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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
The Provincial made great ha!te in his joumey , and wich him rhe Scours alfo
rernmed upon che advice he had given rhem, chat
Pe~rode P1:elles
was cwo days
march befare him, and had paífed che
Xauxa,
fo
that·
lt
was 1mpoffible for chem
to
overtake him: And being come
to
Guadachi!e,
he cold che People che fame
Scory, and chat it would be
to
no purpoíe to goe in puríuit of him : and caking
Vela N,mnez,
on one fide, he privacely whifp~red
to
him che Danger in which he
was, adviíing him to make ufe
?Í
ch\s Information far his o_wn [afecy.
Vela Nun–
ne:{.
revealing che creachery agamíl: hnn to four or five of h1s kmímen who were
with him, they privacely towards che glimps of che Evening, íl:ole on horfe-back,
as if chey incended to give cheir horfes water, and having che Provincial for cheir
guide, chey made cheir e[cape under che proceétion of che nighc. So foon as rheir
füghc was known,
'/ohn de la Torre, Piedra Hita, Ger,rge
a
Grecian,
and orher Soul–
diers who were concerned in che Confpiracy (eized µpon che Guard in che nighc,
and clapping rheir fire-locks to che breafis of che other SouJdiers,
f
wearing
to
kill
rhem, if chey refolved noc to goe and join wich them.
\Nhereupon every one al–
moíl: freely declared, chac rhey would be of rheir íide, and particularly
Caprain
Gonf,dº Dia. ;
and rhough rhey affrighced him wich che fame rerrour as did che
ochers, and bound his hands behind him, and in appearance offered many orher
affrighting chings ro hirn, yec
it
is believed rhat he was in che Confpiracy, and
che principal in rhe Ploc; and
fo
ic
was believed and went for currant amongfr
all che People ofrhe City; for it could not be imagined, chac he who was a kinf–
man and fon-in-law
to
Pedro de Puelles,
could be of a concrary parry
to
him, chere
having been no quarrel or cauíe of difference becween rhem. And chus all of
rhem getting up and mounting cheir Mules which had coíl:
fo
dear, they cravailed
towards
Gonfalo Pipirro,
whom chey mee near
Gu~manga,
where
Pedro de PHelles
and
his men being arrived rwo days before rhem ; found fuch difcouragement in rhe
Camp of
l'ifam,
by reafon of che flow morion and coldnefs of
Gn/p11r Rodrig11e~
and hisAílociaces; chac had
Pedro de Puelles
and his men fiayed onely chree days
longer before they had come up, che whol~ Camp of
Pir11rro
had moíl: cer–
tainly broken up and been di[perfed: but the arrival of
Pedro
de
P11elles
puc fuch
Jife and [piric again into them, boch by his recruirs and by his words ; chac chey
refolved
to
proceed in their enterpriíe; for he told chem, thac in
ca[e
Go11falo Pifa,·–
ro
would recraét, and noc rhink
fic
to
proceed, he nocwichílanding was refolved
to
undertake che defign , noc doubting but
to
be able wich bis own men co cake
che Vice-king and rid che Councrey of him, confidering that he was generally
haced, and that all che peop)e were diíaffeéted to him.
Pedro de P11elles
had little
lefs rhan fourty Horfe wich him, and abour twenry Mu[queciers ; bue when
Gonfa–
lo DiM
and his men were come up and joyned with chem, rhen all pares were en–
couraged, and refolved \.\ ichout any fear or doubt
to
proceed : by chis time
Vela
Nurmn
was arrived ac
Los Reyes,
and had acquainted che Vice-king wirh ali thac
had paífed; who, as we may believe wirh reafon, refented chis ill beginning as
ominous, finding his affairs every day
to
fall incoa worfe eílace. The nexc day
Rodrigo Ninno,
who was fon of
Hernando Ninno,
Mayor of
Toledo,
returned
to
T.ole–
do
wich rhree or four more who refu[ed ro follow
Gon
1
alo Dia. ,
nowichíl:anding
ali che affronts and abufes chey could put upan chem; for rhey cook from them
their Arms and Horfes, and íl:ript them of cheir Cloachs; fo chac
Rodrigo N i,mo
carne onely in querpo, wich a pair of old Trunks, wichouc Hoíe, or Shoes, or any
rhing on his Feec, unlefs a pair ofpack-thread Sandals, walking ali che way on fooc
wich a Cane in bis hand. The Vice-king received him wich ali che kindnefs
imaginable, and prailing his Loyalcy and Coníl:ancy, told him cbat, coníidering
che Caufe for which he fuffered, che Habicin which he was, feemed more be–
coming chan if he were veíl:ed in Cloth of Gold. Thus far che cwo Auchours a–
gree in che fame
[en[e,
and almoíl: in che fame words : To which
Diego Feman-
,
de"' Pa'/entino
adds, as follows :
When news was broughr to che Vice-king of rhefe
il1
Succeífes, he greacly re–
[emed rhem, clearly now perceiving thac bis Affairs went croís, and thac che affec–
tions ofche people were tainted wirh rebellion: Howfoever, chaehe mighc in fome
manner revenge che difloyalty of Capcain
Gon~alo Dia"' ,
who had
fo
ignominiouf–
]y broken his fairh and word wich him , and lince he could not inAid a punifh–
menr on his perfon , he caufed che Colours or Enfign of bis Company ro be crai–
l~d along through th_e Market-place in rhe fighc and view of che Capcains, Soul–
dters, and of ali che City; and comrnandet! che S.erjeants and Enfign
of
che Com-
pany