726 / 1060
,
Royal
~ommentaries.
. BooK
IV.
form him
of
the
ltate
of
Affairs, and .of
all
the paffages :vhich had
occurred,
and
to excufe whatfoever had pa!fed , wuh many other thmgs of thi
narure
To
which Particulars no other Anfwer w_as given,
~an
that he
fhould
tell the
J~dge,
that for the good of
the
Countrey
it
was reqmfite
ta
make
Pi
f
arro
Govern
our
thereof; and when that was done, they would then take fuch otlier
teafures for
the publick good, as lhould be propofed by them; and on the contran
inc
re
of
refufal, they would give up the
City
of
Los Reyes
to
be plundred and facked
the Souldiery. With this Anfwer
C11r11te,.
returned
to
the Judges, "ho" ere tro
bl~d
to receive
~
Melfage
fo
_contrary _co their expeCtation , and
fo
plain and pu–
blick a Declaration of the rnmd of
Pifarro,
whom they once believed to be bet–
ter
inclin~d, a~d
to have no orher defigns and pretenfion , than onely rhe e ·pulfton
of che V1ce-kmg, and the fufpenfion of the new Laws; wherefore in an fa er to
this demand they returned a rneffage to the Captains, giving them to underfl-aod
that having confidered of their Propofals, they kne\ not how
t
grant or treat
0
~
them,
unle~
they were delivered in writing according
to
the ufual methods and
way of proceedings in thofe matters. When this maner was known all the Re–
prefenrachTes
of the feveral Cities which were going to the Camp
returned
back
. again,
joining with thofe of other Corporations, \ ho \'ere then affembled
at
Los Re.Jes,
gave in a Petition to the
Judges
firring on the Bench, defiring a
con–
ceffion of what was verbally required. The Judge confidered hereof, a a mat–
ter of great concernment and dangerous, for they had no Commiffion
t
'
arrant
them
in
this Declaration, nor had chey liberty or power at that time
to
refufe it:
for
Pi;arro
had made by chis time a very near approach to the
icy,
and had -pof–
fefled
himfelf
of
an
the
ways and avenues thereunto: fo that in
chi
firait and
difficulty they refolved to confult
v.
ith the perfons of greatefl:
wer
and
authori–
ty
in the City, and to defire their opinion and concurrence with
em, a memorial
wnereof they fent to Friar
Geronimo de
Loayfa
Archbitbop of
Los
Reys,
ro Friar
[ohn
Salano
Archbifhop
of
Co~co
,
ro
G
1trcia
Dia:G
Bi!hop of
fl.!!.ita,
t
Friar
'/1Jo–
mM
de
S1tn Martin
Provincial of the
Dominicans)
and
to
Auguflme Cttntte
Accoun–
tant, Treafurer and Comptroller of his Majefl:y's revenue, defiring their pinion
and fenfe in this matter of high concernmem; not that they ' ere
to
feek
or
doubtfull in what could legally be done or required, or that they \\ere at liberry to
grant
or
refufe
what
Gonp:tlo Pi;arro
and his Captains required,
uc
nely chat chefe
perfons might bear their part
in
the bunhen, and become Wirneffi
s
chat
\\'hat
they
granted
to
Pip:trro
was extorced
by
force and not yielded
by
a volunra1
y
onfenr.
Whilfl: thefe matters were debating
Gonfalo PiJ_ttrro
advanced within
a
quarter
of a League of the City, where he pitched his C:imp and
lamed hi Batteries
of Cannon
:
and perceiving that
they
elayed
to
anf ' 'er
his
Demand , he fenc rhe
night following thirty Mufquetiers
under
the command of one of his chief Offi–
cers unto the City; who there
feized
upon rn ency eight perfon who came from
Couo,
and others, againfi whom he had a quarrel for taking arr with the
ice–
king: amongfl: which were
Gra11iel
de
RojM,
Garcilaf{o
de la
Pega,
Melchior
Verd1<go,
Dr.
Carva1al
and
Peter del Barco, Martin de Florencia, A lonfo de
C11rccre1,
Peter
de
M1m7aire1
,
Lewu
de
Leon,
Anthon1 Ruys de Guevara,
with
feveral orher erfons of
qualicy
in
chat Countrey, whom
he
committed
to
the common
Pri fon ·
of
which
taking the keys and pofieffion, they turned out the
Alcade
,
and took the
'~hole
po \·er out of rhe hands of the Judges , who were not a le
t
contradict or with–
fiand the Power which was againfi: them; for in the whole Cicy there were not
fifty men
.of
the
\' ord ; for thofe Parties \ hich once declared for
t
e Vi e-
king
and the Judges were now revolted to the Camp of
Pi1arro,
\\
ith \.\ hich and\ irh
rhe men he brought with him, he made up twelve hundred men, all well equip.
ped and armed ; in confidence of which force
Come
of the
rains came
t
the
City, and plainly told the Judges, that
unle~
they
fi
eedily difpacched their bufi–
nefs and proclaimed
Pif_arro
Governour, they would
put
all the City to
ire
and
Sword, and that they lliould be the firfl: with vYhom they would egin.
The Judges excufed themfelves afmuch a they were able, faying, Th cthey
had no power to doe any fuch thing; \"\hereupon
Car qa!,
the
fficer that was
fem, immediately took four perfons of rhofe who \";ere committed. to Prifon;
three of which, namely,
Peter
de
Barro, Martin de Florencia
and
'John de
tMvedr.t ,
and hanged them cogerher on a Tree near
to
the City ,
reproaching them wich
opprobrious
and
bitter language at the time of their death, not giving
to
rhefe three
fo
much
as half an hour's time ro make their confeffion an
pre a et eir
fools
for
deach;