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order to the Ki11g's
S~i~e,. lh'at alfo
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in favaur of
Don Diego.
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íGLafl:ro
nominated in
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for Judge to,deter-
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th.e'.. quarrels''.a
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·Ornet- db Tor</oJ.e,
who iwa~a principal <yit~en, and Chief of the Common
Counéi'l of'that Corporation, was 'not chen 'prefent, when the Orders and
Commiffion
of
Almagro
were brought to
Cou o,
having been in che Countrey for
ftx
or,(e,ven days to divertife himfelf with Bawkihg·&nd other fports;
fo
fooo as
che had
read
the
Letrers which'--advifed him of the Tragical E>eath of the Marquis,
for wlíom ·He c
onceived·a pai:ticular eíl:eem,"being
hi~
partícular Fri@nd and Con–
'fid~r, he was
m1.khgrieved, and íhrinking u_p ·bis ilioulders, turneB his head to–
wari:I cl\e Haw
k he carried, faring,
lt
is now more feafonable for us to prepare
fora War, with
'Fite
and'Sw.ord, rhan to attend to our fports, and our Councrey
req:eations ; for beiog a judicious Man, he well forefaw all thofe miferies and ca–
lamicies, cruel deacbs aod revolucions, which would be che -certa:in confequences
of
the late fücce'ffes.
flereupon ·he immediately recurned
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to the City, and notro
give
any
occafioo
of
jealouíie or offence td 'the contrary parcy, he carne
fü
by
night ; and havíng difcourfed with feveral ofthe Corpo¡ation, he told them, that
it
was necdfary to'convene the 'people of
Arequepa
1
·o~he'
Clikmu,
and of the
pares 'lyjog Southward from
Óu-o;·
'and to aífemble the
Spaniards,
which were diC
perfed about the Countries : To which end he advifed them to difpeed Meílen–
gers, of wbich he offered himfelf for one. This refoluciorí being taken, he de–
parted that very night from
Cow,
and went in fearch of C'.:aptain
Nunno
d.e
Oaftro,
who then _refide.d 'at his Plancacion, which was about fifteen or twenty (.eagues
fi-om the City, w'Jme being arrived, they both difpatched Meflengers to
Ptdro
d-e
.AnfHT'es,
and to
Garfilaj{o de la Vega ;
and having informed chem of the late fuccef–
fes,
they r.equired them as good and loyal Subje&;. to repair to
Cow,
there
to
perform fuch Serv'ices as cheir duty to h~ Majeíl:y requfred. . After thefe Meífages
were difpatthed~
G
omet-
de
Tord.oya
·went in all hafle to ·feek out for Captain
P-e–
tlro Alv!fret- Holguin,
who with
a
hundred.
SpaniarUs
was marched to the Eaíl: of
Collao
to conquer the
Indians
of thofe parts, who as yec had not been fubdued; and
travelling wich ali diligence and haíl:e, at length he over-took him, and gave him
a relation
of
che Death of the Marquis, and how
Don Diego de Almagro
pretended
to
govern the Empire. Whertfore he deGred him tQ take chis bufinefs
to
hearc,
and ro intereíl: himfelf
fo
far in this fervice of God and rhe King, as to become
Captain and Chief Leader of the people, who had joyned
in
this League and Af–
fociation together ; and farther to oblige him, he offered to ferve under him in
quality of che meaneíl: of his Souldiers.
.
Pedro Alvam:.,
being fenfibly touched with the Juíl:ice of che caufe, and pleafed
wit:h che Honour
fo
fteely offered to him, accepted che Command and Charge;
and irnmediately fet upa Standard for bis Majeíl:y, fending Meífengers·to che
Ch«r–
c,u,
and ro
Arequepa,
to
publiíh his Declaration, contairüng his Reafons and Incen–
cioo ofrhis War ; farcher giving rhem to underíl:and, tnat he wou!d march fair
and
fofi:ly
with the people rhacwere with him towards
Co-tco,
rhat
fo
rhofe who
were in rhe rere might have time to come up and joyn wirh him before he entred
the City. The Countrey was by chis time all in an uproar upon che confufed
report of che Death of che Marquis ;
fo
that che Meífengers fenc to
Arequepa,
and
the
Charc.u
meethe peopl~already on the way comiLlg
to
joyn wich
Pedro A!11t1.–
ret- Holguin,
and accordingly the feveral Bodies being united, their Numbers a–
m
oumedunto almoíl: two hundredMen. The news of their March being known
at
Cot.ro,
allarum'd che
Almf'.grian
Faétion in.,fuch 1nanner, thar aboucfifcyof them
fearing