Ro al
Co1nme12taries.
BooK
lV.
and
Diego
Gumiel
were made Ca rains
of
the Lan
e ,
an
H
rn.-mdo Bachic
10
was
made Mafier of the
Ordn :10ce~
of
'v\.
hi h there were
n
ency
.·cell
nc •
1
Morem·er
Carate,
in the Fifth
hapter of h. Eighth Book, tell u
that
prO:
vide~
both Ball and
Pow~er,
and all fo rt
f
Am 1ru~ifr~n
ne
eifary' an
required
fO
his
annon : And having thu
repare~
,·ery rhwg
·~
ord
~co
is evi mcenr,
he then
profe~
d openly, that _he and his
er ba
1
g
di(
overed
t
at great
and
all:
Cont~ent,
and by their Adv
~nture
, .Haza:ds apd A chie\ emencs redu–
ced the fame wuh the he
and authont} of h
1aJefiy Co miffion under bis
Royal
Po~·er,
in return\,\
hereof
he had remitted vafl: quamiries borh of Gold and
Silver
to
his Majell:y's Ex hequer as might e idently appear upon che
Lill
and
Regiller.
And
that
whereas
af
rer the dea
ch
of the
Ma
qui~,
h·
a1efiy
was
fo
far from fettling the
Gov_ern~ent
u on his
yo
or
himfe
f
as \ as confinned
by
che Letters
atents, that m lieu the eof
he
ienr ro make feifure of their Ellaces
from
hich no perfon is exempted, who by
one
matter
or
rhe other
i
not con:
cerned and
brought
\:
ithin
che
comp.Jfs
of
there
Role
and
ne"
Regulation.5 .
and to mend rhe
m~tter,
an
o~!Hnate
perfon,
one
Blafco
Mmne~
Pelll,
was
e~
ployed to put chem mto execur10n, who
would
neither receive Petitions nor
hearken
to
Reafon, treating the people with injurious and fe ere terms, as
~ight
be
eafily proved by good and fufficient
Witnefies ;
and
likewife that he
had
fent
a
CommHfion
to rake off his
Head,
who had never
differved
his
Majefiy, bur
00
the
contrary, as was manifefily
kno~
n,
had been loya1, fairhfull and a good Sub–
jett,
as
v.
as
apparent
to
all the world. For whi h reafon a aforefaid he was re–
folved, \\ ith the
confent
and approbation of the City, to
make
a Journey to
Los
Reye1,
there
to
complain in the publick place
of
Judicarure
f
the aggrievaoces of
his Majefty='s good
ubje&; after which they would difpatch Me!Iengers
co
the
King in the name
of
the whole Kingdom, to inform his Majelly of che truth
of
all chat had pafled,
ith their
humble
offers for a redrefs, not doubting bur his
Majefly
would yield a
gentle and a
gracious
ear
thereunto;
and
i
hen they had
performed this their duty, and could receive no relief, they would chen conten–
tedly acquiefce, and with humble refigoation fubrnit unto his Majefiy' pleafure.
And ''
hereas they could not efleem
chemfelves fafe
and fecure from the defigns
and menaces of the
ice-king,
who
was marching againfi chem with a Body of
Men, they agreed, that rhi
their Plenipotentiary fhould likewife be attended
\"~ irh
a
Body
of 1en, mere
y
for the fecu rity of his Perfoo, and
to
remain onely
on the d fenftve part. And \.Yith ch· defign onely and no ocher, he exhorted rhe
ouldier that th
y '"
uJd kee
er and Milirary
if<
ipline ro avoid furprife,
and that he and the other Gentlemen who \":ere hi Affociates would maintain
and pay tl1em as ''a reafonable, in rega rd
t
ey ''ere em oyed for confervacion
of their Li es and
....
ft
at'- .
And \\
ich fuch fa ir pr
t
nfions a chefe, he perfuaded
the p ople
to
joyn wich him in the juilification he had made of his caufe, which
being genera
y
a proved
they freely offered their ervices to defend him.
to
the
t
Cl:
dr
of their
bloud
:
and in
this
anner he de arced
from
Couo,
attended
\\ ich th Citizens and Inhabitants as before mentioned. Thus far are the words
of
Carate.
\
ich chefe pr parations before-mentioned, \''hi h amounced
unto
fi
e hundred
ouldiers, and rn
m y
t
ouGnd
Indltlm
t
accend th Camp; for twel e rhoufand
nely were
i
equHire r draw and rn nage the
annon and Artilleq,
Gonfalo
Ps~carro
ep rted fro
Co<:..eo
r mar h unto the
ity
of
L o1
R9a,
giving ouc that his
d
i1gt
'a no orb r than
y
to
p cirinn and ro creat · an
eing ma rched as far
a
S"cfah11ana,
b
ing
fc
ur Jeagu
ifianc £: om the
HY,
we fh all leave ltim there
a \ ·hi e and
return
to
che Vi
-king
to
declare how matte
affed bem
n
him
and
h1
u
1
)Jcet
in
L o1
R
':JU
and ch r pa
.
T ough
B/.fto
""1.mne....
Tela
\Va
tel
in
t
e
feat
of
i
Authority,_and recei ed
for '
o
nour
f
d ac mpir , yet he 'as uneafie and una
le
ro
rehl
the fi veec
4
nd~
of Po\\ r, .
y
reaf< n of tho e difi oncenc an9 1ealoufies \\ hich
che
peop!e con·
h·e
i
·
e
'U
n
of the oe
v
Ru e of egu
at1on · \
her
fc
re to fecu re hIS Per–
r
1n
fr
m n} a ·
fi
na
e
atte
t,
and
a a
mark
f
i
Authority
and
race, he
g
,.e
rd r t
ap
.n
D iego a Vrbina
to
ai(e and arm
fty
rchebu ~
r
rob~
hi
if -gu · rd, an
· n
hi
e {(
on 11 o
fion , (as
G on:ara
re
~c
m
the
1
)Sch
ha re
f
hi
00 .)
• 0
no \ no
dm
a
0
en hi mouth
t
hlm
for
fuf~n-
1
f
che
n e \V
L
'\
;
:t
C.1rare
fauh in the
~ifrh
h
r of che
nd though a
ntion
a
h e
n
~
··e
...
:-e
.o
im
i
open Court
·om