813 / 1060
BooK
V.
Royal Com1nentarie·
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refpeet and fidellcy to him
and follow the
ex~mple
?f
his Captains and _Gover-
nours in other places: and therefore that
Antomo
de Ribera,
horn he entirely lo–
ved both on the fcore of alliance and of pall: fervices which he had done to the
Marquis
Don Francifco Pifarro
his brother,
he
gave
him
fecrecly his confent to
make a furrender of the City;
that
thereby he might conferve himfelf and his
Niece
Donna Francifca Pif arr()
,
Daughter of the Marqui ,
\i
ho remained under
his Guardianfhip.
The
News
of
this Change
in
che
City
wa
Coon carried co
~en90
de
Aldana,
who was furprized with extraordinary joy co hear
it,
for he did not expeCl:
fo
fud–
den an alteration; and was riding at anchor at a good dHlance from the 01oar,
looking out with his Boat to rake up fuch as made their efcapes from the City,
co fecure which
he
ordered Captain
{ohn Alon/()
Pal<nnino
with
fifty
Souldiers to row
along the fhoar ; fu[peeting that
Gonfalo PifttYro
would return again to che
City
to
.
prevent Plots
vvbich
might be there conmviog againfi
him:
~nd
co have the bet–
teJ and more
f
peedy intelligence of che proceedings of
Pifarro,
he ordered twelve
of.
hofe perfon who had revolted to
him,
and ' ho hereby had given undeny–
abl~
proofS of their fidelity ;
to
be mounted on
Horfe-bacl~,
tp
fcout abroad and
travers all the ways and
roads
near the City. He alfo ga e Orders to Captain
[ohn
Y!Lan~1,
who was Commander of a
fmall
Frigate, co coafr along the lhoar of the
South-fea; and
~t
forne convenienc place to
land
a Friar and a Souldier; who
were co carry
Letters
and
Difpatches
from the
refidem direeted
to
aptain
Die-
go Centeno,
and feveral Letters to
particular
per
OS
then in company '
1
ith
Ds–
ego
C~fltcno,
and others
to
perfons
of
grea~
reputation
and efteem then e gaged
with
'/ohn
de
Acofta,
the Contents
of
which '
ere hiefly
to ·
form
them of the
State and Succe!fes of
the
Empire ; the which
weye difperfed
abr ad over all th@
Countrey by the
Indian1,
and by their means came
to
the
han
of
th
fc
co whom
t
ey
were
directed,
which
produced
many
ill
effecrs,
to
the
Ir
judi
e
d
de–
{truetion
of
Acojf
.:1,
as
will
appear
in
che fequel.
W
fhall no
couch upon forne
matters
particularly rel
dng
to
Loren10
Aldana,
w
o '
as a perfon with whom
I
was
acquainted.
For both ea and
Land
being
difturbed and mo ed with intefiine
troubl~,
Aldana
aeted,
and fent all I
dif–
p<ftches
and orders from aboard his Ship,
b~iog
unwilling co trufi himfelf afhoar;
for
(earl
(t
fome nreacberous
perfqn
t'.hould defign to kill him, and
fl~
to
Gonfafo
Pitarro;
for (as
Hifiorians report) there were people who
rev lted
to
Pi farro,
as
well
as
from him
to the
Jfiog ;
with which apprehenfions ·and
jealoufies
lie
re–
mair}~d
aboard
un~ill
he
received certain intelligence that
Gonfalo Pifarro
as
re–
mo ·
d
eighty lcti8ues ftotn th City of
Loi
RCJc.r,
and indeed by rliat time
this
Ne\' caple> he ' as
removed at the difiance of a hundred and
cen
leagues from
thence. And then, advepturing afhoar ·with all
his
Captains and ouldiers, he
wa received into the
City
ith
great
joy
:1
being met
by
all the Inhabitants,
which
though
few,
yet tne very Children came in to make up the number. The
Gh'1X
e of the h·ps was-
comm·
tted to che care
of
{ohn
Fern4nde~
the Sheriffof
the
Town,_
with
the
ufual
forma-lities
required in
fuch
cafes: And now
Aldana
be–
ing
ith his
mm
lodged
withih the
CitY:1
h~
endeavored
to
get all the Arm and
~mf!luni
ion
·ihm
his
hand ~ ;
bttt \
hilll
he\'
as bufie and intent on thefe matters,
a flJitpg
report came, that
Gopyalb
Pif
arro
was
rqmrning
again
towards
the
City ;
an~
(cliat.
h~
wa..s
not
above four leagues off,
and
thougn there could
be
no ground
tQ
rn.agine
fu<;h
a
rumour
to
be
true
or poffible ;
yet
fuch \
as
the
confiernation
thgtrrno man
had power to
confider the probability
of
rhe report ; buc every
on~
out ·
f
the
abundClllGe
of
his
fe.arfhifted for
himfe1£
Thofe \ ho were unprovide
of IlGrfes
fled o the
S~fide
tQ
fecute themfelve_within the Ship ; th fe who
had
Horfes
travelled
away ,
and
took
the
common
way
to
Trstxil/o-;
ot
r "ho
w~q~(nrvt poff~ed
With
fo
violent
Cl
fear,.
concealed tliemfelves
within
he
1e1-
ga~deps.
aQd
1ill~
f
ecret pla(:'es; and
10
this manner they, lay erdue
r hid ·en for
a hole
p1gbt1 ~~~ d~y,
untUl fuch rime a
s cei;tain
intell~en
e am
h
t
th
r. ...
p9rt
was fal[e..
1
nca
.then they
~u
returned
agq.into
th~
City
unle s u h \
o
ha
travelled away ..aJ!a farther
$f
fiau e.
J
•
~guftine~Gttrd/e
writes,
~h3 J..,orfmf~
de Aldana
came afho_a...r
upon
the oimh of
ep–
tembpr,
I
547.
~!
ere we
wdLl~ve
·fom for awhile,
to [peak
of
rohn
de
.di
YJ.ftlf, ,
lio
was now on h "lTIJrch towirds
, Cp~p
by way of the mountaihs
n
1
m·
t
1ree
hu~dre~
ouldieF
OJJder th
'r;omm'and
of
ij.
Major
General
a
~ ·
ndard-b
arer
~
and ocher Officers , as if
it
had
been a great· Army.
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