785 / 1060
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BooK
V.
Royal
Commentaries.
Whilfi
Pifarro
was
arrived at the top of
all his
hol?es and
~petted
a
co~firma
tion in his Government, and co
be
made perpetual D1etatour
m
that Empire he
received Letters from
Pedro
de
HinOJofa
his General, which gave him advice of
the
arrival of the Prefident in .thofe pares.
Piptrro
and
all
his Captains were greatly
furprized and troubled
at
thi unexpetted News, and thereupon
\.Vith
Come
of
rhe
Cirizens entred into confulcacion how and in what manner they were to behave
rhemfelves in this buGnefS ;
the
Debates
were many and long, and the opinions
different to each ocher ; but at length they were reduced
tO
two : fome were of
opinion that either publickly or fec:etly the.Prefident was
co
be
kil~ed. ~chers
were of opinion that chey_ fhould 10v1te
h!m
to
Peru,
wherf havmg d1fcove–
red a
I
his Papers, Inaruchons and Comm1ffioo , chat then cney iliould endea–
vour
to
perfuade or force him to concur with theQl , and grant whatfoever they
defired : and in cafe chey could not prevail , it was but
to
put him
off
then with
delay pretending that chey had not power to conclude alone, withouc the confent
and
c~ncurrence
of
all the ocher Cities of that Kingdom, with that of
LoJ R!)CJ:
and in regard rhe
laces
and Cities were far difiant each from the ocher, there
would be good cau(e of excufe and means to deferr the Affembly for two years:
And in the mean time the Prefident .would be deteined a Prifoner in the Hland
of
Puna,
under a Guard
of~
1thfull Souldier , who were to be carefu11 to inter–
cept all Leners which he fhould write for information ofhis Majefty, by default of
which they might
fiill
continue under the notion of obedient and loyal ubje&.
Ocher \ ere of pinion , that the befl: and moll: expedite way was, ro caufe him
to return again into
Spain,
and to perfuade him thereunto
with
mon'ey
and
provifions for hi voyage ; by wbich
it
would appear, that they had treated him
like
a good
rvant and Officer of
his
Majefty. Thefe Debates continued with
great differerrce and heat for many days : but at length
it
was by common confent
agreed, That
~effengers
fhould
be
fenc
from them to his
Majefiy co
negotiate the
Grant of fuch Particulars as were mofi: conducing to the welfare of that
m
ire :
That they fhould give an account of all things which had been lacely tranfatted;
and efpecially
t0
infill: in jufl:ification of their caufe , that they vere compelled to
the engagement of
flg_itu
, \
here the Vice-king was
ilain
:
and in
all
their
Dif–
cour(es
they were to charge the Vice-king as the Aggreffour,
ho had perfued
them through all
lace , and at length forced them to kill him
in
their
O\
n de–
fence: And in fine, the Prayer of cheir Petition was,
That
his
Majefiywould'be
pl
afed to confer the Government of that Empire on
Ganp;tlo
Pifarro,
\:
ho by
his
uwn bravery and merit of his Relation had gamed that Empire to rhe
rown
7
and that farther, he prete <led a Tide thereunto on the Commi!Jion his Majefiy
had given to his Brother to n minate
a
ucce{four thereunto after his death: and
in the mean time
they
d llred, that the
refident might be ordered
to
refide
in
Pa–
nama;
and not
co~
roceed farther into
Peru
untill hi Majefiy fhould give new
di–
rection .
Thi
matter being agreed upon, Arnbaifadours were chofen' ho
ere
to
negotiate thofe great
oincs in
pain
;
and to give the better countenance there–
unto,
Don
Tra Geronimo
de Loa1fa,
Arch-bi01op of
Los
Reye1,
ho was
a great
Pre–
late ,
ather and
afiour of that City.,
was
entreated to accept of chat Charge,
who being a Perfon of great efieem and intereft
in
SpJiin,
it was prefamed that he
' ould be h rd with the more favour; the like alfo was defired of the BHhop of
Santa Marta,
and Friar
7homM
de
Sr. Martin,
who was Provincial of the Order of
St:
Dominic~;
and
Lrr~enfo.
de Aldana
and
Gome~
de Solis
were pitched upon to join
with
them
m
the
omm1fhon. Money was ordered
for
their Voyage fuffident
t defray
all
their charges · and parti ularly it was ordered , that
Gome:l:j
de Solu
'\ho
\Va
chief
eotleman-u er
tO
Gonr.alo
Piptrro,
fhould have thirty thoufand
piece of Eight aid
t
him apart, out of the which he
~as
to give unto
Pedro
d~
Hin0Jofa
fo
much a he judged neceffiry
:
but as to
Lore11fo
de
Aldana,
he fuppofed
that he
h~d
fo
l!'any e.ndearment rowards him on account of his· ountrey and
mumal fnendil11p
which
wa between them, that he did not doubt but that he
':' ild pro
~e
a fairhfull co:refpondent , and with all fidelity advife him of the a -
1dems
and
foc~eifes
of his
yage, but more particularly to acquaint him from
Ptm!llma
of the im ore and contents of the Commiffion
and Inlhuetions which
the
reGd nt
had brought w.ith
h~m
: Accordingly thefe,perfons embarked in the
month. of
()_ilober,.
1
)46.
l~.-1th
Tide of Amba!Iadours from the Empire of
Ptm,
unto
}115
Ma1efiy;
m whofe Voyage nothing occurred worthy the Relacion.
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