684 / 1060
Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
king !Dade. no ocher
repl~
than that fuch was che exprefs command and pleafure
of his .MaJefiy, from.which he wa refolved not to deviate in the leafi tittle: and
accordmgly
~e
fen.t
hi
~ders
to all
Mafl~rs
of
Indian~,
that
they
fhould immedi–
ately
~et
tpeu-
lnd1an1
at h?erry, and
furmfh
th m
w
th
pr
ilions
for
their vor...
ag :
1
ur
uan
e
. \
h ch
Command
300
/i
di11ns
e
embarked
'lUd
dtfpac-
ch
a
y ,
ut
fi
J
a ommodared and
r vi d in the
hlp,
t
many
0
them ' ere fiar ed
it~
hunger? and ot!1ers being landed and left
to
fhift for
ttiem.
felves on the
coafi,
enfhed
wJtb
famme and the
harqiliip
they fu/lained
in
that
defolace Councrey.
uch
erfons as undertook
to
difiuade the Vice-king from
putt.ing rhe
ne~
Laws inco praCl:ic ,
ffered
~a!ly
Reafons to the contrary, tepre–
fentmg unto
him
the many late unhapp C1v1l Wars which
would
eafily
be
re–
newed
b~
a
Peop!e whofe humours
wer
lready
in
a
fermentation,
and
difpofed
co
make mfurre
ons.
Thefe
Difcourfc
ing
difpleafing and ungra efull
to th
Vice-king, moved
him
co unhanfome ex
re
on , and
to
tell them that
uch Motions as
thofe were
puniili–
able,
and that , were
he
in
a place
wichin
his
O\
n jurifdiCl:ion,
he
would advance
the Promoters
thereof
unto the Gallo s :
the which
angry and
rude
Anfwer gave
a check
to
all
Addreffes intended to
be
made to the
ice-king
of
this
matter.
Blafco
N11nne:c.
remained twenty
days
in
Panama
,
during
which
time
the She–
riffi
and
J
ufiices of the
icy
received
feveral
advices of the
ll:ate
of
Peru,
in which
n o
things
were very confiderable :
ne
as ,
that
u
on the advice of the co–
ming
of
the new Rules, the
onquerours of
Peru\
ere all
in
a Mutiny, and
in
great Difcontent : And the
other ,
that
it
as impoff
1ble
to
put the fame in exe–
cution
v ithout great danger of fueverting the whole Government:
For
that it
bemg
b
t
lately
fince
the
Battel
as fou
ht , '
herein
Pac1t
de
Caftro
overthrew
Diego
~ A/m~rJ
the younger,
ich
the
laughter of
35
o
men :
and chat thofe
who furvived efieemea that the dangers they had fufiained by the foppreffion of
this
Rebellion
as a
iece of
fuch
fervice to
his
Ma jefiy as deferved a
high
re·
ward, rather
than
the leafr diminution of their Efiares and Privileges.
Howfo–
ever the
J
ulHces
and Officer , being
acquainted
w
ich
the humour and
dHpofition
oft
e
ire-king
di
ne
thin
fit
to
inform or ptefs
rum
farther ) fup
fing
chat
u
n
his
arrival
in
Per11,
ha
1
ing
feen
and obferved che
nature and confiimtion of
rno.{( Councrey
~
he
o
ld
more eaflly convinced, and more apt to
receive
the· pteffions
of
bet
er Councils: but the
·
e-king'"
being
of a frov
ard
and
Qetu
t
di$ofition ,
eaftly
moved
with
the leafr occafton , re olved not .
to
f
uffer
the
Judges co alfociate or go
in
company
ith him;
fV\
earing,
that
before they
came
tnitber,
he would
effeet
and compatS all matters,
according to
the Rules and
Laws
which
ere
prefcribed.
Citrate.,
ho
as then
Governour of
Panama,
bei
g
at
that
time
fick
and
in
his
Bed,
the
ice.. king made him
the
Complement
f
a Vifit before
his
depar–
ture·
hen
arate
old him,
that fince he
a re olved to depart
wichouc
the
atcendance
and
company of
the udg
, he
eamefily
defired
and
heartily
admo–
nillied
him
to encet
into
the
Countrey
in
a mild
and g
ncle manner
and not to
propofe
or attempt to put
any
f
th new La s into execution
or praetice,
untill
the Courts of
J
ufiice
re er
Cl:ed
and
fetled
in
the
C
icy
f
Los
ReyeJ
•
and till
he was
fuHy
poffeffed
of
the
P
''er and Authority of
the
Councrey ;
for
before
that
time fuch an enterpriz€
would
not be
feafible ,
nor
prove honourable for
his
Ma}elty
~
nor
conduce co
rhe
elfare
of
the eople or confer ation of the Go–
vernment:
And
in
regard that fe eral of chafe new Laws
·hich he defigned
to
put
in
execution
ere very rigorous and o preffive
on
the
People ;
he ad ifed
him to fufpeod them, untill he had given hi ad ice.•thereupon unto his Majefiy,
with
· opinion of the mifchiefs which might acc1ue thereby; and that
_if,
~fcer
all
this,
his
Majefiy iliould continue
his
Pleafure to
have
them
executed;
it
mJght
then be more feafonable co promulge and ut them
in
praetice, for that
by
chat
time he might be able
to
get into
Power,
and eflablifh bimfelf in the Govern–
ment.
All
which and many other
dungs,
were declared
to
him
by
Carar-e;
but he not relifhing them ,
.eiog ontrary
co
his humour , ferved
on~ly
to move
h· Choler,
and
caufe him m a paffion to wear,
that
he ould,
wuhout
other
preamble or
addre~
to the King for oth r
JnllrulHons,
immediately
ex~cute.
the
new
Laws, without the
help
or affill nee of the Judges; \ ho upon_ their arnval
in
Per11,
{hould find chat he had
no need of their help
tQ
enforce th ie Law·
In
thi,}