810 / 1060
Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
V.
ny good
ones in
his Stables, went out
of
his Tent with Sword and Cloak
1
-
and though he was a man
of
fixcy eight years
of
age, yet he
walked
lne
Y
;
night ,
until
he
came to certain
Cains
or Ofiers about three leagues
dilla a 1 fihat
the Sea, where the
Ships
were
at
Anchor,
and there
he
fecretly
abfcond~
fi?m
felf for that time : but then fearing that the day following he fhould be
fiud
and taken by them, or at leafi perifh there with thirll: and famine. he
ca~urfi
ue
thence, and
happily
met with an
Indian,
co
whom he re\
ealed
th~
great
n:
ffim
and danger he was
in.
The
poor
Indian
compaffionating his condition
(that
cN
1
o/
on
being generally of
a mercifull
nature )
conautted
him
to the
Sea
where on
:h
1
-
fl10ar he prefendy woave a float of Rufhes in the manner we hav'e
before defi
~
bed, and with which the
Indians
pafs over the Rivers;
and thereupon
bothcrif
them mounting, the
Indian
brought
him
fafe
to the Ships, though not without
gre~t
danger
of being drowned, efpecially
Diego Maldonado,
for when they came to the
Ships,
the
Ruilies
began
to
be all untied, and for
want of good tackle
and work
maniliip the Veffel
had
like to have mifcarried . And thus the good man
Die
•
Maldonado
efcaped, who was one of the firft Conquerours, and
whom I left
Uvuf~
~
Couo,
when I departed from
th~nce;
next day very early in che morning
Mar..
tin
de
Roble.r
went
co
the Tent of
Diego Maldonado,
to fee what operation
hiS
advi–
ces had worked in him:
and underfianding
that he was gone from
thence
the
night
b~fore,
he went immediately to
Pi9arro,
and feigning much concernment
for
his fervices, he
told
him ,
Sir ,
Maldonado
is
fled ; and fince it is vilible
how
your forces diminilh daily,
my
opinion
is,
that
you fuould
raife your
Camp
from
hence , and march cowards
Arequepa
;
and farther , to prevent Fugitives in their
intentions,
I
would
advife
you upon no pretence whatfoever co permit any perfon
to return co
the
Cicy. And as co my own Company, I am fecure enough of
chem
for
there
is
not one of them who demands leave to goe to the
Cicy,
but
giv~
good example unto others ; onely with your
perrniffion,
I would goe co the Ci–
ty
with
fome few of my Souldiers
in
w
horn I repofe the greatefi confidence,
~nd
whom I know to fiand in wane
of
feveral neceffaries, with which having provi..
ded themfelves in
my
prefence, I fhall then return with them : and with the fame
occauon I
will
make fearch for
Diego Maldonado,
who, as I hear, is fled to the
Monall:ery of St.
D omingo,
from whence
I
will
endeavour co bring him
co
you,
by
whofe exemplary puniilirnent men may for the future be afraid to fly, and
aban–
don your caufe and interefi.
Pi9arro
repofing great confidence
in
the
faithfuloelS
of
Martin de Roh/es,
who wa deeply engaged
with
him
in
all matcers ; for
ic was
he who
had
taken the Vice-king and profecured him
to
death, and
performed
o·
ther pieces of notorious fervice ; he gave him his permiffion with all readinefs to
goe to the City : hereupon
M artin
.de
Robles
in
the
firfi
place made bold
w
ich che
Horfes belonging co
Maldonado,
as the
coofi[cated
goods of a Traytor, and calling
thofo to him
of
his Company,
for
whom he
had
mofr kindnefs and in whom
he
·mofi confided, who
were about
thirty
in
all, he
immediately went
to
the
Cicy
of
Lo.1
Reyes
,
and thence took the direet road
to
Truxillo
,
publickly
declaring ,
that
they were going to the Prelidenr, and bad renounced
Pif arro,
who was a
Tyrant.
When rhis News came to the Camp no man would hardly believe it; thinking
it
impoffible for
Marti"
de Rohln,
who was a perfon fo deeply concerned with
Pi–
farro
in
all
matters,
·co
forfake
him at
the laft. But when the truth was confirmed,
it
was the
common
opinion,
that that very day che Camp would break up, and
every man fhift for himfelf, or that they would kill
Pifarro,
and make an end of
the difpute at one blow: but fuch was the gemleneiS and generoficy of
Pifarro's
difpoGcion, that
it
entred into no man's thoughts
to
perpecrace
fo
execrable a vil–
lany upon his perfon, all their defigns being onely co leave_and _revolt from him.
Howfoever
Pi
farro
put a good countenance
UJ?OD
all his
m~sfortunes?
preten–
ding
to
efieem lightly
of
thofe who
ha~
denyed.
him,
and faymg , that
~f
he had
onely
ten good friends, who would {hck by him, he lhould not defparr of ma–
king
a new Conqueft of all
Peru
as
Palentino
fays in the fixty fourth Chapter of
his Book.
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