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applied themfelves
to
their Captain, defiriog him
not to
fuffer
them
to
be
ttam
pled
upon
by
thofe
who had no authority over them : For that the
Prefiden~
Gafca
~aving g~ven
him a
Commiflion to
make a new Conquefi, and
that
the
were his
Sould1ers, they
knew
no
other
power
nor authority but his; and
chic
they efl:eerned thernfelves free and independent on the
J
urifdiction of
rhe
Mayor
or others.
,
~od
fo
f~r
did
this mutiny
pro~eed,
that
che Souldiers affembled
together
with
their
Arms rn the
houfe
of
Francifco
Hernande:1::.:
and on the other fide the
Mayor
and Citizens nyed out
to
arm; upon which the Inhabitants and
their
Relations
with divers Souldiers
who\~
ere not of the Faetion, and rich Merchant
and
other~
of
Quality,
met in
the Market-pla(:e
with their Arms,
and drew
up
in
a
formed
body :
In
like
manner the
conrr~ry
Pai:ty drew up in
their
Captains Streer, being
not
far from
the Markee-place ,
m
which
pofiure
both
fides
continued two
days
and
two
nigh cs , being
every
momeat
ready
to
attack each other:
whicn
h
d
mofi
certainly
happened, had
not
fome more
moderace
men.., who
werefenfible
of
ithe late
ruinous
difiraetions, interpoted between them, and adclreffed to the
May•
.or and
Hernanrkz Giron,
defir ing
them ro emer into a Treaty, that
things
might
be brought
co a righc
underfianding.
The
~hief
men
employed herein were
n;,..
.ego de
Silva~
Diego
de
Maldonado
the rioh,
Garfil11f{o
de
Iii
Vega,
17afco de
GHroara,
An–
Iomo de
~innoneJ)
{t>bn
de
Berr io' [eronimo
ae
Loayf a;)
Martin
de
Mene{u,
and
Fr1t~
cifeo
RodrigHe~
de Villafuerte,
who was che firft of rhe rhirceen that paffed over
the
Line which
Francifco
PifArro
drew with the
point
of
his
Sword.
With
thefe
everal
other Citizens joyned ,
to
perfuade
rhe
Mayor
co quiet this difiurbance,
which
would
prove
the
defiruetion
of
rl1e
Cicy anc.1
the
whole Kingdom. The
like
was alledged co
Francifco Hernandd ,
deli
·ng
him
to
confider
that thereby
l1e
would forfeit the
merit of
all
his
former
vices,
that he
would dellroy
hls
<iefign
of Conqaefi,
whereby he was to gain
honour
and make his fortune.
At
length
it
was agreed, rhac
he
and the Mayor iliould meet in the great Church;
hut
the
Souldiers of
Hernand~
Gir{)n
oppofod
ir, unleji
Hofiages were
fuft
given
fc
r his fafe return, which was afienred unto, and
four
Citizens were
delivered for
fecuricy;
namely,
Gar9ilajfomy
Mafier,
Diego Maldonado, Antonio
de
~innone.r
and
D iego S ilva.
Oo
thefe
Condit-ions the two
Chiefs
met
in
the great
Church,
where
Fr1111cifao
Hernande~
carried
himfelf
fo
infolent .and pmud,
that the
Mayor
had laid
hands on him
h3d
he not been refirained \\ ith
the
confideration
of
his friends
who remained Hofiages in the power
of
the Souldiers
:
fo
that fapprdfmg
his
an–
ger
what he could , he
fuf:fered
Francifco
Her1'ande~
co
return
co his Houfe, from
whence he came again, and towards the Evening met
on
the
former
Cautions
given.
By
which
time
Hernande~
having
becter confidered
the unhappy
confe·
quences of
that
mutiny, and having coofulted with
divers
friends upon the cafe,
he
became much more
gentle,
and
in a
more flexible temper than before: and
in
this
good humour
they
broke
up and
adjourned
until rhe
day
following, by
which
time
they
fhould be enabled more deliber rely to difcufs their affiUrs. Being ac–
e rdingly met; the ufual
forms of Protefis and
Aas
were drawn
up,
and the Pre·
amble was
agreed
to
the
follmving Articles:
Namely, That
for
~he pub~ck
peace
and
quiet
of
rhe Land ,
Francifco
Hernande~
iliould
remove
his SouJdiers
from
che
T
wn ,
and fbould
deliver
up
eight
of
rhofe
who had been the
moft
1nfolent
and
mutinous amongfi chem ioco the
hands of the
Mayor;
of
which
number were rhofe
ho
had fired upon his Majefiy's Troop without any
cauf~
or
provocation.
And th:it he himfelf fhould
goe in perfon
to
the
Court
of
Juilice,
to r nder an aLcounr of chis
late
fcandalous Mutiny
and
Riot.
This Agreement was folemnly {\\ orn
unco
by
both
Parties
and
drawn.
up
in
Wri ting;
and rhe Mayor wa
to
permit
Hernande:G
to
depart freely upon hJS own
Paroll and Oath of Fealcy
to
rhe King. After this
Francifco Hernandez:.
returned to
his
own
Houfe ,
here he acquainted his Souldiers
with
the
~greemen~
he had
made
but they
were
not pleafed therewith , but began
to
rnmmy ; and if he had
nor
appeaied
chem \ ith
good
\'\'Ords
and
prornifes,
they
had
fallen in .upon thhe
iri ng'
p:irry;
rhe
confc qu nee
f
which
would
hav~
been very
dellruchve
tot e
"· h le f'" inr dom ·
for
they \\
re
t\
o hundred
effechve
men, defperare and
o~
nh
fo rrnn
>
hav
ing norhing
t
l
le :
and on the other fide, there were above Eig -
rv per on of
QQ.alicy who h d L n
and Efiates ; and the .refi. were Merchants
·r
r.o'"' t
Rich
es . Bue God
w
pleafc d
co
di
ere
this facal
M1fch1ef
ac the
Prayeh
and
,. ows of religiou Fr·ar_, and fecular Priefis,
and
devout Women: for
chou~e