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Commentarie
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but whilll he was thus conGdering within himfelf, the news came that the ne"
Ordinances were repealed, and
a
general Pardon granted
.by
his Majefiy
~or
all
Treafons and Crimes which were paft: wherefore, remammg no longer m
fu~
fpenfe, · he packed up all his Houthold-fiuff, took
wh~t
Gold an? Silver he ha<:J,
and therewith embarked hisWife and Family on a Ship, and
with
forty
of
hIS
Souldiers (ofwhich fome
v~
ere Inhabitants of
T ruxillo)
he failed to
Panama :
the
news of thefe four Ships being come to
Los R eyes,
though the particulars thereof
were confufed and obfcure,
it
being not known who or what they were,
yet it
• ferved to put the People into a great conll:ernation, and caufed every one to pre–
pare for a War. At the fame .rime news com_ing of
~he
revolt .. of
J?iego de Mora,
his
place was immediately fupphed
~ya
Comm1ffion
g1v~n
to
Llcencrado L eon,
and
he fent
by
Sea co
T ruxillo:
but meetmg a few days after with
LorcrJf(!de A ldana,
and
his Affociates
in
his way, he turned
to
their fide; the like alfo did
D iego de Mora,
and
all of chem returned together to the Port of
Tru x illo,
where
D iego de M ora
]anded with
his
forty
men,
to
recover them
of
the ficknefs into '"-
1
hich they
\~ere
fallen at Sea ; but he marched farther into the Coumrey, as far as
Caffamarca,
publiiliing in all places, how that the late Ordinances were repealed, and a gene–
ral Pardon given for all Treafons and Crimes already committed
:
upon this news
all people generally came in and offered
themfelve~
for his Majefiy='s Service,
amongll: which were
[ohn de Saav edra,
a Native of
Sevil,
Gome~
de
A lvarado, { ohn
Purcel,
to whom
Pi~arro
had lately wrote, adviling him to prepare matters in a
teadinefs
for War.
In {bort, all 'the people of thofe places and Provinces corning
in
they formed a Body of about three hundred men, under the command of
D iego
de
Mora,
and declared for the Emperour : of which
Bartolmeo de ViJlalobo1
then
quartering at
Tumbi~
receiving intelligence, he gathered what Forces he could and
marched
into
the inland Countries, intending
by way
of the Defart to pafs over
ro
Gonfalo Pipzrro :
but his men gave a fiop co his Journey, perfuading him to
change his
way
and his intention, and return to
Piura,
and keep that Town for
the
Emperour, as he had done before for
Gonfalo Pifarro,
to which he a!fented,
though much againll:
his
will. The like happened
in
Puerto Yiejo,
which
Franci:fco
de Olmos
held for
Pif arro;
who, upon news of the many revolts, and of people
rarning to the fervice of the Emperour, went with fome perfons, in whom he
much confided, unto
Huay/lqui,
which was a place governed by
Manuel
Eftt1.clo
with Commiflion from
Pifarro;
:ind there, without farther ceremony, taking him
by
the
hand,
he
fiabbed nim
to
the
heart
with
his
.Dagger, and immediately fet
up his Majefly's Standard. And thus, with the news onely of a general Pardon,
and revocation of the late Ordinances, without other perfuafions or forces, the .
hearts and inclinations of all the Ca11rains, chief Commanders and People
were
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_ turned and reduced to the fervice of his
~ajefiy.
~
Of all which
Gonf~ilo
Pifarro
and his Party were not ignorant; for they recei–
ved intelligence daily how matters fucceeded,
at
which rney were much troubled,
and with great reafon; for feeing how people daily fell from their Party,
they
feared that many others \Vould follow the fame example : whereupon they emred
into frequent confultations, but with fuch confulion and diforder that nothing
w~
concluded; onely it was
agree~
to burn the five Ships then
in
Port, together
.
with all the Boats and Veflels
\x.:h1Ch
were chere. This Counfel was faid to be
given by
Licenciado Cepeda,
and
Licenfi adi;.Benito de Carv ajal,
men who were bet–
ter Lawyers than Souldiers, and better skilled in Books than in the Politicks -
for they believed that the Ships and Veffels then in Port would give people
o~
portunicy to efcape and cum to the Enemy, and for wane thereof they would be
forced, though againfi their witls, to fide with their Party.
,
The burning of the. Ships was ordered during the abfence of
Carvajal,
who
:vas gone for
2:
weeks .time about
twenty
leagues from
Lo1 Reye.s,
co dirett fome
If!1portant affairs then mhand; but when
Carvajal
rerurned, and heard of the bur–
ning of thofe Sh.ips, he grievoufiy lamented the i!fue of that fatal Couofel, and
amongfr
ot~er
thmgs he faid
to
Gonf alo Piyarro, Sir, You have ordered five GHardian-
,
A ngel!,
appom~ed
f rrl'
the
defence of
the
Coaft
of
Peru
and deftrufJion
of
your E nemies, to
he
confamed
with
fire;
ha~
you referved
IJHt
one for
m~,
I
fho1tld therewith hav e g iven you
fach an accom1t
of
my
aEftons
M
fhould have
farpajfed
all
my
former je-l'vices,
and
have
gi–
ven the world caufe to
envy
1l!J
great faccef{cs : for with
fame
Muskptier.1 which
I
would
hav e.
put
aboar.d, I .would
have
unde-l'tak!n
to
engage all t he Fleet
of
the E nemy
;
f or
nc–
cordmg t o t he mtellsgence
we
have from
Panama,
all
the
pe'Op/e they
/?ring from
thence,
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