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BooK
IV.
Rr?)'al
Commentatie.r.
his Majefly , ·and
to
the co111mon peace and tra
ty
bo~h
.of
Indians
and
Spa-
niards:
And
moreover, that
Pifarro
{hould d
h a ppvate Agent, as from
himfelf who (bould lay before his Majefiy the many fervices and labours which
he
had fufiained for the enlargement
of
the dominions of
Spain
in thofe parts :
this
Propofal
was approved
by
the
co~on
cor:fent
of,
all_,
an~
generally the
World was
of opinion ,
that a
Propofiuon
of
this
nature, tendmg
fo
much to
the welfare
of
the people,
to
the increafe of his Majefiy>s revenue and enrichment
of
his Subjecrs, would not be refufed
=.
onely
Francifco de
C~rvajal
(as
Diego
Fer–
nande~
Palentino
relates in the
twenty eighth
Chapter of
his
Book) was of ano–
ther opinion ;
and
declared , that the befi Agents
co
perfuade in Affairs of
this
·
kind were a ·good }?ody of
Mufqueti~rs,
Horfe and Arms: And though
it
was
rrue that Subje& ought
never
to
take up Aqns againfi their King; yet when
they.had
on<;:e
drawn the
Sword,
.they ought never to put it up again
:
and that for
the prefent,
if
they would fend
Meffeng~rs, t~ey
iliould
b~
the.Judges rhemfelves ;
who having been the perfons that had impnfoned the Vice-king , they were the
mofi able co render an account to
his
Majefiy of the reafons and caufes which
moved them
thereunto.
..
.
This
opinion
was
feconded
by
Hernando
Bachic110;
but the votes of two men
could not over-rule the fenfe of the whole Court, who decreed to fend Doctour
Texada
and
Francifco Maldonado
(
Ufher of the
Hall
co
Gonfalo Pi farro)
into
Spain,
with infi ruttions
to
reprefent unto his
Maj~lty
the prefent fiate and condition of
their Affairs.
It_was alfo ordered, that thefe perfons fhould embark on a Ship
then
ib
P
rt, beftdes which there was no other at that time, and whereon
Licm–
~iadfJ
Vaca
de
Caftro
was a .prifoner, and ftood committed
by
order from the Vice–
king; and now remained in expeetation, how the prefent Goveroours would dit:
pofe
of him ; not judging it
fie
to
fail
for
Spain
without the Orders of fome o–
ver-ruling
power.
'Twas farther agreed, chat
Hernando Bachicao
fhould have the Charge to provide
the Ship
with
Men
and Guns, and thereon to
tranf~rt
their Agents to
Panama,
of
which
Vaca
de
Caftro
being informed
by
a Friead and
Kinfman
of his called
Garcia
de
Mont-alvo,
he prefently apprehended, that
in
cafe they broqght him a–
!hoar from the Ship, fome mifchief might enfue to him , or at leaft fome treat-.
ment not befeeming his quality and condition, he refolved, with the afftfience of
his
Kinf
man
Mont-alvo,
and of the Servants
then
wich him, to weigh Anchor, and
fee
fail
for
P
ar111ma.
The
matt~r
fucceeded
as
was expeeted and defired ; for there
was
not
one
perfon
of
Pip1,rro>s
faetion then aboard; ancJ the Mariners were all
.
for
7/
aca
de
Ca.ftro
,
who was very well beloved and efteemed
by
the people of the
Countrey:
Pif arrs
was greatly
troubleq
at this
di~ppointment;
for the fending
of
bis
Agents into
Spain
he efieemed
co
be the onely means to fet matters right ,
and well
underftood at that Court.
.
How much
Gon~alo Pi~arro
was troubled for the Efcape
of
Vaca
de Ca0:ro,
and what difiurhance
it caufed.
Her–
nando
Bach1cao
goes to
Panama.
The Vice..
1<fng
fends
abroad
his
Warrants to raife Men.
r
I
H
Ereupon (as all
the
three Writers agree) it was conceived that this Efcape
of
Yaca_tl.e
Ca.ftro
.could
not
~e cont~ived
without
a
Confpiracy
of feveial
perfons
conce1
ned
~herem
:
fo
th_at lmmed1ately an Allarum was given over all the
Town;
the
Sould1ers
were
put m Arms, and all thofe Gentlemen whom they
fu–
fµetl:ed , as well fuch as were Natives or Citizens of
Lus Reyes,
as thofe who had
fled
from
<:o~co,
and
thof~ wh~
were of the Vice-king>s party, were all feized
~nd
commmed co
the publick pnfon : and amongft them
Li&en&i11do
CArvajal
was
.
Xx xx
:z.
one
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