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Royal
Commentaríes.
BooK
IV.
ned afterwards
to
Peru,
where he declared the many hardfhips they -bad fuíl:ained
in tbat di[covery.
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, .
And upon chis occafion
1
cake leave to repare a íl:range accident, ·which befell
a cercain Gentleman named
Don 'fohn de Mendofa,
of whom me made mentían in
a former .Chapter, and•whom
I
knew an Innabicanc in
Co~co;
whicm fiory, be-.
cauíe ic
¡
curious, and perhaps not rarely happening in che world··béfore, 'cis
fic
it fhould be known, and che memory thei:eof coníerved. This Gentleman,
I
fay,
!irar can~os
u~on a folemn Feíl:iva,I, chrowing che Dart on Horfeback in che Markec-place of
~
ª.
fpm
1
h
Mexico,
befare he paffed
'.to
Pir;u
;
far he was one of chofe Gallancs
w
ho accom–
,J~'~n
"J:o~fe-
panied
1
che fan:ous
Don P~dro _de A/varado,
and _running \_*ith hi~ Horfe fu!I fpeed,
bact, ami
¡uíl: as he was nfing on h1s fürrups to rhrnw h1s
Dart
w1th all h1s force, hisHorfe
wbicb rbe
on a íudden rnade a fulvíl:op, and he being a tall and a ílimrn man, and weak in
¡Pªº'1ds
che knees, was caíl: over che Horfes head, wich his feec hanging in the fiirrups,
,~i~n;:,,.
0
/:s°m
and his hands on che ground to fave his face; in which condition he had ran great
ufed alfo h;
hazard-of his life, had noc fome Friends who were near him, ( amongíl: which
tbe
Turks.
my Lord :md Maíl:er
Garfilaf{o de la Vega
was one) come timely
to
bis aífillance.
Pardon chis fhorc digreffion for che füangenefs of che accidenc; and
fo
we fhall
retum again to our Hiíl:ory.
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During che time thac. the Vice.king remained
a
Priíoner ac the líland, which is
diílant about cwo leagnes from che Porr,
Don Alonfo de M onte-mcl)OY
(as
Auguftine
de Carad
reports in che. twelftt Chapcer of his fifth Book) cogecher wich chofe
who were
[ene
in purfuit of Facher
Loayfa
returned, fome of which che
J
udges
feiíed upon and impriíoned, and others of them chey diíam1ed, and imprifoned .
them wich íeveral ochers who carne from
Co:...co
in che Hou!es of Capcain
Martin
de Rob/u
and of ocher Cicizens; and being chus iJl.treaced, chey laid a Ploc
to
kill
che Judges and íec che Vice-king a~ libercy, reíl:oring· lüm
to
l1is pO\;yer and au–
thority, which chey Gonrrived in .chis 'manrier:
le
was ordered chat in che nighc
fome Muíquets fhould be fired in 1che Houíe of
Martín de Robles,
which íhould
be a fignal to Serjeant
Frdncú
de
Aguim,
who then kepc Guard in
Licenciado Ce–
peda's
I-{ouíe to kill hirn, and immediacely to poífefs and keep che avenues and
corners of every Sureec wich Souldiers, and [end a Pa~ry inco che Markec-placé,
which giving an alarm to Doétour
'!e:u1da
and
Licenciado A/vare~)
'cis probable
chey would come forch to relieve
Cepeda,
when they would be ready to kili chem,
,and then they would immediacely raiíe che Cicy and declare for che King, che
which had certainly fucceeded accordingly, had noc one who was a Native of
Madrid,
and appoinced
to
atl: in che Ploc, diícovered all to
Cfpeda,
:ibout an hour
befare che deftgn was to be puc in execurion. . Immediately hereupon
Cepeda
iífu–
ed
out
Warrancs to [eife che chief of chofe who were concerned
in
che Plot, name–
ly
Don Alon{o de Monte-mayor, P,111/ de Menefes
a Cicizen
of-Talavera,
Capcaio
Car–
ccres, A!onfo de Barriom1eúo,-
wich ochers, who were Servants
to
che Vice-king;
and having examined the macter
Barrionuevo
w¡¡s condernned
to
die, bue upon
farther confideration, his Sentence was
to
have his righc Hand cat off, having
been che firíl: contriver in chis Conípiracy ; and chus chis infürreétion _was fuppref–
fed. Thus far
Carate.
To which we may farcher add, That chough che Judges found divers ochers
guilty of tbac rnuciny, whom they mighc juílly have puni<hed wich deach, yec not
to appear bloudy and tyrannical, which mighc be occaíion of new Plots and Con–
fpiracies, and alío upon che incerceffiorí of divers principal Períons of che Cicy of
Los Reyes,
tbey alcered che Sentence againíl:
Barrionuevo,'
as we have before declared,
and banifhed
Alonfo de Monte-mayor
and ochers his Complices frorn che City into
divers pares Norchwards from thence. Ali which afcerward joyned with che Vice–
king, and accompanied him in ali his misfommes, which proved che ruine of ma–
ny
of chem. After which
Carate
proceeds on wich che Hiíl:ory in chis manner,
The news of che[e paílages as chey every day fucceeded were carried to
Gonfalo
Pifarro,
fupl?oftng that upon intelligence of cheíe matters he would prefencly aif.
band his Army : but he was far from chac incencion, becaufe he imagined chac
the rumour of che Vice·king's impriíon
menc was divulged wich defign to diíperfe
his
People, thac being abandoned and
deíerced.byali, rhey mighc diípoíe of his
own Perfon at cheir pleafure; which c
auíed him cokeep his Forces cogether, and
to,nmch more orderly and cautiouíly chao before. Bue
Licenciado A/varet,,
who
was embarked with the Vice-king, being confcious·
to
himíelf chat he had been
a
· chief prornoter and aétour in che defigns againíl: him, and in che puni!hmenc
of