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Commentaries.
BooK
v~
gether:
.A/onfo de Toro
wa~of
.ª
proud, choler_ick difpoíition, ~nd very lo~d in his
fpeech;
DiegoGonp:iles
bemg m the Hall, which ,~as n~x.t ro hLS Daughrer s Apart–
menr he heard
Alonfo de Toro
fcold and quarrel w1rh h1sDaughrer, who was a ve–
ry g~od and v~rruous Wife, an~ in l;is fury corning out into th~ Ha!!, he mee
with bis Farher-m-law, and fanfymg tnat he carne to take pare wnh h1s Daugh–
t'er, he preíencly _bruíled up_to che go_od old man, who was above fixty five years
of age, and \\·ich a loud vo1ce gave h1m bafe and foul language; but
Gonfales de
Vart.M,
racher wirh intention to defend himíelf ,rhan wich defign to hure füs Son–
in-law, laid hold on an old Dagger which hung by a íl:ring at bis fide, and drew
ir in his own detence, with which
Alonfo de Toro
being more provoked, carne up
fo
clofe to che old Man chat he received a wound from che Dagger, which when
De
VargM
perceived, and confidered rhat there was now no orher way, he gave him
three or four íl:·bbs more in che Belly, and then fk:d, fearing leíl:
de Toro
íhould by
his ílrengcb wreíl: che Dagger from him, arid kili him with ic; but he had ílrengch
onely
co
µuríue'him abouc fifcy paces to che foot of che Scairs, where he fell down
and died. This was che face of poor
Alonfo de Toro,
which bis own fory and cho–
lerick diípoficion had brought upon him, his Facher-in-law being forced rhere–
unco merely to fave and defend himfelf.
Dieg,oGonpdes
was afcerwards cried for che faél:, and acqttitted, and I knew him
feveral years after; he had a Son narned
.Diego de Vargtlf,
,vho wenc to School
wirh me whilíl: we learned to reade and wrire, and were afcerwards mour Latin:
we were alfo neighbours, and lived nexr door bue one to rhem when chis unforcu–
nace miíchief happened. Afcer che deach of
Alonfo de Toro
che Corporacion of che
Cicy made choice of
Alonfo de Hinojofa
to be Governour and Captain thereof un–
der
Gonp,1/0 Pifarro;
bue he ~vas foon íuper[eded by
.Antonio de Robles,
who re
ceiveda Commiflion for the place from
Piyrrro:
by which chough
Hi,iojo{a
eíl
:eerr.edhimfelf much diíobliged, yec he diílémbled bis pleaíure untill a fair oppor
cunicyoffered to make known his refentments, as will appear more plainly hereafcer.
The Lecters and Advices alío of che arrival of che Prefidenc were carried to
A requepa,
and
to
che City of
Plm,
and flew over ali
Collao,
where many of chofe
people were concealed who had been difperfed by
Frnncifcode Carot1jt1l
when he
puríued
Diego Centeno.
This news cauíed great fermencation in che minds of che
People, and particularly an inhabitanc of
.Arequcpa
called
Diego A/vnrez..,
being rhen
near che Sea-coaíl: with nine or ten Companions, made himfelf Caprain of them,
and taking Colours of a Linen Clorh, chey wenc in íearch of
Diego Centeno,
who
had by chis time quitced his Cave, and gotten togecher about five men, who una–
nimouíly chofe
Centmo
for General of che new Encerpri[e. Ar firíl: they coníulr~d
whecher it would be moíl: advantageous for chem
to
march
to
che City of
.Arequepa
or
to
Cou:o,
where chey lmew chac
Antoniode Robles
refided wich three hundred me11
well ficced and appoinced; bue as yet rhey knew nocwhac co refolve opon, for ic
feemed a hazardous macter co attack a body of men wich
fo
much diíadvancage
of numbers ; bue afcerwards, confidering that rhey carried wich rhem che fpecious
colour of che King's Auchority, and che powerfull name of Loyalcy, ihey refolved
on che queíl:ion, and to rnarch direétly to
Cou:o.
Bue lec us lea, e chem here on
their Journey ro relate ocher afüons and fucceffes which '"'·ere carried on and paf–
fed in divers pares, and acche fame time in chofe Counrries, which were
fo
rnany
and various, chac I
[eem
co be encred inco a Labyrinth, from whence I fhall en–
deavour to extricace my felf in che beíl: manner I amable, hoping for che Reader's
pard n and accepcance, in cafe I fall fhort in che relation where fuch great variery
of affairs harh happened.
We have mentioned before, how that
Loren
1
o de .A/dana, Hernan Mexia de Gu~–
man, ¡ohn Alonfo Palomino,
and
¡ohn de Yllanes
were, by order of che Prefidenc, fenc
by Sea
to
Peru;
cheíe by che way carne
to
Tumpi~,
where
Barro/meo de Villalobo1
was Governour under
Gonfalo Pifarro,
who obferving that cheir four Ships had re–
mained fonr days before che Porc and had noc encred, he fu[peél:ed rhac chey had
changed their Copy, and were revolred
to
che ocher Party; upon which fupµ ofiti.
on, without orher grounds, he diípacched aMeffenger to
Pifarro
with chis informa–
tion. The news was
firíl:
carried to Capcain
Diego de Mor.1,
who was chen in
Truxi/lo;
above a hundred leagues dillance from
Tumpiz..,
who was from rhence to
fo~·ward ~t wic~ all expedivion to
Gonfalo Piyarro.
Diegode Mora,
upon receipt of
~h1s Advtee, d1fpeeded the Meffenger to
Los
Reyes,
bue he himfelf remained doubc–
full which fide to take, whether he fhould adhere to
Pifarro,
or revolt from him:
bue