Note 47 — Chapter XXXVII

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.