705 / 1060
BooK
IV.
Royal
C01nmentaries.
from the Corporation of that Cicy, where it had been publickly debated, yet he
refafed
co
hearken thereunto ; and though he plainly {:Onfefied himfelf,
cha~
thofe
I.Aws were
l
rejudicial
to
the. intereft of the -people, and could not be
put
rn exe–
cution \.Vithout dif-fer ice
m
his Majefty, and
that
1f
thofe perfons \· ho formed
and
Qrdained them were here prefent, and had ob[erved the
difficulcl~
and. incon–
veniences that attended them, they
\!
ould never have perfuaded h1s
Ma1ell:y
to
bave confHtuted or enaCl:ed the fame: and that though for chefe reafons he was
refolved
co
fond
hi
Commiffioners together with theirs to fupplicate
his
Majefl:y
that
he would be plea[ed
to
recall thofe Ordinances, as inconfiftent with the good
ofhis People, howfoever in the mean
time
.
he C<?uld not fufpend the execution,
having
Infh
uctions and
Command~
from his Ma1efl:y to the contrary. Thus far
are the word of
Carate,
who~
with other W riters, proc;eeds in this manner.
During this time the Road from
Couo
was
fo
ftopped that all intelligence was
incercepted,
(o
that
none was brought either by the
Spani11.rd.r
or
Indian
Meffengers,
more than
thl t
Gqn fialo Pi fa.rro
was come
to
Couo~
where the people,
who
were
fled
from
Loi Reyes
and ocher pares, flocked to him upon the news that there
was
like
to
be a Civil War. Whereupon the Vice-king and the Judges difpatched
their Orders
to
the Citizens of
Caz.co,
giving them
to
underfiand chat their duty
was to receive
Blafco Nannez.
for
theirVice-king, and therefore thofe prefenr Ler–
ters
were
to
fummon them
to
appear forthwith at
L os
Reye1
with their Horfe and
Arms. And though thefe Orders were intercepted on thte Road, yet fomf C o–
pi~s
of them were brought
to
Coz,co
by
fome
ptrfons who came by by-\:ic. ays,
the
which
fo
wrought upon feveral of the Citizens, that they accordingly came and
made their appearance at
Lo1
Reyes
to ferve the Vice-king ; as !hall hereafcer
be
declared.
Affairs fianding upon thefe cerms; certain intelligence came
to
the Vice-king
of all
chat had pafled at
Co?:.co,
which fo alarm'd him that he gave immediate
Or–
ders
to
iocrea[e his Army;
to
raife and maintain which having occaiton for
a
good
furn
of Money, he caufed
the
Money, being
aa
hundred choufand Pieces of
Fighr, laden by
Caftro
de
Vaca
on-board a Ship for account of his Majefiy,
to
be
brought a-iliore, and employed for the u[e and fervice of his Army.
The perfons
to
whom he gave Commi.ffions of Captains
to
command the Horfe;.
were
A lonfo de Monte Major
and
Diego
Alvare~
de C110-ro
his Brother-in-la\11;,' ; of•the
Infantry
were
M artin de Robles, Paa/ de M enefes ;
and Captain of rhe Arquebufiers
was
Gonftlla D ia& de Pinnera :
his
Brother
Vela
Nunne~
vr:as
made' Caprain General,.
Diego
de
Vrbina
Lieutenant General, and
{ ohn
ae
Aguire
Sargeant Major. His whole
Army befides Natives confifted of fix hundred Souldiers, of which there \ ere an
hundred Hor[e, two hundred Fire-arms, and the refr were
Pikes and Lances.
He caufed great fiore of Fire-arms
to
be made, fome of Iron, and fome of Bell–
metde; for he gave Orders to take down the Bells ef the great Church
1
and
to
call: them into Muskets: he alfo made great quantities of Halberts. And becaufe
he fufpeeted the affett· n and reality of the peoples good
will
towards him, he
caufed feveral falfe Alarms
co
be given, that
fo
he might try
in
hat manner the
Souldiers and People would behave themfelves if occafion were. And becaufe
he was jealous of the praetices of
Vaca de Caftro
wich his Servant , and od.ers o
his Party to whom he had given the liberty of the City, under a confinement not
'
to exceed the bounds chereof; he one day about Dinner-time caufed an Alarm
to
b~ siv~n,
that
Gonfalo Pifa:ro
was near at hand, and had entred the Marker-place
with.
hlS
Army : upon which occafion he gave Orders to
D iego Afvare:<:.. de
Cu
er<;
to
fe1[e
on the Perfon of
~tea
de Caftro,
\
ho with other Officers took alfo
Don
Pedro de Ca6rera, Hernan Mexia d.e Guz,man
his
Broth~r-in- law,
as alfo Captain
L o–
renfo
de
Aldana, Melchior Ramirez,,
and
Baltafar Ramirez:.
his Brother, and carried
them all togerher
to
the
Sea-fid~,
and ef!lbarked them upon a. hip belonging
to
the Fleet, commanded by Captam
{erommo de Curbano,
a Nauve of
Bi/boa:
in a
few
~ays
after which, he fet
L orenfo
de
A ldana
at liberty, and baniilied
H eman
~exia
to
Panama,
aryd
Melchi?r
and.
Baltafar
de
Ramirez..
to
Nicaragua;
but he con–
un~ed
Vaca
de
Caftro
m.the Ship,
'YHhouc
making any
Proce~
by Law, or legally
laymg any Fault or Cnmes to their charges, or receiving any information againft
them. Thus far are the words of
A nguftine
!U
Garate
in the fixth ChJprer of his
Book.
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CHAP.