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him , . their inclinations were very well difpofed
t~ereunro
; and accordingly he
conce1~
ed great hopes of fuccefs.
In
order to which he went with all fpeed po{:
fible to
Panama
taking the Marefchall
Alvarado
into his company, and to
his
affi–
fiance (as
Diego Fernandez. Palel'}tino
in
~he
thirty eighth Chapter of his Book af–
firm ) for '"horn he had obtamed a Licence from the Council of the
Indies
that
he
_migh~
be fpared for fome time from t e
Regi~er's
Office
to
attend un;o the
affi
~rs
of
Perlf:,
and be an Affifl:ent and.
a
Compa~1on
to
him.
This
Gentleman
havmg
been m
the B
ttel
of
ChupM
a mfl:
Don Dtego
de
Almagr1J
Junior
returned
afrerwards into
pain
;
and by rea on that he was
all verfed in the tranfacrion of
affi irs bet een the
Pifarrift.r
nd
Afmagrian.r,
he was entertained
in
the fervice
of
the Council of the
Indies.
But let us leave both him and
th~
Prefident in their
journey;
to
relate \ hat
Pedro
de
HiJJfJjofa
aeted in the mean time
at
Panama
upon
the
~ews,
that
Hernan
_Mexia_
had received the Prefident with
Jig
s
and demon–
firat1ons of peace and fnendfiup, rather than of en 1ty and oppofition : and
he
~as
the more di!fatisfied, becaufe he was ignorant of the Commiffion
and
Con–
tents of the ln(huctions which the Prefid
nt
brought; And becaufc he
li
d
con–
cluded and agreed without any com unicacion or correfpondence with him:
wherefore
Hinojofa
wrote
fo
very angrily
to
him upon that matrer,
that
fe
era!
friend of
Hernan
de
Mexia
advifed him not
to
go
to
Panama :
Howfoever (
as
Auguftine Caratc
faith ) after fome conference had with the Prefident thereupon
it
wa
concluded , that
Hernan
Mex ia
fhould fpeedily depart
fc
r
Panama
,
and
lay–
ing afide all fears and jealouGes fhoµld boldly communicate the whole matter to
Hmojofa;
which
Mexi4
accordingly performed
in
confidence
of the
friendfl
1
ip
which
n as
bet\' een them, and the 4qowledge he had of his humour and difpoli–
tion. After fome conference together
Mexia
fo
well acquitted himfelf and gave
fuch reafons for receiving the Prefident; Chewing that , let the bufinefs go how
it
would , his acti
onshitherto could,bring no prejudice to their cau(e;
that
Hino–
jofa
appeared well
fa.tified :
thereupon
Hernan
Me_xia
returned to
Nomhre
de
Dio.r,
and the Prefident
went
to
Panama,
here he perfonally treated
with
Hinojofa
and
with all
bis
Captains , declaring
to
them the caufe and reafons of hi coming;
And managed matters,with fucn fecrecy 'and prudence, that none knew what
he
bad
communicated
to
the other ; which
fo
fecured their affeltioos and good
will
towards
him ,
that he adventured publickly
to
declare his defign , · and
to
aifure
them that his negotiations tended
.to
the publick welfare: and
at the fame
time
took care to provide for the neceffities and conveniences of
the
ouldiery;
the
which he alted with fuch fweetnefs of behaviour and refpeet towards all, as
feeds the vanity of that Souldiery, and prevails moft in that Coumrey.
Thus
far
Auguftine de Ca_rate
in his feventh ChaI?ter.
.
•
So foon as
Pedro
de
Hinojofa
had notice of the commg of the Prefidenc
to
Nom6re
de
Dio.r,
he gave immediate intelligence thereof to
Gonpdo Pifarro,
as did
all
his
Captains, giving
him
affora.nce, chat they would never fuffer him
to
pafs
into
Pe–
ru.
But notwithfianding all their refolutions, after fome conferences which they
held with the Prefident at
Panama,
they changed their minds, and hen
~rote
in a
different manner:
for
che Prefident had
fo
dealt
,~.-ith
every Jingle perfon in pri- .
vate, a
ad n
h engaged them and inclined their good-will and affettions
to
him. Wh
reupon they confented , and gave permiffion bat he might fend one
of thofe perfons whom he brought from
Caftile
with Letrers from
Gonfalo Pip1r/o
to
advife him of his arrival
in
thofe parts5 the Gentleman whom the
Prefident
refolved
to
fend was called
Pedro Hernandez. Paniagua,
who was an Inhabitant and
Governour of the City of
Plafancia,
a
perfon
well
qualified for
fuch a
negotiati–
on
5
for
befides that he was
a
Gentleman of good extraltion, he had left
his
Wife
a~d
Children a competent Efiate in
Spain,
for which he not onely meriEed
efteem and refpett of
Pifarro,
but
alfo for his Co_umreys
fa~e,
and for
~he fa~e
of
his
kindred and relations, who were engaged m his facbon. Thus did
Pama–
gua
[et
fail for
Peru,
upon
Cl:
frigate appointed
fo?
him; all the
Letter~
he
carried
with
him were one from the King to
Gonpilo Piptrro,
and another
co him
from
the
Prefident befides fome other private Letters to perfons of qualicy, as namely,
to
the Bifhop of
Lugo,
and anorher
to
Licenciado
Benito
de
Carvajal,
to
\ horn the
Prefident wrote amicably, and as became a kinfman, diretting him
in
vlhac.ma~oer to aet for the fervice of his
Majefiy.
And here we will leave
Paniagua
m his
voyage, and relate what
Gonfalo
Pif~rro
was acting
in
the
mean
time.
Whilt1