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Book
IV.
Royal
Commentaries.
being clea{dof their Enémies, they arrived fafe at
Los Reyes;
but when they carne
thither, rhey found rhar: the Vice-king was made a Pi-ífoner, and embarked and
fent -away imo
Sp,ún.
As we íhall underfiand more particularly in the fequel of
this Hifiory.
··
This delay of forcy ·days in building the Veffel, was the caufe of ali the mif- ,
chief which enfüed
~
for during that rime.·the Vice-king was made a-Prifoner,
which had otherwiíe been prevemed had chofe Gentlemen opportune-ly arrived
i
for
had it been known that perfons ofchat Qialicy had i:evolted from
Pir¡arro,
aud
were come from
Co:uo
to joyn
~
the Vice-king, it would have brougnt fo great
a reputation
to
his affairs, ·that none would have dared to have touched che
Vice–
king, or declantd for the Parcy of
·Pir¡arro.
And as fome Authours report, the
people·feifed on the Vice-king ánd put him on Ship-board, onely out of fear to
. fecure him from
Gonfalo Pi{arro,
who they heard was on his march with imemion
to
kill
.him: Búc theíe Genclemen of
Couo,
finding, t!ontrary to all expeél:ation,
that the Vice-k¡ng was fenc away, every man íhifted
for
himfelf as weil as he
could; fome of which remaining in che Cicy, we
fhall
have occalion to diícoúrfe
of
them hereafter.
On
the ocher Gde,
Gonr¡alo Pifarro,
perceiving thac chofe who were men of che
greareíl: intereíl and po\ver in the Army had relinquiíhed bis interefi, ·he gave
himfelf over for lofi, and, as the Hiíl:orians report, refólved to return t'o the
Chareiu,
or to retire into
Chile
with about fifcy of the moíl: faithfull of his Friend~
and Comrades, who, he was affured, would fiand by him
to
rhe lafi: ,but whilfi
·he
was medicating oftheíe matters,
Pedro de Puelles
carne
to
him, and orought rhe
news of che departure of rhe Vice-king, which was
fo
much to che advan.rage of
Pir¡arro,
that he with new courage and triumph returned ro
Couo.
The
Jndi11n1
which belonged to chofe who revolted he appropriated to bis own fervite, onely
tho[e who were in vaífalage to
Garfilaf{o de fa Vega
he befiowed on
Pedro de' P11e/le1,
and gave up his Houfes to be plundred by the Souldiers, .one of which afterwards
inténded to have fet fire
to
thern, having a fire·btand in
his
hand to that purpofe,
ánd had certainly effeéted it, had he not been prevented by another of a better
and a more mild temper and difpofition, who faid to him, What hurt
hiv~
thefo–
Hoúfés done -you? if tbe Maíl:er were here we might reve·oge our felves upod
him, btit what evil have theíe
Wálls
deferved? 'fhis word gave a fiop to his in–
tention and faved the Houfe ; howfoever they plundred it from the top to the
bottom, not leavfr1g ány thing in it which was worth one farrhing; and turned out'
the
Indi,m
Servafüs both fyfen and Women, charging chem not to come wichin
·the Walls upon pain of death : howfoever they permitted eight perfons to remaif1
therein, namely my Mother, and Siíl:er , and a Maid-fervant, as a·lfo my íelf,
( for
my Mocher would rather have died than have been without me) and
'/ohn
-
de
Alcobafa
my Tutour, with his Son
Diego,
and his Brocher, andan
Indian
Maid;
which tney would not dei;iy me the (ervice of.
,
·
'
·
¡ohn Alcobapa,
being a perfon of a good life and ~xernplary piecy, void of paf–
fion and worldly intereíl, gained rhat reípeét and favour amoogíl: them, that they
would not take away his life ; the friendíhip we had amongíl: feveral 0f them~
faved us alfo'; for many of thofe who adhered to
Pifatro
were yet Friends to my
Father, and would fay, mrning to us, what have thefe Children aRd old -Peopl~
done, or what punifhmem have rhey deferved for che faults ofailocher
?
Hotrfo–
ever after this we had certainly perifhed with hunger, hap not the
l'tJcas,
?'nd
foqi~
Ladies of their Family, who were related to us, fe'nt us fecretly and by p:ivat'e
ways, fome Food wherewich:to fupport our felves;
bue
fuch was the {ea'c
ano
dread they had of thefe Tyrams, that the Provifion was
fo
little
as
wás fcarée able
to füíl:ain us.
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'
A certain
Catique,
who.was under the command of
my
Fathér; called
Don Gar- .
cia Pauqui,
who was Commander over two Plantarions, which are ficuated on che
Banks of the River
Apurimac
feven leagues diílam from che Cicy, one of n-hich is
called
HRaJ1lari,
was more kind and faithfull than all dchers relating
to
us; for be,
not fearing the threacs they had given, advemured
i
1
ith danger of bis life
to
re–
lieve us, and carne one nighc to our Houfe, to give os nocice that we fhould
fit
up
and wacch tbe.night following, for that abouc fuch an hour he would íend us
in
n,·ent.Yfive Bufhels of
M ayz-,
which he accordingly did ; and abouc feven or eight
nights after he fent us in the like quantity, which was a fufficient proviÍlon to
relieve us during the eight months of our famine and refiraim, unrill che time
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Sfff
,
tbat
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