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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~,

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