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VI.
Royal
Commentaries.
of
Gonptlo Pifarro,
and who bad favoured that party which had been in Arms
againfi the King: bue the relation of rhefe matcers
is
more fully made by
Francifco
Lope:c. de Gomara,
Chap.
1
88.
in the[e words:
.
Ths-
Prefident, faid he, wenc
to
Apurima
twelve leagties dülant fro¡n
Co:c,có,
where he confülred wich che Archbiíhop of
Los Reyes,
ahd bis Secretary
Pero Lope:c.
about the divifion of Lands, wlúch were to be made and diíl:ribuced amongfl fe–
veral perfons, to che value of a million and a half
of
yearly rene, wich a hundred
and fifty thoufand Ducars in Gold, which he had raifed from divers who were in
prefent potfeffion: he married many rich Widows
to
füch as had well [erved che
King; he increa[ed che Revenue and Eflate of orhers who were already potfefied
of Lands,
fo
rhat forne had a yearly Revenue made up
to
them of a hundred chou:
fand Ducacs ; which was an Eftate for a Prince, ifche Inhericance had been cheirs;
but thé Emperour would allow no other Eíl:ate bue for life : bue he who had che
greateft
Ellate affigned to him was
Hinojofa.
Gafca
himfelfwenc to
Los Reyes
to
avoid che complaints, cur[es and damning of
the Souldiers, and perhaps for fear of worfe: And to make publication-ef che
Lands allotced and divided, the Archbiíhop was fent to
Coz.co;
and to cake thofé
off to whom noching was giv~, a fmooth Letter was wroce to nouriíh them
wich future hopes and expeél:acions ; bue the furious Souldiers were neicher appea–
fed with the air of fmooth words, nor che gemle exhorcacion of che Archbiíhop.
Sorne complained of
Gafca
for giving them noching; fome becaufe they -had lefs
alocted than what was expeél:ed; and others, becau[e thofe who had dif.ferved the
King had che grearefl pro_portion; fwearing chacrhey would accuíe him befare che
Council of che
Iml.ies :
of which nurnber were che Marefchal
Alonfo de A/varado
and
Me!chior de Perdugo,
who afrerwards drew up'a formal accufacion againíl: hirn, and
prefented ic to che chief Baron of the Exchequer.
In
íhorc, their whole di[courfe
tended to Mutiny and Sedicion : che Archbiíhop and Judge
Cianea, Hinojofa, Cen–
teno
and
A/varado
were to be apprehended and imprifoned: anda Petition was to
be made to che Prefident
Gafca,
thac he would be plea[ed once again to revife che
allocmems that were made, and to divide chem into leífer parcels, or to grane
Penfions to fuch as wanted them; and in cafe cheir expeétations were not anfwe–
red, they chen refolved to cake them by force. Bue the Ploc being difcovered
be–
fare it came to maturity,
Cianea
che Judge apprehended che chief Leaders, and
puniíhed them; wberewith che trouples were appeafed. Thus far
Gomara.
C
H
A P.
III.
Some Marriages were made
up
between rich Widows and the
Pretenders.
The al/otments alfigned to
Pedro de
Hino–
jofa
and his Compa:1ions. The novelty which thefe things
caufed amongfl themfelves.
·
T
HIS Authour makes a large di[cour[e concetnlng che Widows of chofe
times;
for we mua know, thac in che late Wars many Husbands being killed who
had great Eflates in Land, .and cornmands over
Indians,
c-heir Eíl:ates fell to their
Widows: and lefi thefe Wornen íhoutd marry with chofe who had been Rebels
to che King, the Goverriour chought
fic
to make marchesfor them, and ro ap–
point them Husbands with whom rhey íhould marry ; many of which lived hap-:
pily wich chem ; bue ochers, who had che
ill
fortune to be joyned with old mtn;
were noc
fo
well contented as chey had been wich chofe they had loft.
,The Wifé
of
Alonfo de Toro,
who was Majar-General to
Gonfalo Pifarro,
and had great Pof:
(effions, was married to
Pedro LopeZ, Cap,lla,
Secretary to th~ Preíidenc
Gafct1:
The Wife of
M artín de Buftincia,
who was che Daughter of
Huayna Capac,
who.
held che Eílat-e in her own right, and not of her HUsband, was married
to
a good
Souldier anda very honeíl: man, called
Diego Hernande~,
of whom
it
was reported
1
,
bue falíly, thac in his younger
days
he
hacl
been a Tayl~ whicb béing known ·
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