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ommentaries.
chac ic bordered
OQ
che Skircs of che fnovvy Mountain, he imagioed vvould be
che worfl: guarded, and chat cherefore liccle or no provifio~ would be made on
rhat pare againft any Arcempt. And ffrcher chey gave him mfhuél:ioos to affure
fuch Friends as íhould join herein of che fame Rewards; and íhould be more am–
ply repaid according
to
chofe great Services, which chereby they would perfor1n to
che Emperou'Í-, his King and Mafter; and to fecure che Souldier's Faith in chismat–
ter, chey tendered an Oath to him, whereby they caufed him to fwear never
to
difcover chis fecret to any perfon whacfoever, faying, chac having efieemed him
for a good Friend they had entruíl:ed
to
him che greaceíl: fecrec in che World. The
Souldier recurning, told his Story, how that his tw_o Companions v.:ei'e hanged by
che Enemy; and he alone was faved and fet at Liberty, upon whICn
Almagro
re–
fleél:ing a while, imagined chat fome ufe was to be made of chisSouldier, who wirh–
out any apparenc reafon was better created chao che other; to difcover which he
feized on che Souldier, and put him to che tormenr. Tlie Souldier being on che
Rack, confeífed che fecret comrnitced to him, and how
Pera/vare:,:,
defigned to attack
him on ch~ Q!arcer which was .next to the fnowy Mounrain, by reafon thac chat
fide being eíl:eemed almofl: inacceílible, would lie the moíl: open and undefended.
By which Confeílion
Almagro
finding chat che Souldier incended to aét in a crea–
cherous manner again(l: him, gave order
to
have him hanged. Howfoever giving
fome credif to bis
·w
ords, he forcified chat fide of bis Camp, which bordered to–
wards che fnowy Mouncain, where for che fpace of chree da,ys he endured much
cold; howfoever by chefe meaos
A/vare:,:,
got che íl:art, and rnarched at a. good di- ·
fiance befare him;
Almagro
followed him for forne Leagues, bue finding that it
.
was irnpoílible to overcake hirn, he returned into che high Road, which leads
to
Couo.
.(llvare:,:,
proceeding on che way he inrended, joined his Forces wirh chofe
of
A!onfo de A/varado,
at which meecin_g there was greac joy and criumph, becaufe
that che greatefl: number of them confül:ed of fuch as had enrred that Councrey
with
Don '[!edro de Alvara®,
which was
the
firfl: original ,of Friend(hip and Aíloci•
.ition which was tommenced between chem.
·Thefe Forces being chus joined, Letters were written.by common confent to che
Judge
Vaca de Caftro,
giving him to underfl:and of.111 ~atters that were paíl:, and
defiring him to hall:en with [peed to them, for that his. prefence was neceffary in
that conjundnre
for
better councenance of their Affairs. So foon as chefe Letters
carne to band,
Caftro de Vaca
hafl:ened
.to
the City of
fl!!,itu
to recruit bis Peopie
with the Forces wbich were in that place. When he carne near,
Loren:,:,o de Alda–
na,
who was Lieucenint Governour
for
che Ma1:quis in
fl!±itu,
wenc
forth
to meet
and
receive him, as did alfo
Pedro de Puelle1,
who was .che Deputy of
Gon:,:,aio Pi-
tt
rarro,
and Caprain
Pedro de Vergara,
not to be faulty or rernifs in paying che Carne
refpeét, chough otherwife employed in che Conqueíl: of that Provirice, which is
called
Pacamuf·u;
and by the
Spaniards Bracamoros,
went alfo
to
receive Judge
Vaca
de ,Caftro;
and deferted che place, which he had already fortified, that he might
be better enabled to defend him[elf, and fend _his Forces againíl:
Almagro;
but be-
fare
Vaca de Caftro
chought
fit
to leave
f2.!±iru,
he difpatched
Pedro
de
Fuelles
befare
tO
Truxillo,
to 1nake fuch provifions in chac Cicy; and in che Counrrey tbereabour.s
as che Wa.r requit·ed. He likewife difpatched orders
to
Gomll,
de
RojM,
aNaciv~
of
Cuellar,
to
repair wich his Forces in ali chligence to
Couo,
and there to perfuade
the People
to
receive hin1 for Governour; who accordingly made fuch [peed,, chat
he arrived ar
Couo
befare
Almagro,
who
was detained in his way by the ficknefs
of
'/ohn de Rada,
who dyed afren~iards in thac Province.
Gome:i:., de RojtU
was well re-
ceived
.in
Couo,
and his Orders and Inll:ruél:ions obeyed, and accordingly
Caftro
was acknowledged for Governour; for that Cicy remained loyal and obedienc td
His Majeíl:y in fuch maoner as it had been1left -by
A/vare:,:, Hoft,uin.
In
che mean
time
Vaca de Caftro
departed frorn
fl!!_i,
u,
ana wenc to
Truxillo,
and·by che way was
mee wirh many Noble Perfons, wbo had been difperfed about che Couf)tries, and
by many Souldiers, who being defirous
to
ferve His Majell:y, wenc forth
to
receive
him.
•Pedro A/vare:,:,,
and his people, who then refided ac
Truxillo,
agreed to fend
two perfons to meet him on che way, and in che narne of thern, and of che whole
City, to make tender of their Obedience
and
Service
co
him, as Governour by
Comrniílion from Hls Majeíl:y,
by
which Title we íhall dill:inguiíh him hereafter;
the Perfons nomináted
for
Envoyes on chis occafion were
Gome:::., de Tordoya ,
and
<:arcilaf{o de la Pega; _
with fight of whom che Governour was greatly rejqiced
1
be- ·
mg much encouraged to fee bis party daily encreafe co fuch numbers, chac when
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