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serna_n and_o gaspar_n gil_n who_o be_v two_o captain_n of_o he_o keep_v a_o private_a correspondence_n with_o piçarro_n he_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v run_v through_o with_o a_o lance_n though_o it_o be_v say_v for_o certain_a that_o they_o be_v not_o guilty_a at_o least_o piçarro_n never_o receive_v letter_n from_o they_o and_o about_o the_o same_o time_n also_o and_o upon_o the_o like_a suspicion_n he_o cause_v rodrigo_n de_fw-fr ocampo_n to_o be_v stab_v with_o a_o dagger_n though_o he_o be_v innocent_a of_o that_o treason_n of_o which_o he_o be_v suspect_v and_o in_o reality_n deserve_v high_o from_o he_o have_v adhere_v faithful_o to_o he_o in_o all_o his_o trouble_n and_o be_v come_v to_o quitu_fw-la he_o give_v order_n to_o licenciado_n alvarez_n to_o hang_v up_o gomez_n estacio_fw-la and_o alvero_n de_fw-fr carvajal_n who_o be_v citizen_n of_o guayaquil_n pretend_v that_o they_o have_v a_o conspiracy_n to_o take_v away_o his_o life_n etc._n etc._n thus_o far_o gomara_n this_o great_a effusion_n of_o blood_n and_o slaughter_n give_v much_o cause_n of_o offence_n to_o the_o people_n of_o peru_n who_o every_o where_o speak_v against_o the_o vice-king_n and_o his_o cause_n say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o a_o man_n to_o be_v deal_v with_o who_o thus_o upon_o every_o light_a occasion_n or_o the_o least_o suspicion_n can_v put_v man_n to_o death_n and_o therefore_o many_o fall_v off_o from_o his_o party_n and_o deny_v he_o the_o assistence_n they_o otherwise_o design_v he_o for_o fear_v of_o incur_v the_o like_a fate_n with_o other_o but_o now_o leave_v the_o vice-king_n in_o quitu_fw-la and_o gonçalo_n piçarro_n in_o pursuit_n of_o he_o we_o shall_v relate_v the_o success_n of_o those_o affair_n which_o pass_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o quitu_fw-la with_o what_o happen_v in_o the_o province_n of_o the_o charcas_n which_o be_v country_n above_o seven_o hundred_o league_n distant_a each_o from_o the_o other_o and_o be_v the_o utmost_a confine_n of_o peru_n which_o be_v 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