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Commentaries.
BooK
V.
fent him_;
in
the publication whereof the fuccefs of his negotiation
confifl
d.
there bemg no other means wnereby the Inhabitants and Souldiers could come
'
the knowledge of his Majefiy's gratious Pardon for all crimes and faulrs al e
do
committed,
~nd
of the
~epeal
of the lar_e Ordinan es, than by
there
Paper~e~n~
Letter~__;
to d1fperfe
wh1~h.
he
tre a ~
d with
Fernandez..,
a~d
obrained his promife
ro be mfrrurnemal therem . to vv hKh purpofe two Copies
ere dra \ 'n both
f
of the Pardon and of the Repeal of the Ordinance , as alfo of the Letters wh· oh
were wrote to particular perfons; all which were delivered into rhe hands of
~c
nandez:,,
and he fafely returned a!hoar. So foon as he was landed, he wem
directly~
Pifarro,
and taking him apart from the company, he told
him
fecretly
that
Aldana
had made him great pr?mifes,
i?
cafe he\.'\ ould difperfe amongfi the'people chafe
Papers and Letters
wh1c~ cont~med
the pardon
~nd
revocation of the late Laws:
and to amufe_
Aldana
\
·Hh vam h_?pes, I
gav~
him ( faid he ) my promife fo co
doe, and received the Paper , which I here faHhfully d }iver into your hand: for
fince you have been µleafed ro entruft me \ ith your perfon, your fafety and
your efiate, having had fo great a confidence in me as to advencure me for
~
Ho–
fiage amongfi your Enemies ; I refolve to be fairhfull and true to you, and with
my other vertues
to
bequeath that of faithfulnefs and truth co my pofrerity
:
be-
·
fides thefe he uttered many other flattering expreffions wherewith to delude
Pif_arro
and fettle him in an affured confidence of his integrity and realiry towards
him
Gf>rtf alo Pifarro
who was naturally
in
himfelf of a frank and noble difpofirion
be:
lieved e ery word that
Fernandez..
had told him ; and taking the Papers from him
repofed an entire confidence in all his aetions and dealings: upon which
Fernande~
gained an opportunity with better fecuriry to publifh and difperfe his Papers.
thofe which vl\·ere for particular friends , in whom he could confide, he delivered
with his O\\'n hand, and the others he threw in at Windows and put under Doors;
fo
that the Contents thereof were foon known and divulged over aJJ rhe Town
which had the effeet and iffue for which they were defigned, as we fhaJl
hereafre:
fee jn the fequel of thefe matters.
For no fooner was the fubll:ance of thefe Papers publifhed, with a particular
claufe, That whofoever
\.Yas
defirous tQ gain the benefit of his Majefi:y's gratious
Declaration, and efcape to che Ships, fhould find Boats ready in the River co re–
ceive them and carry them on board, but great Dillurbance arofe in che minds
of the people ; for no man knew \ ·horn he could trufi, every one grmving jealous
and
fufl
icious each of other: and indeed there was jufi caufe for
it,
becaufe
rhofe who had entred into the mofi
foltmo
ngagements were the firfl: who broke
them and fled
to
the Enemy. And though the Camp was pitched at fame di–
ftance in the fields, and Orders given out for the Army
to
march by way of rhe
plains; yet feveral principal perfons having obtained licence
to
goe to the Town,
under colour of making provHion of neceffaries for their mare , returned not a–
gain
to
the Camp, as they had promifed
to
Pifarro,
but renouncing
his
caufe and
incerell:, marched away
to
Truxillo.
The mo!t confiderable of thefe perfons were
Vaflo de Guevara, Martin de Menefes, NicholtU de Ribera, Hernan Bravo
de
Laguna,
Diego de Efto6ar, Francifco de Barlovento, Diego Tmoco, Francifco de AmpHero
,
Alonfa
Ramires de Sofa,
all which had Poffeffions of Lands and Efiates
in
Lo1 R9e1
and
Coz.co;and befides them, feveral private Souldiers quieted che Service. Of which
Pifarro
having received intelligence by the Out-guards, he immediately ordered
Captain
de la T orre
.with twenty Mufquetiers to goe in purfuit of them and kill
chem in cafe they refufed
to
return. Accordingly Captain
de la
Tor;e
followed
chem abouc eight leagues, and not overtaking them, he turned back , and in his
way met with
Hernan Bravo,
v.·ho had
f
r orne time abfconded himfeJf in a Kinf–
man's h ufe in
Los Reyes,
''here fearilig
to
be <life
ered, and conlidering the
trouble he
fh
uld the ·eby bring upon hi friend , he refolved ro adventure abroad
and
ti
llow the refi of his Companions, but being unh ' ppily met by Captain
de
la Torre,
he was brought back and delivered to
Francifco de Carvajal,
to be hanged
for a Runagate.
.
.
.
.
.
But it happened that a certain Lady of Quality, named
Ynes Bravo
Wife of
Nicho!M de Ribera
who \ ·as one of thofe lately revolted, was informed that
Hernan
Bravo,
\vho
\''a
her Cofin german, wa taken, and would cerrainly be executed;
fhe with her own mother fp edily went
to
Pifarro's
em; and .though fhe
l-\
as
confcious
to
her felf of having perfuaded both lier Husband and Km[man
to
make
their efcapes · yec being affured of the generous and mercifull nature of
Pifarro
,
'
lhe