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Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
dirion co deal with che Enemy, feveral of his men being killed and !efe afhoar, he
failed to
Cartagena
wich his Ship and Frigats, attending an opporcunity to incom–
mode che Enemy : bue Doél:our
Ribera
and
Pedro de Hinojofa
appeafed the people
che beíl: they could ;· and leaving forne force and Captains for fecurity anél defence
of che City, they returned to
Panama.
CH
A
P.
XXXIII.
Blafco Nunnez Vela
its himfelf in
Popayan.
Gon-
~alo Pi~arro
preten
ogoe far
Qyitu,
hoping
by
that
111ea11s to caufe his re11ioval from. thence.
The Vice-ldng
goes
in
quefi
of
Pedro Fuelles.
W. ·
E
before mentioned chat che Vice-king was in
Popayan,
where,
to
keep him–
felf in aél:ion, he engrofíed all che !ron of cha
e
Province ; to work which
he compelled che Smiths
ro
come in and fec up Forges, and in a fhort time made
above two hundred Fire-arms, wich Croílets and Armour proporcionable to rhem,
and then he wrore
a
Letcer to
Sebaftian,
Governour of
Bela!cayar,
and to a cercain
Capcain of his called
'fohn Cabrmu,
who was rhen by order of che faid Gover–
nour emploied in a new Conqueíl: of che
Indian1,
wherein he gave chem a particu–
lar intelligence of ali matters which had happened to him fince the time ofhis
firíl:
encrance inco
Peru
,
in which was comprifed the Hiíl:ory· of the Infurreétion of
GonyaloPiyarro,
who had forced him to abandon the Councrey ; and that now he
refolved to return again upon him ; to which end, thac he mighc have a cornpe–
tent Army, he defired them to come and join with him , in which rhey would
doe moíl: fignal fervice
to
his Majeíly : and chac having overcome and killed rhac
Tyrant, they rnight largely fhare in che poífeflions of
Pem,
which would be much
becter chan ali che Conqueíls chey were now emploied in. Beíides which
prn–
mifes, the betcer to encourage chem, he told chern chac
Diego Centeno
was aél:ually
on che Confines of
Pmt
in his Majeíly's fervice ; chat every day his forces encrea–
fed; fo that now, in cafe che Tyranc were but attackeq on che other íide, ir
would
be
iinpoffible for him
to
hold our. He alfo fent them Warrants ro cake
out of his Majeíl:y's Exchequer in feveral Towns and Villages near chem che fum
of
chircy thoufand
Pefo1
of Gold, for paymem of che Souldiers. The Captains ha–
ving received chefe Orders, obeyed them wich ali readineís; and wich a hundred
Souldiers well armed, carne, and kiífed che Vice-king's hand; che which encou–
raged him to fend che like Orders to the new IGngdom of
Granada, Cartagena
and
other pares , demanding fuccour and affiílence from them ; fo that in a fhorc rime
he had got a Body of four hundred men, ali reafonable well armed ; bue chis fuc–
ceís was again tempered wich che ill News of che !oís of his Brocher and..of his
two Captains.,
rohn de GuCGman
and
'fohn de 11/ane:i:,;
ar which he was much troubled,
becaufe he had greac expeél:ations from them. On che ocher fide,
Gonyalo Pi–
f_arro
had noching to crouble him , bue onely rhe rhoaghcs of che Vice-king ,
for he could noc think hirnfelf fecure, whilíl: he lived, and was ar che head of an
/\rrny : And becaufe he could noc come at che Vice-king, or march into che
Councrey where he was for wanc of ProviÍions, which were very fcarce in chofe
pares; he gave out , chac he would march into che
Charca&
to fuppreís rhe Infur–
r.eél:ion of
Diego Centeno;
and to leave Captain
Pedro de Puelles
with
e
bree hundred,
rnen to guard chat froncier againíl: che Vice-King, in cafe he fhould make an at–
rempt thereapon. And to put a beccer colour on chi, feigned deíign, and make ic
more publick, he named his Captains and Souldiers who were to goe wich him
and chofe who were to remain behind ; and made provifions for rnaimenance of
one and che other.
Accordingly he marched out of
fl.!!_it11,,
and took care chat
inforrnation hereof fhould be difpacched to che Vice-king;
to
perform which, an
ill-man, whom che Vice-king had fenc for his Spy'into chofe pares, was very inffru–
mencal ; for this Rog_ue had ,
in
hopes
of
Come
greac reward from
Pi
1
arro,
di[co-
.
vered