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Royal

Commentaries.

people of the

CharcM

foUowing the example thereof, had killed the Mar!hal

Alvarado.

But

foon as the Cities of

Huamanca

and

Arequepa

were rightly infor:

med, that this Infurreltion at

Coz..co

was not raifed by the Corporation, or by and

with the confent and counfel of the whole City,

but

by the contrivance of

fmgle

perfon,

who being confcious of his pall Crimes, had raifed this mutiny to

fecure himfelf from the

punHh •

nt; and how few, and of

what

mean condition

the Confpiratours were ; they a tered their refolutions and opfoions, and with

joym confent prepared themfelves to ferve his Majefiy as others had done

iii

CoZ;:.co,

namely

Garf ilaffe de la Pega, A ntonio de

~innones,

Diego de

!01

R ios, Geronimo Co/Ii/la

and

Garci Sanchez:.

Figueroa,

my Father's elder Brother, who, though he had no

Efiate given him, was yet an old Souldier, and one who well deferved of the Coun–

trey :

thefe five Gentlemen efcaped om of

Co~co

on the fame night of the Rebel–

lion

the others which we !hall name, fled, three, four, or five nights afterwards}

o'pportuniry prefented :

Bafco

Guevara

a Citizen, and the two

Efcha!antu,

his

Kinfmen, efcaped the fecond night.

Alou{o

Htnojofa,

and

'fohn

Pancorvo,

fled the fourth night; and

Alonfo

Mefa

the

fiTth

night, having fiayed to conceal

and fecure

his

Silver,

whiLh

the Rebels afterwards difcovered and converted to

their own ufe, as we fhall relate hereafter. My Mafier

Garfilaf{o

and his Com–

panions,

proceeding on their journey, met with

Pero

Lope~

de Cafalla

about nine

leagnes

diftant from the City, where he lived

upon

his own Efiace, of whom

have made mention

the Ninth Book of the

Fir.ft

Part 9f this Hifiory Chap.

~6.

and

with

him

\\·as

his tirother

Sehaftian de Cajfi

lla; w

ho being informed how mat–

ters had paifed at

Co~co,

they refolved co accompany thefe ocher Gentlemen for

the fervice of his Majefiy : The Wife of

Pe-l"o de

Lope~,

called

Donna Francifca de

Cunniga.,

was of noble defcenr, very handfome, vertuous and di(creer, was umvil–

ling to

be left behind, but defirous to accompany

er Husband in that journey :

And

though fhe

was

a tender Woman, and of

weak confiitution of Body, yet

fue adventured

ride alone with a Side-Caddle on a Mule; and pafied all the

bad ways, endured all the fatigues, and held out as well as any one

the com–

pany.

And

every night, when they came to their Lodging, ilie cook care co pro–

vide Supper and Break-fall: next morning, with help of the

Indians,

and direeted

the

·Jnt/jan

otnen

what manner to drefs the ViCluals: all which

helve heard

' thofe who kept her company, difcourfe concerning this famous Lady.

Thefe Gentlemen proceeding on their jour11ey, and being come to

Curapampa

about

cwenry

leagues from the City,

th~

met

Hernan

Br1tvo

Laguna,

and

Ga-

fparo

Sotelo

Citizen thereof, who had fame Lands and

Jndian.t

vaffalage

thofe

parts;

to whom having given a report of what had paffed at

Coz..co,

they

refolved to accompany with them, as did many other Planters and Souldiers,

whom they met on the way, untill they came to

Huamanca;

the Inhabitants of

·hich

City did

wonder much

fee

many principal

p€rfons

and men of quali–

there; whofe prefence confirmed them in their

fi rfl

refolution co ferve his

Ma–

jcll:y-

union ' ith perfonages of

much honour as thefe; fo as many

could

go at

th:it

rime went, and were followed by others, as their conveniences ferved.

But to

look a

little backwards, \Ve forgot to fay, that when

Maller

G1trf i–

laj[o

and

his

Companions paifed the Bridge at

Apurimac,

they confidered chat many

people our of

c~o

and other parts, were likely to follow them in fervice of his

Majefty, and therefore

would not be

fit

to hinder their paifage by burning the

Bridge,

for that were co deliver chem into the hands of the Rebels: wherefore

they agreed

order two men

remain for Guards at the Bridge, and

fuffer

all

perfons

pa~

who <hould come thither within the fpace of five or

fix

days,

and

then

to fet fire t

it ;

whereby they iliould travel more fecurely and free of

fear from

purfuits

of the enemy : which was accordingly performed,

that tbofe

who

came

within the [pace of thofe days found a paifage contrary co

ex~etation,

·for they feared much that they {hould find the Bridge burnt by the

firfr

who

paifed. Other C itizens of

Co~co

went to

Los

R~e.r

by other Roads; for

hap-

pened that many of them at that feafon of the year were at their H oufes and Plan–

tations with their

l ndian1,

namely,

[ohn 'fulio de HriJed.-i, Pedro de

Orue,

M anin

Arbicto,

Rodrigo

de Efquivel ;

all which palling by the Plantation of

D on Pedro de

Cabrera

took him with them, and travelled all together to

Loi R eyes.

C HAP.