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R..oyal Commentaries.
BooK
n.
e
H A P..
x·xx1v.
The Battel of the River
Amanea
y;
and the lmpri[onment of'
Alonfo de Alvarado
and his Souldiers.
N
OT long,after che Ambaffadours were departed
from
Couo, Almagro
fol–
lowed them out of che Cicy ; and finding thac tbey did not retum
in
cheir–
due Eime, he retired again·to rhe Cicy, where he remained wirh fome trouble and
anxiety of mind, fufpeéting che evil. which had befallen them; for he was very .
fimfible both that
Alonfo de A/varado
h:id much a better kmy than
hii ;
aod char.,'
he was nor weli aífured of che fidelity of tbe peopJe witn 'him, of whic:h
manf
hacl be1onged to
Hernando l!i~arro,
and might probabli,change rhe fide and colours
·ar che appearance of the Enemy, for wfücn reafon it was n<:>t j_utigecl convenient
to
c;:arry them inco che Field wirh t!iem: And moreover,, he believed that t~ere
could be no g_o0d defig_ns rowards him,
in
regaro·that a detent:ion or feizure bad–
been made of füs Meíléngers. Wfü!IT
A!,nagro
was rl;ius divided ín his thougbts
ar-1d fears, he received a Letter from Caprain
Petiro d~ Lerma,
wbo (as we have faid'
'before)ibeing muc:h difguíted witn the Marquis, and· judging chis to be a conve–
nieA~ 0j!)porrunity
to
revenge himfelf; gave intimacion ro
Almagro
of his own
itJft
refüncrne1'ltS, on fcore ofche _unhandfome ufage he had received from
Pifeerro;,
ancf
herem:i~0
1
ad8ing rhe µerfidious treattnem exercifed towards ·h~ Ambaffadeurs,
whkh was a bar atous Aét, an,d·difowned: by che greateíl: part,of his people ; he
in:vitecl
hi¡n
to advaru;e againíl: tbe Forces under che Cómm_and of
Alv.arado,
aífu–
ring hlm, ·1a up@n his,appearance' aoove a hunqred.ofhis lriencls would jein
wicq
him, an · ecure-
him
f
bappy fucceG wit'Pi 'much' .fo:ifüy ar-1d honotir, and tl1at
he
dm1b.red' n e
ut
bring over rh whele rarc:v
to
1
q1ls
fide and imereft, being' en–
tirnly diffitisfied with th~ proceedings of
Aivaradb
meit' Captaiíl;
Upon
1
t>befe
A,d,
ie~
J)'íego de Almagro,
in the ~ac;e
o[
fifreeh p,ays, fitted and
pr0-viclecl> lliimíelif \
itb,
aH
'matters necefiai;y for
this
EoteFpril.e, and departed from
CrR::,co
in íearc:h
oP
Alonfo de Aivarad'o;
and ir-1 I
is
way he Cook
A/vare,:, Holg11in,
wRo
was fenc out upon a party to make difcovery, and learn fomething of ene procee–
dings of
Almagro,
but was becrayed by his ownMen, who had been füborned and
infhuéted by
Pedro de L,rma
;
as alío che greateíl: number of chofe who remained
were engaged in che Confpiracy. So foon as
Alonfo deA/varado
was informed thac
A/vare~ Ho!g,iin
was taken, he fufpeéted
Pedro de Lerma,
and would have feized
him ; for, as
Gomara
faith, he had uttered fome fufpicious words, as chat be was of
Bwgo,,
and was well acquainced wirh che humour of
A/varado;
bue
Pedro de Lerma
being advifed of the fecret intentions of
A/varado
towards him, efcaped away with
feveral friends,.
i1+
a-kiru:l-
0f 0t)e1rma-f!OO:..,-
fui:
íiK.::h-w..¡5
Ehg.
a-ffu&-i0&
aoo-iflre1:efl.
h~had wich che Souldie_ry, chat had he had on~ly fo_ur Days time
to
have worked
h1sdeíign,, he had camed che whole Army w1th h1m : And now ro accomplifh
his Plot, he counfelled
Almagro
ro make all [peed and haíl:e poffible, for chat bis
Viétory confiíl:ed in e¡:¡:pedicion ; of which he might be well aífured, for rhat he
had :ilready fecured che Affeétions of che people rowards him
:
And as
to
che
Rules wbich were to be obferved in che managemenc of chis affair he direéted
him che manner how, the time when, and che place where he was co'affault him ;
the time was to be at Nighr, when Darknefs covers che guilr of Traycours; and
Iw
in Perfon was their guide to th€ Bridge,. where many of che Confpiracours
w~e atteíl~ing- in expeétation of trietrl'; and-
~h~
t{oríe were ordered
to
pafs the
füver, whICh was not
fo
deep, bm tbat chey m1gnt foard or wade it over wich–
out danger.
Having '