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VI.
CHAP.
XXIV.
lhe
Orders and Methods which
Don Sebaíl:iJn
too{ in his
Alfairs.
Egas de Guzman
í,s
direfürl to mak_e
an ln–
furreélion in
Potocil
5
the
feveral /frange Revolutions
which happen~d in that Town.
D
o
N Sebajl-ian
himfelf made choice of one of his Sou!diers, in whom he
had
che greateíl: confidence, called
Diego Mendez.,,
to
be Captain of his Guard ;
and
for berrer lecuricy of his perfon, thirteen Souldiers were chofen
to
be lified therein,
being all efieemed fiout Men, and true and faithfoll to him ; and yet when
this
poor Gentleman h;~d occaÚoA for them, not one man would ,appear in his defence.
Another Souldier, cal!ed
Garfia de Bafan,
was fenc wich afmall parry
to
che Eíl:ate
and Lands of
Pedro de Hinojofa,
to feife bis Slaves, Horfes and all other his Goods
and Faculries; wich Orders to bring back wich him chofe Souldiers who were dif–
perfed abroad ahd lived arnongíl: the
Indians ,
for wanc of clothing, afier the
Sp¡¡,.
nifh
Faíhion, which was very dear; for wich che
Indians,
any thing ferved :
and
alfo
Orders were given by
Don Sebafri,m
,
to
bring
Di;,,o de Afmef!dra.
a prifoner.
Ocher Souldiers were difpeeded away in purfuit of
Polo
che Lawyer, but neither
party had fµccefs; for
Polo
paffing by theplace whe~e
Diego de AlmendrM
lived, gave
him ádvice. of che death of General
Hinojofa;
whereupon
Afmendw
gecting as
many of che Slaves belonging to
Hin
ojofatogecher as he was able , with feven
of
11is Horfes, he fled away in company
wi.chPolo,
which foon carried him far eaough
away out of che reach of che rebellio
us Souldiers, likewi[e
Don Sebajl-ian
difpeéded
away two Souldiers to the quarcers of
Potocft,
to
inform
Egas de Gu'{,man
of all
that had paífed, thac he alfo rnight cake up Arms, as others bad done.
Thefe and ali che Aétions· mentioned in the preceding Chapter, wich what elfe
we fhall touch l)pon hereafcer were performed the very day thac
Pedro de Himjofa
was killed ; of which he endeavoured to fend che firfi imelligence to
ali
pares:
che
Meífengers whereofcarried it wich fuch fpeed to
Potocji,
thar though it was fe–
venéeen leagues thither, and a bad rocky way, and a River to país, yec they
arrived there the next rnorning by break of day:
fo
foon as
Egas de Guz.,m@
re–
ceived chis news he aífembled his Souldiers, which h,e had formerly lified upon chis
occaGon, and with chemand che cwo rneífengers which brought the news, and with–
out ocher Arms or Proviíions chan their Swords and Daggers and Cloaks co co–
ver chem, they wenr immediately to the Houfes of
Gomn de Solú
an.p
Martin
de
Almendras,
Brother of
Diegg de Almendras,
and cook then;i with great eafe, and car–
ried them Prifoners to the Town-houfe, where they laid thern in Chains,
and
lodged thern in a Chamber, ·wich a fecure Guard upon rhem. Upon che report
of chis pleafing Aétion, many Souldiers carne
in
and joined with
Egas de Gu?:.man,
and prefenrly went to che King's houfe, where chey feifed his Treafürer
Francifco
de Yfafiga,
with his Acco'mp_tant
Hernando de A/varado,
and broke open rhe
Royal
Treafury, frorn whence they robbed above a Million and a half of Silver;
and
rnade immediate Proclamacion, that every man, u~1on pain of Death íhould repair
to che Market-place to join with,the Squadron: Then did
Gu?:.man
make choice
of
a
Souldier called
Antonio de Luxan
to
be Chief Jufüce or Recorder of the
Town,
who,
fo
foon as he was in Office, put che Accompcant
Hernando de A/varado
to
deach upon an Accufacion, as
Palentino
faith, that he had been in the Confpirácy
wich che General
Pedro de Hinoje/a ,
to make a Rebellion in the Countrey.
Like–
wife
EgM de Guz.,man
difpatched away Gx or feven Souldiers ro a Village called
Porcu,
to get whac Men, Arms and Horfes rhey could find in thofe parts. At
this
time a certain Knight of the Order of St.
(ohn,
being amongíl: his
Jndian
Vaílals,
where he had a good Efiate a!ligned him, and hearing of che Murcher of
Pedro
de
Hinojofa
,
wrote
a
congratulatory Letter
to
Don Sebaftian
upen thac fübjeét , wüh–
ing him much joy of his high promotion ; and defired him prefencly to fend him
twency Mufqueciers, that he mighc go and take
Gome:,;, de .A/varado
and
úren
1
o
de Aldana,
who were his neighbours;
and
-to take
away
all jealoufte
and
fufpici-
ou of