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Royal

Commentariei.

C HA P. XIV.

Licenciado Carvajal, Graviel de Rojas,

and

feveral

other

Ciliztns and Souldiers of note

fly

from

Pi~arro.

U T thefe frequent revolts did not end with che flight of

Martin

Rob/u,

bue rather a general defefüon was feared ; for the night following

Lope Mar–

tin Prereyra

of the

Portugal

Nation made bis efcape: he ·was one of the

firíl:

Con–

querours, and one with whom

was well acquainted : whereupon

Gonf.alo Pifarro,

to prevenc other efcapes, at leaíl on that fide of the City, he orclerea

Licenciado

Carvajal

with a parcy of Horfe to guard that part, and not to fuffer any perfon to

país that way. One would have thought that this

Carvajal

had given fufficient

aíiurances .and pledges of bis Fidelity, that bis faithfulneís to che Caufe oughc nót

to be fufpel'ted ; and yec f

ar al! ch

is he fled away and revolted, and by bis example

opened a door for every

man

.to efcape away and be gane; for he was followed

all

bis Troop of Horfe,

as alfo

Pedro Suarez, de Efcobedo, Francifco de Efcobedo

and

'leronimo Efcobedo,

who were bis Kinfmen,' and

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took tbe great Road to

Tru–

xillo

;

thefe al(o were accompanied with

Licenciado Polo, Marcos de RetamOfO

an Ens

fign of good efieem,

Francifco de Miranda

and

Mernando de Yarga.1,

with many Soul~

diers of chief renown. The flight ohhefe perfons rnuld not be fo concealed bue

that it was quickly made known to che.next Qi!arter, from whenc~

Graviel

Ro–

ja.1

followed che fame exarnple, who was the perfon on whom

Pif_arro

had noc

long befare conferred the honour of carrying che Standard, which

had taken

from

Don Antonio de Ribera,

whom he had !efe in

Los Rey_es

to govetn the-City,· be-–

caufe he was a perfon of great abilities, and related to him by kindred, and enga–

ged with him as deeply as any in ali bis defigns.

Graviel de RojM

was followed by

many others, amongíl: whom were bis cwo Kinfmen

Grliviel Yermudez,

and

Gome~

Roja.1,

both Perfons of Qtality: the flight of thefe Officers was not prefently

known abroad, becaufe che Quarters of

Licenciado Carvajal

were in the Out-guards,

which

Gonfalo Pifarro

and

bis Souldiers eíl:eerned to be well fecured

them, ·and

repofed all confidence imaginable in their fidelícy : but

foon as it was divulged,

it caufed great noife and rumour

the Camp; and

Pifarro

himíelf was particu–

larly concerned for

Licenciado Carvajal,

and was grieved that he of all the men

in the world íhould forfake him : and confidering what could be the cauíe of his

difrontent or difguíl: , he was forry that he had noc married him to

Donna Franci–

fca

farro

his Cofin-gen:nan, fuppofing thar if he had fo done, he had obliged him

by perpetua! bonds of alliance ; and again he fanfied that he muíl: have been dif–

obliged, becaufe having nominarnd him ~o have commanded fome Forces, he had

afterwards put

'John de Acojfa

over bis head : 'of all which he complained

Franci–

fco Carvajal,

his Lieutenant General, blamingi him for giving him the

ill

counfel

which had difobliged bis Kinfman:

which

Carvajal

made anfrver , rhac fince

the

Licenciado_

had been fo bold and daring as to forfake and abandon his cauíe

even in

bis

prefence, and was fo reíolved upon it as to adventure bis life in che

A.a;

it was better to be rid of him than to entertdn him in his fervice, ftnce he

might have carried three hundred roen away wirh him, in cafe :~e had employed

him in the place of

Acofta.

the like manner. ( faid he) foch men as thefe tur·

ned to your fide and party, ata time when cheir occaftons required your affiftence

to help them to their Efiates , and to conferve their Lives and Honours; and at

that time ~hey denyed and renounced che Emperour, they perfecuted llis Vice–

king to che death: and now che tide being turned, they deny, and fell you, and

emirely ·abandon you : and, why

forno other caufe certainly, than that they

think chey have no farther need of you ; their Efiates and Lives being now fecu–

red

chem: fuch menas thefe, both here and in all ocher pares of the World,

adore no other God than che Idol of their 0wn intereíl: : and having paid you like

roen of that íl:amp, cheir deferts will be recompenfed

them in cheir own coin.

This was che faying of the Lieutenant General, and he proved a true Prophec

in it ; for

faw rnany of chefe things verified in my time; for none

thefe peo-

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