed him;

bla–

ming himfelf very much for not having followed

the

counfel and .perfuafions of

his Officers, \\ho loag fince would have had him hanged, and punifhed for his de-

merit as

jufiice

required.

Bue m tters could

not

be carried fo fecretly, but that the revolt of the Fleet

Wlder command

Lore.nfo

Aldana

uut~

the Prefident

wa~

publHhed and

calke~

of over all the

Town; {(

that

Pifarro

bemg forced to

own u, he

prefently

procla1..

med a War, and beat up Drums for Ufiiog

Souldiers;,

Captains alfo were named

and appointed, and

pay

advanced to every private Souldier; and fome Souldiers

of note received a thoufand or two thoufand

pieces

of Eight

upon

advance accor–

ding

co their quality and deferts. A general Rendezvous was appointed, to which

place

Pifar~o

marched on

foot

as General of the Infantry, which (a

Carate,

in the

elevendi

Chapter

bis

fixth Book, fays)

coo

fified ofa thoufand men,

all

well

armed and clothed as any Companies in

ftfJ.ly

in the times of peace; for, befides

their

armour, every

man

had

good

Shoes

and

Scockins,.

and

Silk

Doul;>le ;

and

fome of Clmh of G-0ld or Silver, or embroi<leries upon their Cloaks, with Hats

turoed up ' ith G

old Buckle

s ; and the Stocks of

their

Guns plated and embolfed

with

Gold.

The

Capta.Ws

of Horfo were

Licenci4do Cepeda,

and

Licenciado

Car–

v 4jal,

oeing

great confidems and hig,hly in favour.

The

Captains which comman–

ded the Harquebufiers were

[ohn

de.

Acoft11,

[ohn

Ve0:,

GHevara

and

John

Torie.

The

Caprajns

of the Pil},es were

Bernand() Sachi{aQ,

Martin

de.

AlmendrM

and

Mar-

•

tin

de Rable-s :

but the Lieutenant-General of all was

Fnincifco de

Carv4jal,

who kept

his

former

fration, and commanded his own Company of Harquebufiers

which

had always followed him. The

St~ndard

was carried by

Antonio Altamirano,

and

guarded by

eighty

Horfe. Some Captains in their Colours made a

Cypher

with

the name .of

Goncalo Pi2arro,

that is with

the

and

with a

Crown

over

another Captain

brought

that Cypher into

the

form of a Heart; all their Enfigns

and Colours were mcrde new of divers colours, and a new fa<hion came up by di–

rection of

Carvajal

(

which I

have Hot obferved

in any other

Army)

for every

Souldier to tye a knot of Ribbon of the colour of the Enfign of that Company to

whi<:h

belonged

within

the plume

Feathers which he

wore in

his Hat,

and

fuch as had no Feathers wore them

a bunch on their Hat, by ' hich every man

was difiinguifhed and

known

unto what Company be belonged ;

one1Y

Carvajal

thought not

fit

to make new Colours, but told his

ouldiers that the old one

"':as their honour, under which having had great fucceffes, they might frill hope

to be

fol!tunate

and

add me-w

Vi&pties

their

ancien~

Glories.

And

B'ifJ

rro

iliewed himfelf

open-banded

t<?

his SoQld,iers,

gwmg

thmJ

large pax,

a.ad

rrwney

upon

advance..:,.

tofG>ID.e

Cap~~65

00-

mtYfr

fort¥,

fome

fifty

~tY.

oufund

pieces-

Ei~c

nheif

Souldiers,

according to

tltleir

numbers,

:js

t}iey

ere

Horfe

Foot,

whidn

co..nfi

~.o.d-Y

requiued

mor~

expence.

He alfo bought all

th~ Ho:f~

~ Mar

es and Mules

~ollld

fiM,

mou~ hi~

people) fur which he

paid with

rGU.dY

money:

btit

for

forn¢

(as a

Ct:!ttEJlin-4\.utlmur fCJys)

ije did not pay,

the

rea~m

fol! w

hich was chis:

eveEal

Me,rchants

th€;

City

Lo.1

Rqes

lifl:ed

themfelv.e for Souldiers, nor to

fhe.w

themfolves

oward>

difatfe

but af:

ter _fome days march,

iag

w@ry,

th~y procu•~d ~ di~barge

(urr€nder

11heir

~rfe

and Arms,

~nd

tho!e.

w~o

ha<l

neither,.

~oney

by way

com–

pen_fa~10~:

f<?r

Grmfa/JJ

!iifi~

amih1

Oflic®.:S

th()lJgl}~

to confirain

any

roan

agaiofr

will,

Imo

dlat

pre.fi

men nevier

rmd~

gQod Souldier ,

thtS

manner was

the Army fitted

and

prepat'ed with

We~ns

War;

a{ld

now

fumgthen

good

Caufe

wieh

Reaffln&

and A.r-guments

Pifarro,

Liem

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