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IV.
The Informers, encouraged with this Anfwer, feifed upen fifteen perfons, and
brought them before the Chief
J
ufiice
Peter Martin
de
Cecilia,
otherwifecalled
Don
Benito
for he was called by both thofe names, ·who would have put them on the
wrack, and p~ffed femence of condemnation on the leafi word of confeffion ,
fo
pafiionately zealous he was for the Caufe of
Pifarro,
bue
Lorenfº de Aldana,
who
was a Man of much more moderation, freed them from his hands, and fem them
to his own Lod_gings, on precence of fafer cufiody, where having allowed them
all things neceíláry , he afrerwards, under pretence of banifhment , conveighed
rhem away upon aShip which he had provided for chem ; and under the Sea! of
fecrecy gave chem aílurances of his good imemions, to which they forrnerly had
noc been ílrangers. Bue che Party of
Pifarro
was noc comemed wich chis eaÍle
way of punifhrnent, bue racher highly oífended thereat ; and therefore reprefen–
ted
Lorenfº de Aldana
unto
Pifam ,
as a perfon inclined to che contrary Parcy ; bue
Pifarro
feerned noc willing
to
give ear thereunto, eicher becaufe he would not
believe him
ro
be ocher chan his friend ; or cbac being
fo
far diílam from him as
fl!!itu,
choughé it imprudenc to manifeíl: his difpleaíure and refemments againíl: a
perfon fo well beloved and. generally eíleemed by che people.
.By chis time che
News of the Infurreétion of
DiegoCenteno,
with what had fucceeded in che
Charca,s
was come to the knowledge of
Go»falo Pifarro,
wh© conceived it
a
maccerof high
imporrance, and of a more dangerous confequence than che troubles ac
LoJ Reyei,
ahd cberefore after confulcacion held with his Officers, he gave an immediace Com–
miffion to
Francifco Car-vajal
to go and fupprefs chofe commotions ; in which refo–
lucicm che generalicy of ali che Officers concurred , as being che moíl: brave and
moíl: experienced Captain of che Army; chongh in realicy, being weary of his un–
eaúe temper chey were delirous to be rid of him, chac chey mighc have the grea–
cer band in che rule of affairs. Thus
Carvaj11,l
wich a feleét nurnber onely of men–
cy
Horfe in whom he repofed the greatefl confidence deparred frorn che Con–
fines of
fl!!itu,
and carne
to
St.
M ichae!s,
where oucwardly he " as received wirh
high demonílrations of honour and refpeét from che People. Howfoever he cook
fix
of che Chief Governours , and having feverely reproved chem for cheir perfi–
dy and falfenefs
to
Go»falo Pifarro "'
aad for cheir affedion and zeal
to
che Vice–
king; he told chem chac he refolved once to puc all cheir
Cicy
to
fire, and fword,
and noc to leave one Man, Woman or Child alive cherein : bue conúdering ch:ic
this was noc an aét of che generalicy or ofche common people, but onely of chofe
who were their Heads and Rulers ; he cherefore refolved to punifh che faulc and
crime in them, whom he eíleemed
to
be che principal lníl:rumencs; and having
ordered chem co make cheir Confeffion to the Prieíl:, he cau[ed one of thern, who
was a Clerk, and had fealed the Warrants and Orders which che Vice-king
had
fent abroad to be execuced , bue che ochers, by che earneíl: Addreífes a'nd Solici–
tations of cheir Wives and ocher Relacions efcaped, and by che Prayers of Friars
and Prieíls who earnealy interceded in rheir favour, obcained cheir pardon: how–
foever he banifhed chem from the Province, confifcaced cheir
IndianJ
,
and fined
them in four thoufand pieces of Eighc a piece; chence he marched to
Tru:t:il!o
ga–
thering in his way al!'che Men and Money he was able: he laid Taxes on che peo–
ple, and gachered them
ih
hafie, and then he paífed
to
Los
Reyn,
where he formed
a
Body of above cwo hundred Men, and cook che road
to
Co:{.co
by way of che
defart, and being come to
Huamanca
,
as fome Auchours fay , he broughc chat
place under Tribute, and made chem pay the Impoútions which he laid upon
chem.
Whilíl: thefe Maccers were in agicacion, there were deúgns plotting in
LoJ ReyeJ
to take away the Life of
Lorenfo de A!dana :
for at chac time people were
fo
unea–
fie and unquiec , chac upon every fmall occafion they were ready ro Ay inco a mu–
tiny, and confpire againíl: their Governours, for which the principal Auchours
were puc to deach. And chis was che cbird Ploc which was contrived in
LoJ
Rtyn
which ended wich the deach of chree or four of che chief Confpiracours, and of
five or ftx more than in
Huamanca,
wich
Francifco
de
Carvajal,
who'being accufed
~y
thofe in
Los ReyeJ,
were upon their confeffion puc to deach.
le was in
Huam1111-
.
ca
alfo where
Carvajal
received che News of che recreat of
Diego Centeno,
and che
Actacques which
A!onfo de Toro
had made upon him, and chat ne was recurned vic–
torious to
Co:uo :
upon which incelligence
Carvajal
chought it not neceífar,y
ro
pro–
ceed farther; conftdering ;chat
Diego Centeno
was retired : for which caufe, and
be–
(;aufe he
was
not
willing
to rneet
with
Alonfo
de
Toro,
he refolved to recurn
'to
Lo1
Rey(J,