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IV.
Royal
Commep,taries.
GoY;,,tt!o Pi carro
bad an ·nteotion
to
have put Captain
Hernande~
Giron
~o
death,
abd accordmgly gave order for his execution (which would have [pared him much
trouble. and prevented the many Commotions which he caufed. afterwards in
Peru )
but by the interceffion of friends, and becaufe he fought with much bra–
very , and was the Kinfrnan of
Lorcn~o
Aldana,
Pifarro
was perfuaded c_o
gr~n~
him his life
&c·
Thus far
Fernande~,
&c.
Alvarc~
die Judge, whom
th~
Vice-kmg
did always
~arry-
alotig with him, received many wounds, of which he died _in
a.
few days afterv. ards.
Some ,malitioui1y report, that by default
o~
the
Chrru~geons
j
whom
Pif_arro
had. direc:ted
fo
to
99e, he
~a~
fuffered
to
penfh: but this
report hath gainea no credit, bemg, as believed, malmoufly charged. by the
con~ra
ry faetion, who in foch occafions do always call: afperfions on
th~ir Adverfane~
..
Pifarro
did not ortely pardon
Sebafaian de
Bclalcafar
,
but
_fent
~1m
away
to
.his
Government with the Souldiers he brought to fight agamfl: him, fir!t takmg
Oath of fidelity to concern himfelf for ever afterwards in his fervice.
Bue as to
Don Alonfo
de
Monte-mayor,
Roddgo
Nunnez
de
Bonilla
Treafurer of
~itu,
with othe
Perfons of quality, he bani01ed them into
Chili;
though meeting with a Ship in
t-heir way, they took her, and failed into new
Spain.
All the pri oners that
w~re
taken he affembled together, and having confidered their feveral circumfiances,
he hanged
Pedro Beli.s
and
Pedro Anton,
by reafon that they had in a Boat made
their efcape from the City of
Lo1
Reyes.
Then, as ro the others, he laid their
Crimes before them , that without any reafon or caufe they had taken up Arms
again
ft
him, or rather ·againfi their own interell ; for that he was no otherwife corf ....
cerned than for their good , and for the maintenance of their liberties and privile–
ges; ho rfoever he frankly pardoned them all, in confideration that many of them
were dece· ed by falfe allurements, and others forced to
take
Arms; howfoever.
]Je prom1[ed fuch as would retu n to their duty, not onely pardon, but ro receive
them into his
amp, and into fuch places and offices as they
~xercifed
under the
contrary party, and that he would elleem and treat them with the fame terms and
<:onditions as he did his own Souldiers s giving exprefs orders, that no man !hould
revile them, or provoke them either by words or actions. He alfo difpatched
Meffengers with News of the Viccory into all parts and places of the Kingdom,
whereby his Friends might be encouraged and his Enemies difmayed,
Pedro de
A–
ldrcon
was difpatched with his Ship to
Panama,
to carry the News of this Victory
to
Pedro
de
Hinojo}a;
and ordered at his return
to
bring
Vela
Nunne~
and the other
prifoners. As
to
other matters great conftderation was had rouching rhe methods,
how things were
to
be carried on for the future: and it was agreed, thar the Fleec
{hould
be
fent along the Coall: of New
Spain
and
Nicaragua,
to rake tmd burn
all the Ships they fuould meet in thofe Seas, whereby all defigns might be preven–
ted, which might probably produce farther mifchiefs: after which the Fleet was
to
repair to
Los
Reye1
;
that in cafe his Majefiy fhould fend any Difpatches by that
way; there being no conveyance for them nor means ro difpeed them to
Peru
5
it
might oq:afton great delays and diGppointments, which gave great advantage
to~
war~he
[ettle.ment' of affairs, as will hereafter appear.
Gonfalo Pifarro
confiding
much m the fa1thfolnefs of
Pedro
de
Hinojofa,
and in thofe who were with
him~
for that being perfons truly noble boch by birth and virtue , and raifed by him
froi;n poverty and a mean degree to riches and honour , he conceived an opini-
,
~n t~a~
by
al
the obligations of gratitude they would adhere with all fincericy
to
his
~nter
!l: ;
and. th r fore rejected the Council given him by his Friends ;
efl:eemmg fuch cautions too mean for his great foul and fpirit, who was ufed to
f~rmount
all difficulties
vvith
open force and a high hand. Captain
Alarcon
made
his voyage according to his In!l:ruetions, and returned with
Pifarro's
Son and
Ve–
la
Nunnez.,
a~d
three other I?rifon.ers; two of \\'hich he hanged for having uttered
fome
opp~obno~s
words agarnfi
~1m
, he
~efigned
alfo co have hanged the thi rd ,
but that his Son
mter~e~~9
for him, alledgmg that he had many obligations
to
him
on
~he f~ore
.of the ov1ht1es and good offices he had done him during the time of
his
1mpnfonme~
..
Vela
Nunne~
was
f~nt
to
~itu,
where
Pifa>'ro
granted him his
pard_on, on condmon. that
~e
fhould live. quietly,
a~d
without caufing any Com–
motion~
or Plocs agamfl: him, for that m·cafe any contrivances of that nature
''.ere difcovered, he was to.expett no pardon, of which he fairly admonHhed
him: and, _for
b~tter
fecunty, he took him with him to the City of
us
Reyes ,
and r:eated him with much franknefs all the way, and perhaps with more freedom
than m prudence he ought to have fhown to a declared Enemy
:
but
Pfrarro
belie-
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