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Royal Commentariu.
Doétour
Ve.faz:,q~éz.,
the Chief Jufüce, and to
Picado
his Secretary; but they were
fo
far from being concerned, or allarmed herewith, that they t1ighted the reporr,
and told him char no Danger could be apprehended fro:n fuch poor and incon–
fiderable Wrerches, whom Famine and Povercy provoked to complain and
threacen. Howfoever rhe jealoufie hereof made fuch Impreffion in che Mind
of the Marquis, that he forbore to go to Mafs unto che Greac Church on thac
Day,_which was the Fea~ of St.
.'lohn
Bapti.ft,in che Ye~r
Is
41._
being che Da_y
appomted for the Execuc1on of thac Murther. The hke cauuon he ufed on
Sunday
follow1ng, being che 1.6ch. of
ruñe,
on pretence of fome lndifpoficion of
Body, incending to íhut himfelf up for fome days, that he mighc the better c0n–
fulc
wiéh his Parcy and Friends cone:erning che means to fecure
his
own Perfon,
and fupprefs thofe bold and darin~rions, whiuh were arrived ac che higheíl:
degree of Infolence. The
pripcipa9fficers
of che Cicy miffing che Marquis ac
Maís, wenc
to
enquire che caufe,
;md.
che ftate of his Health; and having made
their Court and Vifü·, they rerunied·, again to 'cheir own Houfes, ·onely
Doélour
VefiR,quez:,,
and
Franci1
de
Chavu,
his true and intimare Friend, remai-
ned with him.
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The Confpiratours of
Chili
obíerving thac che Marquis began to, grow cau:.
cious how he expofed his Perfon, and chac many of·the principal Perfons of his
parcy made him frequent vifics, they fufpeéted thac fome Ploc and Defign was
conrriving
to
cut them off; with which apprehenfion becoming defperace, on
thac very
S,mdaJ,
about che
hoi.Jrof Pinner, and when the Marquis had [careé
dined, a parry of che Affaffinates appeared at a cornee .of che Market-place,
ori
the left hand of che Cathedral Church, which joins
to'
the Lodging of
D,n Diego
de Almagro
the younger; where rneetin_g, che principal of the Confpiratours, they
paífed dear over the Markec-place, wbich is very large, and wide, and wenc di–
reétly to che Houfe of che Marquis, .of which they were thirteen
in
number;
twelve of which
Gomar11
particularly names, not fpecifying of what Counttey·
they were, but fets them down in chis manner following.
'
'/ohn de R~da,
the
Chief
Leader,
Martin de Bilbao, Diego Menth, Chriftopher
dt
Sofa, Martin Carril/Q,
Arlo/Ancha
Hinogero1, Narvaez., S. Afilian, Porra1,
Pela:u¡_He,:,,
Francú Nun~z:,,
and
Game,:, Pern;
whlch are ali that
Gomara
mencions. . Thefe–
went over che Markec-place with cheir Swords drawn, crying out wich loud
voices, May che Tyranc Traicour periíh,. who hach murchered che Judge whom
the Emperour fent
to
execute Juíl:ice upon him. .The reafon which induced th~m
fo
,publickly to own cheir Faét, was, that che People of che Cicy, who were chen
in cheir Houfes, mighc imagine thac che Confpiratours were more
in
number,
than they ,really were; and therefore might be caurious how they left cheir
Houfes for fuccour and affiftence of the Marquis. Indeed ic was a bold and raíh
Attempr, to aét in fuch a publick manner; bue fuch was che Face of che Mar:'
quis, tnat che
Almagriam·gained
cheir poiac., and fucceeded
in
the Revenge incen–
ded, by che Death of the Marquis, as will appear more ac large in che followin¡
Chapcer.
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