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and fenc Offiaers to all parts round to bring in Provifions for their füpport. A–

mongft chefe

Pedro de Buftincia

(

who was nobly defcended and married

the La–

Beatri~ Co;a,

che legitimar~ D~ughter of

H,rayna Cafac )

_was difpatched to

the Province of

Anrahuylla,

wh1ch 1s a Councrey aboundmg wuh all forts of Pro–

·vifions : on chis fervice this Gentleman was employed as che moíl: proper perfon,

becaufe that out of refpeét to che Lady he had married, che

Caci'l.ues

and their

Subjec1s would with al! readinefs apply themfelves, and bring in whac Provifions

he fhould requfre : bue he was very unfortunace in this undercaking,

for

it co{t

him_his life, and very inconfiderate to engage himfelf in danger which he mighc

have excufed and avoided. - As we fha!.l find in che fequel.

Diimif,o de BfJT.ladilla

was fe·nc by

Pi 1 arro

to che City of

Plate

with Inllruétions to

brin~ whae money be coul

d raife ou

t of

Pifarro's

own Efiate, or out of his

Bro–

ther s, cogecher wich whae

Tribu.ce

and Rene was due from che

lndiam

chofe

whofe Eílaces were confifc

ated for a

dhering

che King

and having hereby rai–

fed greae fums boch of Gold and Silver, he recurned wich ali expedition

Gon–

fªlº P,Jarrb,

whom he found in

Co:uo,

where he was

well

received for che fervice

he had done, in bringing

confiderable a füpply for !aymene of che Souldiers.

Diego de Carvajal,

Ítlrnamed

The Gallant,

was employe ~o

Arequepa

wirh che !ike

Commiffion; bue ( as

Palentino,

Chap.

81..

reporrs) he rreared many Women of

that Cicy very

ill,

becaufe their Husbands were faid to be in the fervice of his

Majefiy, and in confederacy wirh

Die¡,o Centeno,

plundering them of ali they had,

even

cheir wearing Garments

and ie is farther faid, thac he and one of his

comrades, called

Antonio de Pie~na,

ravifhed two Women, who in rage, and for

íhame of che affionc, cook Mercury and poifoned chemfelves ; imiracing che ex–

ample of che chaíl:

Lttcretia,

who on the like occation deíl:royed herfelf.

But men, from fuch Oucrages as

the[e,

deíerve not che name of

Gallant,

being

fuch abominable Villains as wanc words to exprefs their Iniquicy : for he thac

would be efieemed a Gallant, oughe noc to derive thac Ticle from his Attire or·

Drefs, bue from his Words and Actions, which challenge an efieem and love

from ali men ; bue thefe men foon afcerwards received che reward due

their de–

fercs. Nor was che behaviour of

Francifco de Efpinofa

lefs fcandalous in his jour–

ney to the

Charcat,

bue rather worfe, ifworfe can be.

far in his paffage he rob–

bed and plundered ali he could find, which ( as

cercain Auchour fays ) amoun-·

red

che value of fixcy thoufand Ducats : and in

Arequepa

he killed cwo

Spani–

ards,

one of which had Lands and Comrnand over

lndians :

in che Ciey of

Piare,

he hanged a Judge and an Officer of che Court; and ali four of chem, forno orher

reafon, than becaufe they had ferved che King : and in his recurn

Co:uo

he burn'd

'feven

Indians,

upon pre.tence thac they had given informacion of his deparcure co

certain

Spaniards

who were fled from him.

Ali

which he aéted wirhouc Com–

miffion or Order from

Gonfalo Pifarro

or his Lieutenant General, bue merely out

of his own arbitrary Power and Lull, incending thereby to -evidence his greac

zeal to che caufe

him, who was noc pleafed wich fuch fervice · for when he

was informed of his Cruelties, he abhorred boch his perfón and his aétions; for

Pifarro

was of a mercifull nature, and did neither approve of thefe nor orher

Cru–

elties commitced by

Carvajal

of che like nature.

Bue to divert che Reader awhile from che fad relations of fuch Barbarities; we

will mencion one generous aétion perform,ed by a perfon,infamous in chofe days

whereby ic will appear that

was not altogether

wicked as Hiílorians

de–

ícribe him.

CH A P.