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V.
Royal
Commentariei~
ing
the
perfon defigned
to
bring people from
Per~ :
Paldivia
remained
in
t~e
City
of
Santiago:
And when all people were m a readmefs and prepared for therr
Voy–
age he came pri\ arely out
in
the night, jufi at rhe time
hen all people were em–
barked and were at the mouth of the harbour.
Pedro
de
"f!'ttldivia
over-taking thelT\
there, 'cau!ed great fiore of Meat robe dre!fed, and i_nvited
the~ ~11
ailioar
to
dinner
co
the number
of
about twenty perfons ; all
w
h1ch
came w1llmgly ro re-:
ceive che favour of
his
invitation:
fo
(oon as the dinner was do
ne, and the table
taken away , he eame!lly recommended
Francifco
de
"f/illagra
to
th.em(whom he
efieeme as his
m~n
Son) and deGred them, that fince he went
with
them
on the
fame defigo,
co
bring people
to
inhabit and iocreafe their Counrrey;
they
would
lend
Yillag>·a
ome Gold in cafe his occafions fhould require it, the tvhich every
one promi ed
to
doe with great readinefs. After which
Paldivia
walked
our
of
the Arbour where chey fate, and as if he intended
to
look cowards the Sea ; he on
a fudden
lea~d
into a Boat , and rowed aboard a Ship,
where
he feized on
all
the
Gold which imported above eighty thoufand pieces of eight ; howfoever he
noted che quantity and paffed to every man,s credit the furns which concerned him.
Jhe perfons he took
with
him for his companions were
'feronimo
de Alderete, G1t–
fp11r
de
Pillaroel,
[ohn
de
Cepeda,
Captain
{ofre,
Lewi& de
Toledo,
Don
Antonio
B~ltran,
Diego Garcio
de
Corceres, Vincentio
de
Monte,
and
Diego
Oro
hiS
Secretary
!
Before
whom he declared chat he went
to
ferve his Majefiy againfi the Rebels under
the
' command of
Pi911rro.
And
leaving
thofe~
ailioar
to
whom the Gold belo11gea,
he
appointed
Franci/co
Jl~
Vulagra
to be his deputy
Governour,
and therewith imme–
diately fee
fail
Being arrived
in
Peru,
they received intelligence that the Prefi–
dent was on his march towards
Co:t-co;
whereupon they made the bell: of cheir
way
to
Lima;
where having fupplied chemfelves with all things necelfary, they
went co
.Andiguayltu,
where they underftood that all the Army was quarrered and
remained
untill the rains were pafs'd , and the Summer feafon entred , which
was
fit
for action. Thus far
Diego
Fernande~
P1tlentino,
tvlio
wrote this particular
Act agreeable to the many Tricks which are now
ptaltifed
in
the World;
and
to which the Devil
gives
colour and reputation under
the
guife and appearance of
Reafon of State.
.
The coming of
Pedro
de
Paldivia
with the Cptains and
Souldiers
with him;
who were
~fons
of Noble Families, did much encourage and give life to the
Souldiers of
Centeno,
whofe fpirits were becotne
low
and
1
Cfrooping by reafon of
the lace Defeat ;
fo
chat there was great joy and triumph Qvet the wliole Camp·,,,
which
they
ce(l:ified
by
their
f
port5
of Running at the Ring and other Pafiimes
Of
rhat kind. But Sp-orts and
Mirth
have rhe fame operation as Mufick hath on the
fpirits
of men, for thofe who are merry,
it
rejoices; and thdfe that are fad,
it
makes more melancholy. The Prefidenc with all his
Army
made his Winter
quarters in
Antah11aylla;
the Winter was very fevere by reafon of the continual
Rains which rotted the Tents; and the commoh Soilldiers by reafon of their bad
lodging, and unaccuA:omed to the climate,
fell
fick and infirm ; but fuch was
the
care of the Prefident, that
he
provided
an
Hofpital for them ; the chief Chirurge–
on and Phyfician of which being Father
Francifco de la
Rocha,
born at
Badajoz..,
a Fri.:
ar of the Order of the Holy Trinity, very
few
died or mifcartied.
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