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Two Captains of
Pi)arro's
Army
1,:/ll
three of th@fe·belongi~g'
to the Vice-1<_,ing
;
which is again revenged upon them.
Gon)alo Pi~arro
embark_s for the
C
ity
of
Truxillo.
A
Vguftin~Carate,
proceeding forward
in
the courfe of his Hittory, faich,
That
when the Vice-king was ready to depart frorn
~itu
he dií~atched away
his
Son-in-law,
Diego Alvare:i:, de Cuero
into
Spain
to inform his Maje(ly of al! Affairs,
th,¡chad..paífed, deíiring him
to
fend him forne Succours whereby he rnight be
enabled
to
make War upon
Gonfalo Pifarro;
and accordingly
Cuero
embarked on
the fame Fleet with
Vaca de Caftro
and Doétour
Texada,
as we have befare declared.
In
che mean time che Vice-king carne
to
che City of Sr.
Michael,
which is about an
hundred and fifty leagues from
f2..!!j,tu,
where he reíolved
to
remain, untHI fuch
rime as he received his Majefly's farther direétions in thefe rnacrers; rnaking ufe
of his Ma}efl:y's Name and Authority in the fiyle of all Letters and Orders
which he iffued : and this place he jt,1dged mofi proper for bis refidence, being
advantageouíly Gtuaced in tl1e common Road, chrough which all people muíl: go,.
who come from
Spain
or ocher pares ioco
Peru,
aod is a País which caonot be avoi–
ded by íuch who travel wich Horfes or orher Beafis of burthen;
fo
chat by chis
conflant concurrence or confluence of people his niJ.mbers every day increafed.
The Inhabitants of chis Town were ali very loyal and well-affeéted
to
the Vice–
kiog, by which means, and by cheir kind recepcion and entercainmenc, his Soul–
diers increafed to che number of five hundred Horfe and Foor, mofi of chem in–
differencly well armed, and fuch as wanced defeníive Arms made Corílecs oflron,.
and Coats of Bulls Skins well dried and preífed.
Ar che fame time tbat
Gonfalo Pif arro
fenc Captain
Bachicao
wich his Brígantine
to
feife the Fleec of the Vice-king, he alfo diípacched cwo of his Capcaü1s by
Land called
Gonfalo Dia:i:, de Pinera
and
reronimo de Villeg,u
to raife Souldiers in che
Cities of
Tr11xillo
and Sr.
Michael,
where rhey remained with a Body of eighc
hundred meo, uncill fuch rime as being alarm'd wich che approach of che Vice–
king, they quitted cheir Pofls and recreated within che Councrey, and quarcered
. in a Province called
Collique,
which is abouc forty leagues di!tanc from Sr.
Michael,
from whence they gave imelligence
to
Pifarro
o[
the Vice-king's march, and che
daily increaíe ofhisArmy,
to
which a fiopoughc fpeedily
to
be given befare ir pro–
ved too late. And whilfl: ·theíe Capcains refided ar cbat place, they had advice
chac che Vice-king had fent a Capcain called
rohn de Prere;ra
to che Province of
Chachapoy,u,
to
raife whar men rhat Councrey afforded; and by reafon that few
Spaniards
inhabited in chofe pares,
Pifarro's
Captains did imagine chat
Prmyra
and
his meo would remain fecure, and nocdream of any danger ; in confidence of
which they marclied che very fame way after them, and one nighc feifed on their
Sentinels, and falling on rhem as chey were íleeping killed
Prer9ra
and cwo
ocher principal Capcains, whofe Heads chey cut off; and chen ali chofe who were
with them, ·to che number of abouc Ílxcy Horfemen, revo!ted for fear, and decla–
ring for
Gonyalo Pifa;-ro
recurned with his Captains
to
their Quarcers.
The Vice-king, greacly troubled for chis difgrace and misfortune, refolved fpee–
dily
to
revenge ic with che like recuro, and accordingly fallied privately out from
Sr.
Mir:hael's
wich abouc an hundred and fifry Horíernen, and fell in upon the
Quarcers of che Capcains
Gonfalo Diaz..
·and
Villega.s
ac
Colliq11e;
who having fome
few days befare performed chac late exploit, refled fecure from che apprehenfions
of any fuch recurn from their enemies. The aífault which was made upon chem
was
fo
fudden that chey had no rime
to
provide for cheir defence, orto puc them–
felves in order to fighr, bue every one fhifced for himfelfas well as he coold ; and
fo
much were tbey fcattered abroad, chac
Gonfalo Dia:i:,
fled with very few inco a
Province of che
Jndians,
which was not conquered, where chey arofe up againíl:
him and ki!led him ;
Hmiando de A/varado
incurred che like fate: bue
reronimo de
Villef.M,'
rallying his people, marched into che Countrey as far as
Trn:rillo,
whilll
the Vice-klng refided ac Se.
Michae!.
Go11f11li,