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Royal C01:nmentaries.

de Mendop:i, Alottfo Pere:{. de Efquive!, A!onfo de Camargo, Her.nan Nunne-t.'"1,de Sagura,

Lope de Mendiera, rohn Orti:{.Áe Carate

his Brother, with other perfons in whom,

he repofed a confidence; who being aífembled together, rhey agreed chat che one

ly way was to kili

Francifco de A!mendrta,

\,\%ch accord¡ngly they put in execu–

tion one Sunday morning adüs own houfe·, fiabbing him in divers pJacés juíl: as•

he was going forth to hear Mafs; and being noc quite dead, che~ drew him out

into che Markec-place, and cbere cut off his Head. Nor was chere.rriuch·fear that:

any great cumule would follow hereupou,arnongíl the people, becaufe

AlmendrM

was generally haced and

il1

fpoken of in all pares.

bis place

Diego Centeno

was

named Caprain General, who alfo gave Comrniffions to feveral ocher Captains

boch ofHorfe and Foot, ;Jnd wich greac diligence raifed Meo, and provided Arms

and ocher chings neceffary far War ; and ro hinder all intelligence from coming

to rhe Enemy, he fec Watches and Guards upon che ways. And moreover he

fent

Lope de Mendopi

Arequepa,

feize, if poffible,.upon

Pedro de Fuentes,

who re~

mained _chere with Charaél:er of Lieucenanc Governour to

Gonfalo Pifarro:

bue

chis maccer was not carried fo covercly, bue

de FHemes

received timely: Advices

rhereof, by means of che

Jndians

who were in the

Cbamu,

upon whith he aban–

doned che Cicy , and

Lope de Mend

ofa emred c

hereif! and poífeífed himfelf of che

Pepple, Arms, Horfes, with whac

Money.he

coukdind; and fo he rerurned to

joyn with

Diego Centeno,

who was c

hen ac the

Villa de P/,ita,

and there- they made

up a Body of cwo ~undred and fifcy Men well armed and appointed in ~11 refpe&..

And being now affembled together,

Diego Centeno

made them a long Difcourfe of

all matters which had paífed from che beginning of the Troubles umill- tbac time?

he condemned the proceediogs of

Gonfalo

f,11rro,

puctiog them in mind of the

rpany Slaughters he was guilty , and of che Bloud he fpilc of chofe who preten~

ded

<loe fervice

che Kiog.: and now by menaces and force of Arms

had

caufed him[elf co be fiyled Governour of that Empire, and that he had poífef–

fed bimfelf noc onely of his Majeíly's reve.nue , bue of che Eílares of particular

Meo, from whom he had caken away their

Indian

plamations, and appropriated

them to himfelf; and chat he had encourage.d men

fpeak rhings in derogarion

of his Majefiy's Authorit¡y; to which he added many other rhings, which he ob–

jeél:ed againíl:

Pifarro :

and .in the conclufion he put them in mind of the ducy

which good Subjeél:s ought

bear towards tbeir Prince , aod rhe danger of deny-·

i_ng their allegiance: rhe wbich reafons

DiegoCenteno

.urged

home that che peo–

ple unanimouíly agreed thereumo , and frankly offered

follow bis Commands

in what encerprize foever he íhould employ them.

And to keep chis matter rbe more fecre.t, care was taken

intercept ali corre–

fpondences and inrelligence which mighc pafs by che way to

Cow

uncill fuch

time as he had made his full recruit of Meo·, Horfe, Powder, and ocher arnmu–

nition for War ; and yet notwithfianding all chis care and caution, ic was impof–

fible to hinder or obíl:ruél: che imelligence which by means of che

lndian

Me!Ien–

gers was difpacched ro

Co:{.co

;

and a hundred Leagues farcher to che Northward

roward

Los Reyes

;

though

Afonfo de Toro

who was an Officer belonging to

Gonf_alo

Pifarro

did all that he was able

intercepc Advices ; and to thac end had fenc

a hundred Men

poífefs che pafs and obfiruét ali intelligence, and che paífage

,of che Vice-king cowards

Co:uo.

And here ic was thac

Alonfa de To-¡-o

received che

firfl:

news of che Infurreél:ion of

Diego Centeno

and the death of

Francifco de Almen-

dr.u ;

togerber wich che number of Meo, and Horfe, and Ammunition; and all

ocher maccers which umill that time had paífed ; which the

lndians

in a panicu–

lar rnanner related

him.

.So foon as

Afonfo de Toro

received thefe informations

Jie

immediacely repaired to

Co:;cco,

where havihg levied Meo , he perfuaded the

Cicizens and Governours of che City to engage themfelves in che Caufe of

Pifar–

againíl:

Diego Centeno;

celling them, chac wich che help and afliíl:ence of chofe

Souldiers, Horfe and

Arms, whi

ch were then in the Cicy, he incended

go fortlí

and fighc him: And

moreov.er

jufüfie the righteoufne[s of his Cau[e, he told

ihem rbac chis

DieJ!.o C

enteno was

a mere Impoíl:o.r, who had no righc, nor title, nor

auchority on his fide; and chat being moved onely by his own incereíl and pri–

vare advancage with colour and pretence of his Majeíly's fervice, had inveigled

many people to follow his c;olours; whenas in reality

Gonpilo Pifarro

was che

onely true and lawfull Governour of chofe Kingdoms ; incending

keep them

in quietnefs, and peace, and fafety, umill fuch time onely as that his Majeíly fhould

declare his fenfe and pleafare

thefe rnatters: and therefore that che Infurreél:ion

made