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BooK
IV.
Royal
Commentarie1.
fame time
that the
Suf
penfion
was publifhed;
th~
News was,
that
the Vice-king
had
made his Proteft againfi
it ,
as an Att
to
which he
was
compelled, and
chac
be would again return to the execution of the ne"Y Laws
fo
.foon as the
~untrey
was appeafed and the dillurbances allayed ; which more mcenfed the minds of
the people
than
ever; and confirmed chem in a
belief,
th~t
the
Vice.king
was
obllinare
and a perfon inexorable, and not to be treated with , whence fo much
mifchief enfued, as by the fequel wil!
appe~r;
and which
fe~d
to.
confirm
the
people
in
their pretenfions
and ref
olunons either
to dye
or obtam
their defires.
The Vice.king
feeing chat the means he ufed to
pacifi~
the people inflamed
·them che
more
and
char his own people became greatly difcouraged; and
many
of chem inclined
to
favour
Gonf
11!0
Pixarro
for
ch~
Gallantry they obferved
in
~m,
who had kl freely facrificed
himfel~
fur the
pub
lick
good.; he
~hereb
meafurmg
the weaknefs of his force, thought it not
f~fe
co meet
Pifarro
m the
field~
but
to
,
defend himfelf
w
ichin the Walls of the
City.
Io purfuance of chis defign he fortified the City , fet up Pofts and Chains
in
every
Street , made loop-holes on the Walls for fmall
iliot?
and
l~d
in. provifions
for a liege : bat News coming daily
?f
the
g~eat for~e
wtth
wh~ch P~farro
mar–
ched againfi chem, and the refolved mmd of
hIS
Sould1ers; the V1ce-kiitg thought
it not fafe
to
confine himfelf
within
the Walls of
Los Reyes
;
but to retreat co
TrHxillo,
which is about eighty Leagues difianc from thence. And contriving
how
to
difpofe of the Inhabitants, he defigued
to
tranfporc the Citizens
Wives
by
-Sea
0
in
fuch
Ships as were then in Port, and the Souldiers were
to march
by
L·md along the Sea coall: : And for the
Cicy it
felf, he refolved co difinantle
it
.and demolifh
che
Walls, break down the Mills, and carry
all
things away
which
/
might be for fubfill:ence of the Enemy, and drive the
Indians
from the Sea·coaft
into che in-land Countries; fuppofing that
p;pirro
coming
thither
with
his Army,
.and finding no fubfifience , mufi either
disbana ,
or his men
perifh.
The Vice-
kin
iaving communicated thefe his Intentions
to
the Judges, they
boldly
and
open
y
oppofed
him,
telling him plainly, that the Royal Courts of
Judicature
.c-0uld
not remove out of the City , for that their Commiffions from
his
Majefty
obliged them to alt in
that
place
5
and therefore they defired to
be
excufed,
if
they refufed to accompany
his
Lordiliip or to fuffer their houfes to
be demolilbaj.
Herewith an open
quarrel
arofe between the Judges and the Vice-king,
declariag
a
different intereft
to
each ocher , the Inhabitaots inclined to the fide of che Jud–
ges
in
oppofition to the
Vice-king,
pofitively refufmg to commit their Wives and
Daughters
into
the hands of Seamen and Souldiers. Hereupon the Vice-king
arofe
from the conference
he
held
with the
Judges ,
without
any
determinarion.
Howfoever , as to his
own perfoo,
he refolved
to
embark himfelf, and
t-0
go by
Sea,
and
that his Brother
Vela Nunnez
(houlcl march away
by
Land ; and
in
order
thereunto
he
commanded
Diego Alvarez C11ero
,
as
Carate
reports
in
the eleventh
Chapter of his fifch Book,
to
guard
the Children of
M11rq11u
Don Franci.fco Picar-
ro
\Vith
a
Party
of Horfe ro the Sea-fide, and
there
to
put chem
on
board a lhip ·
together with
Vaca de
Caftro,
after which he was
to
remain Admiral of the
Flee(
and to
take charge of them as his Prifoners ; for
he
was
jealous
that
Antonio
de
Ri:
her11,
and his Wife, who . had the
Guardian·iliip
of
Don Gonfalo
and his Brothers
would convey chem away. But this matter created a new dillurbance amongft
the people, and the Judges much diiliked
it ,
efpecially Dottour
C11rate
,
who
made
it his
particular
requell:
to
the
Vice.king
in
behalf of
tbe
Lady
Francifaa
that he would be pleafed
to
caufe her to be again
returned
afboar; for that being
a young Maid marr.iageable, beautifull and rich ;
it
was not decent
d agreeable
to
h~r
modelly
to
commit
her into the hands of Seamen and
iers : but
no?1mg
could
~vail ~ith ch~ Vice-ki~g
to dllfuade
hi~
from
~
urpofe; for
L:emg
ever ob{hnate m all
hIS
Refolut1ons, he declared h1.s lntenuons
were
co re–
tire and begoo, contrary
to
the
opinion
of all others. Thus far
Carate.
And
n?w.
to abbreviate
~
furn
up all
that
hath
been faid by
the
aforefaid Au–
thours;
it
.JS
maft certain, .that the Judges gave command
to
M4rtin
de Ro6/es
though
o~e
of
~e
Vke·king"s
Captains,
to
make che Vice-kiog a Prifoner:
bu:
he, defirmg
~o
be
excu~ed
by
reafon
of
the
iU c-0nfequences
which
mi_ghc
enfue;
they
aHure~
hum,, that
it
was
fon the
Service
of
his Majefiy
ane:i
~uiec
of that
who1e Empire ; and a means Lo fupprefs all thofe Mutinies
and
Troubles which
the
ill
Government
0f
the Vice-king
had caufed. Hereupon
Martin
de
Roh/es
prof:
fered to doe
it,
.howfoever
he
required a Warrant
under
rhe
hands
and
feals
of
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the