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R_oJal
Comrr.zentdries.
Ca!np on his way coward .che Prefi~enc, paffing by
Are9u;pa
where hisWife
and
Children were. When
P, farro
rece1ved the news of the flight
of.Vof[o,
he won–
dred much at ir, and whifper~d!t to
Carv-!ja!,
?nd cold hirn, chat he did not now
think ir íl:range rhacrnany
o(¡hq~
who ' fiad greali obligatfons íhould defert him
lince
Vof{o,
who was hisServanc, and tied
to
him in duty and wich ali che
bonds of
humanity, had denied him.
Carvajfll
anfw~red,. thac it was no íl:range thi.ng to
him, far thache looked on
V<Jffe
to be in the nurnber
of
chofe fainc-hearced rnen
who, bein11 afr.aid, refolv~d,to fecure chernfelves by a Pardon, which was,che con:
dirion ofmofi of chofe whó 'had followed his Party; and on che concrary, ic plain–
ly appeared that fqch as were courageous and had been che teaíl: obliged were
füll
fixed and confiant to cheir Party : And that it was one of che miferies of chis
world, thac no man ref~~s or honours another but far bis 0\.Vn incereíl:, andthac
fo foon as
1
he findshe hath fio farther need
Qf
his affifience and favour, he prefenc–
ly forgecs ,al! former
ties
of benefits received.
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And now che falfüy :ind cre:;chery of
Vof{o
being clea,r at}d apparenr; and che
, agreement;bet\1/een him and
Centeno
being difcovered,
Pifam
complainéd of bis
misfortune in conferring bis favour~ on chofe who had proved moíl: ungrat~fu!L;
and, being
full
of anger and defpair, he refolved ( Goce there ~"as no place Jefe
for
Treacy
):
to vencure all.,upon che fuccefs of a Barcel, and either over,come or
dye.
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The PreQden,t, whom we left on bis way from
Truxi!lo
,tQ
Lo1 Reyes,
had by
this timq.rec.eíved news
of
al! matcers wbich
G.onfalo Pifarro
had atled in thac Cicy.,
and how,his 'people had deíerced ano fled.fro!n
fiim. ·
And whereas he unde1,fiood
from chofe very perfons who we_re come in to him cha
e
Pf
fªm
was marched along
the Coaíl; cowards
4requepa;
he fenc O!de;Fs
to
th~ Ca~tams who were qu:mered in
Caj[amarca
to
march wich tbeir .Troops
m.
good order to cheValley of
Saufa,
becaufe
he Uhderíl:ood chat cha
e
wa~ ,? good C0untrey and a good quarcer Jor plenty of
Proviíions, anda coovenienc limation
for people to come in, and for receiving
fuch who fled frorn
Pi,¡arro.
Having,
giv.enthefe Ordets he marched forwards,
and
as
he travelled intelligence was brought him of che ruinous condicion of
Gon·
fª'º Pii arro,
chat of ali bis Army he had .not cwo ~undred men remaining, who
alfo expe.5ted an opportunicy to efcape; chat
Acofta
was in no beccer a condition
for rhac of che rhr~e hundred men wich whicq he marched out of
Los Reyes
;ibov;
two hundred had deferted him with cheir Capt~ins,and Officers; that che City of
Los Reyes
had declared for th~ K.ing, and that
f-ore!1fº qe AldanA
was poífeífed of
791
che Governmenr, and lay in ch~·Port with his Ships.
,
,
,
,
The Prefident being much encoaraged with this good news, difpacched freíh
advices thereof
to
his Capcain-General
Pedro
de
Hinojofa;
ordering him to march
wich ali poffible f¡:,eed to
Saufa;
which he accord\ngly did, and not to lofe
time
,
he paífed by
ios Reyes,
and took th_e íhort!efl cut by 1.Vay of che Mounr.ains and
carne to
Saufa,
where, meeting wich bis former C¡iptains, chey ali rejoyced to fee
and meet each other. And here che Prefident remained fome days, during which
·time he fec up Smiths Forges for making and repairing Arms, and. appointed fe–
veral Officers: and in fhorc, did all thac becarne an aqle.:and a diligenc Caprain ;
and
to
forward
hirn
in chis work bis O_fficers and Minifters were
as
diligenc and as
aélive as he, omitting noching which mighc tend
to
the defüuétion of rheir Ene-
my, lel1 chey íhould
fall
again inco his power whom they had denied.
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Thefe good fucceífes and tlrofperous proceedings were increafed by che happy
news which
Vof{o
brought, declaring che low and mean condition of
Pifarro's
Ar–
my, and rhe welfare and numerous incr,eafe of that of
Centeno's,
o[
which
Vof{o
af–
fured che Prefidem, having feen boch Armies, and been an eye-witnefs of che
fiare and condition of both.
Voffo
delivered his Leccers cogecher with che Grant
which
Centeno
had given him of a cerca-in Plancacion, which che Prefident readily
confinned ; and indeed it ..yas his m~sfortune .that che Gift was ofno gre.acer value,
for had it been one ofche beíl: Baroqrcs,in
Peru,
chere would have been
00
fcruple
in che conveyance of it, in reward of ~he good news h~ broughc,;. which was
fo coníiderable and
fo
well regarded, that Orders were chereupon ií(
11edto feve–
ral Captains
ro
give a fiop
to
the~r fartheJ..;Leavies of men, -fince thá~i.Pi~o
Centeno
had force fufficient wichout ocheLafli,lit~l¡lC~ to fubdue and defiroy
Pi_f.arfo.
And
here we
will
leave rhem in cheir confultations and rejoycings at
Arequcpa,
to
re–
count
che
cruel Battel of
H11arina,
.which happened
in
chofe days.
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