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IV.
privare cortefpondence with
Pi
1
arro,
he cauíed them to b~ run through with a
Lance: though ic is faid for cercain, that they were no~ gu1lty, at leaíl:
PiFarro
ne–
ver received Leccers from them : and about che fame ume alfo, and upon che like
fü[picion he cau[ed
Rodrigo de Ocampo
to be fiabbed wich a Dagger; though he
was innocent of chac Treafon of which he was fufpeéted ; and in realicy deferved
highly from hi~, having adheredfaichf~lly ~o him in ali bis Troubles : And be–
íng come
to
~itu,
he gave Orders
to
Licenciado Alvare,:,
to hang up
Gome:,;, Efta–
úo
and
Alvaro de Carvajal,
who were Citizens of
Guayaquil,
precending thac they
had aConípiracy to rake away his life,
& c.
Thus far
Gomara.
This greac effufion of Bloud and Slaughter gave much caufe of offence to che
people of
Peru,
who every where ípoke ~gainíl: che Vice-king and h\s C~u[e;
faying, rhat he was not a man
to
be dealc w1ch, who chus upon ever-y light occa–
fion, or che lea[l: fo[picion could put men to death ; and cherefore many fell off
from bis párty, and denyed him che affiíl:ence they otherwife deíigned him, for
fear of incurring the like fate with others.
Bue now, teavingthe Vice-king in
fJ.!!itu,
and
Gon
1
alo Pifarro
in purfoic ofhim,
we fhall relate che focceífes of chofe Affairs which paífed in che Kingdom of
~i–
tu,
with what happened in che Province of the
CharcM,
which are Countreysabove
feven hundred'Leagues dif1ant each from che other, and are che ucmoíl: confines
o[
Peru :
wbich is wonderfull to coníider thac chefe quarrels fhould excend
fo
far,
as to influence Affairs acfo far a diíl:ance.
CH A P.
XXVII.
The
rle.ath
of
Francifco de Almendras.
The
lnfurreflion
·
of
Diego Centeno.
The Oppofition
which
Alonfo de
Toro
made
againft
ü:
and the defeat he gave
~Jim.
W
E have alre:idy mentioned, how chat many of che Inhabicancs of che Ciry
of
Piare,
whom che Vice-king had fummoned
to
come in
to
hisaíliíl:ence,
were aétually on cheir way to him, bue hearing of his Impriíonmenr, tl1ey recur–
ned
to
cheir own homes. We have alfo faid, That
Gonfalo Piyarro
had
[ene
Fran–
cifco
de
Almendra1
wich Commiffion to be his Depucy ; knowing him ro be a
períon truely zealous and afieétionace co his Caufe ; and iodeed he íl1ewed him–
{elf
really fo
to
be ; for having informacion, thac a principal Gentleman of thac
place called
Don Gomez., de Luna,
fhould fay in bis houCe , chat ic was impoffible,
bue that one day che Emperour would reign in
Peru,
he preíencly took him, and
clapc him up in che common priíon, wich a firongGuard upon him: but che Cor–
poracion of che Cicy made feveral Addreífes in his beh:ilf which were rejeéted by
Francifco de Almendr:u;
with fome kind of ill language , which a cercain perfon ta–
king nocice of, boldly replyed, chac if he would noc releaíe him, chey would
:
ac
which
AlmendrM
though highly offended, concealed his diípleafore for awhile; and
at midnight, wenc in perfon coche priíon, and chere íl:rangled
Don Gome:,;,,
and draw–
ing his body
to
che Markec-place, cut offhis Head, and chere ]efe che Corpíe: The
Inhabicancs were
fo
greacly offended hereac, as
Carate
in ches-ch Chap. ofhis 20th
Book relaces, chacche feníe chereofwas general, and eHeemed
to
be acommon con–
cernment; and particularly one called
Diego Centeno;
who was a Nacive of che Ci–
ty.
Jl.odrig~
rook it much to hearc, having ha~ aparticular friendíl1ip ~or
Gome:,;,.
And
,though chis
Centeno
followed che parcy of
P, 1
arro
when he made h1s firíl: Iníurrec–
cion, and (ollowe~ him from
Co:,;,c?
to
Los
ieyes,
having gre;¡t.intereíl: in che Army,
and a-Plernpocenuary for che Provmce of the
Chamu:
yec afcerwards, diícovering
che ~vil deíigns and intencions of
Pi
1
arro,
he obcained leave from him ro rerurn
to
his own efl:ace, and bis Command over
lndians,
where he quiecly reíided un–
till fuch time as chis unhappy deach of
Gome,:,
fell ouc, whicl1 firft móved him ro
ufe the beft meaos he was able to free che Lives and Eftaces of cbac people from
che oppreffion and tyranny of
Fra¡zcifco de AlmendrM:
in order whereunto he com–
municaced hjs deíign
to
che principal Inhabicants of thac Countrey, namely,
Lope
de