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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
VI.
e_"er the
Empero~rs
and Grandees of the World had done into their
Ca
ital
.
ties: for
that
wuhout arms or men, counfel or advice, and onely
by dfe
fa
Ci–
and air
of his
happy fortune
he
confounded
his
enemies, who had
given
hivour
cruel
a~~ fat~l
blow,
had
they not been fools, and not ruined themfelves
by
the.a
own m1karnages.
In
fine, he recovered the Treafure which was
Iofr
re
u· .·
ir
it from thofe
to \'\
1
hofe cuftody it was committed, and thereby received'an
i~~~
10
5
b<:>Eh
.of the Gold and of the Silver: for
i~
regard
th~
Robbers had promifcuout{
fe1(ed on all the Treafure, as well that which appertamed
to
the King as to priva/
men; the Prefident laid a Sequeftration upon all in tbe name of
his Majefrye
AfCer
w~ich
licenfe was
gi~en
to particular perfons
to
make their demands,
and
bnn~their
proofs, by
affignmg
the.Marks and Numbe;s which were upon the
Bars .
of.Silver anti Ingots of Gold: for
1t
hath been an ancient cullome amongll:
rhofe
who trade
for
Peru,
to fiarnp Marks and
Numbers
upon the Gold
and Silver lhi
ped
for
their
refpeCl:ive accounts; whereby
in
cafe of fhipwreck or any othet
misfo~
run~,
.every
i:nan may know his own, and
demand
it
for
hirnfelf:
and
fo
thofe
who
certified therr Marks, and made proof that tbe feveral parcels demanded belonged
~o
them, h'1:d their
goo~s
refiored to
t~ern;
I:>ut tI:en fuch as could not,
loft
dieir
1pterefi, which was applied to the ferv1ce ofh1s Ma1efiy: And by this accident
the
l?refident rather gained than loft,
for all
things
turn
to
the benefit 6f thofe who
are
favoured
by
fortune.. The Treafure being recovered, the Prefident entred
upon
'
examination of chafe who adventured
ro
poffefs thernfelves of the
Bars of Silver
which
Salguero
brought
to
the
City
:
and though this Party were not in combinati.
on
v~
1
ith
the
Contreras,
yet finding the City in
a
combafiion, they made ufe of
chat
opportunity
co
rob fomething
for
thernfelves: fo forne of them were
whipped
otfiers pilloried ; and not onely
Reb~ls
but Pilfi ers were punifhed,
who
though~
it
good fiiliing in troubled waters.
The Prefident ordered the Head of
Hernando
de
ContrerM
to
be
fet
on
rbe
Gal–
lows, and pitched upon a Spike of
Iron,
with his
name
written upon
ir; but
no
other punifhmenc
was
patfed by the Prefident upon the Offenders ;
for
when
he
returned
t©
Panama
he found that work already done
to
bis hand,
for
they
were all
killed
before he came thither. After which, with great expedirion, he embarked
for
Spain,
as
Palentino
mentions in the tenth Chapter of his fecond Part
in
thefe
words:
Thus did the Prelident
Gafta
confummate all the good fortunes which
ha<i
be·
fain
him
both
in
Spain
and
Pe-t"u,
by the
late
profperous fuccefs
in
recovery
of che
Treafure which was robbed from him, which was figoalized by many remarkable
circumfiances: with this Treafure he embarked
for
Spain,
where being
happily
ar–
rived, he travelled into
Germany
to
attend on
his
Majefiy, who had already
befiO\q–
ed
on
him
the Bifhoprick of
Placenci1t,
which was become vacant by the deach
of
Don
Lewu
Ca6e f a de Vaca
of
happy
memory;
in
which charge he continued
untill
the year
6
I'
wnen
Don Phelipe
our Catholick King and Lord advanced
him .co the
Bifhoprick of
Cigue~a,
in
which he remained unrill che month of
Novemlm--
77,
when God was pleafed
to
take
hi~
out of this prefent world.
Thus
far
Palentino,
which is confirmed
by
Lopez,
de
Gomara,
Chap.
19
3.
Ga.fca,
faith he, embarked at
.J.Vom6re de Dios,
and arrived in
Spain
in the month
oF/u!J,
in the
year
1
5
so~
with great riches belonging to others,
but
as
co
hirnfelf
bis chief Wealth was hi Reputation.
In going and corning, and in his time
there, he (pent above four years: the Emperour made him BHhop of
Placendtt,
and
ca'led him ro
A11v611rJ!.
in
Germany,
to certifie unto him by word of mouch
all matters which had pa!Ied in the
Indies,..
\-Vith the true flare of
Peru.
Thus
far
Gomara
wich
which he concludes that Chapter. And though this Authour
fays,
the Prefident
Gafea
fought with the Rebels, and fnbdued tnem ; he means,
that
his good fortune had delivered chem into his
~ands
by the
~efoJ~tion
and care of
others, for he never
faw
them .either dead or ahve.
Thus
did this worthy perfon
m90: happily conclude his days,
Vt.
hofe memory ought for ever to be
~elebraced;
in regard·chat by his good fortune, excellent conduet, pru9ence and
w.ifedom rbe
new Empire containing a rhoufand three
hu~dred
le.agues
m
length
~as rec~vered,
and refl:ored
to
the Emperour
Charles
the
Fifth, with a
va!'l:
T reafure
which
he
brought with him.
CHAP.