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felf it
felf
in a piece of cruelty atted at
ColGco,
upon a noble Lady belon · -
AreqH.epa,
whom he ftrangled
in_Couo:
for
!he,
~ke
a
Woman, afi:er
the
Bi~~ ~f
Hitartn~,
vented
ma~y oppro~nous
f
peeches agamft
Pifttrro
;
faying, that the
ti
would come when
his
ryranmes would have their end,_ like thofe of more
pow~~
full
~overnmems, ~uch
as the
Greek!
and
Romam,
which were all brought to
de–
firuchon : and fo violently would fhe exprefs her
felf
without any difcretion
~
or
~it,
chat
Cf!rvajal
caufed her
to
be
ftrangled, and afterwards
hanged
out
tar
vy
mdow lookmg
to the Street.
a a
CH AP.
XX
VIII.
.
The
lnJprifon111enl
and
Death
of
P
dro
de
Bu£bnci~.
Cap–
tains are
chofen
and
111ade
hy
the Prefident.
Of his de–
parture
froni
Saufa
and arrival at
Antahuaylla.
I
N
revenge of this munher
it
feems
as
if
God
had
fuffered another of the
like
nature to be committed about that time in the Royal Army,
that
fo
Francifco
d Carvaj"1
might not have caufe without fome
crofs
accident to pleafe himfelf
h1
fe
detefiable
an
atl:ion
as
the murther of
a
fimple Woman :
Go11falo
Pifarro
was
greatly troubled at
ir,
and expreffed his refentments of
it
in
fecret to certain
Friends,
rhough he
did
not make known fo much of his mind
to
Carvajal,
ho
was well
acquainted with the tender heart of
Pifarro,
and knew that he would have pre–
vented him in che execution of his
ill
defign,
in
cafe he had been acquainted
with
his
imended cruelty ; and for that reafon he privately firangled
her
in his
Cham–
ber, and
afterwards hanged
her
out at the Window. Now
in
return of this
mur–
ther
another followed by the death of
Pedro Bu.ftincia,
who being fent to
make
provHions for the
Army
in
Antah11aylla
and the pares thereabouts, as hath been
mentioned before ;
Alonfa MercadiUo
and
Lope Lv.lartin>
""ho were two Captains
of
the contrary party, and fent upon the fame deligo, having notice thereof, refolved
to
beat up
Buftincia's
Q.9.arcers in the nighr, and take him, if
it
were poffible, by
' horn rhey might be certainly informed of the condition and fiate of the
Enemy.
Lope Martin
fo
well managed his bufinefs, that though he was inferiour
in
number
to
Pedro B11ftinet'a,
yet he
fo
furprifed him in the
night,
that he cook
him
prifoner:
to
which
action
twelve of
Centeno's
Souldiers contributed very much ; for
though
they promifed to joyn with
Pifarro
yet their hearts failed them when chey
came
to
fight in his caufe, for they being pleafed wirh any
ill
fuccefs wh: h could befall
him,
made no relifiance;
Co
that
Lope Martin
took
Buftinci.a
afld
all his men,
of
hich they killed three; one of which being of
Pifarro'
ouldiers to (hew him–
felf more brave than the refi, dyed
in
the conflicr, though there was very little or
no oppofition; the ocher two, who were
Leva.ntineJ,
(or people of the
Eafiern
Countries, called the
Levant)
availing themfelves much on th
ir
bravery, boafted
that
they had killed cen men at the Battel of
Huarina,
by which vain words they
bwught death upon themfefves;
for
it
was believed chat they were not
men of
fuch gallantry,
but
fome of thofe who had been taken lately or"
ound~d.
LoN
Martin
fee the twelve Souldiers of
Centeno
at
liberty,
but
Pip 1rro's
men
with
Blljl_in·
cia
he carried away prifoners, being greatly pleafed and proud of fo,good a prize.
The Prefident received
Martin
very kindly, and by means of
Ce;'(eno
s men he be...
came informed of rhe
true
llate
and condition of
Piyarro's
~my,
as far
a~
he
could defire co know.
Pedro de
Bu.ftincia
was
not contented
qu~etly
t<? re_ma1!1
a
prifoner
in
the hands of che Prefidenr, but he mull: needs be ta!king,
thmkm~
it
a
piece of
gallantry
amidfi
his
Enemies, to praife the great attions and expl?1ts
of
Pif_arro,
and extoll them to the skies; which
he
fo
boldly
a~eted
that
he mcur–
reo the fame fate with
ZJonna
Maria
Calderon,
as before mentioned; for as there
was
the fame fimilicude in their indifcreet and paffionate words,
fo
ic
was
thought
fit
that
they iliould be equalled
in
the punilhment,
and
accordingly he
was
ftran·
g_led,
and
his
B0dy
publickly expofed,
·
Pedro