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V.
To compafs the Plot intended,
Pedro
de
Puelles
made a folemn invitation
co
all
his Souldiers and Captains; and then arnid!l: the entertainment, he refolved to
propofe what
was
fit
in order
to
bis Majefiy's fervice, and for a motive
thereunto
he defigoed to make known
to
them that a general Pardon was granted and the
late Ordinances repealed.
Pedro
de
Puelle.r
bad in private communicated this his
intention
to
a certain Souldier of note, called
Diego de
Vrbina,
who
alfo
entrufied
·
the focret
to
one
Rodrigo
de
Salafar,
a fellow as crooked in his conditions as
in
his
body: this
Rodrigo,
efieeming the matter eafie and already well prepared to take
effett,
refolved, rhat
Pedro de
Puelles
fhould-not
have
the honour to hirnfclf
ut
that his Majefiy and the Prefident fhould m''n the fignal fervice
of
reducing 'three
hundred men to their allegiance
folely
to
his
management and valour. This pur–
po
fe of
his
he made known
to
four of
his
friends ,
w
hofe furnames were
BaftidA
F:'
r.do,Hermojilla
and
Morillo,
which were the names
by
which they
were
known~
gi
ving them
to
underfiand what the intent of
Pedro
de
Puefles
was, and therefore co
wrefl:
fo
fignal
a
fervice out of his hands, and appropriate it
to
their own merit
he
propofed
to kill
Pedro
de
Puellu:
to
which they
all
affented
and
agreed,
as
they
according,y did, and
went
next morning, being Sonday, all five together to the
houfe of
Pedro
de
Puelles,
and fent him up word, that Captain
Sala~ar
was come
to make him a vifit, and to attend him
co
Church
to
hear Maf.
Pedro de
P11eOu
took the vilit kindly from them, and defired them
to
walk up
into
his
cha.mber,
for
he was not as
yet
out of bed.
It
is
reported that four of
chem
enrred in, and
that
Rodrigo
de
Sal~ar
remained at the door,
to
fee firfl: how matters fucceeded
though fome
fay
he did goe
in ;
but
I
have heard the ftory related
often
in-
th~
manner before mentioned. Thefe four Villains killed
Pedro
de
Pue/Les
with their
Swords and Daggers, and then
with
Rodrigo
de
Sal~r
they ran out into
the Mar–
ket·place and dedared for the King,
to
wnich
all
the
City
inclined and concurred
with che greatefi cheerfulnefs
in
the World.
CH AP.
IX.
A Challenge
i5
fent to
Salazar
to fight
a Duell,
on
occajion
of the
Murther of
Ped o de Puelles. Di go d
C
n–
teno
fights with
Pedro
Maldonado,
and
enters into
Cozco.
R
odrigo de
Sa/az:,ar
and
his
Complices, having performed this Exploit, went
with all exped
itionto
join with
th~
Prefident
_Ga/ca,
and. happily
m~c
him
in
the
Valley
of
Sau.fa:where
he received
chem
with
all
the
kmdnefS
101ag1-
nable, and praifed them
highly
for their
I:oyalty
and Demonfirations of
~~e
giance
to
his Majefiy, which he took nonce
~f,
and !hould be rewarded
in
1cs
due feafon: but
Diego
de Vrhina,
w~o
":as a
,fnend
to
Pedro
de
Puelles,
C?nfidered
that the Difcovery he had made of his Fnend s fecrec was the caufe of his
unhap–
py
fate, and that
Rodrigo
de
Sala~m-
enjoyed all
ch~t
honpur and applau[e
whic~
was
jufrly
due to
his dead Friend : wherefore
bemg fenfibly
rouched m
confc1-
ence for the
faet,
he publifhed
in
all places the truth of the whole matter, and
of
the
loyal intentions of
Pedro
de
Puelle.r,
as before
related. He
alfo threw all
the infamy he could heap up againfi this
Sal~r
:
he declared that he was a falfe,
treacherous perfon, that he had betrayed the
Vic~·kin.g B~afco Nu!1ne~
'f'ela
,
and
revolted
co
Pi2arro,
and bad
followed
and
fide~ wit~
him m all his aCtions: tbac
he was acquainted and informed of the loyal mtentlons of
Pedro de
Puelles;
and
that to gain the glory
thereof
to himfelf,
he
had perpetrated that bloudy
Mur–
ther:
the
like he bad done by
Almagrothe
~ounger, w~ofe Servan~he
was, and yer
he betrayed and delivered him up. And with fuch
fauhlefs prachces
as thefe, he
had ever lived and
to
the iliame of the world
was
well efteemed , as the Proverb
~ys
,
who
is
p;ofperoiu
and ()"{)ercor,;e.r
,
is
alway
cfJ11'Jmended.
Wheref~re
upon che
whole maccer
Diego
d~
Vrbina
publickly
declared,
that he challenged him
co
a
6d~~l