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made anfwer, No, Gemlemen, faid h; ; che Heads,of onr Enernies.cut offwi~h'
our own hands do never íl:ink, bue rather fmell
[
weer, by which he íhewed
himfelf a true Scholar and Servam ro
Carvajal,
for ali
his
Difciples wete of che
{ame
ftamp.
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, .
·
Frar1cifco de Carvajal
having thus defeaced
_C.aptaiñ
tJiJgo Centeno,'
and kil!éd
Lo–
pe de Mendo·ra
,
N:cholM de Eredia
,
;md ochers ; and havfog refreíhed his 5ouldiers
and gratifiea chof
e who révolred to him ar cHe·River
of'Plate,
With Horfes· A.rtns
and Money ; che
betc.erto
oblige therri to him, he kept his head-quatcers
at
che
Ci'ty
of
Plate
,
makingvvhat Mortey
1,e
was able ro fend to
Picarro.
Abouc chis time che Souldiers ( of che InvaÍtori) who were rnany of thetrt
noble by birch, being :ifhartied to have been
fd
eafily overconie, and-angry ar che
death o~
Nichola1 de J!redid
their chief Cornrnan_der, and orhet cheir Ü?tnpanitms;
encered rnto aConfpiracy to revenge che farne wuh the bloud
of
Carvajál :
and that
truly in pure revenge , and nocout of covetottfnefs , as fome repott; bµt chat is
not probal:JJe, becaufe not long before they were fo generous as to refufe móney
which
was,
offered rhen'l for c~eir Pay. The principal Confpiratours vvere
Lewis
Pardomo, Alonfo Camarxo,
and orhers who had formerly been pardoned by
Carvajal,
as
we have rnehrioned befare ; and wirh rhefe thircy ochers were engaged in che Ploc
whofe names are not known, artd agreed
to
kill
him
on íuch aday, and ali ofchem
took an Oach of Secrecy, laying their hands on a Crucifix. Bue
Carvajal,
who
was a füípicious man, and carefull of his
dwn
perfon,
!
had many füends
who were very true to him ca1ne
to
a di(covery of che wh
Confpiracy, ro.pre–
vent which, he feized u¡.,on che principal Aétourscherein, ali wich greac fury and
madnefs uctered in a ravihg manner chefe wórds, as
DiegoFern'ande'z,
reports;
Senior
Balmafeda ,
and ocher Cavaliers of che Invafion have confpired to
kill
me, not–
wichftanding my kind creatment of chem , and che refpeét
I
íhewed them above
the true and loyal Servants of my Governc;,ur and Lord
Pifarro,
&c.
And chus having puc
fix
or feven of che principal Plotters
to
dearh, he pardo–
ned ali che reíl: ; bue ro fecure himfelf from chem , knowing them
to
.be defpe–
race meo ; he [ene them in che nature of bani~1ment cp
Gonf_alo Pifarro
by diffe–
rent ways, ro whom he had lately wrote a relanon of ali paffages, and how
.his
Enemies were cocally rouced al}d defeaced ; and a~out che fame rime
Francifco
de
Carvajal
received in exchange of his relation an accou['\t of che Barre! ar
~tu,
wherein che Vice-king was ílain, wirh what elfe he had done afcer chis füccefs;
and how he intended
to
goe to
cheC\<Y
of
Los Reyes
,
where he defired to meec
Carvajal,
that they mighc there confülc, and agree upon füch meafüres and methods
as
were
ro
be cakeo for che future.
CH A P.
XL.
The fubflance of
Frartcifco de Carvajar
s Letter to
Gor1~a..
lo
Pi~arro,
-and of his Difcourfe by word of mouth, per–
fuading him to proclaim himfelf King of
·
Peru.
And
how others encouraged him thereunto.
T
H
IS fortunate News put
Carvajal
ipto
a
tboufand rboughcs concerning
che
fiare of
Pifarro's
affairs, contriving how ir might be poílible for him
to
per–
petuare his power and rule ; not meaning undet che Emperout,
bue
by virme of
his own abfoluce and independenc auchority, having wich affiíl:ence of hís own
Brother and his own Arms, won and gained that Empire.
Diego Fcrnande:t-
in the
fourty nirich Chapcer, of his Book recites che whole Leccer, wherein
he
advifes
him to cake on himfelf che Title of King: · Arid w·nen aJterwárds he and
Piyarro
n1et ac
Rimac
,
he chen made this Difcourfe to him , which we think
fit
to
anr~–
cipace and repeat out of
ics
due place.
Cecee
1.
Sir,