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VI.

·· Royal Commentaries.

Scatut~s

which

caufed

all that noife and effufion of

imich bloud:.

iliall

make appear in its due place , and confirm

ehe

fa~e ~Y

the

teftimony

Dieg9

Hernande:G

whom we {hall have occafion

quote m divers places.

But to

~urn

the

courfe

of this Hifl:ory from

.melancholy a fubjeCl:

fame-

. thing more divertiGog

and

pleafan~;

are

kn<?w,

that

whilfi

thefe

_matters

were in agitation, a

Letter

was

direete~

the

C1~y o~

Los Reyes

from

Hernt1ndo

Ninno,

Mayor of the City of

Toledo,

to hts Son

Rolrrgo Nmno,

of whom.

we.

have

formerly

made

mention in

th~

fc;mrth Book o_f

the

fe~ond

Parr,

wherem

h1s. Fa–

thef

required him (the Wars _with

Gonf~tlo

Pifarrfi

bemg ended )

hafien mto

Spain,

take poifeffion of an Efiate which a Kinfinan of his had left him

in-

herit.

d .

The depacttne of this Gent1erhan,

who

had

alwa~s

approve himfelf oyal

his

Majefiy's fen.rice

the late Wars againfi the Rebels,

was

judged by the

Pre~dent

and ~the

other Officers a

fit

and convenient opportunity for fending thofe eigh–

fix Souldiers

inro

Spain,

vilio for

taking part with

Pip1.rro

had been condemned

r..o the Gallies: and accordingly this

matter

be~ng

intimated. to

Rodrigo Ninno

and

reprefented as a fervice acceptable to his Majefiy,

accepted the

fame,

though

much

againfi his Will , knowing that the charge

eighty fix perfons condem–

ned to the Gallies could not but occafion much trouble and inconvenience to him:

l1owfoever the

hopes of

a reward prevailed -above the thoughts of the trouble

chat he provided his Arms and other n@Ceffaries for

condueting

rhofe People>

with whom he

d.eparted

Los

Reyes,

being in all

eighty

fix

Spaniards;

amonglt

thofo, there

wer~ ·iix

Muficians, who

had)fbrm~rly

ferved

Gon9alo Pifarro,

woom

I knew, and

asl

remember, one of them was called

Auguft.ine

Ramirez

born at

Ji[e–

xico,

his Fatnet was a

Span;ard,

and his Mother an

Indian :

they

were all excellent

Mafters of

Mufo~k

and

'arri€d

their .

Inftruments

with

th@m,

and therewifh en=–

tertained company wherefo'evet they came 5

and by the liberality of-fome Gen- _

tlemeli , who

came

h@ar

-t?h€tn ,

th~y

e1ved

that whiGh ferved

them

beat

the charge of th€ir voyage.

•

With fair

we~ther

and

~ind

Rodrigo

NYm10

happ~y

arrive.cl

a.t

Pandm~ ~

having

along

the

coaft of

Peru

received

affifienc€

for

~cunty

dfhis P

nfoners, wno were

dming

that ,time fubmiffive and humble, bein'g confcious tothemfelves·h0·w much

they-

had offended his Majefi;y

~within

that JGrlfe:iiltion : But being departed from

anam"'

and

·Nomhre de Dio-s

; .

fome

of them

took

the

opportunity

make their

efcape ; to

avoid

rowing

the

Gallies; fur 'the

truth

is ,

Rodrigo Ntnno

.had not a

fufficient

Gu.ard

with

bim

tt9

fe~are

many

1 ;

nor !hd the Prefident

and·

Bis

M1-

nifiers

fupplJ.

Him

erewith, imagining

tFiat

the

fole

authoricy

Ninno, was

fuffi–

cient to ke€p

them

in fubjeeliot\

though

ifi

reality they couki .not fina men

that

Countrey wflo

would be

p~rfwaded

to ·

take

upon them the

cha1:ge

con-–

duet

many

Gafly

-flaves

iotb:

Spai~.

With -this

.Care

-and rt:ouqle

N~nno~

failing

near the Ifles of

Cuba

and

Sa.ii.at

Domingo,

efpyed a

Frmc'JJ

Pyrate, who gave him

chafe,

for at that tirne no

other '

Nation

ufod

th~fe

Seas bat

that onely.

The

sp~

nifh

Cap£ain who

was

unproviaed of

Men

and

Arms for

his defence, and

knowing

alfo that

carried a:n Enemy \\·ithm his Veife-1, bethought himfelf of th1s Strate–

gem

which was as

difcreec

pleafanr:

H'e

armed

hirnfelf

from h

ead to foot,

and

with his

Corflet

and

Plume

dfFeathers

in this Head-piece:

a.nd

with his Partifan

in his hand

went

and

fiood

the Main-maQ; all his Sea

men a

nd others he

com~

manded to be concealed under the· Decks , and his Mufici-ans with rhei1.1 infiru–

ments to afcend upon the Poop, and to

firike

up and' play when the Enemy came

near them: all things

being

thus ordered

Ninno

had direlted,

the

Ship failed on

her courfe_, without fear as

were

apprehenfion of

the

En~my,

who frill gave

~hem

chafe, not doubting_

good

priz-e :

but

f<?

foon as

they

came up wii:h

them ,

and

near

to ?ear the Mufick , and

feeing

few

none appear

above

deck, they began

imagm, that that Veffel betonged to· fome perfon of

Qualiry

who was banifhed

for

Treafon

againfi

the

Kling,

or that was·difpoffeffed of his E–

ftate by _fame Law"fuit or.

other

clevice ; and that being

ther~by

become defperate,

they believed he had fet

h1mfelf

to Sea, and turned

Pyrate,

like themfelves to repair

hi~ f9rtun~ ~ith

what bo?tY and prize offered on the Seas. The

French-man

with

this

1magmat1on

left offhis chafe, not daring

engage with

R~drigo

Ninno

permit–

ting.him to purfue his Voyage. This Story was told to

the

Prefidenr, as

paffed

thofe Hlands

into

Spain;

which the Inhabitants

received

from the relation

that

Pyrate, whom unde.r

afi'urance of a

white Flag and

Artick~s

Qif

Truce they adven..

ff f

tared

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