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Boin,

Ill.

Royal C

ommentarier.

lismants.

or

ill

:11fetl:ed, were feized, and <:onverced

che u[e of their own party,

wno

being

peor, (as

we

-have

before

me-ntioned) had Reed chereof

to

repair

iheir

formncs.

1Jm

Je

Rill/4

was

the

Perfon

-hominated fot General :

rohn Tello t!le Guvna11,

á

Native

of

Seviilc,

and

Francú

.Jle

Chavu,

,a near Kinfman of the-0ther

Franr:ü dt

d,avn:,

who was killed wich the MaF<1uis, were made Ül;ptains ; for

it

is one oí

,che

·.eIIential roifeties

of

Civil

W.ar

fot

Brochers

to fight againA:

Brochers.

Like–

wñe

CiJrjft~he,r -Sote/o

received

.a

Commiffion ro be a

Ca-~tain,

a-nd others were

nominated for otíh~r Offices. At tbe

ñews

of the-fe alterations,

aU rhe

id4e

Spani–

tmdir

and Vagabonds, vvhich

welie

void of ém~loyment

,ll).

Prr-,,,

carne flocking ~o.

the Cicy ef

/or

li.ejeJ

5

fo

that

in

a 'íhort ti~

Almagro

had compofed an Atmy of

more than eighc hundred Men :

fo

con'fident(! of whi:ch force;

he

·di-{parched his

Ordens

and Commands

to

C(Rj(;o,

and·aU th'e Citiés

pf

Per11,

namely to

Are1uepa,

tci>

ithe

Cbitrt1«,

and to all plires.akmg the Sea-coaft of

TrH:úllo,

and ro the l'n'land

COIÍntries of che

·ch11r:'hapo_,1U,

to receive-and·ackoowledge him for ~bforute Lord

.and Gov.emour

0\7er

ali the Empire.

One

ér rwo Cities complied and ·dbeyed,

.µther

oot

nf

fea-r

than lovt, booaufe they had not power to make r-efütence againfr

Jjfey

Meo, which were fent againíl them : but other Cities refufed to fúbmit, as

w.ill pirefently .appea.r.

·

· ,

litis a common phrafe in the bnguage

qf

P-e-rH

to

ifay,

Vp the Coa'/f,

kna

llown

thr

Ct>Xft

;

not that upon the Sea, which is a Plairl, there

do

he Up

,br

Down

~

but it

is

a term ufed

iR

the

New

Navigation, -in tef

peét

to ·tbe Sourh-Mnd whicñ

iálwáys

blows Tr-ade, or the fame way in ~he1fe 'Seas,

Pit1M,m1t

lyi:ng to Lee·w.u-.d

of

Per#

:;

fo

on the contrary tñofe who Sail from

Panarna,

to

Pem

muft

turn

to

Wind-w~r~ which

is,

as itwer:e, up-hill, as the other is clown.

· ·

r_lilm

de

.R1ttia,

as we have

fuid,

having had a great hand in the late Revolucion

1

took

upoo him

t-0

Hfue

out a!l Commüfons ·in the. Name of

Almagro.,

without com–

municating the fenfe .or fubfianée thereofto his·otherCompani0ns; whobad been

-cqually

:ooncemed with him

in

the Murthtr

of

cheMarquis ; which was the caQ[e

of

moch fpleen and malioe amongft the ,pfincipal Men,

fo

that they began to bao–

.dy

among!t

themfetves, and tontrive ways

in

whac manner to kill him.

-

llie -P.lot

being

difcover.ed

,

Fr.anr:i(

<JO.Jc

,C'h~ves

endured che Wmd~, and·after–

wards was hang~d, being che Ring~leader of chis C<)li)fpiracy ; feveral others were

iibwife

fór r,he

fa.me

caufe put t-0 ~eath, amongíl: which

.Antonio

de

Orihuela,

a Na–

:tiv.e of

Slllama11oa,

Was one, tbough lately come from

Spain,

having

011

the way

dinm'

thentefa:id, that the pai=ty which now ruled were

;a

company of Tyrants

~

rmer

whidi

r-a& fayililg, he w-as

ill

advifed

to

adventure

his

life in ch~ir hands.

<l_~m

ide

A/varado

wás

one

thofe ÓlfiGers whom

Abt:agro

1 mp!oyed t-o cake

w,lfeffion ,of Towns and 'Plant>atfons for

rns

u[e,

and

-to.-levy

Sou1diers, and

to

~onder

Horfes,· and to difarm ali thofe-of the-concrary •parcy ,vho ·had command

-over

ilnllians,

-ar .any power, beiqg elleemed for Enemies to tne Govemmem.

AtOOl!dingly

he went

t9

Tr-uxi!Jo,,

where

1

hé Hifchar-ged

.Diego

de

.Mora

from heing ·

Jodge-of that place, though be had been deputed in that Office

by

Don Diego

de

Almagro

;

but bavfog kept a corréfpondence with

A{onfo

de

Alviirado,

who was of

the contrary faétion, he was eíleemed for one difaffeéted; and noc

fic

for chat em-

ployment

,

In the

Cicy

9f

Se.

MicheJ

be put

Franr:i/co

de

Vounediano,

and

Hcrnando de rittegM,

to death, befides other Outrages: And in

Huanucu

he killed

Alonfo

de

Cabrera,

~ho had once been Steward to

F,;anr:ifoo Pifarro,

becaufe he had made a party

to

Joyn

together, and

fly

to

the King s Forces.

,

·Another infüument or Officer they had procured, named

Diego Mendet-,

who

went to the Town ofP!ate in che

Charca-;,

\\lhich tbey found widiout people, be–

cau[e they had ali difper[ed themfelves by feveral ways to meec at

Co~r:o,

and to

declare for che King, as will preíendy appear. Howfoever,

Diego Mende~

took

greac quantities of Gold in that Town, which the

Spanimls

had with privity of

the

Indians

hiddi=n and concealed; but fuch was che cowardi[e oí that poor-fpiri–

ted people, that upon che leaft threat they immediately made a difcovery.

Moreover, he made a feizure of fixcy thoufand Pefos oí refined Silver, digged

from the Mines of

del Porr:o,

for as yet chofe of

Potocf!

were not difcovered ; and

confifcaced to the ufe of

.Almagro

ali the

lndians

Riches and Wealth, vvhich be- •

l9nged to the Marquis

Don Francifco Pir¿arro,

vvhich amQunted

to

a vaíl: fum: the

like he did of the Pl¡mtations of Capt:iin

Diego

de

RojM,

of

Per11npm~,

of

Graviel

.

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