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BooK
V.
'Ro11al Com1nentaries.
nions, he defired him ro forbear a while, and to
attend
his
farth~r
Orders.
j\nd
leaving
hi
direction here
he
went to
Panam~,
where he conftit.uted
G_ar9ia
de
Paredes
Governour, and appointed
him a Garnfon
of
th?fe S
uld1~s
whidi.Her–
nando Mexia
and
Don
Pedro
de
Cabrf
ra, who were Captams belongmg to
Ptfarro
had brought'to him, to defend char
To.wnfr~m
the
French,
who committed
Pir~cies al ng chat Coall: ; and their commg
thnher
was
exp~Cted
alfo,
but their
Voyage was fhortned by
t~e
Governour
~f ~ant~
Maura
who
killed
them
all at a
Banquet
to which
he had given chem
an mv1cat1on.
Thus far
Gomara.
C H
4
P.
II.
Of the
.uhfia12ce
of
the
Commilfion which
Licenciado Gafca
brQught.
His
arrival at
Santa
Marta
and
Nombr de
Dios,
t
e 11J(l1,J.ner of his reception
there,
and
of the
vari–
fJUS
uccefes and Treaties which pa/fed there.
N
OW that we
may
add
to
what was omitte
d bythis
Authour relating
t9
the
CommHiion
~
hich
Liuen
ciadoG(lfca
qmied
w.1.thhim, and
µi
which
he comes
fuorc, for though
in
·general he
fa.ys,
~hac
the
E
mperpur
granted
him a
power
as
large as he c uld
deli
e, yet
no
t tnentioning
the
P4!ticulars
thereof, we are to
addll
that
he gaYe him an unlimited and
an
~b(olµte
power
in
all
things
in
fuc;h
full
and .ample
mann
r as
bi
Majdly could
granc
5
commandjng
all
~ple
upon
his
Summons
ro come
in
to his
affillance
with Men, and
Horfe,
and Arms, and Mo–
ney;
with hip ing,
Provifion, a
d
wba.t€\Xer
el{e
he
fh..quld
r.equire
for
his
Ma–
Jefty,s Service,
He
alf< carr.·
ed with
hi~
4 fiAeral
Alt.
of
Pardon or
all
Crim~s
wh
tfoever,~
a d thJ.t no
a&ion
fbould
~ l}ro~hc
againfi:
aQy
perfon by
reafon
the11eof
~
nd
1a.. every
wan's
ftate
and
r~e
liold flJQuld be coqferved
to
him.
And that
he
t
ld
cauJe
the Vice-king co
be
embarked aod tran(ported into
Spain,
in cafe
·he believed
it
conducing
to
he
fervice of
hi$
Majel}.y aqd
the q_uiet–
nefs of the
K.ingdon1.
e had alfo a
Licence
apd
~uchoricy
t-0
m~ke
ufe
Gf
che
Ro al
Reveoue,
fo far a he
j·
dged
it
nee
!fary
for reducing the
l}eb~ls,
for qui–
eting
the mind
the
People,
and
fot,t:itJe aqrni11illrac"
QP
of
J
ufiice by the Go–
vemme
t.
He had alfo
P '
e
and
Aue odty
to
<l)fpofe
of
fuch Lands and Ellates
which belonged to
l ndi'llns,
hich were not already granted or ,given away; and
alfo
.of
all
ffices a
ld
Governments
through
the
whole Empire, as well thofe
which
w.eue ~already
gained and
c.
nquered as
thofe
which ilio\tld · be acijuired
and difrn
ered
hereafter. And to hi
felf ;there was no
xed or fet
led
Sum
appointedlor his
Salary
o
Entertainment ; but a liberty and privilege
r.o.
fpeQd
fo
1
:mch
~~
he judged
~onvenient
for his Majefiy's Seryjice, of whiCh
,the
Au–
ditor-Gen~al
''vas,
lto
t'1
e ,an account ,
;\nd
fend cbe Same to the Q(licers of
his
Majtt
y'
TreRfu;y. All which parcicµl rs " ·ere (et dow11 and ve9uired
by
Lic.enciado
G11fe.a,
\'
,.
l'ke a
wife
man, provided as
well
for ·tne
futµr~
as for
the
pref nt,
a11.
al
that
malicious rpen might not fay, that Ipterefr and a
great
~ry
Ya
the
.
Qtive
t
incite him to laboriqus and
(f
ifficult undertakings
~bich
t
f!Very
fiep offh d
t:hemfelv~s,,
b_µt
a true zeal onely
to
his
Majefiy's
Ser~
lCe,.as
h·s
·
ghe(t
it;ipuce.mem ;
to
\\~i~~ ~
e
facrific~d
all his
peace
and
qu1er-
11e.fs,
~d ~r
erred
i~ ~.
tm before
hi~
o _n. ·
fe.
Anq
Gomara
farther defcribing
thisLice1)04'do
Gafaa,
.Gmh,
rha
as he \
ilS-Qf
uch more
folid
underfianpiog
and
betrer
ternpe
tha
tl.
~ Mid~?king,
aj.~.
,be
\aS
of
Ii~.
le
tl.a(\lre,
and ofa range
µe ,
fbr ·from
the
~rdk~ clo'
:nvard
1h¢
w p,ijs l
g
a
~ .<µlY.
t-aH
tl\Clll
hatfoever,
a
d
1~n .
fr
th .
g.i(d,~t l?"P~ ~ilrds
!to
h
~ ~
}J.ou\~r lie~
w.as1'0t
one
third fo high,
and .· th
ut
any
ro~
t:l.
n
to
bis.
thetr
~~r._s:
hen
e was on Horfe-back he
fee
e~ .
.
(b
le£
~han
he
was,.
for
bt:
i
a~
all
Thighs
,and
ggs ;
~md ~is
CoQll–
~enQ ~Le
w
s· v~ry
ill·fa outed aad
UOP}~~f9!1t
·
q~t
wl\at
11atl.lre;
had demed
to
him
m
l
1s
B
dy,
was )largely
recornpe~f~d
co.
I-Um
in
the
e~ ~ents
of
his
ind;
for he bad not onelyr all
.thofe
which
ili!S
Auth~)Ur
dec,:lares
of
him, but P.:lany
11ore
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