812 / 1060
7
8.
..
Royal
Commentaries.
Boo V.
le, at lea
fl
very few of
them ,
died in their beds , but
were
afterwards k·II d .
thofe infurrell:ions
~hich fucce~de~ thef~
troubles. The whole party
of~; a~n
began now
co
defpair and
to
faint m their courages
by
this defection of
c
f
~
and
fo
many erfons of
nqre : for
finca fuch
a
Gentleman as
he was
fo
dee;tv"
111
gaged in this caufe, having cut off the
head
of the
ice-king
and \
ho
ha~
en–
ven
other evidences
of his zeal for it, had revolted·and fled
'v
hat
could
be ·
gd–
ged
of
the
affeetions of
ethers_
who
had
neither
the
guilt
no;
thofe
engagem!~r
upon
chem ?
for
rhe
day
followmg,
when the Anpy was on
their
march
as
man
as could privately convey themfelves away made
their
efcape · and at
length
th~
d~feltion
became
ge~eral,
and Souldiers openly and in the
fight
f
p jfarro
and
his Camp turned their
Colour~
ancl tna
ched
away: amongfi
i\
hich, rwo H r _
men
f
aood
reF'utation , narned
Pedro Vill;ulan
and
{ohn Lope:G,
declared
openly
for
his
ajefl:y, and that
Gonfal~
Pifarro
might be confounded, '\ ho was a raytot
and a Tyrant:
thefe were .qµ1ckly
follo ed
by two,mhersj called
Franclf.coGui/t,
1 _
d
and
{ohn
Pae;;.
de
Sor~ano:
Pifarro
.illtended to have
fem
afcer
th
~m, huehe
h~d
none \
hom
be could
cruft
or be
a!fu~ed
.that
the~
oqkf
not htve born them
companj' in thew defign of revolt : Wherefore 'he haftned hi
march
as
fall:
a 1e
c-0uld
. t~
AreqHepa
by
way
of
the
Plains, and yet {Ilany of
his
Infantry
£ r
ok
him, leaving their Mufquets behind them
~
with whjch they fupµofed the
Picar–
r ijfJ
would be contented and not pur,fue them.
Io fine
a
Aag14fine
C;trate
faith
in
the
fixrh
Book,
Chapter the
fevenceenth '.)
fo
m~ny
had
left
him
that
his whole
nmn;her .
.!1$
reduced
to
two hundred
mefl,, as
appeared at the Mufrer taken in
che
Provine~ _
o(
Na11afca,
wbich is. not abov.a
fo~ty
leagQet>
from
Los
R~'(Js.
FrRncifco
dt!
Carva1al'
who
was an ·expenenc
a
Cgptam '
got
all
the
An s
of
the
Fugiti\
es
together
~Q~ending
to
~rn
o_ther So
1~9;$ w~ch t~ru,
.in
cafe any would come
in
to their Party.
'
I'
f
•
The
,(ij
ry
f{
Lo Reyes ·
d~ildre
for
hu~ajeflJ
,4
,411d
Jet
up
'
J
Id
Sfandard·t
~ Loren~o'
.cde A
~:a
c9n1e-s
1afhoar :
A
gre4t
C
011fufion:
and Dijtu-!,bt;tnce
zTz.
!.os
R
yes~
:.
.
.
N
~
·
d
the
ill
fonu
e
of
I'i~arfo
fl:9p
here
'")f
h .
the
geqer9J
revolc
of
his
· ro~
1
\
hich \
a~
now
reducecl from a
thou{and unco
t
o
bundr~d
men
:
bur
all
-tl.iings
urning
c
ntrtrry ;
thofe
fgrces
which
~e
,}eft
in
tQ~
c·
ty
of
Los
Rey·
e.s
for
t
e guard and defence of
it,
and .
in
whom
be
confided
a
h·
~ft
and moll:
faithfoll friend
:!
who wen:: obli&ed co
him
on the fcor.e of_
alliance
a .d many other
argument ~
did
now
renounce
him
and
p~clared
for
tge
King :
for
Ptfarro
had
not
gone above ,two
days-,II)arch on
his
way co
Ar~f111epa,
and
no~
' (Jbove fifteen
leagues
dHl:.ant
from c,he City, when
Don
Antonio
({c
Ribera,
whom
Pif ttrro
had
made.
Governour
f
the
Ctty, joining...
vith the uJHces
M11rtin
Piplrro
and
A 11-
t onio
de
Leon
and other
Inhabitants,
who upon
pre~e}lce
of
fickne~
9f
infirmities
of old
age., bad
obtained licence from
GonfafQ
Piyttyto.
remain b,ebind,
(~o
"'hom
they refigned up
their Arms and
Hodes)
fpreaa
th
tandard
of
~be
C1cy,
and
let
fly the C
lour
in ,
tbe
open
Mar~et-place
, and
arberin.g
h'!t
o
le
they
could
d~clared
for his
Maj~!l:y, publifi}i~g
by
ut-q~
the
general
a.rclon, and the
revo~auon
of
the
late Orqmances as del1vered
by
the Prefidenr..
-
.
Palentino
r lacing this
~)fage,
fays,
chat it wa done
by
ord r
,Go»fttlo
Ptfttrro,
and tbaf he bad left inftruetions \
ith his Governollr
fo
to
doe;
ili~c
thofe
ho
had forfal{en his Party
migbt
not gain the honour they pretend
d
unt and
e
pe -
ted by
th~ir
revolt: and
yet
Palentino
contradilts himfelf again io
it1~nd~
ay ,
thac
it
was
not to be believed, and that
it
was onely a
r~port
of
fom
d1Wle
ed
.
r–
fons ;
thoJ.mhin truth
Pifarro
did leave uch infirut!i
IlS
.
ith
D op
A»t~nio
de
R161-
ra
;
or his fake onely,
toat
he might
fave himfelf, and gain fa our
·1th
che
Ph–
fident
~11fca:
for
Pif..rro
was
well
affure~
that
fC
~Pas
.h
\
~
ur
of fight e
iliou1d be
out of
mind ,
~ad
that after.
is
depanur"•~
icy
w
uld
chro
offalJ
·
relpe