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VI.
Royal
Commentaries.
bad been treated by thofe who had joyned with
Gon falo
Pip~rrq,
and how he had
been empfoyed
by
the
Vice~king
Pela Nunncz.
to
feize
on
cert~in
perfons, and how
ill
he was treated bytthem , becaufe he would not take their parry, as we have
at large mentioned in the eleventh
Chapter
of
the.
fourth Book, and fecond Parr.
They alfo related the Trick he plaid the Pyrace at Sea, how the Gally-flaves
efca–
ped from him, and how he releafed the lafi of them, and what words he faid co
him. All which the Prince heard with his ufual favour and clemency, and was
fenfible that the efcaµe of
the
condemned men was caufed
by
defaulc and omiffi–
on of chofe whofe bufinefs
it
was
to
provide fofficient Guards, and that
Njnno
lay
at the mercy of the Slaves, to whom he was beholding for not killing him. When
the Agents obferved
h.owgratioufly the Prince underfi:ood the caufe of
Ninno
,
they begged the
fav~ur
that the Offenders might be admitted co the prefence of
his HighneiS , which being granted , and
chat
Ninno
made his appearance accor–
din~y,
the Prince put
fuch
pertinent q.ueftions to
him
~s
any Learned. Lawyer
or '--'Ounfellour could have done:
Art
thou, faid he, the man
to
whom eighty fix
Gally-flaves were entrufied? and that they all fled from you, and made their ef–
cape excepting gne? and did not you beat that fingle fellow from you, and caufed
him alfo co run away. M
fr
Serene Prince, anfwered
Rodrigo Ninno,
I could not doe
more than what I did, for they did not furnifh me with Men and
~uards
fuffici–
ent
to
fecure
fo
many men ; God knows my heart, and the World hath received
fufficient te!Hmonies of my duty and fervi{.:e towards his Majefiy. And as to the
Gally-flave, \'horn I drove from me, I had compaffion of him, for, mechoughrs,
ic was pity to commie that poor Rafcal alone co the Gallies, and force him to la–
bour for all the others who were fled from me
:
nor was I willing to have his
Curfes,
or reward
him
fo
ill
as
t<t1PUt
him
into the
Gallies,
becaufe he
had
been more true and
faithfull
to me than all his other companions. And now
l
refer
my
felf co the jufiice of your Highnefs ,
to
be punHhed in cafe
my
crimes
or faults deferve your royal difpleafure. No, anfwered the Prince, ic
is
they who
are ro
be
blamed , aod are accordingly to be punifhed, and not you : for as to
your
pare,
you have done like a Gentleman, and therefore I acquit you from the
fentence, fo that yon have free liberty to return
to
l'erH,
when you pleafe.
Ro–
drigo
Ninno
kiffed his hands, and gave humble thanks to his Highne!S, and fame
years afterwards, he returned to
Pent,
where he more at large related chefe mat–
ters which we oneiy touch upon
in
brief:
and openly- profeffed, that in all
SpaitJ
he found no friend to fpeak in his
behalf
and favourT but onely the good Prince
Mltximilian
de
Anftria,
whom God preferve and maintain
·with
increafe of Ho-
nour and Dominion.
.
A.mm.
·
CH AP.
X. ·.
The
fecond Divifion
of Lands is publi/bed. The Prefident
departs
for
Spain.
The death
of
Licenciado Cepeda.
The
comi11g of
the Prefident to
Panama.
T
HE
Prefident
Gafca
with fuch
impatience defired
ro acquit .
himfelf of
the
Government that every hour feemed a year,
whilfi
he remained in chat Of–
fice,
~nd
therefore ufed all po!fible endeavours co quicken his difpacch. And that
he
m1ghc
not
be
longer detamed,
he
left order ( as
Palentino
before
fai.th)
with
the
Arch-bHhop
of
f.:os R?u
to publifh after his .departure the fecond divifion
he
had
~ade
,
fi~ned
w1tb his .own
han~
: and having ( as
he
fuppofed ) made a
fuffic1ent
prov1fion
for
all
thmgs and
d1fpofed
matters in their dae
form
and man–
n~r;
he embarked with a!l
fpee~,
and failed from the Pore
called
Callao,
making
h:s Crofs upon
Peru,
vow~ng
_with paffion never more to fee
it
again; And afrer
e~ght day~ we~e
pafi,
publicat~on
was made of the new difiribution
5
which
P11len·
tmo
mentions m thefe words,
10
Chap.
4.
Lib.
1.
Parr
2
The time
b~~g
come which. the Prefidenc
Gefca
bad
·llotted
tor
pub.lication of
the
fecond
D1v1fion,
and
wh1oh
was
impatiently
expeeted
by
the Pretenders
1
th€y
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