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Boo.K
IV.
Royal Commentaries.
CH A P.
Xi.
Wherein
~
frlated, how
Pedro de Puelles
rebelted agaihfl
Blafco Nunnez
Vela
,
and revolted t.o
Gon~alo
Pi~ar–
ro;
and how others whom the Vice-k..ing fent after them
.
to fetch them back,, did the lik..e, and joined with the con;.
trary
P
arty.
B
Eíides the Orders which the Vice-king fent to the four Cicies, and the Me[:.
fage which he had difpatched to
Gon
1
aloPi
1
arro;
he likewife fent his Sum–
p:¡ons
to
Pedro de Puelles
to
come apd ferve his Majeíl:y, the fuccefs of which we
rnay find wrircen by
Diego Pernandez.,
in the fixceench Chapter of his Book, and
by
Auguftine de Carate,
in che te{?th Chapcer of bis fifch Book, who give a re~
lation rhereof, almoil in che fame words.
When che Vice-king was firíl: received in che Ciry of"
Los Reyes, Pedro de Pael–
les,
a Narive of
Seville,
carne ro kifs bis hands, being ac that time Depucy GoverJ
nour for
Vaca de Caftro
in che Town of
Guanuco:
And hav_ing lived long in che
Jn,.
dies,
he was highly eíl:eemed by che Vice-king for his great experience ; fo that he
gave him ·a new Commiffion to be Deputy Governour of
Guanuco,
enjoyning
him to get che People of chat Cicy in a readinefs , that in cafe necefficy íhould re–
quire, chey rnight ac an hour's warning appear with their Horfe and Arms.
Pedro
de Fuelles
obeyed che Commands of che Vice-king; and not onely puc hisown Ci–
tizens inco a poíl:ure to march, ac che firíl: Summons; bue alfo retained feveral
other Souldiers , who carne from che Province of
Chapapoyas
in cornpany wich
Gomes de Solú
and
Bonifaz.
,
to atténd che Commands of che Vic~-king, for their
march : and accordingly upon his Orders difpatched by
rmnimo de Villeg,u ,
a Na–
tive
of
Burgos,
Ped,o de Fuelles
immediately marched away with intencion to join
wichhim.
Bue being come as far as
Guanuco,
chey began to lay their heads together and
confider of che iílue and event of affairs , in cafe they íhould fobdue and over–
throw
Gonfalo Pj{am
and his parcy; and having concluded moíl: cercainly, thac
in
that cafe, the Vice-king would rnake
u(e
of his Viétory, to put in ex~cution che
new Laws wichout control! ,
to
che great darnage and ruine of che People ; and
thac no man, as well Souldiers as ochers íhould be able to enjoy che fervice and
vaífalage of their
Jndiam
,
which would di(ennable many from paying che taxes
for maintenance of che Army: chey all unanimouíly refolved
to
revolt unto
Gon–
falo Pifarro's
party; and fo rimched another way
to
join with him in fuch place
where it íhould be cheir forrune
to
meet him.
The Vice-king, having f¡:,eedy intelligence thereofby ·an
lndian
Capcain €afl_ed
Yl!atopa,
greatly refenced che ill-fuccefs ; bue howfoever, caking courage, he imme–
diately di(¡:,eeded bis brother
VelaNu1111cz.
wich aDecachment of fourty light (ior[e
and thircy Arquebuíiers, under che command ofCapcain
'Gonfalo Di.u,
which for
better expedition were mounced upon
fo
many Mules, wbich cofl: cwelve thou–
fand Ducats taken out of che King's creafury; and to them were added ten other
Souldiers, who were che kindred, friends and relations of
Vela Nunne-.:.,
fo
chat che
number of che Fooc were m:ide equal
to
the ijorfe, and had Orders tó incercepc
Pedro de Puelle1
in his rnarch, and
to
gec before him, and difpute che firfl: pafs wirh
hjm Being chus provided with ali tbings neceífary, and being on their marchas
far as
Guadachile
(
which is about cwency Leagues frdm che City;) it is faid, thac
they agreed to kill
Vela Nmm~
and revolt
to
Gonfalo Pifarro
;,
and that fome ofche
Scouts being advanced about four Leagues from
Guadachile
happened
to
meec with
Frier
Thoma,,
che Provincial of
Sr. Domingo,
whom che Vice-king had Cene to
Co:i:.co,
with Commiffion
to
treat and accomrnodate rnatters wich
Gonyalo Pifarro:
and
being mee, one of che Souldiers who was born at
Avila,
taking hir:n aíide, dif–
covered
to
him che deíigns che Souldiers had to kill
Vela Nunnez.;
that
fo
he
mighc fore-warn him thereof, and advifé him to take fome courfe for his fecuri–
ty,
for otherwife he would be killed tl:rat nighc by che Souldiers.
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