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another which he writ himfelf to Pizarro, the Contents of which were to this 

 purp< 



)ofe : 



THe Peruvian Soyl hath drunk up the Spanifii Blood long enough, and the ruind Pjalrn <*»M *-<*-; 

 gapes for %eft : The Emperor proffers Pardon for all paft Qrimes, Repeals the neH> «**. 

 LaV* itohicb the Vice*%oy Vela, during his Government, enjoynd the Spaniards to obferVe. 

 If Pizarro aims at the general Welfare, he may eafily fee that jirms mujl fir ft be laid aftde, 

 which he now depends on in Vain, all bit jiff ociates being ready to for fake him, becaufeno Soldier 

 an take up Arms againft the Emperor, without being guilty of high Treafon. 



Pizarro confounded with this Letter, call'd a Council of War, who differ'd very £w«r,D*. 

 much from one another in their Votes, fome judging that it would be belt pri- b m. 

 vately to deftroy Gafca, others were for an open Engagement, but mod thought of 

 another way, viz^ to get hisPerfon into their cuftody, and keep him under a ftrong 

 Guard on the Ifland Puna, under pretence that the Peruvian Princes were fent for to 

 come and acknowledge him as fupream Governor, which becaufc the Cities lay fo 

 remote one from another, could not be done in lefs than two years. Mean while 

 an Embafly was to be fent to the Court at Madrid, which fhould enjoyn Gafca to 

 remain in Panama, and not offer to come to Peru till fuch time as the Emperor 

 commanded the fame a fecond time at the return of the Agents. But Hieron'mius "jjjjj 1 ^ 

 Loaifa, chief Bifhop of Los%eyos, Thomas Martin, Provincial of the Dominicans, Gomes « ffw6- M 

 Solis, Pizarro's Steward, Laurence Aldana, who were defign'd for this Embafly to the 

 Emperor Charles, never went their Journey, but ftaid in Panama with Gafca, who 

 had aifo gain'd to his Party Peter jilphonfo Ainoiofa, who Commanded Pizarro s 

 Fleet: Aldana likewife inform'd him of all Pizarro's private Councels ; where- 

 upon Gafca fent privately for Aid to Mexico, Guatimala, Nicaragua, and St. Domingo, 

 and difpatch'd four Ships with three hundred Men, Commanded by Aldana, from 

 the Haven Panama, with Order to Land about Midnight againft the City Los <%eyos, 

 and fo fall unawares on Pizarro. Aldana accordingly falling into the Bay of Mala* 

 inge,was reliev'd and fupply'd with Provifions by Diego Afor<i,Governor oiTruxiUo : 

 On the other fide, the Field.Marfhal Qartayales being fent for by Pizarro, made a 

 pompous Entrance, with the firing of Guns and Bonfires, into Los%eyos, where all 

 Perfons that feem'd to have the leaft inclination for Gafca, were either ftabb'd or 

 poyfon'd. In the room of Mora, Pizjrro fent the Lawyer Garcia* Leon to be Go- 

 vernor of! 'ruxillo, but he being taken by Aldana's Fleet, joyn'd with Gafca ; and 

 thus all things began to confpire the ruine of Pizarro, yet he defpair'd not, but being 

 inform'd of the approach of the Ships, caus'd the Drums to be beaten in Los ^eyos, 

 fore'd every one that was able to bear Arms, on pain of death to fcrve him, made 

 feveral experiene'd Soldiers, Commanders over his Horfe and Foot, to whom he 

 gave as much Money as they requir'd,to maintain thofe whom they had rais'd,and 

 who were to be rais'd, by which means he got athoufand Men in Arms ; to which 

 number, according to an Order fent to Cufco, Plata, Arecpuipa, Lima, Guanuco, and 

 other neighboring Places, new Forces were expected to joyn • but SaVedra, Gover- 

 nor of Guanuco, deferring the City, left Pizarro and joyn'd with Mora, who fecur'd 

 the Province of Caxamalca for Gafca. Thus Pizarro began to be daily more and 

 more forfaken. Since the deftruftion of the Vice-Roy Vela, Captain Diego Qenteni 

 had hid himfelf out of fear of Pizarro a whole year, in a Cave under Ground, but 

 now inform'd of Gafca's Arrival, came forth, and getting forty Men and lome 

 Horfes together, which alfobelong'd formerly to the Vice-Roy, refolv'd, though ■ 

 meanly Arm'd, to go upon a bold Defign, ViZj to take the City Cufco • of which 



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