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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
VI.
It hath be n already mentioned in this Hifiory how
Pedro
de
Paldivia
came
of
Chile>
and h
w
afterwards the Preftdem made him
ommander of the p
~ut
ces he
fh
uld
nquer. And to prepare himfelf for that undertaking
/~;i~-
fi
h C .
f
Lo
R
.
h .
r.
'
atatv1a
went rom
uuo
co t e
1ty o
s
eye1,
It
mtent to 1urnifh himfelf th
\.\-'ith all nee ffari s
>
and \ hat might be required for that Conquefi And
hre
in r ifed his men,
f \
hich fome
ere of thofe wl o had been
ban°ifhed
out
af
Peru,
and
her condemn d
to
the Gallies for having been concerned in the
la~e
Re
Ilion
~
.and
h~vin pro~ided
all other matrers., he caufed them to embarque
~
me
h1p
\
hich
fit
fail from the
Co/lao
of
.f.:im'!',
but
Pedro
de Pa!divia
went
him
lf
y
L
nd
t
.AreqHepa.
And
hereas
at
this tune feveral Complaints
were
brought aga inll: him co the Prefident, accufing him
to
have carried with him fe.
ral c ndemn
d
rfons, and that many outrag s \Vere committed
on
the
way
by
Pe '
I
' ·
had his command and authority fo to doe; Orders were fent to
Pedro.
de H_inOJofa
co intercept him in his way> and
~y
fame
de~terous
management
to bnn
hun
a kt the
Pr
fident.
Pedro
de Hmo;ofa
accordmgly met him and
a ke him ivilly, \\ h cher he would not return
again,
to
give
fati faetion
c~
the
Pr fid nr, for "hJt \\as alledg d againfi him ;
which
r atdi11ia
refufing co doe
Hi–
no1ofa
ac mpanied him in
friendly manner for a whole day's journey;
\~hen
w
r hing hi
pporrunity he feifi d upon him
~
ith
fix Mu quetiers, and brought
him ·
k
t
th Prefid nt ; by '"·hi h time feveral of the
laimiffs
from
,._horn
1
aldivi.i
ha
t~
ken the Gold
as b fore mentioned, were come from
Chile,
and
had
r
fi
n d
rti
le in
writing againfr him,
wherein rhey accufed
him
for
ha–
ing
t
k n the
old from th m, for ha ing killed m ny erfons unjuflJy, and that
e
1 ad a
i
lut
life ''
itb
ercain woman ; rhac he was in
confederacy
with
onfalo Pifa -ro
·
n \\'ent
fr
m
hile,
ith defign and imenti
o
to
join
with
him,
beCide
many
ther rre {(
a le rhings
f
which th
y
im ea hed him; and in con–
clu
i
o, they d
fir
d that h might be ondernned
co
ay and recuro
the
Gold
ije
had caken
f
om them.
The
r
fi
nt
fc
und
imfelf much er lexed and firaimed
in
this matter, for
in
cafi he
n ernned
'f'
ld1v1a
,
he ab olutely d firoyed hi voyage, which tea–
ed co the
u1
t
and
n
fie o
Per11,
y
clearing che
uocrey of fo many
leud
nd infolent ouldiers as ' ere co accorn any him. And in cafe the taking
a~
ay
the
old \'\' re
roved upon him , and he not com
lled
to
make rell:itution,
ic
' ould be
fu
h a
iece
f
injufiice, as would tend much co the difrepurarion of
the Prefident, and make a gr at noife and our-cry in the Counrrey: And
being
in
this firait, a ontrivance wa made
to
av id the relticurion,
\i\
hich was
in
this
manner.
efore
it
as
rd red, that
pies fhould be given to
Valdivia
of
che
Ac ufation and
Arricl
preferred againft
him,
or any fummary information ; a
rule
v.
as gi en , that firfi a olernn lnquifition i11ould be
made
in the
Office
of
che nam
f
all rh e
rfi ns who' ere concerned
in
the Bill againCl: che Defen–
dant; the which \ as co
e done in chat
flight
m oner, that the reafon for which
it
as re uired might not be difco ered. And when it appeared
by
the Bill, that
11 the
ople
f
Chile
\'ere concerned as Plainciffi, and \\ere all Parties and iote–
efied in the
emand · none of them could law
ully
b made a
.itnefs or
give
gal c fiimony in their own
aufe; he then ordered, that
Valdivia
fhould
have~
opy of the Bi1l, and give in a fpeedy Anfi" r ; the
which
he
accordingly
d~d;
d
nying
ery thing
h3t
wa
alledged
againfi him:
it
chen
lay upon the
Pla1~tiffi
co prove all
y
their Wicnefie . The
aafc c ming
t
a nyal, and no telh·
mony produced, befides that
f
the
arties int refied · the
r fident
proceeded,
e:i:
offido,
to
fentence
in
fa our
of
J/aldivia.
And
thou h
fi
mething was I?r
ed of
his
intention to ards
Goncalo P1p1rro,
yet
th
refidenc d
I
r d, that neHher for
chat
nor other matte
,
h
.J •.
fc
un
fuffi
ient rea n ro di
ert
V-aldivire
fr
m hi
intended
C nquefi; h
' ·Cc
e
r he
t
k fecurity from him, not
t
ntertain ny
f th fe
\ ho
w
re bani
d
f(
r their
eb
lli
n: And al
that he vrnuld
Cc
nd
Judge
pon the pla e, r mal
firi
inqui
nion
concerning the G
~d,
and ave
! 'aldwia
ar ticularly in
1arge
t
gi e Cati
li
n for the
fame:
wh1
h he
prom1fina ro
rform , the
fuit
wa
ifi
ift,
and he
rmitted to proce d
to
Chile.
Thu far
P11/c111inc,
who there\ ith con
ludes
this
hapter.
CHAP.