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VII.
Royal
Commentaries.
aBelly he could not ride on aGennet's Sadd e, ,,·hich harh a high Pommel before,
bue as hisoccafion ferved he rode on _a Mule, wirh a Saddle low befare, ufed far
racing; rhough his bulk was
fo
burrhenfome thar he never engaged himfelf in
exercifes of Aétivity. And rhougb in the Wars againíl
Gonfalo Pifarro
he had che
command of a Troop of Horfe, it was
0
iven him as a reward far being iníl:ru–
menral in furrender of rhe Fleet unto rhe Prefident, and with ir, after the War
w:is ended, he was fartber gracified with a good allotment of Larids wirh vaílal–
age of
lt1dian1
rhereunto belonging, as we have befare mentioned: rhen as
to
bis
humour and manners, be was che moíl: luxurious man in his diet, and che greaceíl:
glutton char ever was known; be was very pleafant and facecious in bis rnnverfa–
tion ; he would tell fuch comical íl:ories, all of bis own making, as wtre very de–
lightfu ll; and, far want of beccer company, he would pur jeíl:s and tricks upon
~. ' his Pages, Lackeys and Slaves, and entercain him[elf with laughing at them, I
could here recounc many of bis Jeíl:s, bue !et rhar of his Doubler pafs for a·ll,
ic.
not being
fic
ro intermix too many of rh'e[e trivial matters wich others of more fe–
rious and weighcy importance. His Hou(e was near to rny Facher's, and there
was fome kindred ami allianc;e between them ; for che Mother of my Lady
Dorma
;Elena de Figtteroa,
was of the Hou[e of
Feria,
fo
that there was greac ,intertoar[e
between the two Houfes, and chey always called m~ Nephew: and afcerwards
iti
the year
1
5
6
2.
when we we1 e at
Madrid,
and there occafiónally di[courfing of the
death of chis
Don !'edro,
we repeat€d and called to mind many of che[e particu–
lars : which wili fer-ve
to
fhew how improbable it was that chis
Don Pedro,
who
]ived in all·the plency, eafe, and profperiry that his heart could defire; fhould turn
Rebel, and engage jn che def¡:,erate Cauíe of
Hernandez, Giron;
for he far thé mofi:
of cbe year lived in che Councrey with his
Jndiam,
and half a dozen good fellows
with him, being merry wirhout thoughts of State rpatter, or black defigns of Re–
bellion:
[o
that his whole del!gn of fending thefe meffengers was onely to be
truly infonned of all particu!Jrs relating
to
this Rebellion of
Hernande:i:,,
how ma~
ny, and who were che Cirizens chat were fled, and who were chofe who rernai–
ned, and fided wich che faétious party; For he and his Companions being refol- .
ved to go
to
L~s.Reyn,
they thoughc it neceífary
w
infarrn themfelves of ali rhings·
at
Co~co,
fo
as to give a diíl:inét account and not in a confu(ed blind 1i1anner, both
on che way and at
Los Reyes
when they arrived there: and co take off ali fufpi–
cion from che meífengers which he feht to
Hernande:i:,,
he gave thern Lecter_s of
.credence, chat he might permit chem to return wirh che anfwer.· Then as
to
che
Road {Owards
Los Reyes, l)on Pedro
hcid well [ecured
it-;
for
Don Pedrc!s
place of
refidence, was
[eated
fifreen leagues on the way from
Co:i:,co
to
Lbs Rejes,
che
fü:
ver
Ap11rimac
being between; of wbich when che Bridge was burnt, it cut offall
paífage frorn che enemy: and chus
Don Pedro
and his Companíons, havióg recei–
ved information or :ill they de0red, tr-avelled fecurely to
Los
RéJ'ei,
aód laughed
at che Rebels.
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The Orders given by
Hm iand.~
to
rohn Piedra.hita,
°"'ere to conduét che Gover_. .
nour
Gil Ramirn de /lvalos
wirh fix Mu[queciers, not by the ,:vay of
Lima,
which
is
Norchward, bue by che way of
Arequepa,
which is to che Souch ; wich farther
ln{hufüons thac.,vhen he had broughr hirn ·ac che diíl:ance of forcy leagues from
the Ciry, chac he lhould chen leave him ar liberty, and fuffer him to take his own
cour[e
and way as he pleafed : but chis journey of
Piedrahita
was
not made with–
in the time of.the
firíl:
eight or ten days afcer che Iníurreétion, bue forty days af- ·
terwards. And che (aufe why che Governour was fent by the way of
Arequepa,
and not by th('! direél: way, was
to
prolong his journey to
Los Reyes,
and make
him to mifs che company of chofe Cicizens who were going to
Rimac.
By all
which ic ap¡:,e:m, chat the relations given
to
Diego Ffernandez_
of thefe matters, were
as che vulgar fort report chem
to
be, who always [peak wirh variety, andas chey
fanGe and defire chings
'to
be:, bue whac
I
have here faid,
I
kndw to be true,
borh having feen chern, :rnd heard them from undm1bted witneIIés,
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