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IV.
_I/loyal
Com1nentarieso
VIII
rhe
Di/fentions
and
Troubles are increafed.
The
four
Cities
write to
Gon~alo pj ~arro,
and eleEJ
binJ
to be Procura–
tour or
Agent General
of
all
Peru.
He raifes
111en
to
17
1arch
with him
to the
City
of
Los Reyes.
G
Onfalo
Pi farro
living quietly and in retirement
in
the
Charca1,
was
fo
folicired
by the confiant Letters which came to him from particular perfons, who
haa
attained
to
confiderable efiates, that he was at length perfuaded after
Vaca
de
Ca–
/fro
was gone
to
Los
Reyes,
to leave his dwelling, and repair to
Couo.
Many of
thof~
who feared a deprivation both of their efiates and vaffalage of their
Indi-
ans
Bocked ro
him; which numbers were increafed
by
many who affeeted no–
velcy; howfoever liberty was pretended and protettion from the violent defigos of
Blafco
NHnne~,
who refufed
to
incline to reafon,
to
admit appeals,
or
to hearken
unto any addreffes;
fo
t.hac they were forced to have recourfe to
Arms,
and to
make choice of
Pifarro
for their Chief, whom they would follow and defend :
but
Pip trro,
who was
defirous
co _pr.ove them and ju!l:ifie himfelf, told them, that
they"' ould doe well to confider firft, what they did,
for
to
oppofe the
Commands
and Ordinances of Regal Power ; though by way of Petition, was co contradiet
the Auchority of the Emperour hirn(elf. That War was ·a matter of great mo–
ment, and not lightly co be undertaken ; that
the
management was laborious
and
painfull,
and the fuccefs doubtfull; that he could not gratifie their defires
in
things
which were contrary and in oppofition
to
the King's fervice, or accept the charge
of
Procuratour or Captain for
them :
but they on the other
fide
infill:ed on the
julHce of their caufe, and the
la\~
1
fulnefs
of the encerprize; arguing that,
if
the
defign
of conquering the
Indians
were juftifiable, then likewife
it
was lawfull to
bring them into vaffalage; that it was not in the power of the Emperour to
deprive them of the people and flaves which he once had given them , or recall
hiS
donation, having befiowed them on feveral perfons
in
confideration of
marriage.
That it was
as
lawfull for them to defend the vaffals which they had
gained , and privileg€s; as for the Gentlemen of
Cajlile
their liberties; which
were
granted to
them
by
the Kings ,
for
having been aiding to them
in the Wars
againfi: the Moors, and on the fame terms might they infift who had wrefied
thofe dominions out of the hands of Idolaters.
In
fine, they concluded, thac
they
were not refolved to
trouble
themfelves about thefe Laws, or fupplicate or
intreat
agcµnfi: chem,
for tha t hey found no obligation
in
the leaft to acknowledge
or receive
them ;
notwithfl:andiog all which, there were fome who maintained the
honour
and
the Loyalty which
was
owing to the King, and declared the folly
of
th
[e
men, who, upon pretence of maintaining their
own
rights
and immu–
niti
,
conrradieted and oppofed. that Loyalty toy1hich t:hey were all
engaged~
and made
the
felves Statef.men
m
matters of which they were
all
ignorant: buc
all
this was to no purpofe ,
co
inculcate matters unto men who were deaf
ancf
refolved not to
hear
or underfiand: but this
rafh
language fiopped
not
here' buc:
prc ,ceeded to
fa rther
extravagances,
and
Souldiers began to fpeak
ill
of
the'
Go–
\ ernrnent
1
and refletl: upon the Emperour himfelf, imagining that
fuch
rhreats
" -ould
mollifie his difpleafu re, and
incline him to favour towards fuch brutes
as
t
emfel':es~
To
aggravate all which ,
t:hey
reported , that
Blafco Nunnh
was
an
uoexphenenced perfon .in
a~a irs,
obfimate, an enemie
to
the rich
men,
an
A lmagri1tn,
\ h'? ad
hanged
a Pnefi m
T umbez,,
and
hanged and quartered a fervant of
Gonpt–
lo
P1f11:rro,
becauf
e. he
was an enemie
to
Diego de
A/magro,
for
having
brought rhe
~omman~
for
pu
~mg
Pifarro
to
death, and for the
puniiliment of thofe who
had·
JOY~ed
w1 th
lurn
m
the
batt~l
of.
Salines.
And
to
ac::compli01
all
the evil
fayings
\Vh1c~
could
be
alledged
aga1nft
hun,
they
reported, that
he
prohibited
wine,
and to
eat
fi
ICes
and
fu~ar,and
w
wear ftlk
doaths,
and to
travaH with Hamocks or Bedding.
An
thus,
wuh
r.heie
r.e~orts,
fome
true and Come falfe,
Pifa-;ro
made his ends
and a<l
1
antages' bemg
w1ll10g
aod
ready
to
take
hold of any
pretence
co grmm&
R
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r
1.
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