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V.
Royal
Commentarier.
XIV.
Licenciado Carvajal;
Graviel de Rojas,
a'!-d feveral other
.
Citi~ns
and
Souldiers of
note
JlJ
from
P1~arro.
B
UT
tbefe
frequent revolts did not end
with
the Right of
Martin
de
Ro'1ler,
but rather a general defecnon was feared ; for the night following
Lope Mar–
tin
Prert:Jra
of the
Port11gal
Nacion made his efcape : he was one of the firll: Con–
querours, and one with whom I was well acquainted : whereupon
Gonr_alo
Pifarro,
to
prevent other
efca~,
at leaft on
that
fide of the
City,
he orderea
Licenci11do
Carvajal
with a party of Horfe to
~ard
that part, and not to fuffer any perfon
to
pafs that way. One would have thought tnat
this
Ctrn1ajal
had given fufficient
aff
urances and
pledges of his Fidelity, diat
his
faithfulnefs to the caufe ought not
to be fufpetted ; and yet for all this he fled away and revolted, and by his example
opened a door for every man to efcspe away and
be
gone ; for he was followed
by all
his
Troop
of Horfe, as alfo by
Pedro
S11are~
de
Efcobedo, Francifao
de
Efcohedo
and
?eronimo Efco/Jedo,
who were his Kinfmen, and all took the great Road to
Tr11-
»illo;
thefe alfo were accompanied with
LicetJci/tdo Polo, Marcos
th
Ret-amOfO
an
En–
fign of good efieem,
Franclflo
~
Mir11naa
and
Hernando
de
T/argM,
With
many Soul–
diers of chief renown. The Aight of thefe perfons could not be
fo
conc€aled but
that
it
was quickly made known to the next Qy_arter, from whence
Graviel
de
Ro–
jM
followed the fame example, who was the perfon on whom
Pir.arro
had not
long before conferred the honour of carrying the Standard, which he had taken
from
Don Antonio tie Jli/Jera,
whom he had feft in
Los Rey_es
to govern the
City,
be–
caufe he was a perfon of great abilities, and related co him by kindred, and enga–
ged with him as deeply as any
ia
all his---defigns.
Graviel
de
RojM
was followed
by
many others, amongft whom
re his two Kinfmen
Graviel
Perm11de:G
and
Gome~
Je
Roja1,
both Perfons of Qnalicy: the flight of thefe Officers was not prefendy
known abroad; becaufe the Quarters of
Licenciado Carvajal
were
in
the Out-guards,
which
Gonf
alo
Pifarro
and
his
Souldiers efteemed to be well fecured by them, and
repofed all confidence imagipable in their fidelicy : but
(o
foon as
it
was divulged,
ir caufed great no1fe and rumour in the
Camp;
and
Pifdrro
himfelf was particu–
larly
concerned for
Licenciadp Carvajal,
and was grieved that he of all rhe men
in the world iliould forfake him : and conhdering tvhac could be the caufe of his
difcontent or difguCl: , he
Was forry
that he had not married him to
Donntt
Frdnci–
faa
Pif
arro
his CQfin-german', fuppofin
g that ifhe had
fo
d6ne,,
he had .obliged him
by perpetual
~nds
of alliance ; and
again.hefanfied that he mufi
have been
dif.
obliged, becattfe having nominated hitn
tei
have
comman~d
fome
fgfc.es,he had
afterwards·
p\Jl:
'fohn de
Acbfttt--dve'r
his
h'eae :
of all whkh he complaine..d
toFra~~i
ft0-
Carvajal,
&is
Lieurena~
6etletal, blaming him for
~ving
him the
i1l
cgunfel
whitk hac:f' difulM!ged his
~~fman:
tQ
whieh
Car1}(lj11!
made
anlwer,
that
nnc-e
the
Licencilfd,µ
Sad beel'l
fo4xMli
and dariogras.
to
forfak~
an&
al5alO'don
his caute
even
in
h~ pre(tn~e,
and
was
fo
refolveau'pon
it!
as
t-0
a~~n'lre
his life
in
the
Alt.;
ir
w'1S
~ft'et
to
be
r·
6f
frm
th'a1l
ro
et\terrai~
t.Jihl-
in his
fervi€e,
fmGe
he
~ig~~
ha\le
~a\:r~ed
three )lun
ed
1
m~n ~ ~.y
w1rh•
him ,
in
cMe he bad employed
him m the pltte'o[
Acopa..
In
1
tl\e
lIB:e
1\bci~rjer
(
fa1d
he) (ach men as tl1efe tur–
ned to
your
fM-e
ancl
partY, a a
time whefi
ilieir
ocGa~ns
t'e<iuired
your
affiftence–
to
hel.P
them to
their
EC¥ates ,
an·dl
to
co't\~r'Ve
their
Liye5
' and
Honours;
and at
t~at
tune
tb'ey
denyed
and
renouAced
t:he
Emperoar ,
~hey
perferot{!d'
his Vice–
kmg
ro the
deacl;i:
and l\ow the t!ide
being
tllrned,
d'iey
deny,
and
fcdt ·ydu
and
en~ely
abandt>n yeu
~
and,
wny?
for·
no
other
caufe
certainly, tha
chat
they
thtl'lk
they
hatve no farther neecl of
y:ca ;
their Efiates
an~
Lives·
being now feca–
red
t <Y
them :- t\Jch men as chefe , both here' andr
in
aM' 0tner
parrs of the- World ,
adere no ott\er-
Gon
rhan
tfie
Idol
of
d)eir
owa
inr~teft:
and
having
paid
you-
like .
m~'n
of
that
fhttf\p',
tl\eir 'deferr6
will
be
ree-0m~nfed
co
them
in
their
ow.a
coin.
. _rhis
was the
filying
of
the
~i~tenant
Ger\eral , aritf he
pto-Ved
a true
Prophet
an
~t
;
for I
fa ·
inan.y
of
efi'ete
tHings
verifiea
in
my
time
;c
for
none of
t'Jiefe
peo.
.
H h h h h
z
ple,
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