792 / 1060
Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
V.
the Government of
Peru.
And
the truth
is,
it was concluded
in
Spain
by h· M
jelly's Council
jull: at
the departure of the Prefidenr,
that, as the
Iafi:
and
ul~~
a–
remedy of
all,
he fhould
have power
to confirm
Pifarro
in
the
Governmen:r:i{<ce
it
was
faid and concluded, that provided the Countrey were theEmperour,s
;t
or
. no matter,
though
che
D evil governed
it.
'
was
Thi
~ecret,
(faid
t~e
·Prefidenr
to
Pa7_1iag11a)
_I
encrull: co
you in as
much confi–
dence
as
1t
was
commmed
co
me,
and
m all
chmgs
aet as
becomes
a
Gentlema
and
as one
obliged in
ducy
to ferve the King.
n,
After
the Countrey was quieted
and
fetcled,
and the
Prefident returned to
Spain
·
Paniagua
himfelf
reyealed this fiory,
for.
he
rem~ioed
· ehind with
a
good
Efiate:
and a large
proportion
of Lands
and
Indwu
which were given to
him.
And
he
confeffed, that
he~
as often
refolved to
have
reveal
t
e ecret
co
Pifarro
wbilfi
he remained in
a
doubcfull condition
amidfi the
various humours and
opi~ions
of
the
Commonalty ;
and
he
faid,
that he often repented tha he had not done it.
But
to return to our .HHl:ory.
Paniagua
obtained
an anfwer
to
his Meffige.
the
difpatch unto
which was chiefly
procured by
the
intereft and favour of
Lice;_
ciadQCarvajal :
whiib was a
rnacter
of high importance
to
him,
being
in
continual
fear and danger of his
life';
for had
Pifarro
knm~ n
that
he had
fecretly admitted
acce!S
to him,
and Cabals
in
the
night,
he would certainly
have been as
good
as
b~
word
in putting
hi!D to
d~ath, ~
he
.drreatned
him
at his
full:
corning
co the
C1cy.
Pamagua,
havmg received
his
d1fpatch,
departed
from
Los Reyes
in.
the
month of
[anuary,
1547.
being furnHhed ·with
money
for his Journey,
he carried
onely a
fingle Letter
for the Prefident ,
of
hich
.AllgHftine
C11rate
takes no notice,
but
Fernande~
P
alentinQ
rehearfes
it
in this mat\ner,
Mofi Honoured
and mofl:
Reverend
Sir,
Y
o
V R
Letter
dated from
Panama
of the 1.6th of
September
of
the
year
laft
pa.ff,I
have received,
and
retur11 you many thAnk:f,
a-,,d
'ifs
your hands for
the
advices you
have given me therein, knowing well that th!] proceed f rom an affectionate and a fincere
heart, agreea/;/e to the quality of your Perfon, enduwcd with much learn·ng and confcience.
As for
my
part,
I
de.fire
you would confider me
tU
a
perfan naturally inclined to the Service
of
hiJ Ma;efty, the which you /eem to ac now/edge >Pithout
111!]
tejfimony of
my
own : And
indeed
thofe
onely can proper!J
be
[aid to
ferve
his Majefty whofe aElions and not their words
declare their work!. Men who farve the King at his charge and coft,
may
be faid
to
f
erve
him;
yet howfoever,
they
are not to be compared and fat in the ballance with them,
who,
Ii~
my
Brothers and Relat ion1, and lik! my
[elf,
who have f or the [pace ofjixteen yettrs fer–
ved}1is M 1-yefty in my Perf
on
without any charge or expence to
the
Crown
;
to which
I
have
gained and acquired greater and better Count riu,
and
a vajl-er qudntity of Gold and Silver
than ever ar-:.J man hath done which wM born; and
all
thu at"!} own charge, without putting
hw
M~qejly
to the eepcnce fo
much~
of
five Shillings tuw11,rd1 all
my
acqHijitions and la–
bours.
And now at /aft there remains nothing either to
me
or to
my
Brothers but one!J the
hare and nak!d reputatum
of
having
f
erved his Ma1efty, in which we have confamed
all
th11.t
we have ! ained. W hen
Blafco Nunnez
fir.ftarrived in this Countre
,
there were
then
living
of
our
ftoc~,
the Sons
of
the Marquu ,
Hernando Pi'iarro
and
my
[elf,
amongff
which there rvM ftarce the value
of
a crown remaining either in Gold or Silver, notwith–
ftand,·ng all thofe immenfa Sums "Jf'e had fent to his Majefty; nor had
we
one Acre
of
Land
armmgft
UJ
all,
norwithftandinl{_ that vaft
t rail
of Empire we had annexed to the l mperi11!
Crown : and yet notwithflanding all thefa neglects which have been pHt 11pon m, we remain
firm
and immovable
in
our A llegiance, ro which
duty
we have
no
need
to
be incited from
Ar–
guments of his Powe1-, or t o be info rmed of
hi.s
prowefa and puif{ance of
hu
Arrm,
unlefa it
6e
to give
m
occafion to praifa God who hath beftowed fuch a Prince
upon m ,
who
u
gratiom
t o hu ubjects and fo formidable to his Enemies, t hat
M
well Chriftian Princes
tU
Infidels
f ear and envy hu greatnefs.
A nd though
I
have not [pent fo much time in hu
M 'l)efl/1
ourt M
I
have done in the Wars for hu Service, y et
I
would have
)'Ott
to kz;ow,
that
I
have
heen
M
curior-u to hear and under/land the A ffairs of hu M aje{ly, ejpecial!J
t he
fi1ccef[e1
of
the late
Wars,
Many perfon whatfoev er that
u
converfant
in
hu CoHrt who perhaps are not
well acquainted
with
all the occurrence.s fo particula
r{y and
trHI
&
I
am;
for
thofe
who
come fr01111 thence give me informations of
what
hath
pa.ft,and
fame
!rien~J
wh1J
live upon
the place conjf
11,itl
write to me from the Camp, and giv e m_e af
goo~
mtelbg ence
tU
the are
1?ble; f or
rbe
nowing
me
to be a
m~m
of
1 r1~th
and de!tghu d
with
a
real
and exall ac-
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COH11t