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Cepeda,

than to the fenfe of

Carv:ijal ;

believing that'

foon

aifeored

thereunto he immediately deve!led him of all the po

er and

authoncy which

had

th~t

Countrey.

Cepeda

alfo,

blinded with his own ambition and imereft,

ftiffiy adhered to his own

opinio~,

well knowing, that in ca(e the Prefident

were

received

his

authority would fail, and that he fhould..lofe his Seal , and perhaps.

life

'for

his crimes were of a deep fiain ; he had once been an Officer and Mi–

nifier of the King's; whofe Laws and Ordinances he ought to have fufrained;

and inflead thereof he had oppofed the execution of them , and born

Arms

that Bartel where the Vice-king '\vas !lain. Howfoever

Pifarro

not being fully

refolved what courfe

rake, fummoned a general A1fembly of

all

the principal

Inhabitanrs of the City, of the Captains, Nobility,

and

·of the moft knowing per–

fons

thofe pares, to deliberate upon the

Aofi

·er which was·to be given to

che

Letters from his Majell:y and the Prefident; which being of common concern–

ment would

heft

fuit with the general authority and confent of the whole

Co1Jn~

trey. The Affembly being met, confifl:ed of eighty perfons, amongfi: whom were

many firaoge and different opinions. Some were delivered with great gravity

and

prudence, tending to the common good of the

Indians

and

Spaniard.r,

and

the advancement of God's glory and fervice : others were of a different firain }.

every one [peaking according to his own fancy and ralenr, and as 'it

ufual

where

many are there are different imaginations and fancies according to the Proverb,

many

men,

maoy minds: men of the moft folid

judg~ents

did

concur

opinion with

Franclfco de Carvaj;1l,

but ambition and the .defire of rule thwaned

all

the other fide. Howfoever

Francifco de Carvajal

boldly declared in publick,

that the Offers were fatisfacl:ory, and ought not to be refufed: to

\vhich

Cepedr:'..

prefently reply'd, that the Major General was afraid, the like was faid by other

rafh and defperate men; which

Carvajal

hearing, cryed out aloud; Gentlemen,

affeetionate a Servant to my Lord the Governour as any man

living,

and

much de6re

his

profpericy, quiet and increafe of honour; and as fuch

deliver my

opinion

fincerely

and really as

believe to be heft

and

moft convenient

for

hiin,

and from

the

abundance

heart

and affeetion

fpeak

ic.

You

may, if ybu

' pleafe, follow other Counfels

which

lead

you into

misfortunes; for

part, it

cannot much concern me, who have

~}ready

lived ma_ny years

the World, and

have as long a neck for a

halter

any

of your.Wor(hips.

Fern11ndaz:. Palentino

re–

lates fometning

of this

opinion of

Carvajal

in his

~ifiory

, but couches

not in

this

place,

but

another fome rime after; perhaps he that gave this information

gave

him late and defeetive , fo that he delivered

fully

in another

place. Neither

Lope~

Gomara

nor

Auguftine de Garate

make any mention of

this

particular, which is very ftrange, becaufe after the War was ended,

all

people ge-

,,.

nerally applauded the wife and politick counfel of

Carvajal,

which had uQdoubted-

preferved

Gonp:tlo Pi farro,

had he had Grace and wifedom enough to have

re–

ceived it.

Thefe Confultations and Debates were publick ; but the Cabals of the other

fide were more private in the Chamber of

Panif,gua

where many People volunta–

rily reforted the very night that he arrived there and every night afterwards du–

ring the time that he refided at

Los Reyes

;

all of them protefiing that they were Ser–

vants to the King, and ooeyed

Gonfalo Pifarro

againfi their inclinations and

will;

which they would make appear

foon

the Prefident arrived in thofe pares;

for

then they would revolt from

Pipirro

his

party; and

the

mean

time they

intreJted him to inroll their names in a Lift, and offer them to the Prefident

affurin_g him of

t~eir

faithfull

fervi~e,

as opportunity !hould offer. Thefe

~1er~

the a{forances which were fe

cretly

given to

Paniagua

by the moft principal

Citi–

zens, and by thofe

\'lli

ho were

mo.ft

deeply engaged with

Pifarro,

and of

fuch

who

~oll: defp~rately.

declared a

gainll:

th~ Pre~dent,

vowing that ·they would fiab

him or

p01fon

hun,

or caufe the

Ship

which !hould carry

him

Peru

to founder

the Sea, · as Hifiorians write. And this fecret intelligence was given in the

mght, partly to prevent the

full

declaration of his Commiffion

favour of

Gon–

falo

Pifarro:

for we

mufl:

know that

jull: as

PaniagHa

was about

take

his

leave

of the Prefidenr, the lall: _and rnoft fecret

I~firucHon

was given him ro

fore

be very referved , and with much arc and mdulhy

difcover the inclinations of

the Peop!e to

Gonfalo Piyarro

;

and that in cafe he found them

all

of Qne piece

and una01moufiy to adhere unto him ; that

then

he iliould RubJickly declare, how

that the Prefident brought a Comrniffion with

him

to confirm

Gon2alo Pifarro

the

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