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Royal
Commentaries.
. BooK
IV.
!hat
the
~gent
going_
to
j~fl:ifi~
him_felf,_ the
Vice-kin~
fiabb'd
him
twice,
~rymg o~c
with a l?ud v01ce, kill hun, kill hun; upon which
his
Servants came
m and
difpatch~d
him, though fame of them _threw Clothes upon him to keep off
the
blows: which are the words of
Gomara
m
Chap.
159.
with
which
he con–
cludes,
and fays, that the death of the Agent,
who
a
principal perfon and
of
great
e!l:eem, caufed great comrno_ti_ons and
he~rt-burn
gs
~
thofe parts, and fuch
fear and apprehenfions that the Cmzens of
Lima
were afraid co lie
in
their Houfes
at night
:
and
Blafao
Nunne~
himfelf confdfed to the Judges, that
he
had commit–
ted a great errour
in
that
Faet,
and that he believed it would be
an
occafion of
his
n~ine,
&c.
.
And
fo
indeed it proved co
b~
the down-fail of che Vice-king;
for his very Fnends, and fuch as were really of hIS Parry, did hereby conceive
fuch
fear and dread of his paffionate and violent humour, that they fled and
hid chem–
felves, not daring to appear in
his
prefence; at which
his
Enemies
cook
greac
ad–
vantage and courage to m:iinrain their caufe againft
him.
CH AP.
XIV.
The
various refolutions
whzch
the Vice-k..ing too/z. upon
the
news
he
received of the nzarch of
Gon~alo Pi~arro
to–
wards
Los
Reyes ;
and how the Judges
openly oppofed
the Vice-kjng.
G
OtJftdo
Pirarro
being thus re-inforced by the coming
in
of
Pedro
de P11elks
and
others who were revolted co
him
from the Vice-king, proceeded forward
with
greater affurances
than
formerly, though very flowly and with fhort
marches,
by reafon of
the
great incumbrance of the Cannon, which being carried on
che
fhoulders of the
Indians
and over rocky and !harp ways, it was not poffible co make
greater hafte. The Vice-King
in
the mean time being alann'd by che nearer ap- .
proach daily of his Enemy, and confidering how much his own people were dif:
fa tisfied, and that thofe who outwardly feerned moll: affeeted
co
him, proceeded
faintly and coldly
in
his fervice, and that the general diffarisfattion of the people
was now plain and evident, and that his condition every day became worfe than
other ~
he refolved, though too lace, to change his Counfels, and to publilh at
length a fufpenfion of the new La s untill
his
Majefiy's pleafure !hould be furrher
known rhereupon, hoping that upon fuch a Declararion the minds of the people
would be quieted, and that
Gonptlo Pjfarro,
having no farther
fubjeet
ofcomplainr,
his Army would confequently disband, and every one return peaceably co
bis
own home.
N ow let us hear what
Gomara
fays, Chap.
15' 8.
B lafco Nunnez,
fa ys he,
\Vas
much troubled
to
underfiand that
Pip1rro
was
fo
well provided with Arms, Cannon and Souldiers fo well affetted co
his
caufe
and interefi : wherefore, feeing no ocher remedy, he declared that he would
fu–
fpend the execution of the new La\vs for two years, unrill they iliould receive
ocher Orders from the Emperour ; though at the fame time he made his Proreft
againfi
it,
ancjw-ioced it in
his
Table-book that he was compelled
to
that fufpenfion
by force, andlhat
[o
foon as the Countrey was again
in
quiecnefs, he would re–
a!Iume the old pretenlions, and put them in praetice as before;
all
which ferved
to inflame chat hatred which the people conceived againfi him. He alfo proclai–
med
Pifarro
a
T raitour and thofe alfo who were with him and of his
Parry
7
promifing to thofe that fhould kill him or them,
co
bellow their Houfes,
Lands,
Riches and Efiares on them for a reward; at which Declaration thofe of
Coao
rook great offence, as did alfo rhofe of
L £ma :
and in the mean time he
aChlally
confifcated the Efl:ares of chofe who had revolted to
Pifarro.
Thus far
Gom.ara.
Though
chis
fufpenfion of the Laws c me lare, howfoever it would
have
had fome good effelt towards pacifying and quieting the minds of che people,
and have opened fuch overtures
coward an a-ccommodarion, but
that
w1Juckily
at
cbe