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R~yal
Cornnie Jtarie1.
BooK
IV.
his Tide of
aptam
G
n ral or
Pr
cu1atour
General, fuppofing that he mi
ht
according
to
our Proverb, be enabled hereby, To enter in
at
the fieeve, and
c~m'
out at
the collar.
e
Thus was
Pifarro
chofen and eletted Procuratour General of
Co~co
which
w
the Metropolis of
Peru;
in
like
manner the Corporations of
Guamang;
the
To"'as
of
Pf,rtc,
and other places concurred in
the
fame choice, and the
So~ldiery
gavn
him
the Tide of their Captain General, with
full
and ample Authority to
b~
their Agent and Plenipotentiary, prornifing to fiand to "harfoever he fhould
a
gree
and
confent unto in their names: And on the other fide he rook the ufual
Oath which i commonly adminiO:red on Cuch occafions.
Afrer this
Piyarro
[et
up his
tandard, beat up his Drnms, and
feized
all the Gold
in the Exchequer bel
.ging
to
the King : and there being
a
good Magazine of
Arm at
ChuptU
,
he made u
e
of them , and armed
400
men
there\\ ith both
of
-I
rfe and Foot.
h
fe perfons \' o
w
re cone med
in-
the Go yernment name-
ly,
Altamirano, Maldonado,
Garfilaj[o de la Vega
and other , confidering
farth;r
of chis
·matter did upon fe ond thoughts egin to repent of the power they had paffed
over unto
Gonfalo Pifttrro;
knO\l\.ing ho
fafi he had them by the hand when
they onely had h ld
f
him
by
the finger ; ho foever they choughr
oo't
fit
to
revoke their power, though privately, and
in
their hearts, they wi01ed that
they
could handfomely have retratl:ed
it.
Thus
far
are the
word
of
Francifco
Lopez.
extraeted
verhatim
from his own
'Nri–
tings. But to explain the meaning of thefe Aurhours,
ho write fomething con–
fufc
dly upon this p
int ,
and feem
to
defcribe the minds of thefe people ,
as
if
they
'ere overmuch prompted to rebe1lion, which afterwards coo manifefily
ap–
peared by the uccefi. Howfoever we are to underfiand that when
Gonf'lio
Pifar–
ro
wa
by
confent of che people elected and chofen Procuracour or Adjurant
Gene–
ral, they entertained no imagination or thought of vindicating their rights and
pri
1
ilege with the
~
ord ; but their meaning onely was in an humble and plain
manner to make their Addrefs and lay their cafe before the Chief Governour, re–
prefi ring,
as
Loyal ubjecr
their great merit in the conquell: of that Empire,
and annexing of
it
to
the Crown of
Spain :
fuppofiog that in cafe the Vice-king
ould
onely
vouc
fafe
to hear chem ; their caufe
was
fo
jufi as could not be rejec–
ted even
at
the Bar or Judicature of the moll: barbarous Nations of the World.
T
i was certainly the true meaning and original intentions of the
four
Cities
ac
the beginning, when they difpatched their Agents with full and ample power to
fignifie their concurrence in die elecH n and choice of
Gonfalo Pifarro
ta
be
their
epreientative; but foch was the rude and turbulent fpirit of the Vice-king, and
the rumours
and
reports which e ery day
filled
the
ity of
Co:(,co,
concerning the
xtr vagao s \\ hich he aeted; that
Gonya!a
Piptrro
thought it not fit to
cruft
the fafe ry of his perfon to bare Papers or the dead letter of Laws, though ne–
\ er {( much in hi
fa
our; but rather to provide in prudence to fecure his perfon
with
Arms
and
a forci
le defence,
as
we
!hall underfiand by che fequel of
this
tory.
And indeed herein
Gonfalo Pipzrro
wifely confidered,that he had to doe
with
a
wild
brute
Beafi,
rigorous
and
pofirive
to
execure
the
new Law ; againft whom there
wa n
defence
but
power'
for
the v·ce-king had often declared, that
he
br-0ught
with him a
ommand from the Emp
rour
to
take off his head;
to
fecure which,
he refolv d to goe atcended with
a
company of about two hundred Souldiers
ap–
P
inted for a guard
to
his
perfon
~
but that he would neither carry Enfigns or Co..
lours,
r name
Ca
rains, left it 111ould look too mucb like
a
martial force, or fa.
our of
a
rebellion. And this doetrine
\ll\'a
notified and interpreted by the
Jud–
ge
f every City, declaring that
their
intention was nothing, but
to
alt
by way of
titian
for
confervation of their
ov.
n rights, ,,·hich being
fo
reafonable, they
c
uld not doubt
but
to obtain favour from their King and Prince therein;
and
upon thi -
ground
they advifed
Pifarro
to
difpofe himfelf to
aa
in
form and
man–
er
of one who
\l\·as
by way of Aadref to reprefent the flare and condition. of
th.e
o le aggrievances; in regard they entertained no other thoughts and
intenn~
ons han foch as became loyal and obedient SubjeCl: . T . \Vhi h
Pif
rro
made .an–
\\ er
that fince they
v.
re well acquainted with the implacable
fi
irit
of
the
Vice–
] m '
\1\
ho had often boall:ed that he brought
a
CommHiion
with
him
to
rake
ff
~
head· he could not but w nder, that they !hould
Cc
nd
him
bound
~o
che
nds of the' xecurioner;
and
\Yith
the glorlou
t'tle
of
their
Reprefencanve rod
ftan