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Royal
Commentaries.
Booit V.
more, confide ing that he regained his Empire again to hi Majefiy, which was al–
mofi toraJly ruined, and revolted from
i
allegiance.
I
y
felf
kne\i'
him
and
particularly one vening
I
was
v.
ich
him
when he ftood in the Court-yard
o'r
m
ather' houfe, lea
ing
to the pen place from whence he
faw
che eafi ofBulls ana
Sp res on Horfe-back
ith ch ir
.,ms ; but he lodged then in the houfes of
ThomM
Vafquez..,
no\\'
i
the pofieffion
f
hi
on
Pedro
Pafque~; ~here
alfo
Gonfalo
Pif_arro
lodged
hen he
\\a in
chat Town ; and fimace on the our 1de of the
er
et
V\
hich
. is
in the middle bet een our houfe and the Convent ofour Lady of che
Mercedn
_
and though chofe Houfes have at one corner Window which look out into
rh~
MJrket-place, from
hence
Licenciado
G
afca
might ha e ieen all chafe Sports
hm
foever he chofe rather to fee them from my ather's Court-yard, which
rrior~
immediately fronts vvich the Markee- lace.
And now we !hall proceed
to
declare hi Acrions which \ ere not performed
by the Sword or Lance, but by the force of his reafon and ouncil, which carried
him on with fuch
fu
cefs a obtain d all the oiot he defired both in Peace and
War, and at length conducred him out of the
uncrey without any Complaints
or
Accufations againfl: him of violence or oppreffion. His weapons were,
Pati–
ence co bear and undergo
all
the lab0urs and difficulties which prefenced, and
mild–
ly
to fufier the infolences and affronts of che ouldiery ; he
alfo
.had a great frock
of
fubtlety, and craft, and good, management to penetrate into the Plots and
Defigns of
his
Enemies, and to circumvent and difappoint them ; from
all
"'hich
we have arguments fufficient to prove the diffi ulcy of his undertaking, efpecially
if
V\
e
confider the condition of chis Empire, when this worthy perfon undertook
to
fettle and reduce it
to
obedience. And here we !hall omit
to
give
an
account
-0f
the particulars
of the Voyage which the Preftdent made
to
Nomhre
de
Dios
(
to
born hereafter we fhall give that Title ) referring the Reader to
Diego
Fernande~
for
that relation, and
'fo
fhall proceed to what fucceeded after his arrival there.
The Preftdent received the
full:
News of
the
death of tbe Vice-king
in
SantA
Marta,
from
Licenciado A/mandarez,
who \ ·as then Governour of that Province
and of that new Kingdom; rom whence both
Gafca
and thofe with him appre–
hended great difficulties
in
their delign; judging
it
almofl: impoffible to reduce
a
People without
Arms
who had proceeded fo
far
in
their Rebellion,
as
to
kill
the
V
1ce-kiog in
a
pitched Bartel. Bae the Prefident, not
to
difcourage
his
People ,
concealed che opinion
and
apprehenfioo he conceived thereof;
and
to
Jrevent
farther dHl:urbaoces which
might
arife, he publickly declared, that he ha
fuffici–
ent power
and
auchority to pardon all the
rimes of\ hat nature foever which
\ ere already committed , fo chat no man ought to doubt of pardon or of
a
gene–
ral
Aet
of 0
livioo. Moreover he confidered , that by the death of the Vice–
king, that general
h
tred was' removed from
th
People, which they conceived
againfr his perverfe and unrratl:able humour, and that thereby they might more
eafily be reduced to the fervice of his Majefiy : Befides \: hich another difficulty
was obviated in cafe it !hould be thought neceffiuy
for
quieting the People, to
fend
the Vice-king out of
that
Counrrey; \ ho might objelt the injufiice of
fuch
proceedings againll: a perfoo, who for no other reafon than the ervice of his
M~-
'
jefiy
againft Rebels and Tyrants,
as
banHhed the
ouncrey, and deprived of
hls
Authority. The Prefiden
Gafla
comforting hirnfelf with fuch Confiderations
as
thefe failed to
Nomhre
de Dios,
where he was received
by
the Souldiers of
Hernan
Mexia
and
by the lnhabitants
all
well armed ; but they !he\' ed him very
licde
refpe& and ]efs affeetion , [peaking contemptibly of his perfon with affronting
words; of
all
hich
(as
Diego Fernande:z:.
faith) he
cook
no notice,
but
fpake
kindly and chearfully to all fores of People. But the Clergy of the City, like
true Servants of
Gbd,
went
in proceffion
with
the Crofs
to
meec
and receive the
Prefident, whom
~hey
condueted
to
the
hurch
to
ling che
Te
Deum Laudamut,
\ ith which kindne!S the Prefidenc was much pleafed, and thanked God,
that
fome
People were remaining, who
ere
acquainted with their duty and good -
manners, and in
fome
kind made amends
for
the difrefpe& of others: but
rhat
"- hich added mo
fl
to his fatisfaetion wa , chat the night following,
Hernan
Mexia
who
was
one of che
aptains of
Gonf':t/o Pi9arro,
and much obliged
co him
for fe–
veral favours, came riva ely
t
f
peal{ ' ith him, offering
himfelf
ro
the
fervice of
his
M
jefl:y,
and
to
ufe hi utmoll: endeavours to engage other Captains and oul–
dier
to
return unto their Loyalty
and
duty
to'-'
ards their Prince : Moreover
he
gave
hima
large
Narrative
of the
race
of
che
Counrrcy and of the Fleec which
was