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Royal
Commentaries.
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as
th~
onely means
to
affright the udges and the whole City, and to haften them
m: their
Yores
to proclaim
Pif1trro
Governoar, as all
the
Reprefematives
of the
Kmgdom d
fi red.
But
the truth
i
Gonfa lo
Pif arro
was much troubled ro
under–
fia,nd
of
theodeath
of ·thefe three
perfons ·' whcim
he
caufed
co be taken
from the
T ie
, b
for-c
~e
paifed that way; declaring that
he
had
no
hand in
that
execution
ar:d
r
1
t
t:e
netther
~manded
rhe.
fame, nor
knew
thereof.
And
it
is
farrte:
fa1d
by
L}ugo Fernande<:.
rn the
~wenty
fifch
Chapter of his Book, that the Decree
pro lalmmg
Gonpilo Pifarro
.
Governour was generally pleafing both to
the
City
. nd
to che
Arr;iy ;
becaufe
1t
was the common opinion of all, that in that c
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...
Jun
ure, nothing could
r~nd
!llore
to 0e
fetdeme~t
and. quiet of the Kingdom
th
_o
.chat.:
And
mor~over,
It
was believed
that his
MaJefiy ' ould
confirm him
therein ,
.in
confiderauon
of the
great fervices
which
his brother,
the Marquis
had
performed
to
the
Crown ; as
alfo for other
Caufes
which
they
alledged
in
fa–
vour
and
honour of
Gon9alo Pifarro
himfelf: For
now
fortune being of his
Gdei
the people began to
fpeak
favourably of him ;
and
he,
carrying
himfelf with pre–
renc.
ofrefloring
to
them their Liberty , was generally
cryed
up and beloved of
all ;
a.ndefpecially
fucceeding
the
Vice~king
,
who
was hated and decefied by all
mankind. Thus far are the words of
D iego
Fernande~:
After which
Carate
in the
thirteemh Chapter of his Book, proceeds,
and
fays:
. '
The lnfhum
t
for confiitoting
Pi9arro
Governour being pa!fed; he made his
Eot
y
inco the
ity in State and triumph.
In
the
fufi
place, Captain
Bachicao
led
the
an-guard
with two
and twenty Piece
of annon made
for
the
field,
which
were cahied
on
the Shoulders of fix rhoufand
Jndians
( a we have mentioned be–
fore ) with all
the
ocher train of Artillery and Ammunition thereunto belonging
and a Ehey marched they fired the Cannon in the treets ; and for Guard ro
th~
Artillery thirty Mufquetiers and fifty Gunners
ere appointed.
After \ hich followed the Company under command of Captain
Diego Gumrel,
which confilled of
t w
hundred Pique-men, after which followed Captain
Gue–
vara
with
a
hundred and
fifty
Mufqueciers; and
then came
the Company of
Pe–
dro
Cermenno
confifiing
of two hundred
Harquebufiers; immediat
y after
which
folio\
ed
Gonfttfo Picltrro
hirnfelf with
tpree
Companie of Foot , attending like
oot-men by
hi
fide, and he mounted on a very fine Horfe, and cloarhed with a
C ac of Mail, over
hich he
w
re a thin Coat of cloth of
gold ; after
him mar–
ched three C a rains with their T roop of Horfe, in midfr of v hich
D on
Pedro
Porto Carrero
fopported the Royal . tandard · on hi
right
hand
A ntonio Altamirttno
carried the Enfign of
Couo ,
and on the left
Pedro
de
Puelles
carried the Colours in
which
the Arm_of
Pi2arro
were painted ;
after
which all the Cavalry followed
armed
in form
and
point
of
War. And
in
this
order they
marched
to
the houfe
of
L icenciddo Garate,
where the other Judges were a!fembled, (which
,~as
a de–
fau lc
on
Carate'
fide,
for he
ought rather to
have
received him
in
the place of
publick Judicature) but here
Pi
arro
leaving his Forces
drawn
up in the open
Market-place, went up into the
amber v here the Judges·attended, and received
him
with
due
order
and refpeet,
and
having taken the Oath, and given the Secu–
rity
which
is ufual ; he went
to
the Town-houfe, where the Mayor, Sheriffi and
other Officers received him with the
accufl:omary
Solemnities; and thence he
'"ent
to his
own
Lodgings ; and in
the
mean
time the Officers
<iUartered
the Soal–
diers
both
Horfe and Foot in the private houfes of the Citizens, giving order that
chey
fhould entertain them upon Free-qtlarter.
·
This
entry of
Pifarro
into the
City,
and his reception there, happened
to–
wards the end of the month of
Oilober
1
544,
being forty days after the irnprifon–
ment of the Vice-king ; and from that time forward
Pi9arro
attended
wholly
to
che management of his martial Affairs, and ro matters relating thereunto, leaving
all civil C au[e
and proceedings in Law to the Judge , who held
their
Co~rr
io
the Hou[e of the Tteafurer
Alonfo Riquelme.
And then he
fent
t
Co~co
for
his
De–
puty
Alonfo de Toro,
to
Llrequepa
for
Pedro
de
Tuentes,
to
the
Yi/la de
Plata
for
Frnn–
cifco de Almendnu,
and to other Cities for
th~
principal
Governo~rs ~hereof.
Thus
far are the words of
Augufti11e Carate.
To which
Fernande~
Palentmo
m the fixteenth
Chapter ofhis Book adds and
fays,
That
Diego Centeno
having accompanied
Gonptlo
Pipi':ro
in
quality of Procuratour for the To':'n of
Plat~
as far as
Lo.s Reyes,
he
cnere
found that
Pifarro
had preferred his great Friend
Pntncifco deA/mendra&_ro
be
Cap–
tain and chief
J
ufiiciary of chat
Town ;
and therefore
he
defired him
to
move
Pip 1,rro
that he might
be
difmiffed
and
go
along with
him
to
the
Yi/la
de la
Plat'?
becaate