[44] Lorenzo de Aldana came to Peru with Alvarado. He was appointed governor of Popayan, to supersede Belalcazar, by Pizarro. He was in the Chilian expedition with Almagro; but deserted the Almagro party, and was with Vaca de Castro at the battle of Chupas. He was Governor of Lima for Gonzalo Pizarro, who entrusted him with some ships to go to Panama. There he joined Hinojosa and both went over to Gasca, who again made him Governor of Lima. He served against Giron and was at Chuquinga. Aldana died very rich in 1571. He was conscience smitten on his death-bed at the treatment of the natives, and left all his wealth to be invested for the payment of the tribute imposed upon the natives in his repartimiento.
[45] Parmenion, Alexander’s very able general who served Philip and his son for a lifetime, and had reached the age of 70, was left in command in Media when Alexander went onwards in pursuit of Darius. A conspiracy was discovered in which Philotas, the son of Parmenion, was supposed to be implicated. He was tortured and then put to death. Polydamas was then sent into Media with orders for Cleander, the second in command, to assassinate Parmenion before he heard of his son’s death. The crime was perpetrated by Cleander with his own hand. Of Parmenion’s other two sons, Hector was accidentally drowned in the Nile, and Nicanor was carried off by a sudden illness during the march into Hyrcania.
The comparison of the Viceroy’s promulgation of the New Laws with the murder of Parmenion by order of Polydamas is rather far-fetched. The supposed point is that both felt bound implicitly to obey a royal order, however distasteful.
[46] Francisco de Ampuero was a citizen of Lima, a friend and strong partisan of the Marquis Pizarro. After the murder he joined Vaca de Castro and was at the battle of Chupas. He joined Gonzalo Pizarro and was Alferez General at the battle of Añaquito. He married the Princess Inez Yupanqui Ñusta, after she had had a daughter by the Marquis Pizarro. He took his young daughter Francesca to Spain where she eventually married her uncle Hernando Pizarro in prison, and had children. Ampuero also made a home for two unfortunate orphans, grandsons of Inca Manco. He was Alcalde of Lima 1571-1574.
[47] In the action which the Camp Master Francisco de Carbajal took against Gaspar Rodriguez de Camporedondo and the others at Pucara on Sept. 28, 1544, Loaysa made a confession. He said that he came from Lima and lodged in the house of Gaspar Rodriguez all the time that he was in Cuzco, hearing all the doubts he raised. One night, the 23rd of August, in the lodgings of Luis Suarez and the licentiate Leon they began to discuss the ordinances. Then Diego Maldonado the rich came in, and Leon said that, if he had a safe conduct, he would go to Lima and argue with the Judges that the King was ill-advised in approving the new laws. Loaysa said he would go if he had the means. Diego Maldonado the rich heard him and said, “What is wanting, Father?” He replied that he had no horse. Maldonado said that he would provide a mount for him to go to Lima and negotiate with the Judges. Thus supplied Loaysa left Cuzco with many letters, and attended only by four Yanaconas.
Loaysa arrived in Lima when the Viceroy had just finished his dinner and, after making his report, he went to his lodgings in the house of the Accountant Juan de Caceres where he was visited by Pablo de Meneses, Don Alonso and Martin de Robles, Diego de Silva and several others. They asked for the news, and Loaysa said that Gonzalo Pizarro had 550 men. A provision of the Judges was obtained pardoning Gaspar Rodriguez, Gumiel, Guevara, Alonso de Toro, Tomas Vasquez, Villacastin, Portocarrero and Altamirano if they came over to the Viceroy in 15 days. The confession was taken down by the scrivener Pedro Gonzalez del Castillo.
[48] Friar Tomas de San Martin, Regent or Principal of the Dominicans. He left Lima before the Bishop, overtaking Pero Lopez and Ampuero at Vilcas. He was authorized to negotiate with Gonzalo Pizarro, to offer him certain terms, and to try to alienate his officers from him. These negotiations came to an end in January, 1544. The Regent was also empowered by the Judges to ascertain in what light they were looked upon by Pizarro. He was assured that the rebels desired that the Judges and their court should remain in accordance with the King’s orders. Pizarro sent a letter to the Judges by the Regent.
[49] The husband of the Countess Matilda of Tuscany was Guelpone or Welphone, to whom the Milanese confided the defence of their liberties in the early times of the Lombard Republic.
[50] A.D. 1160.
[51] St Jerome never wrote any special treatise on the instruction of virgins. He treats of the subject in his Epistolae ad Eustachium, Le custodia virginitatis, and in other places. But in none of these does the passage quoted by Cieza occur. It is in an anonymous letter entitled Virginitatis laus which has been attributed, without any reason, to St Jerome.