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Royal Comrnentaries.
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that willingly
to
which he would be compelled by force; and rhat then they
would reíl:ore him to his command as formerly, and eíleem him for rheir Caprain,
and would write word
to
Diego Centeno
that they h:id ali devoted themíelyes to his
Maieíly's fervice. f\.t length
LucM Martin
complied, bue by compulíion and not
with a good will, as he afterwards acknowledged.
.
In
Arequepa
che Souldiers found thiny or forty thoufand pieces ofEighr, which
LucM Martin
was fending to
Pifarro,
which they took and divided amongíl: them–
felv~s, anq chen marched to
Diego Centeno,
who gave them a very kind reception,
an'd. thanked them for -ifo·e fervice ,and ducy they had (hewn to his Majeíly; and
afcerwarqs chey ali marched in a Body to che
Charc,u
in µurfüit of
Alonfº tic Mon–
doya,
V{ho was n~wlygone out of chac·. Province with rhree hundred men co·joyn
wich
Gonfalo Pifarro.
.
- When ·both Parcies were come near
to
each other, General
Centeno
being defi–
rous not
JO
put matters
t9
che extremicy of a Battel, wrote a Letcer
to
him, per–
fuading,Him to puc up ancl forgec ali che ancient grudges and enmiries which had
happened in the time of
Alonfo de Toro
and
Francifco de Carvajal,
and chat he fhould
now efp0ufe his Majeíl:is caufe, and abandon the' intereíl: of
Pifarro,
who had re–
nouncediall allegiance to his Majeíty, and chat he could not longer conrinue in
fuch a íl:ate of Rebellidn withouc incurring the infamous name ofa Traicour to his
nam1:al King.'
1
One oúrhe Prebendaries of che Cachedral Church of
Co{,{o
was
difpatthed upon chis N1eífage; he was a School-maíler, bue
Pedro Gonyales de
Clf–
rate ,
had taken him frorn thence to be an iníl:rument of chis happy agreemem;
for in·deed he was a man of authoricy :ind prudeoce, and one
fit
for any employ-
m~t
k
,
'· In
uhe mean time, ,vhilíl: chis School-maíl-er was chus employed, and treating
with
Alonfo de Mendo¡a,
end~avouring to reduce him to his duty cowards his Ma–
jeíl:y; :Which he found to be' a difficult task, becaufe he rhoughc
it
difhonourable
to renounce
Pif_arro:
General
Centeno
received Letters from che Prelident, where–
in he informed him, how his Majeíl:y had given him che Government of chat Em–
pire, that che lace Ordinances were repealed and made null, and thar a general Par–
don was granred,for all 'crimes and faults already committed. The which A.dvice
he difpacched away with all expedition co bis Agent che School-maíl:er, ordering
him
to
rnake ufe there~f for iríclucemeocs herewirh co perfuade
Alonfo
de
Mendofa,
believing
that
chofe arguments \'.\•ould be moíl: prevalenr wirh him, though he had
been much more obíl:inate chao he was. The matter operaced and' fucceeded ac–
cording ro defire; for
fo
foon as
Mendºfª
faw che Lecters and rhe news he altered
his mind, and refolved to declare for his Majefiy ; onely he made chis condicion
that in cafe he joyned with
_Diego Centeno,
he would command his own Forces and
remain.chief Captain of rbem, as he had formerly been: his Souldiers were rhree
hundred.' in number, all_c~oice meo,. well _ai:med and well moumed.
Diego Cen–
teno
affenred to che cond~r10n, not bemg w1llmg
to
break offfor che inconvenience
of cwo Generals corpmanding one Army of che fame Narion ; fo thar both Par–
ties mee and joyned
1
with all che rejoycing and triumph imaginable. And now
( as
Carate
reporcs) they finding rhemfelves a thoufand meo íl-rong, refolved ro
accack
Gonfalo Pifarro,
and in their way co ~eife upon a cercain advamageous Pafs,
and to pt'oceed no farther for want of prov1fion, bue there
to
expeét him. And
at this País we will leave them, being near
Huarina,
where tbat bloud}' Battel -
was afcerwards fought, and return to the Prelident
Gafca,
whom we left in his
Voyage, failing on che fouch_ Sea.
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CHAP.