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of
chofe who had plotted
co
fet
him ac liberty,
arid
being
deftroiJs
to reconcile
himfelf co him,
went che
fame
day that he
mad~
Sail; and
w~
at
Sea, unto the
Cabbin of
the
Vice-king, and there,
to
exc~fe hm~felf, ~old
him,
t~ac
the
Offi~
he had
undertaken
was
with incent co doe
him
ferv1ce,
and
to
free~
out of the
hands
of
Cepeda>
and
from the
danger
of
falling
into
the
power
of
qonf alo
Pi~arro,
whofe arrival in chafe parts was
lhor~ly
expected; and
_chat
he m1ghc be affured
of his reality
in
chis matter, h
e ennrely
refig~ed
co him
th~
C<?mmand
of
the
Ship, together with his libercy,
a.ndthat he
himf~lf
was
at his
difpofal, and
~e~
voted
ro his fervice, befeeching
.him.tq pardon
his
p~il:
errours
anq
fault~
which
he
confeifed to have been great
in
htS confederacy with others agamfi: him, and
that
the merit of re!l:oring
him
to
life and liberty might attone
anCl
fa
tisfie
for his
former crimes ·
and
accordingly he gave Orders co che ten men, whom he brought
with him
for
'Guards to the Vice-king, that they iliould henceforward obferve
and
follow
che commands of his Lordfhip. The
Vi~e-king
returned him
thanks,
and told
him
chat
he accepted the proffer, and
accordingly
rook the
command of
the Ship and Arms, and
carried himf
elf fair towards him for a while ;
but
this
good humour lall:ed not
_l~ng
before he began r.o treat him with
.more
rude terms,
calling
him Villain, M
uc101er,
and
other
opprobnous
names,
f
wearing
that he
would
hang
biin,
and though he reprieved him for
the prefent,
it
was
onely
becaufe he
had occafion for
his fervice.
And
this
kind
of deportment he ufed
cowards him,
during the time they were in company
rogerher,
failing
along the Coaft to the
City of
TruJr:illo,
where many things happened which we fhall hereafter
relat~.
Thus far
Carate,
whofe
words
we
have
repeated
verluttim,
and
who
proceeds far-
d1er in this relation
in
tlie
thirteenth Chapter of
his
Book.
.
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·p. 1
·XVII.
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•
The Summons which the
Judges font
to
Gon~alo Pi~arro,
and the misfortunes which
hefeO
thofe who deferted
his
Caufe.
. ..
1
A
Lvare~
having fet Sail and at Sea,
it
vas reported at
Lo1 Reyes
that
he
aud
the Vice-king were agreed, co which they gave the greater credit,
by
fome
circumfiances
in
his behaviour before
he departed;
and
more efpecially beeaufe
he
did not
expeet the
difpatches which the Judges
were
preparing, and
which
Ga–
rate
had purpofely
delayed
with pretence
chat
they
iliould
be
f
orwarded
the
day
following. This matter much troubled
che
Judges, for that this
Alva.re:::.
had been
the chief
promoter
and
infirument of the
Vice-king,s
imprifonm
ent, and
had been
more concerned
therein than any
of
the others: but whilfi they were
doubcfull
of.
the meaning and intention of
Alvare~,
it
was thought
fit
to fend a meffage co
G_onfalo Pir_arto,
givin~
him
information of
wh~t
had fucceeded,
and
to
require
hun,
by virtue of their Cornrruffion from the
King,
whereby they were auchori–
fed and impowered to admini!l:er
J
ufHce, and to order and command fuch
things
as tended to the peace and welfare of chat Countrey, that he iliould immediately
disband his Army and repair to the
City,
in regard they had already fufpended
the execution of the new Laws, which was the furn of the
Petition
for which
ch~y ca~e,
and
had
fent the
Vice-king
into
Spain_,
which was a
point
of higher ·
fausfathon
than they had demanded or pretended unto before
:
wherefore in re..
ga.rdall matters were
ap~eafed,
they required him
to
come in a peaceable
manner
Wlt~ouc
an
Army ; .
and
~n
cafe he fhould delire co have a Guard for the fecurity
of
~lS
Perfon,
he
n:i1ghr~
if
he pleafed, come attended wich fifteen
or
twenty
Horfe.
This
cqmmand
bemg
difpatched a.way, the
Judges
would
have feconded
it
by
fome
Cicizens for the better countenance of the matter,
but
there was none chat would
ac~ept
the
Office,
apprehending fome danger
might
be
in
it·
faying, that they
m1ghc
be blamed by
Gonfalo
Pif_arro
and
rus
Parry for cakmg
upon
chem fuch
a
melfage to them,
who
pretendeCf to come for the
fecuriry
of their Efiates againfi
·
.
U
u u u
fuch
,