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.Book

VI.

Royal

Commentaries.

with which giving him a blow, here, faid he, cake chy fill of Riches, for the

·fake of which thou didíl: break thy word and faich co us, and wouldíl: not be our

Commander according

chy promi[e.

The General being ílain, che Con[piratours ran out crying aloud, Long live the

King, long live the King, che·covecoas Tyrant is dead, che breaker of his Faith. .

che fame iníl:ant

Garci Te/lo de Guz:,man

appeared with bis

teen Aífociaces;

who, dividing chemfelves inco cwo partiés, ran to kill

l'_au!o de Menefes

and

Martín

de Robln

with whom che Souldiery was highly difpleafed, becaufe, havjng called

(hem

their re[pefüve aids to joyn with them in their privare qqarrels one

againíl: che ocher , as is before related , was afterwards concenced to rnake peace,

and be recondled to che difappoimment ofche Souldiery, who called it an Affronc

and

concrivance to fool chern.

Bue

Mm:tin de Robles

having timely notice b-rought him by an

Indian

Servanc

of all chac had paffed, leaped out of bis Bed in his Shirt, a11d· €ÍCaped.

Paulo df

Menefa¡,

coníidering che infolency of che Souldiers, and chaé ic could noc be Ion;

pefore

broke forth into open Oucrages, deparced from che City that very nighr,

and wenc to a Countrey Seat not far from thence; where having received in–

formation of all chat had paffed , he irnmediately fled

more remoce pares be-

yond che reach of cheir power.

The Souldiers, not finding chem, plqndered and robbed their h9ufes

of.e.ve

¡:y

thing that was in them~ and then went

che Markec-place, to jqin wich

Don ~e–

baftian :

and becauíe they had a qu:mel wich every man tpat had any Efiate, che;y

feifed up'on

Pedro Hernanáez:, de Paniagua,

who was che perfon .empl9yed by che

Prefident

G4[ca

to carry the Letters to

Gonfalo Pifarro,

and for tha.t

Ser:v.ice

haa

Efiate given him in che -Cicy ofPlace: chey alfo apprehepded

rohn

prtez

d( é~rat(

aod

Antonio A!varez:,,

and all the Citizens thac they ,could catch

for·

fenfelefs

were they and inappreheníive of the licencious Souldier~, thac th~y fµ[peél:ed no~

thiog

uncill chey were fei[ed by thern.

· ·

Polo

the Lawyer, having timely notice by an

Indian

Servant ca)Jed

íac11na,

made

his·ercape on horfe-back. The other Souldiers who were di[pe¡:fed over f!-ie

·ci~y

flocked to che Market-place in a Body. ·_

Then

Te/lo de Vega,

furnaµ'led che

Blo.d¿–

head,

took an Eníign or Colours from the

Jndians,

and füc

·¡e

up iq_ che Markec.:.

place, as

Palentino

faich;

a.nd

iífued out Orders by beac of ))rmri; chat all Iqha:bi–

'iaots

ª.

nd others, upon pain of deach, íhould irnmediately repair chicher~· an~

l].fl:

tbemfel.ve_s ur,der t~at Standard : and hereupon .

Rodrigo de Ore/lana,

le¡ivipg

rtje

Staff of

his

Aqchoruy ac home, though then Sheriff, carne and fürrendre~ qirnfe1f:

like manner

rohp Ramon,

and

Gomez:, Hernande:G,

the iawyer, ~id che fai:ne

and

every one was liíl:ed they carne in ac one door of the Church, ancf wen·cout at

tbe

other ; fo chae the nurn_ber.tak~n amounted to

hundred and fi(ty

two

per-·

.fons. Then was

Don Sebaftian

nornmated for Capcam General and Chief Juíl:ice

anca

two

days afterwards he cau[ed che Citizens then in his cuíl:ody to cliQfe him

for their Mayor, and

Go'll!ez, Hernandez,

the Lawyer, to be Recorder, and

rohn dt

f[,ump

was made Serjeant Major;

Hernando de Guilladoand GarciTe!lo de Vega

were

made Captains, and

Pedro de Caftillo,

Captain of the Artilery; a,nd

Alvar Perez:.

P¡¡yan,

Proveditor General ;

Diego Perel{.

was rnade High Sheriff, :ind

Bartho!omew dé

S,mta Ana

his under Sheriff. Thus far

Palentino.

11.PdrJgo de Orellana

took pare with che Rebels rather out of fear th¡m love,

th~

Jike did other Citizens and Souldiers of good repucacion , whq were truly Loyal

to bis Majefiy; being forced thereunto by the greacer power of the Rebels, who

ha<i

the Arms in their hands, and refolved

kill all ~h9fe who cornplied not with

em.

CH; AP.