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fiurbances were caufed by the rigour of che new Laws, and the fevere and ind·c
creet manner of putting them in execution by the Vice-king, the remedy
there~f
ough
co
be by contrary applications; which was, that the new
La
s
fhould be
abfolutely~
abrogated and declared
invalid,
and
that
to
doclare
and publi(h them
for
fu~b,
a perfon
fheu~d
be _fent of<\
n:·ld.,
0
entle
and
ffa
le
rempe ·
d
0
e of
e
enen e of
.le
worl. '·
f
pru
~and
a le of
overnment ·
e im of
e.
t'e,
ar
d
et
a Soul ier
lrno
1.ngho
to
manage a
':JYar if occa
100
fhould
re–
quire. The Perfon eletted
for
this employment was
Licenf_iado Pedro tie
La Gafca
a
Presbyter of the Church, and
a
Member of the General Council of
che Inquiliti–
on, and
011~
•
n
w
horn all
th~
fore-.mentione9 qualities
~id
concurr ; and being thus
eieeted,
hew
s offered
toh1S
M
tefly
for-his awrooatron: upon
re.ce.ipt-Of
t-hefe
Letters of recommendation,
Or
ers were given in
fuch
manner a
Gomara
writes
in
the
17
sth Cha ter
f
his Book, \ hich
I
have thought
fir
to repeat "'ord
for
word, becaufe he
fee
co
be
more
plain
\(lOd
lear liiere
tha any
other
Authour
whacfoever.
.
When the Emperour,
faich
he,
had
received
the
news of the
great
di1lurbances
in
Peru
and of the imprif< nment of
Blafeo
Nunne~,
he highly refented the info–
lence oft e Judges, wno
aurn
attempt
fo
oaring a piece ofinjuO:ice againfi their
allegiance, and alfo condemned the proceedings of
Gon2alo Pif""rro,
as not tending
co his fervice. Howfoever, when it was confidered chat Appeal
was
made
to
him
in
reference to the new Thws,
n
t
tlre
Letters
o-f.
Inflrutl:ion which were gi.
· ven herein and fent by
Franttfco
MatPlonado
ere tnifcarried, and that
Texada
died
at
Sea; the fault
was cafl:
upon the Vice-king, who with coo much rigour
execu·
red
rlie
new
Laws,
witoour
admitting of
any
Petit:ibns, or hearkening
to
the
Rea–
fons
which
were offered to the conteary_: but then he feemed again to be excufed
by the poficive commands
in
his
rihtuctions
not to admit of
'any
appeal or
delay,
for that chofe methods were looked upon as certainly conducing to the fervice of
{;ocd,
t-o
he- elfare and
COQ(~rv-aQ,o
bf
the
Indians,
to
the
difcharg~ ~
a
go0d
Chn(c!ence,
a~d
tb
the·mc4ea,fe of the Kiag,s Revepue : when thefediings,
as
we
{aid7
·were
confid~e~ ~ he
-anger of
the
Jr.,mperour
much
.abated,
but
his trouble
increafed
by
th
s
unfeafonable
new.s, which
came
to him
at
a
time when he
was
engagedrin
a W-ar
in
'Gerrntt1t},
-and
in thofe dillurbances
which
were
caufed
by
the
_
Lutb"ans.
·HoWfoewer,
:eonft~ring
how much
it concerned
him
to relieve
his
Suhje
in
Peru,
and provide remedies
wherewith to pacifie the commotions
rai–
fed
in
tbofe Kmgdom ,
which
yielded
him a vafi
Income and Revenue;
he
con·
cnrred
irr
the opini©Q ofhis Council, which was to fend a perfon
of~
gentle
and
peaceable
dif
pofition,
-and
of experience
and
practice in
affairs,
and differenc
co
the amour of
Blafco Nunne.t>-
who was violent, 0pen in
his
Counfels,
and
neither
nderfiadding
Me
c0r
Bufinefs
:
and lalfl¥,
confidering
chat
fince
a Lion
could
notrprevail, the gentle1pirit of a
I:
mb might be much more mollifying
and win–
ning '
of
the
people :•
fuch a perf
on
as this was
L icenciado
Pedro
Gafca
efieemed
to
be, a 1'nan of a mach etter uhdeofhmding than
the
other,
and
one who
had gai–
ned
.a
repilt~ibn
in
nmnagement
~f
the
Commotions
·~lfld
Treaties with the
Moors
in
V'J;tlem'ia :
And
aceor<lingly
a Gom.1mB1on' as
gi\ren him, wich Letters and Or·
ders
id
BJ~k,
to lnfert
hat
Names
he
ould
think
fie ;
and
all
the
lace
Ordi–
nanc~
and n-ew
Ca~
were cancclled and repea
1
d ; and Letters were wrote to
Gonp tlo
.Pj.farro
all
dared
a.t
Pienna rin
Gertna'!)
in
the
year
1546.
Thus
Gafaa
was difpa ched
a
ay, and though he departed with a fmall number
of Pevfuos, and a mean Retinue, and
·irh the Title onely of Prefidenr, yet he
wa
1ngh ·
n efteem, rand great hopes were conceived of the fuccefs of hi negoda–
tions.
T he fhip mg ·
hich
Clttertded
him was meanly provided with
Mariners,
and onely
\\hat
was eceffary, that he-might put the Ernperour to as little charge
as was poffible, and iliew plaianeG to the people of
Pent
without .affeetation of
fiate ·n all his proceedings; the Judges he carried with him were
Andreo de
Cianca
and
Renteria,
being perfons in whdm he greatly confided. When he arrived at
Nombre
de
Dio1,
he communicated his bufinefs to no man, but treated with
every
man in fuch manner as agreed with the Charaeter which was given o_f
hi~,
fay ..
ing rh the was
t
go to
Pifatro,
and that in cafe he\ ould not
receive
him he
'O
Id
return
again to the E perour ..
for that his profeffion was not ro be a
SouJ–
dier, nor was he acquainted with the Art ofWar, his bulinefs being onely co recall
the late
rdinances, and
to
prefide in the Council. And whereas
M elchior
Ytd1tgo
fent
to
let him
know, ~
that he wa coming ro
f
erve him with fome other
Co~pa-
mons,