Strange Tranfaftiom '•>:- 

 twcen Jharado j Sottllo , 

 and Almagro. 



S 



Fight between C*ftro and 

 Almagro. 



£fyfr#'s Cruelty.' 



Vela Vice-Roy of ftru. 



^{urders Xuartz. 



V. 



Is taken and put in P.i- 

 fon. 



Is Beheaded. 1 



a M E%IC A. Chap.IlL 



Almagro took very hainoufly, as being his intimate Friend, giving forth threat- 

 ning Speeches of Revenge ; which Aharado informed of, and intending fome 

 way or other to prevent all Dangers, and lave himlelf, he invited Almagro to a 

 Feaft, but privately refolving to make it a Bloody Banquet, by his Death at 

 the Table. Of this he being informed, as we mention'd before, ftaid at home, 

 and privately fent for fome Soldiers that had v belonged to* Sotello , lending 

 word that he was indifpos'd : Aharado, under a fhew of Kindnefs, goes to 

 Almagro, hoping to perfwade him to come to his prcpar'd Treat ; bur fo foon 

 as he was entered the Hall, they clapp'd to the Gate, and the Soldiers falling 

 upon Afoarado, flew him : But foon after Almagro was call'd in queftion, and 

 not long enjoy 'd this his ufurp'd Authority . for the Emperor Charles fending 

 the Learned Vacca de Caftro with full Authority to Tern, to fettle that difturb'd 

 Kingdom, Almagro now us'd to Govern, had no Ears to become a Subject ; 

 therefore he march'd with an Army to meet Caftro, by whom, after a bloody 

 Fight, being beaten and put to flight, having four thouiand Men, he fell into 

 the 4 Victors Hands near Cufco, where he was treated very feverely ; for fhortly 

 after he was condemned to be Beheaded ; others were ftrangled, and fome 

 torn in pieces with Horfes. 



Not long after this great Execution, (Blafco Nunne^Vela came to ( Peru ? and 

 being appointed Vice-Roy, had four Councellors aflign'd him, with whom 

 he was to confult in all Affairs ; and efpecially to fet the Indians at liberty, 

 which till then had fuffer'd much mifery under the Spanijb Tyranny : To 

 perform which, the Emperor had given an Order under his Great Seal, which 

 was to be publifli'd and proclaimed in all Places. Vela at his arrival faithfully 

 performed all his Commands, feiz'd upon Vacca de Caftro ? becaufe he had Exe- 

 cuted Almagro without any Examination or Tryal ; yet by this means he got 

 the hatred of all, fo that moil of the Spaniards chofe Gonfaho <Pi^arro for their 

 Chief, whereby Affairs grew daily more and more out of Order. Ts(unne^ 

 Vela laid all the blame thereof upon William Xuare^ Governor of Lima, whom 

 he fent for in the Night, and corre&ing over-feverely,gave him alfo two rnor* 

 tal Wounds, of which he prefently died : The Body was in the Morning 

 drawn along the Streets, which caus'd fo great a murmuring amongft the In- 

 habitants, that foon after they feem'd to make a general Infurre&ion : Where- 

 fore Nunne^ Vela fearing the worft, refolv'd to convey himfelf from thence in* 

 cognito, and pafs to Truxillo : But his four Councellors advis'd him to the con- 

 trary ; yet he took his own way, caufing all his Treafure to be fent aboard • 

 and having made ready his Horfes to depart, the Common People in a tumul- 

 tuous manner fet upon the Palace, catching, fnatching up, and carrying away 

 all the Silver they could find, and meeting the Vice-Roy, feiz'd,and thruft him 

 into a Dungeon 5 which done, they fell at variance amongft themfelves } for 

 fome would have him executed, but others inlifted to have him fent Prifoner 

 to Spain ; which laft being the more moderate ; gctting the upper Hand,^/^ was 

 put aboard, and committed to the cuftodyof ©/^c^W^,who Anchoring in 

 the Mouth of the River Tombe^ (kindnefs growing betwixt them) releas'd the 

 Vice*Roy his Prifoner, and fet him aihore, who not long after got fome For* 

 ces together. 



Meanwhile BH&tro was every where acknowledged for Supreme Governor 

 who having Intelligence of the Vite.Roys Defign, fent Franctfco CarVayales thi- 

 ther, between whom and Vela was a fliarp Encounter . but at laft beina worft- 

 ed, and retaken by CarVayaks, he was foon after executed, and his Head plac/d 

 on a Pole near the Gallows. ^ 



