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that
w'illingly
t?
wnic~
he
would
be
compelled by force; and that then the
would
rell:ore
him
to
his
command
as
formerly,
and
efteern him
for their CaptauI
and
would
write
word ro
Diego Centeno
that they
had
all devoted chemfelves to
his
Majefiy,s fervice. At length
LuctU Martin
complied, but by compulfion and not
wich a
good
will,
as he afterwards acknowledged.
.
In
AreqHeptt
the
Souldiers found
thirty
or
forty
choufand pieces ofEighr which
LuctU Martin
was fending
co
Pifarro,
which rhey took and divided amongft Dhem–
felves1
and then marched
to
Diego Centeno,
who gave chem a
very
kind
reception
and thanked
them
for rhe fervice
and
duty they had <hewn co his Majefty .
and
afterwards they all marched in a Body to the
CharcM
in purfuit of
Alon
yo
de
'Mon–
dofa,
wlio Was newly
gone
out
of that Province with three
hundred men
co
joyn
with
Gonfalo Pifarro.
When both Parries were come near
to
each other, General
Centeno
being deft–
rous not to put matters to the extremity
of
a
Batt~))
wrote
a Leccer
co
him,
per–
faading
him
to
put
up
and
forget
all
the ancient
grudges and enmities
which
had
happeh~
ifi
the
titne
of
Alonfa de Toro
and
Francifco
de
Carvajal,
and chat he lhould
now efpoufe his Majefly,s cau[e, and ahandon the intetefi of
Pif_arro,
who had re· .
nounced all allegiance to his Majefiy, and that
he
could not longer cominae
in
fuch a
ftate
of Rebellibn
without
incurring
the infamous name
of
a
Traicour
to
his
na-tural
King.
One of
the Prebendaries of the Cathedral Church
of
CotjCo
was
eifpacched
upon this Meffige; he was
a
School-maller, but
Pedro
Gonyalu
de
Cit–
rate
had
taken
him from
thence
to
be an infirumem: of this
happy
agreement;
fot
indeed
he
was a man of
authority
and
prudence, and one
fit
for
any
employ ..
ment.
·
In
the
mean
time, whilft this School-mafier
was
thus employed, and
treating
with
Alrmfo
de
Mendo2a,
endeavouring
to reduce
him
to his
ducy
t-0w~ds
his
Ma–
jefiy,
which he found
to
be
a
difficult
task, becaufe
he
thought it
difhonourable
to
renmmce
Pif_arro :
General
~nteno
received Letters from
the
Prefidenr,
where–
in he informed
him,
how his
Majefl:y
had
given
him the Government-Of that Em–
pire, that
the late Ordihances were repealed
and made
null,
and
rbat
a general Par..
don
was granted for all crimes
and.f~ults alre~dy• commicced.
The
wnich
Ad~ke
he
difpatched
away
with
all expedmon to
his
Agent the School-mailer, ordering
him
to
make ufe thereof for inducements h€rewith to
perfuade
Alonfo
de
MendOfa,
believing
that rhofe arguments would be moll: prevalent with him, though he
had
been much more obfi:inate than
he was.
The matter operated and fucceeded ac–
cording to
defite;
for
fo
foon as
Mmdofa
faw rhe Letters and
che
news he
altered
his niind, and
refolV'ed
to
declare for his Majelly; oneJy he
made r?bis condition,
that
in
cafe
he
joyned
with
Diego Centeno,
he
would cotnmand
his
own
Forces and
remain
chief
Captain
of
rbem,
as he had
formerly
been : his Souldiers were three
hundred
in
number,
all
choke
men, well anned
and
well
mounted.
Diego
cen...
teno
atfented
to
the
condition,
not being willing
to
break off for the inconvenience
of
two
Generals cotnmanding one
Army
of
the
fatne Nation ;
fo
chat
both Par–
ties
met
and
joyned
Witb
all
~he
rejoycing and triumph
imaginable.
And now
(as
Garate
t~s)
they finding themfelv:es a thoufand men thong, refolved to.
attack
Gonfalo Pifarro,
and
in
their way
to
feife upon a certain advantageous Pa6,
and to proceed no
farther
for
want
of provifion,
.but there ro expeet him.
And
at this
Pafs
we
will l@a'Ve
chem,
being
near
Huarina,
where
that bloudy
Battel
was afterwards fought, and return
to
the
Prefidenc
Ga[ca,
whom we
left
in
his
Voyage, failing on the fouth Sea.
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