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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
th;t
Diego;Ccnteno_encr.ed_
into
Co:uq,
as we íhall rela~e hereafter.
I have thoug~t
fit
to mention chis particµlar paílage to íhew the fa1thfulnefs and l@yalcy of chis
good
(:urac
4 ,
and record che fame to che honour of him and chofe who defcend
from him.
Bu.t beíides the Charities we received from this good man
Pauqui,
I received
fome orher·relief from a noble Perfon, called
'fohn Efcobar,
who at rhat time had
no command over
Jndians,
though fome years afterwards Doél:our
Caftro
bequea–
thed fome to him, upon an inrerrnarriage between him and che Daughter of
Vafc11
de G11_evm:a,
begotten on che body of
Maria Enri~e:{.,
both Perfons ofHonour and
Ql!a~tf.'
.
Tl=iis worthy G.emlem~n
'fohn de Efcobar,
who lodged m che Houfe of
A/fonfo de
Me[i:1,
in
acerrain Screet buik in che rnidíl: of rny Father's Rents, very much com–
paflionating our
W¡\li\tS
and penury, defüed rny Tutour to give me leave to come
every day
to
dinner, aad at night to füpper with him ; we accepted very kindly
che dinner, but as
to
rhe füpper, we thought it not convenient ro keep our doors
open a.e rhat time of che nighc; for we were hourly in fr:ar of being rnaífacred,
for which we had good grounds, being always threamed by chem; and none put
us inro more fear tban
Hermmdo BMhicao,
who was Mafler of the Ordnance; for
chough he went not out wich chem, yet he mounted forne Cannon at his own
Houfé, aracj made a Battery upon ours, which, in che Map or defcripcion we made
of che
ff
own, jufl- (mmed with his, nothing being becween us bue onely che cwo
Markec-pla~es of the Ciry, which he had cerrai1,1ly levelled
to
che ground, had
not fome Friends and Relarions interceded for us: Nor did che Relacions of chofe
ochers who revolced fare berrer rhan we; rhough chey evidenced a more parcicu–
lar ·rn~lice and. anger againíl: my Father, as one who had more íignally been con–
cerned in chis revolc chao any other.
Graviel de RojM
was as deeply engaged as
he, b4t having his Houfes and Poffi:flions in
Ch11quifaca
che Cicy of
Plate,
chey had
not che fame opporcunicy ro be revenged on hirn.
Having chus venced their anger upon che Houfes of chofe Cicizens of
Cow
who
had revolced frorn cheir caufe, th<';y recurned again into che Road of
Los
Reyes
to
meet
~edro de P111l!es
and che people who followed him ; bue they were very ce–
dious i11 their march to
Huamanca,
by reafon of che great Incurnbrance of cheir
Cannon which fqllowed che Camp.
7eronirno ·de la Serna,
and
Alonfo de Carcem
who had revolted with che cwo Ships,to
Los
Reyes,
reponed amongíl: ocher ching~
to che Vice-king, how that
Gonfalo Piyar,ro
was eleéled General Reprefenrative of
che whole Empire, and chat he was raifing Men, and providing Ammunitfon and
Arrillery to march unto
Los
Reyes.
This report being brought ro che Vice-king and che Jufl:ices, which as yec was
news
to
rhem ; for ( as we have faid before) che Roads being ali fiopr, chey had
received no orher intelligence of
Gonfalo Pifarro
chan chat he was come from
Co:{.ca
to che
CharcM :
bue fo foon as chey underíl:ood chat he was raifing Meo, rhey
immediarely diípacched away Orders to che four Cicies, requiring and comman-
,
ding chem to receive
E/afeo Mmne:{. Vela
for Vice-king by Commiflion from his
Majefty. And chac in cafe chey had any aggrievances chey íhould fend cheir Com–
miflioners
to
che Ciry of
Los Reyes,
there
to
reprefent their Cornplaints and de–
rnand Juílice in chofe matters wherein chey judged themíelves aggrieved. And
in order hereunto, as
Gomara
fays, che Vice-king fent Friar
ThomM de San Martin
to aífure
Gonfalo Pif_arro,
chac he had no Cornrniflion ro his hure or prejudice bue
racher Infüuélions from che Emperour to reward and gracifie him for his :nany
labours and fervices perforrned cowards his Majefiy : And therefore delired him
that laying all fears antl jealouíies alide, he íhould difmifs his people, and com;
freely and frankly to him to converfe and crear upon affairs. Thus
far
Gomar
4 ,
Now we
will
proceed
to
che Rebellion of
Pedro de
P1Jelk,•
.
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