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R.oyal

Commentaries.

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XVII.

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Diego

CenteQQ

writes to the Prefident, giving

hí111

an ·a~-

count of thefe matters by the Jame Me/fe'nger which

Pi-

• I

~arro

had;· fent

¡IO

him.'

The Prefident éomes to

Saufa

;whére

he meets

Francifco

oífq.

Enteno

being well affured of the good

will

an~ affeétion whic;h

V.oj

bore

~is

Majefiy's Service, ,by that free manner wich which he offere

d it

, and by,the

difcovery he made of che correfpondence which che Enligo held \'Hth

~ifa.,.ro;

rhe

thoughc

fit

to fe9d .~qe yery fame Meffenger

che I?reíidenc, W~th Letters giving

him a relation at large of ali wqicp had paífed uptilJ that,tin:i~? ,and how he had

.environ~d

Pifª"°

ali

ficfes, that he could nQt _efcape from füm. He acquaio–

ted hi111 how ílrong l~e was, and hqw, weak

Piyam,

and that he ho~d to ova;..

.Cofne him withouc fighcing. _He,fart1'~r acquainced him with che Mefiag<; broughG

to hi~ by

francifco Poj[o,

and far better confumation he fenc him,che very Letter.

Mór·e~i er

Centeno

acqqainted

Voj{o

witl-\ the anfwer he had given to

Gonfalo Pif_arro,

and fold'him, chat he truíl:ed him wich chat difpatch to carry it unto the Prefident;

añd to bear his charge~ in

long a, Journey he gave him the value of a thoafand

pieces

·ar

Eighr in Gold ; and farcher direéted him, that aftei: he had been a {ijort

time ar

Pi;arro,'s,

Camp, and

l-ra~

d~Iívered his Letters, and given a relacion ofali

matters, he íhoula chen buy,.che qeíl Mule he could fin.d to

carry

him w..i,th

.all

_(peed poffible t9 che Prefident ;

and jn regard he was well acquainted with the

fiare and condition of bQcb ·Cam~,

his

direétiol)S were to inform che Preli.dent

with th~ circumíl:ancés

óf

affairs on both lides, in refpeét to che number of people.

and che 'manner ho'w they were armed. And becaufe his bufiñefs was now .toaét

a double pare, he gave him·a Grant in the narne,9f his Majeíly ofcertaia Lands

or Planta~ions in

AriJH~~

wpich were vacant, ftgned by his own hand, deftring

'tbe Prefident,to confirm che fame in reward of che Loyalcy and Services of

Fra,,_

cifco Vof{o.

Accordingly

Pof{o

recuming again to

Pipmo

was ordered by him to acquain,

P.,.ancifco

Carvajal

wich ali che particulars of wbat he had feen and heard from

Centeno,

beé:aufe chat

Carvajal

having been his intimare Friend

anc{ Patron,

líe

would no doubt freely open himfelf, and declare whatfoever had paffed between

him and

Centeno.

Carvajal

examined him as to ali matters, ,and

Poj{o

fully anfwe–

red and facisfied him in every thing; namely who were che Captains botb of

'Horfe.;md Foot, and what was che number of his Souldiers; and confeífed chat

he had received che informacion from

Crnreno

himfelf, who was

free with him

as to acquaint him with che fubílance of che Letter which he had wroce to

Gon–

fªlº Pifar;o

in anfwer of his; confirming che fame by word of mouth chat

~04ld be his Advocace wich

ene

Preíident, and intercede wich him to pa,raon

them boch as to Life and Efiace; and woald doe him ali ocher good offices, pro-

·vided he would return

his allegiance and che duty he owed unto che Ki{lg.

Carvajal,

having heard and examined ali che matter, brought

Vof{o

Pifam

tell fhe ílory himfelf, who having repeated ali as is before related, and ,p~rcicular–

ly that

Centeno

offered to be his Advocate and Interceífour :

Pifarro

curned away

in a rage, and faid, chat he fcorned to receive favours from him who had been

.much obliged to his Brochers and himfelf: and underfianding that che Letter con–

tained little.more chao chat, he refufed to reade it; and, like a furious and defpe–

·rate man, he ordered' che Letter

be publickly b'urned, to íhew that he would

enrer into no Treaty wirh him: And not to difcourage his Souldiers, he ordered

Yof{o

to reporr, thac

Centeno

had not above feven hundred meo, though in reality

he was above twelve hundred men íl:rong.

'Yof{o

having chus related ali chis matter, and delivered his Meífage; by means

of a Friend of his, (co whom he did not communicate che Secret) he boughc a

good Mule, which coíl eighc hundred pieces of Eighc, and the nexc nighc he

mounted thereon, and by break ef day had travelled twelve league.s from che

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