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Royal
~ommentaries.
BooK
VII.
e
H
A P.
v~
Letters
are written
to
the
chie/ Rebel,
and
the Governour 'is
banifhed
out of
Cozco.
P
Aientino,
in the twenty fifrh Chapter of bis Book, coming
to
touch upen chis
paifage, faich, as follows :
About this time
Michaei de Pilltfuerte
arrived
at
Coz:,co,
with credential Letters
direéted to
Frm1~ifco Hernandez.,
from
Pedro Lew-i.s de Cabrera,
who was then at
Co–
tabamba
with fo111e Souldiers and intimare Friends when che Infurreétion was
firíl:
made; and wich chem alfo were
Hernando Guillada,
and
Diego Mende;;,,
who were
engaged in che Rebellion of
SebAj/-i'iln de Caftilla :
rhe Lecters were to chis effeél::
Thac fince íc was not rhe forrnne cf
Don Pedro
to have been che
firíl:
in thi6 lnfur–
reél:ion, bue that
h(l,ncifco Hcrnanda~
had got che fiare of him, and preceded him
by four days time, he defüed him to profecute his defign, and endeavour to ob–
tain a general addrefa from th(! people, fupplicating him
to
rake upon him che fole
adminifhace of che whole Kingdom: That he for hispan, had already fer up his
Standard in his name, and was marching towards
Los Reyes.,
with ir¡cention to
force the Courc ofJufüce
to
nominare him for Captain-General; and that
fo
foon
as he was inveíl:ed in that charge, he wGmld' then advife him
w
íeife on the Judges
and fend thern inro
Spain.
This Letter was feconded by another from
Don Pedni
to
Hernandn,
fent by che Son of
Gomez.. de Tora'o;a,
giving him to underíland, that
he was certainly informed, that
Ga;-fi/aj[o de la Ve&a, Antonio f2!!innones,
and others
whowere·gene to
Los Reyes,
had no intenc to tavour their C~ufe; for_chough
th.eydeÍtgned ro joyn with
Don Pedi-o
in che Rebellion, yet when they found thac
he (that is
Hernttndez:..)
had anciclpated the matter, und was che fitíl: in che Plot,
they then fell off from farcher profecucion thereof; And chaethis was his deftgn
plainly appears ; for when he
fir{l-
wenc from his Plancarion, he caufed Mafs ro be
faid, which being ended, he made Oach upon che Altar, in hearing of the people,
th~t he was going to
LimA
with no ocher intent or purpofe rhan
t0
feife on che
Judges and to Ship them away for
Spain.
Bue
Francifco Hernandez..,
knowing
Don
Pedro
to be a fubtile and
l
double-hearted man, confidered ali thefe íl:ories
to
be
fiétions of his own, whereby the better to fecure himfelf, and withouc any op–
polttion
to
pafs over togerher wich his Souldiers to che other parcy: wherefore,
having taken away the íl:affof Juíl:ice from the Governour
Gil Ramirez..,
he com–
rnitted him to the cufiody of
'/ohn de Piedrahita,
with orders to convey him with
a Guard of Mufqueriers ouc ofche City of
Couo,
and conduét him twenry leagues
on his way towards
Los 'Re;n,
which was accordingly done, wichouc caking any
thing frorn him: Moreover Iníl:ru<füons were given to
Piedrahita
to find out
Don
Pedro
and tell him, that he fhould not need ro go to
Lima,
bue rather to doe
hi111 the favour to come
to
Coz..co :
which if
Don Pedro
fh
ouldrefufe
to
doe, he
then required him
to
feife on him and briog him thither in
fa.fecuíl:ody : bue
Don
Pedro
being tóo far·advanced before,
Piedrahita
could nocov
ercake him, and chere–
fore rerurned back
to
Co:,;,co
without effetr,
&c.
Thus far that Amhour.
Bue becaufe chofe rr.atters are not fer down methodically as they paffed, we
fhall defcribe them more orderly, and fhew every paífage, as ic fucceeded, and
by what way
Piedrahita
guided che Governour: now as ro
Don Pedro de Cabrera
his circumflances were íuch as not
to
íl:and in 11eed of any correfpondence with
Frtflnci{co f/ernande:,;,,
nor did he ever Í!)tend or defign any fuch ching, being a per–
fon who both iri Mind and Body was unfit for War; for he was che moíl: corpu–
lent man thar ever I faw; ánd wich fuch a Belly, thar, as I remember two years
after che Batee! of
Sacfahuana,
a Tailour, who was a
Negroe,
and a Slave to rny
Father, bue a very good Workmao, rnade a Doublet for hirn of Cordovan with
a Gold Fringe, which being almoíl: finifhed, tbree orher knavi/h Boys like my felf
about ten or eleven years old, carne into che Chamber where che Tailour was at
work, and finding chis Doublet on che Shop-board, bordered wich a Silk Ga–
loon, we looked on ir, and feeing it"fo wide, w'e al! covered our felves within ir,
and íl:íll chere was room for another ofour fize and bigneG. And having
fo
greac
a Belly