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BooK

III.

Roy,ál Commentaries. .

who was rhen in

GhachapuyM;

becau[e he believed himfelf

have an ·advanrage

in bis humbers; yet having been re-rnanded by Orders from

Almagro,

be obeyed

rhem, and relinquifhed bis

de6tn.

Garfia de Alvar11do'being

retur:11ed,

Almagro

de–

parted from

los Reyes,

and marched towards

Cozú

with intemion to.fight

Alvam:;

Holguin,

the force of

Almagro

confül:ed of three hundred Horfe

well

app~inted,·oran

hundred and rwenty Harquebuliers, and about ahundred and fixty Pikemen; which

~~1ni.~lll:oíl:. fix hund,red, were. a11 <,:ho)~e aqd approved Men

amongíl ~hich

there were many Perfons of grear Qghry, and nch, whorn

Almagro

had fe1z~d.,

when he killed che Marquis. ·

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And kíl: after his deparcure any,party fhould·make an Infurreétion againíl: him,

arrd ferve him, as tPiofe who we1

Enemies ro his Farher hao done

him; he

took

Order

fend all che Children of fhe Marquis,.amd of

Go?Jz-aio.Pivarro,

out of che

Counrrey. And now

firíl:

to find out wberher· che Marquis·had !efe any fecrec

Treafure, not difcovered, he put the G!Jefüon to

Antonio Picadó,

Secretary

che

Marquis, upon the Rack

and noc being able to exrort any ching from pim,

fent

füm

the

G~llbws,

and:,hanged ~im'.up.; .'and

he paid the Medal'

wich his

own Coin, which he ·had· fiampt?d. (or 1ilie'Fa6tión of

Chilf:

After which he

inarched to.wards

Cowo,

keeping in.'his way:.due martíal Difciplne and Ordér wich

much foverity

wh€ré .,WJe,·

{;háLl

·leav€(.bod1

hirii;

and

4l¡;arez.

Holgúin;

nmder .

·an acéounc

.of

wh~P

,qjs I_m~eviaib~jefiy ·qrddined

Spáfii~

..,

afn~r ,he fu~d··u-nder–

frood the great Comm~füoqs w~ich had happ~ned

Fer.u

Untlll

che Qe~tq

P,on

Dieg_o de

Aim'.a.(ttí!tlie

Elae!., ,.,-:-, .:

. ·-.

· · ·· . · •

. '.' ., '

'/fo. appeafe

wfüeh,

and

to examm~ ~lde true fiatti!

athnatrers, h1s-Ma¡eíl:y-

1was pleaíed to give_C01nmHlioh cb'Dr.

'Faca•de .(Jafor~,

oné ofHiS:

PriV-3/ICoun1;il;

tO)_e~amihe all .'.fi\~ter~ con~er.ning the Death bf

Don Dieg~ de Aht:ag~(J'

~!thoµi:

makmg any alteratrcm

the Po.vver. and Go\'l.erQment ofthe Marquis, but mcafe

tlue

Marquis fhould be deacl befare his 'Arriv:al) then

prov,ifionál Corn:1miffi'óii

he w'as cbnfütúced·Governour

Í\'l

h~s plaee; 1'his wprthy Perfon (for

bis

Aéti–

ons íhew hirn) w·as·-a Native óf

the

City

oflidm,

iand of the<IFarriilies

óf'

the

Va-

Caftro,

?rid

~imione:r,.

whicH are noble Moufes, amongffrnany others vyhich

flouriili 'in chat Reyal City: ·

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V'aca de

C(tftro

embarked

afSevil

for

Peru,

and after

'lany'Difficulriies

'ánd íl:or–

Weather, to w_hickthat Northern Sea

fubje4t, hé andved at

Nombre;dé Dios

much !.¡ter than was expeéted, frnm whence he ·went to

anamfl,

where he again

embarked for

Per-u,

upon aShip n('.)t

well provided·for fuch a Voyage, as was

requifite, ~fpe'oi~lly_fince i~ was

execuce aComrniffion·of íudi great importance'

for _the Sh1p bemg ?efoél:~ve, had not' proceeded ma~y L~agues on her Voyage,

befare íhe was detamed on che Coaíl: by comrary Winds

by force of which

lía•:

ving loíl:·one 0f her Anchors~'

íh©

was

ca~rie~ by che ~urrent, into that Bay 'which

_is

called the Bay

0r:

_Gu\f of

@o~gona,

which

a ba'd place, and very ,hard for aqy

Ship to get out, ·wfüch

bomtd

Peru.

Wherefore

Vaca de Caftro

encoi.Jraged

the Mariners to ufe ·all the díligence they were able, bue finding all ineffeél:ual

and to little purpofe, he _refolved to go by Land, ·fince he could not a'V'ail to ·

by Sea. Bue the Journey was long, ~ifficu1c and tedious, by reafon of che craggy

Mountains, the great Rivers and Defarts which tbey were to país, wich want of

thofe Provifions which were·good and wholfome. ·This long delay 'gave oppor–

tunity to

Almagro

to revenge the Drath of his Facher, of which he was impatient

feeing that the Jufüce which His Majefiy had promifed was

long deferred:· '

At length, after varioqs chances of a' difficult Journey, Judge

Vaca de•Caftro

carne

the Frontiers of

f2!!},tu,

where

Pedro de Fuelles

refided in'. Qualicy of

De–

puty to

Goni;,alo Fifarro.

So foon as he found himfelf within the Limits

óf'his

c;>wn Countr<1Y, and had been righrly infor.med of al! macters which had paífed

irí

1'eru,

and of che Praél:ices and Defigns of the feveral Faétions, he wtote unto all

p~rts, giying_ tbell} advice of ~is A~rival, _and of the ~omrniffion. he b~oug~c with

h1m

from His Ma1eíly ; by v1rtue of which he required chem to rece1ve h1m

foi:

their Governour. And whereas he had thereby a power to fubfütute ocher ()ffi..

cers, he difpacched his Commiffions

all che Cities of

Per'u,

éo~íl:i~uting f1,1ch

~1en

Judges thereof, who (as he was informed) were mbderate Perfons, and not

interefted or engaged in eicher party:

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