736 / 1060
. .
Royal
Co~mentaries.
BooK
IV.
-
for
b
ev· ~
fake we
fhall
o~it
to mention; and becaufe
Fernande~
Palentino,
in the
twenty mot Chapter. of
his
Book, makes a long Difcourfe thereupon, we
fhall
refer our felves to
him, and
on~y
fay,
that
he took thofe Ships
with him and
failed
fro~
Port to
Po~t,
of whKh there
are
many in chafe Seas, taking
refrefh–
~enrs
at his pleafure without fear. or apprehenfion of any Enemies: when hear–
nved at the lOands ofPearles, which are about cwemy Leagues dill:ant from
Pana–
ma,
whereof fo foon as the.Inhabitants had notice (as
Auguftine Garate
faith
in
the
~xtee~th Cha~ter
of hrs Book) they fenc two of their Citizens
co
~ow
of
h1r:i
w1~h
what.
mten~o~
and
dehg~
he came
~hither,
requiring him not to
en–
ter with his
Sould1~rs
wuhm
the precmets of their Jurifdietion. To which
.Bachi–
c~ m~de
anfwer, That.
in
cafe he carpe attended with his Souldiers, it was onely
with mtem to guard himfelf .fro.m the ate.empts of the Vice-king, without other
defign, co the aamage or pre1udtee of their
Coumrey ;
for that his
CommHiion
was onely
to
tra~fport
D9Ctour
Texada,
one of
his
Ma}ell:y's Jufiices, into
Spain,
who by Infrruchons received from the Courts of Judicature was fent co render an
ciccount to bis Majefiy of all Matters which had pafled of late in
Peru;
and that
he would onely fet him on fhoar, there
co
refrefh himfelf for a while, and
make
fuch Provifions as were neceffary for his Voyage.
Upon this a!furance adrniffion was given him
into
the City: but
fo
foon as he
arrived, two Ships which were then in the Pore, made
fail
into the Sea; bat one
of them· was chafed by the
Brigantine,
anp being taken, was brought back, and
both the Mafier and his Mate hanged at the Yard-arm ; which much offended
the Town, and put them into a great confiernation, but it was now too late to
defend themfelves , or repent of their folly, in rrufiing their efiates and lives to
the mercy of
Bachicao,
woo was now entered the Ciry, and there being no hopes
of timely relief from Captain
{ohn
G~man,
who was railing men for affifiance of
the Vice-king; which men afterwards revoked to
Bachicao,
who alfo feized on
the Cannon which
Vaca de Caftro
had brought thither, with the Ship on which he
made his efcape. Thus did
Bachicao
tyrannize over the people, feizing their efiates
with an arbitrary power, for none durft co afferc a right and title to what he pof–
feffed,
in
contradietion to his will and pleafure : and during the time of his aboad
here, he publid<ly put two of his Captains to death, who confpired againfi him:
and moreover he aeted
other
pieces of like (everity by virtue of
his
own abfo–
lute authority, caufing theCryers to proclaim openly before chofe whom he put
to
death : So is the
will
and command of Captain
Hernando .Bachicao.
At this time
Vaca de
Caftro
was at
Panama,
where having intelligence chat'Ba..
chicao
was coming , he fled to
Nombre de Dio1
,
and embarked for
Spain
in the
Notth-fea, as did alfo
Diego
A/vare~
Cueto,
and
{eronimo Curbano,
who were Am–
balfadours from the Vice-king: likewife at the fame Port Doelour
Texada,
and
Franci.fco Maldonado
took fhipping for
Spdin
and failed friendly together, though of
three feveral Faetions. Doetour
Texada
dyed in the Voyage,
in
che Chanel of
Bahama :
but
Francifco Maldonado,.
and
Diego
Alvare~
arrived fafe in
Spain,
and im–
mediately took pofi: for
Germa'l!),
co
render an account
to
his Majefi:y refpettive–
ly
of the Affairs committed
to
their charge.
Vaca de Caftro
touched at the J{les of
Ter ferM ,
and thence failed to
Lubon
,
from whence he travailed
co
rhe Court;
for he thought
it
not fafe
co
goe
by
the
way
of
Seville
J
where the Brochers and
Relations of
[ohn Tello
de
GH:t:.man
lived, whom, as we faid before, he
ha~
caure9
to
be put to death afcer the overthrow of
Diego Almagro
the younger, bemg arri–
ved at the Court he was by Order of the COuncil of the
l11die1
confined
co
his
Houfe, and an Accufarion
brought
againll: him : after which he was imprifoned
in the Fort of
Arevalo
for the fpace of five years , during which time his caufe
\'as
depending. After which they appointed him a Houfe
in
SimanctU,
and thence,
as the Court removed, they affigned him the Village of
Pin:o
and the bounds there–
of for his confinement, untill his bufinefs was fully determmed. Thus far are the
words of the Accountant General
Augufline
de
Garate.
.
•
.
And here he breaks off, without telling us farther, what femence was given m
his cafe becaufe he had ended his Hiltory before that time: And indeed by rea–
fon of
~he
malicious j.nformations and calumnies of his Enemies, which were all
falfe, the determination of his caufe was protratled for a long rime ; at whi_ch .he
was not much troubled becaufe he knew, that at
Jength
he fhould come off \
1.rhthe honour and reputation of a good Minifier and
Gove~nour
of that f:mpire
which accordingly focceeded ; for he was refiored
co
his former place rn rhe
1
Roya