879 / 1060
Boo~
VI.
.Royal Com1nentarie.r.
of
Gonfalo
Pi1arro,
and who had favoured that party which had been in Arms
againff che King: but the
rel~tioo
of chefe matters
is
more
fully
made by
Francifco
Lope~
de
Gomara,
Chap.
1
8
S..
m
chefe words :
The Prefident,
faid
he, went to
Apurima
twelve leagues difiant from
Co~co~
where he confulted with the ArchbHhop of
Los
Re;·e.r,
and his Secretary
Pero
Lope~
about the divifion of Lands, which were to be made and dj{hibuced amonglt fe–
veral
perfons,
to
the value of
a
million
and a half
of yearly
rent,
with
a
hundred
and fifty
thoufand
Ducats in Gold, which he had raifed from divers who were in
prefent poffeffion;
he
married
many
rich Widows to
foch as
had
well
fcrved
rhe
King. he iocreafed
rhe
Revenue and Efiate of others who were
already
poffefied
of
La~ds,
fo
that fome had
a
yearly Revenue made up ·to them
of a
hundred chou–
fand Ducats; which was an E!tate for a Prince,
if
the Inheritance
had
been
theirs~
but the Emperour would allow no other Efrate
but for
life :
but
he who
had che
grearefl: Eflate affigned to
him was
Hinojr(a.
•
.
Ga[ca
himfelf went to
Los Rf!}eJ
to
avoid
the
cornplamts, curf
es
and dammng of
the Souldiers, and perhaps for fear of wor(e : And to make publication of
the
Lands
allotted and divided, the Archbifhop
was
fenr to
Coz..co
~
and
co
cake rhofe
off to whom nothing was given, a fmooth Letter was wrote to ·nouril11 them
with
future hopes and expeCl:ations; but the furious Souldiers were neicher appea–
fed with the air of fmooch words, nor the gentle exhortation of the Archbifhop.
Some complained of
Gafca
for giving
them nothing; fome becaufe they had
le!S
alotted than
what was
expeeted; and och
,
caufe thofe who had diCferved
the
King had the greatefi proportion; fwearing
t
they would accufe him before the
Council of the
IndieJ :
of which number were the Marefchal
Alonfa
de
Alvarado
and
Melchior
de
Verdugo,
who afterwards drew up a formal accufation againfi him, and
prefented
it
co die
chief
Baron
of the Exchequer.
In
ll1orr, their whole difcourfe
tended
to
Mutiny and Sedition: the ArchbHhop and Judge
Cianca, Hinojofa,
Cen–
teno
and
Alvarado
were to be apprehended and imprifoned: and
a
Petition
was co
be made to the Prefident
Ga[cft,
chat
he would be pleafed once again to revife
the
allotments
that
were made,
and
to divide them into lefler parcels, or co
grant
Penfions
co
Cuch
as
wanted them ; and in cafe their expecrations were not
anf
we•
red, they then refolved co take them
by
force. Bue the Plot being difcovered
be·
fore
it
came to maturity,
Ci~nca
the Judge apprehended the chief Leaders,
and
punHhed them; wherewith the troubles were appea[ed. Thus
far
G<mJ1tra.
Some
Marriages
were 7llade up between
rich
Widows and
the
Pretenders.
The aOotments
affegned
to
P
dro de Hino.a.
jofa
and his
Companions.
T~
novelty
which thefe things
caufed amongft
themfelves.
T
HIS Authour makes a
lar~e
difcourfe concerning the Widows of thofe
times;
for we rnufi know, that m the late
Wars
many Husbands being killed who
ha~
great
Efrates in Land, and commands over
Indians,
their Efiates fell co their
Widows :
and lefr
there Women fhould
rna.rry
with cbofe who had been Rebels
to
the King, the Governour thought fit co make matches for them and to ap–
P?int
~hem
Husbands
with whom they fho!-lld marry ; many
of
whi~h
lived hap–
pily with them ; but others, who had the
ill
forcune to be joyned with old men,
were not
fo
well contented as
t~ey
had been with thofe they had lofi. The
Wife
of
A
lo11fo
de Toro,
who was Major-General to
Gon9alo Pifarro,
and had great Pof–
feffions,. was
rnarri~d
to
Pe~ro_
LopeZJ Cafalla,
Secrerary
to
the Prefident
Gaftar
The
Wife
of
1f1~rtm
de
Bujf~nc-ui,
who was the Daughter of
Huayna
Capac,
who
held t?e Efrate m her own nght, and not of her Husband, was matried co
a
good
Sould1er
and
a
v~ry ~oneft
man, called
Diego
11.etnandf~,
of
'"horn
it
was reportedi
but
falfly,
that m h1s
younger days
he
haa
bet!n a
Taylor~
which
b~ing
known
fJ