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march'd dire&ly with them to Los %eyos, under pretence to deliver a Petition JEfSSSf 

 there to the Vice-Roy's Council, about deferring to put the new Edicts in force ^v^R°r 

 till the Emperor was better informed of the prefent Condition of the Peruvian State 5 

 twenty great Field-pieces being alfo ordered to follow Pi^arro's Army, were car- 

 ried by the Per avians over craggy Mountains . to each Gun withourthe Carriage 

 were order'd three hundred Men, of whom twelve at a time carried it in their 

 turns a hundred Paces a pie.ee 5 though fevcral eminent Perions considering the 

 weightinefs of the Affair, forfook Pi^arro's Party, and went privately to the Vice- 

 Roy, as on the other fide, many deferting the Vice-Roy joyn'd with Pizarro, vcho 

 being not a little fupply'd by PeterPuelks Governor of Guanaca, took feveral of thofe 

 that had deferted him Prifoners, and put them all to death, whileft the Vice-Roy 

 made what Preparations poflibly he could, Hanging many innocent Perfons onely 

 onfufpicion of holding Correfpondency with Pi^arro, infomuch that there was no 

 end of Murdering on both fides. But Vela clafliing with his Councellors, becaufe J^jj** 

 they would not confent that he fliould mine Los P^eyos, refolv'd to do it without ^^J' 

 them • and to that end to reraove'the Emperor's Seal, Staple of Trade, and Courts u P° n - 

 of Judicature to. Truxillo, and to fpoil the Countrey all about; which as he was 

 about to put in Execution, they privately got Captain Martin Pjbles y and Vela's 

 Lifeguard, confiding of a hundred Men, on their fide, whileft the common Peo- 

 ple mutinying broke into the Palace, took Vela and carried him to the chief Church 

 in Los P^yos, where the four Councellors wereaffembled, who order'd that thePri- 

 foner fliould be Shiptand fenc away to Spain, when Jlvares Cueto lying in the Har- 

 bor with ten Sail, threatned to fall upon the Inhabitants if they would not releafe 

 the Vice-Roy : whereupon the Councellors well provided with Guns, rais'd fe- 

 veral Batteries againft his Ships, fo that Cueto finding himfelf too weak, fet four 

 of his Veflels on fire, and Sail'd with the reft to the Haven GuaVara 5 where being 

 •fet upon by Diego Gar%ias y he wasfore'd to deliver the remaining part of his Fleet 

 up to the Councellors, who lent Vela away with the fame, under the Command of 

 Didaco Alvarade^. But Pi^arro, who till this time had pretended that he fought 

 nothing elfe but Velas Departure, march 'd clofe to the Walls of Los Pjyos with 

 twelve hundred Men, Hang'd three Citizens upon a Tree, requir'd the Councel- 

 lors to orant him Letters Patents, by which he might beacknowledg'd for the Su- 

 pream Governor oiPeru, which if they refus'd, he threatned to put all that were 

 in the City to the Sword ; and upon Confutation it was judg'd convenient to 

 grant his Demands, the rather, becaufe they had not above fifty fighting Men in 

 the City. Mean while Didaco Jlvarade^ making an Agreement with the Vice-Roy, j^jjjtf' 

 they return'd back with their Ships, and Landed in the Haven Mouth of the Ri- ^£^ c k 

 ver Tumbe^ rais'd what Forces they could poflibly thereabouts, but were fore'd to a«. 

 retire from thence to Quito, (at the fame time that the Councellor Tejada, being fent 

 by Pi^arro to the Emperor, came to an Anchor there) where they were courte- 

 oufly Entcrtain'd 5 as alfo in St. Michael, where they got daily more and more Affi- 

 ftants • of which Pi^arro being inform'd,, went thither with five hundred Men, 

 and forcing the Vice-Roy to flye from thence, purfu'd him above thirty Leagues, jyut * 

 Hanging up all thofe whom he could take of his Party, After many Rencounters %£^% 

 and Hardfliips fuffer'd by both Parties, Pi^arro exceedingly wearied, return'd to 

 Quito, where he minded nothing but all manner of Debaucheries, not in the leaft 

 regarding the Vice.Roy's Defigns, which it concerned him to have narrowly look'd 

 into, for he having got five hundred Men on his fide, refolv'd to venture a Battel. 

 It was towards Evening when the two Parties had fight of one another : Pi^arro 

 having not onely more Men, but alfo better Exercis'd in Arms than the Vice-Roy, 



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