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omrn?ntaries.

refpeét and fidtlity

him , and follow che example of his Capcains and Gover–

nours

ocher places : and cherefore chat

Antoniode Ribera,

whom he entirely lo–

ved bot~ on che fcore of alliéince and of pa(t íetvices which he had done to che

Marquis

Don Francifco Pipmo

his brother, 'h_s: gave him fecretly his confent to

make a furrender of rhe City ; thac rhereby he might conferve himfelf and his

Niece

Donna Francifca Pifarro,

Daughcer of che Marquis, who remained undet

his Guardianíhip.

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The News of chis Change

1l~e Cicy wa~ foon

carried.to

Lprenfo de Aldana,

who was fürprized wich extraordi.nary joy

hear it, for he did nor expeét fo fud–

den an alceracion; and was ridin'g at anchor ac a good diíhhce from che íhoar

looking out wirh his Boats

cake up fuch as made theír efcapes from che City:

to.fecure whicb he ordered Captain

¡ohn Alon/o Palomino

with fifcy Souldiers-tórow

along che íhoar ; (ufpeéting than

Gonyalo Pifarro

-would rernrn again to che

Qty

prevent Plocs \\:hich nüght be chere contriving ,againíl: him: and

have thc:i bec–

ce~ and more fpeedy inte!ligence of che proceedings of

Pi<¡arro,

he ordered cwelve

of chofe perfons who had .revoluectl to him, ,and who hereby had givenfondeny–

able proofs of ~bei.u rfidelicy ;

pe mounced on Horfe-back, to fcour abroad a.nd

travers ali che ways and roads oear che Cicy.

alfo gave Orders to Captain

Y/Lmes,

who wa.s·Gommander of a.fmall Frigace, to coaíl: alomg che íl1oar,.óf che

Souch-fea; and í!'.t 'fome conveAienr place to land a Friar and a Souldiet; who

were; to carry L,etters and Difpatches from che Prefidenc direét~d

Capcain'Die–

go Centeno,

and [evexal· Leuers to particular perfons then in company witb

Di–

ego Centeno,

and orhers ro perfohs of·great. teputation and eíl:eem chen engaged

wich

¡ohn de Acofta,

·che Contents of which }Vere: chiefly to inform themuof nhe

Scaoe and Succeífes of the Empil/e; ' che whic

b \.Yl;lté d

ifpérfed abroad over ali. th<í!

Coímcrey by the

Indian{,

and by their meaos

came.to

che hands of chofe to whom

they were direél:ed, which produced man1/,

¡.¡¡\ effeé

ts, to the prejudice and de-

füuétion of

Acofta,

as will appear in the feg_uel;

We íhaU now rouch upon fome matters parcicularly relating to

Lorenyo A!dana,

who was a perfon with whom

was acquaiFlted.

For both Sea amd Land being

diíl:urbed·and moved with intefüne troubles,

Aldana

aéted, and fenc ali bis dif–

patches and orders from aboard his Shíp, being unwilling m truíl- hirnfelf afboar

for fear leíl: fo 11e treacherous pedon íhoukl defign to kili him, and fly rn

Gonfafo

Pifar-ro;

for ( ~s Hiíl:orians report) there were pcwple who revolred to:

Pi9a

rro,

as well as from him coche King

wirh which apprehenfious and jealoulies.he re–

mained aboard untill he received certain imelligence rhat

Gonfalo Piftmo

'was

re–

moved eighcy leagues from che City of

Los R,e_yes;,

and indeed by rl-íat rime chis

1:-Jews carne, he was removed at che diíl:ance of a hundred and ten leagues from

thence.

A11d then , adventuring afhoar wich

ali

hb Capcains and Souldiers , he

was received imo che Cicy with great joy, being mee by all che Inhabirancs,

which chou~h few, yecche very Children

carne

make up che number. The

charge of che Ships was committed

che

ca.re

rohn Fernandez..

the Sheriffof rhe

own , with che ufual formalities required in fuch cafes : And now

Aldana

be–

ing wich hís men lodged within the City, he endeavored to get all che Arms and

Ammunition imo his hands; but'whílíl: he w~s bu/ie and intent on chefe matters,

flying report carne, that

Gonfalo Pifarro

was recurning again towards rhe Ciry;

and rbat he was not above four leagues off, and chough there could be no ground

imagine fur:h a rumour t0 be true or poffible ; yet fuch was che coníl:ernacion,

that no man had power to confider the probabilicy of che report

but every one

out of che abu,ndaoce of his fear iíhifted for him.fel.f. Thofe who were unprovided

of H0rfes fled to thé SeaGde to feture themfelves within che Ships; chofe who

had Horfe'.; travelled away , and took che common way to

Truxillo;

others who

were not poífeffed with

violent a fear, concealed themfelves wichin che Ofier–

gardens and otbec (ecret places; and in chis rnanner they lay perdue or hidden for

a whole night anda day,

untill füc

h time as certain imelligence carne chac che re–

pare was fal[e. And then chey.al! returned again

the Ciry unlefs fuch who had

travelled away ar a farther diftance.

Augúftine Carate

writes, chat

LoreJJfº de Aldana

carne aíhoir upon che ninch of

Sep–

tember,

547.

where we will leav

e fíim

for awhile, ro fpeak of

fohn de Acofta,

who

was now on his rnarch towards

(;:;

oz.co

by way of che mountains confiíl:ing of rhree

hundred Souldiers under che command of a Major General, a Standard-bearer ,

and ocher Officers, as if it had been a great

Army.

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