4000003870

954

•

Royal Co111rnentaries.

BOOK

V~I.

of the Tribute

w~ich th~y

owed to

a~ers.,

and of other things, whic

amounted to an mcred1ble furn,· a

P;:clentmo

Ch:ip.

49. declare ,

·[.

words,

Amonio

arri~lo

took

the

Colle~ors

of the .Moni s belonging to Men

who had

Efl:a~es

m tha

C~rnntry., .

wnh all the Cac1ques, and kept them Prifo–

ners, threatn10g

th.em

with

Pumiliment

and Death, unlefs

they

delivered

the

Mo~eys

and

Tr_ibuc

es belon&ing .to their Mafters; from whcm, and from

many Pits where Silver

was buned

the

Monaftery

of St.

Francis,

and other

parts within the

City

and without,

~hey robb~d

in .the fpace of five

days

above

t-he value of five hundred thoufand pieces of

Eight

rn Gold and Silver befides

Wine and other

things,

&c.

Thus far this Author.

All

which was effetl:ed

the _Directions and Contrivance of

Francifco

Eolo–

nam,

who was well acquatnted

ith

all

the

fecret

concealments

thofe

things;

and this

Plunder

and

Robbery

had proceeded farther., had not the difcoverer

thereof,

the checks of his own Confcience, and

the perfwafion of

'john

Baz..quez..

Goveroour of

ChucHirn,

been inftrurnental to reftore

all

the Plunder

back again to the true Proprietors:

for

he and other Comrades of his

killed

poor

Antomo

Carrillo

with their Swords and Daggers in

his

own Chamber and

reduced the City to the fervice of his Majefty, as

formerly

it had been: A

ad in

this manner the unfortunat"'

C arrr.llo

ended his days.

But

the Major General

1ohn Piedrahita

fucceed

d better in

Arequ~pa

than the Sargeant Major

Carrillo

had done,

reafon of the difpur:e and difference b tween the Governour of

firequepa,

and Captain

Gomez_ de Solis,

whom the

uftices

had fent thither with

Coaimiillon to Command in Chief all the Forces which were raifed there againft

Herrutn.dez..

At which the Governour to';>k great offence,

efteeming

himfelf a

better Souldier, and more experienced in the War than

Gomez- de

Solis.

Diego Hernandez..

nlates,

ChllJ>.)

in thefe words,

When

Gomez.. de Solis

was departed from his Majefties Camp

\yith

his

own

CommifEon, and another for his Eofign

Vicencio de

Monte,

the news of his

toming

was brought to the

City

before his arrival, wbich caufed many to pre–

pare

themfelves to

forth and meet him ; but the Governour

Gonf~lo

Torre4)

highly

refenting to have another

fee

over

him,

declared,

That the Jufrices had

no power in his Jurifditl:ion; and confequently,- that

Gomez

Solis

was not

authorized

fofficient warrant; nor was

any

perfon

capable

of fuch Command

whilft he was Governour in that

City;

and thus

publickly

profeffing his dHiike

of this matter, would not confent that

any

perfon lliould go

forth

meet,

and

eceive him,

t;!rc.

Thus far

Diego

Hernandez,.

Whilft thefe matters were in debate, news was

brought, That

1ohn

Pie–

drahita

was marching thither with a hundred and fifty Men, of which a bun...

dred

re the moft expert

Mufquetiers of

any

amoogft

all the

Forces

of-

Her–

nandez.,;

with

affrightment

of which, all the Inhabitants ran into the

Great

Church carrying their Wives and Children., and Houfholdftuff

along with

them.,

~nd

fenced it about with a high Wall, to hinder the entrance of the E–

nemy

the

rnto: and at the corner of

every

Street

they

placed th e

few

Muf–

queti rs whi h

they

had in the Town, to fire on the Enemy from

Windows

~nd

Loop-holes, without being feen

them.

But

Coun~ry

where Civil–

war are., there are always Fatl:ions, and Parties, and falfe Brethren,

whof< means

Piedrahit r1,

received informat10n of the

Ambufh

which was laid for

him ;

herefcre altering his courfe, he entered

another Street,

way

the Bifhop's Houfe, where he met with a fmall refiftaoce, but

not.bing

confide–

rable.

Jn the mean time came a Dominican Frier

fent

from

Piedrahita,

who

anured

th m, That

Pi edrahita

would not break with them, but defired to main–

in a Friendfhip, and good Correfpondeoce

with

them, ' leaving the Souldiers

of one fide and the other free, and at their own choice, either to ferve the

King, or

joyn with

Hernandez_,

t~ey

were guided

their Inclinations,

only th

furplufage

o f the Arms, of

which

they had no ufe., he defired might

b-.. urrendr d up into his Hand .

Gomez., de Solis

would n

ot accept of ch fe

Conditions.,

feemi ng an

infamous

attion for him to

refi.gn

Arms to an

Enemy,

thoug h fuch as wer fuperfiuous; howfoever the next

day he

condefcended to the

Articles, and

en begged for

them~

becaufe that night

they

had bu nt fome

Houfes o bis, (though his Efrate was chiefly in the

Charcas)

with oth r princi–

p 1 Houfrs of that

City.

And though they made a True for thr e

day ,

yet

the