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R~yal Commentariet.
Lorcnp ·de Aldan'il,.
proceeding on his Voyage, loo[ed .from
Tr~xillo.
and failed
.along ch!! Coa-ft, and, having fome fick people abqard, he carne for refrefhmenc
to rhe,River éalled
de Santa,
whete they mok in fréfh water, from whente he fént
a cercain -f:ciar ;~f th~
Merceds,
called Friar_
Pedro_ de V/loa,
to ~arry
to
Pifarro
che
hews of -bis amval m thofo pares, and w1ch th1s occafion
to
advife a:ll pe
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fons
~hom he knevv tobe well affeéted, to efcape out of the City of
Los Reyes
upon
any Boacs; or Veífels they could gec, promifing chat, with the Pinnaces and Skiffs
belonging to che Ships, .he wól}ld gacher aQd cake them up, _and bring chem aboard
their
S~ips. ' So foon as
Piyarro
heard thac,chis Friar was IJOmé, he prefurttly.cau–
fed hin1 to be broughc 'to hím without permiffion to difcoutíe wich
any
perfon
eicher in publick or ptivace: arna upon che news of the revolt of hrs Fléec he
h!ghl~ 'invei~·h
ed a-gai~ft
lio:e"fº de Aldana,
.~ccufi~g hirn .of falfüy, and bé'tr~yiñg
bis Couñtrey,
and.ofmgrat1h1ae for che fnendfh1p he had eVer fhewed-him; -bla:–
rniríg.,hjtnfelf very much· für ,not haviog followed che couofel and perfüahons of
his Olfü:ers, who long
Lince
would have had him hanged, _and punifhed fothis de-
rnerit as jufüce required.
. ·
, ,
~¡ " ·
Bue macters could not be carried
ro·
focretly, bue that che revolt of'the Fleet
under command of
Lonnfo ,de Aldana
unto che Prefident was .publilhed arid calked
of over ~11 che Town ;
fo
chat
Pi
f ªrro
being forced to 0wn it, he prefehtly proclai–
rned a War, and beat up Drums for lifting Souldiers; 'Captains alfo W€rJ named
and appointed, and pay advanced· to every privare Souldier ; and fome'S0tilcliers
of note received a choufand Qr two choufand pieces 'of Eight upon advance>ac¡:cot–
ding to their qualicy and defercs, A general Rendezvousiwas appoinced,
tb
whiéh
pl.ace
Pifarro
marched on foot as General of che Infantry, which (as Car-at:,.iÁ•the
eleveml:i Chapter of his fixth Book, fays) confüled ofa,choufand men,
tallas·
well
armed and cloched as any Companies
in;ftab
in che timernf peace; for/ befides
cheir armour, every man had good Sh0es andcScockins, attd·a
SHk
DoubJée
~
artd
fome.ofCloch of Gold or Silver, .or embroideries upoff·théir Cloaks, With Hacs
turned·up wich Gold Buckles; and che-stocks of cheir Gu'.ns:,pktced an~
1
e'mboffed
wich G@ld. The Captains of Horfe were
Licenciado C,Ppeda, ;
and
Licenciado ·de Cari.
vajal,
héing great confidents and highly in favour: The,Captains whiGh comrnani
ded c.lne Harquebufiers
went.//ohn de Acofta, fohn 'flclc,:;,,'dc Gt1c1iára
a,nl!I
'/oMi'd~ 1a í/órre:
The Caprains of che Pikes Were
Hernando Bachicad, Mar.tín de·AlmendrM
and
'Mat:
tin de Robles:
bue theLiéucenanc-Genetal of al! was
Fn,ncifco de (:arvajalr
wno kept
his former íl:acion, and commanded his own Company of Harquebufi€rs ,vhich
had always followed him. The Standard was carried bY,
Antonio A!tamirano,
and
gaarded by eighcy Horíe. Sorne Captains in cheir Colom:s made a Cypher with
the namé of
Gonsafo Pifarro,
that is with che
G.
and
P.
wich a Crown over it;
anocher Captaio brought that Cypher inro che form of a Heart; all cheir Eníigns
and Colours were made new of diver ·colours, and_ a new fafhion carne up by di–
reétion of
Carvajal
(
which I have not obferved m any _ocher Army) for every
Souldier to cye a knot of fübbon of che colour of the Enhgn ofthat Company to
whi<rh he belonged within the plume of Feachers which he wore in his Hat, and
fuch as.had no Feathers wore them in a bunch oo-cbeir Hats
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by which every man-
was diíl:inguifhed and _known unto what Company he belonged; ooely
Carvajal
thought not fit
to
make new Colours, bue cold his Souldiers 'chat che old one
was cheir honour, uoder which haviog had great fucceífes, they might [lill hope
to be formnate and add new Viétories to their ancient Glories. And now
Fi;arro
íhewed himfelf open-handed to-his:Sou1diers, giving cheqi large pa,y~·and moriey
upon advance; to fome Captains he gave forcy~ to fome fifty or ÍtNty thoufand
pieces of Eight for their Souldiers·, according
to
their m1inbers, or -:i.s-' tlf.1€y were
Horfe or Foot, which confequendy requited more expetKt'. He
atfoib0t1ghE
ali
che Horfes, Mares and Mules he c9uld find, to mqun~
Ms
péóple, f0r which he
paid wich ready money: ,bue for fome (as a certaiaAutho1.:1F f~ys? he díd not pay,
the reafon for which was chis: Severa!' Mer€:haars of che
Cify-
of
Los Reyes
lifted
themfelves for Souldiei-s, not ro lhew themfelves Cowards
ot
dlfaffeetéd, bue af:
ter forne days march, growiog, weary, they procuretl a difcharge by furrender óf
their Horfe and Arms, and chofe woo had neither, gave tnoney by was,
1
of com·
penfation : for
GIJ/'lfalo Pifam
and his Offü::ers though.e
a.ocfit
to coníhajn any man
ag;iiníl: his
will,
knowil'lg, that prefi rnen never mame goed·5ou1'diers.
·
In
chis manrler was the .Arrny fittecl
1
and prepared'wi~h WeapdH's of'War; atid
now to füengrhen díe good Caufe wirh R.eafons artd·Arguments te- pfe~fe
Pifirrro,
.
Licen-:.