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P.
I.
Liceh~i
do Pedro de la Gaf
ca
is cbofen
by
the
Emperour
Charles
the Fifth to reduce
Peru.
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W .
Hilft
matters were cranfaeted
in
Peru
in
the
manner
before
related,
Diego
Allntre~
Cueto
and
Francifco Maldonado
arrived
in
Spain
in Quali–
ty
of
Ambaifadonrs,
the firft of which
was
fent
from
the Vice-
kin~
and
the latter
from
Gonf alo
Pifarro,
and both
went to
Pa/lat/did,
where the Court
then refided, under the Government of
the.
Prince
Don
Philip,
who ruled that
Kingdom
in
the
abfence of the Emperour his Father ; who, like
a
Cacholick
Prince, was at that time
actually
employed
in
the Wars
in
Germany
againft
the
Lutheran.1,
labouring
to
reduce them co the obedience of the .Holy Mother
the
Church
of
Rome.
Thefe
Ambaffiidours
did feverally inform the Prince's
High–
nefs and
the Royal
C
uncil
of the
Indie1,
in
the befr
manner
the~
were
able,
of
all
the
cranfactions and
fucceffes
which had happened
in
Peru,
untill the
time of
their
departure from thence ; for
then
the
Vice-king was
fiill
living. The
ill
news
of
thefe
great
revolution
and
troubles
of
chat
Kingdom
caofed many thoughts
in
the
mind of
the
Prince ; for remedy
of
which his Highnefs fumrnoned a
Coun–
cil of the
moll:
wife
and
grave
perfons,
aQd
of moll: experience, then refiding
at
the Court, which were the Cardinal
Don (ohn
Taver1e
Archbi<hop of
Tokdo,
Car–
dinal
Don
Fray Garcia de Eoayfa
Archbifhop
of
Seville, Don
Fr1tnclfco
de
Balde.s
Prefi–
dent of
the
Royal
Council and Bifhop of
Ciguen~11,
the Duke
of
Alva,
the
Count
of
Oforno,
Francifco
de
LoJ
Cobos
Lord Lieutenant of
Leon, Don rohn Cunniga
Lord
. Lieutenant of
Caft i!e,
Ramire~
Bi(hop of
Cuenca
and Prefident of
the
K,ing's Bench
in
Valladolid;
all
the
Judges of che Royal
Council of the
Indie.r,
befides feveral
orher perfons of
great
Qg_alicy;
all which, as well as the Court
in
general,
did
admire that thofe La ·s and Ordinances
which
were made
and
defigned for
the
univerfal
go6d,
as
well
f
the
Indians
as
of
the
Spaniardr
of
Peru,
iliould
have
furn
a Clifferent effett, and
prove
the
caufe
of the defiruction
both
of one and
of
t~e
or
her, and
fo
t
endanger
the
Kingdom
as
even co
put
it
in
hazard of
being
ah~n ated
£ om
the
Crown of the
E~per~mr.
To
prevent which,
many
conful–
ta
10 ~s
were held, and
great
debate
did anfe
thereupon
?
fome were of
opinion,
that
it
\.vas
to
be d?ne
onely by
force of Arms, and
that immediarely
Souldiers
were
~o b~ ~ent
thither under
the
cc:mmand of
feveral
experienced
Captains~
but
this
opm~
n.
as
ppo_[ed by
the
difficulty
?f
fuch an enrerprife ; for
that
the
charge
of
fh1ppmg
Sould1ers,
Arms,
Ammunmon,
Horfes
and Provifion
would
be
very
gre
t,
the Voyage
was
long, the Navigation difficult and fubjett to a
t
1ou
!and
hn
rds, being to
pafs
two
Seas.
Ocher Counfels there were
of
the more
moderate
and gr ve {(
rt
of men, who were of opinion,
char,
fince all
chofe
di-
D d d d d
z
fiurban..
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