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Royal ~qmmentaries.
B
OOK
VII.
of che Tribute which they owed to their Mafters, and of other thiogs
1
which , ·
amounted
ro
an incredible fum, as
Palentino Chap.
49.
declares,
in theíe
words,
.
.
.
.
, .
Antonio Camilo
took the Colleél:ors
cf
the Momes belongmg to Men
· who had Eíl:aces in that Country, with ali the Caciques, and kept them Prifo–
ners
threatning them with Punifbcnent and Death, unlefs they delivered up
the Moneys and Tr_iqutes belon&ing
_to
their Mafters; from whom, and from
man
y
Pits where ~1lver wa~ buned
m
the Mon~ery of St.
Frances,
and other
pares within che C1ty and w1thout, they robbed in the fpace of five days above
che value of five hundred thoufand pie.ces of Eight in Gold and Silver, befides
Wine and other things,
&c.
Thus far this Author.
All
which was effcéted by the Direétions and Contrivance of
Francifco Bolo–
nam,
who,was well acquainted wích ali the fecret concealments of thof~ things;
and chis Plunder and Robbery had proceeded farther, had noc the d1fcoverer
,thereof, by the cliecks of his .?wn Con(dence,
a~d
by the perfwaiion of
'John
Baz:.quá.
Governour of
Chuc~tw,
been rnfrrumental to reftore all the Plunder
back again to the
tru~
Propr_1etors : for he and oth_er ~omrades of bis killed
poor
Antonio c_arríllo
wlth th~1r Swo~ds a~d Daggers m h1s ?Wn Chamber, and
reduced che C1ty to che fer v1ce of hts MaJefry, as formerly 1t had been: Aad in
chis ma.nner tbe unfortunate
Carrillo
ended his days.· But che Major General
'],-0hn Piedr;ihira
fucceeded better in
Arequ,pa
than the Sargeant Major
Carrillo
had done, by rea[on of _the di[pme and difference between the-Governout of
.Areq11cpa,
ahd Captain
Go7:1ez.__d~ Soiis,
whorn the J~ftices had ~ent thither ~ith
Commiffion
to
Cornmand
rn
Ch1ef all che Forces·wh1ch were ra1[ed there aga10ft
Herrumdez:.
:
At which·the Governour took great offence, eíteeming himfelf
a
better Souldier, and more experienced in the War than
Gomez..
de
Solú.
·.
As
,
J)iego Hernandez.
relates,
Chap.
5
1.
in thefe words,
.
When
Gomez:. de So"lis
was departed from bis Majefties Camp with his own.
éommiffion, and another for his Eniign
Vicencio
de Monte,
the news of bis
coming was brought to·the City befor~ h~s arrival, which caufed many
to
pre–
pare themfelves to go forth and meet h1m; bue che Govs:rnour
Gonfa/o
de Torre,
bighly ref~ntin_g to ~a~e,~nother fet over him, declared, That the Ju_frices had
no power
u;i
h1s Junfd1éhon; and confrquently, that
Gomez. de Soles
was not
authoriiéd by fofficient warrant; nor was any perfon capable of fuch Gommand
whilfl: he was Governour in that City ; and thus publickly profeffiog his diflike
of this- matter, .woul4 not confent thac any perfon íhould go forth to
meet,
and
receive him,
&c.
Thus far
Diego de Hernandez:.,
Whilft thefe matters were in debate? news was brought, That
'John
de
Pie–
drahita
was marching thither with a hundred aod fifcy· Men, of which
a
hun–
dred were the moft expert Muíquetiers of any ~rnongfr all che Forces of
Her–
nandtz. ;
with aftrig.htment of which, all tht: Inhabicants ran into the Great
Church, carrying. their W~ves
ªº?
Childreo, a~d Houíholdfl:uff along with
them, and fenced 1c about
wuh
a h1gh Wall, to hmder the entrance of che
E–
nemy chereinto : and at che comer of every Street they placed thofe few Muf–
quetiers whích they. had in t~e
T
own, to fire on the ~nerny frorn the Windows..
;ind Loop-hales, w1thout berng feen by .them.
But
m
a Country where
Civil–
wars
are, the,e are alway~ Fa0:ions, ª?d Parcies, and falfe_ Brethren, by
whof..: means
Peedrahita
recetved mformattonof the Ambu!h wh1clrwas laid for
hím ;_
wherefore altering his courfe? he entered by another Street, by way of
che Bi!hop's Houfe, w~: re ~1e met wtth .ª _fmall r~fiftance, bue nothing coníidc–
rable.
ln
the mean ume carne a Dom101can Fner fent from
Piedrahita
who
afli.Jred tbem, That
P1edrahit1t
would not break with them, but defired to'main–
tain a Friendfhip, and good Correfpondence-with them, leaving the Souldiers
of one fide and the othei: free, and at their own choice, either to ferve che
King, or
to
joyn with
Hern.mdez:,
as tl'.ey were guided by their Inclinations,
only rhe forplufag~of t~e Arrns, of wh1ch they had no ufe, he defüed mighc
be fu1:r~ndre?
up
1~to h1s _Hands.
Go_mcz. de ~o/is
wc;n~ld not accepc of thefe
Condmoos
1
1c feem1ng an rnfamous aél:Ion f?r lum to rehgn Arms to an Enemy,–
though fuch as were fuper_fluous; howfoever the nexcday he condéfcended to tbe
Arcicks, and even begg~d for them, bccauíe that night they had burnc fome
[-1oures of bis, (thongh his Eftate was chiefly in che
Charcas)
with other princi–
pal
[-Jouícs of that C1cy. And though they made a Truce for three days,
)iet·
th~