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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
to
the La–
dy
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 out of
Pifarro's
own Efiate, or out of his
Bro–
ther s, cogecher wich whae
Tribu.ceand Rene was due from che
lndiam
to
chofe
whofe Eílaces were confifc
ated for adhering
to
che King
:
and having hereby rai–
fed greae fums boch of Gold and Silver, he recurned wich ali expedition
to
Gon–
fªlº P,Jarrb,
whom he found in
Co:uo,
where he was
well
received for che fervice
he had done, in bringing
fo
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
m
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
to
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
a
cercain Auchour fays ) amoun-·
red
to
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
to
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
of
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
he
was not altogether
fo
wicked as Hiílorians
de–
ícribe him.
CH A P.