938 / 1060
,912
I
Royal
Comrnentaries.
BooK
VlI.
fifty
fiabbs
~ith
their J?aggers .' as this
Auth<~mr
averrs;
fay~ng,
that
Francifco
Hernande~
Giron
and his Aifoc1ates had confprred fo to doe either in the Town·
houfe or in the Shop of a Publick Notqry, where the Governour ufed to hold
,,
his Court
of Jufiice. Thus far
Palentino.
. And becaufe it is not reafon, that we fi1ould
fo
poGtively contradict the
i-
ing of this Aurhour , which in many
place~
may be taken up frnm vulgar Re-
o~ t
-; we <hall therefore omit all farther computation, and proceeq according to
the nethod of our HH1ory in the relation of what really pa!Ied in the City of
Coz.,co,
where .
I
was perfonally prefent, and was an eye-' itnefs of
what was
t11ere
tranfaeted
~
which was this; The Offence takeo at the Severity of Jufiice
e e uted in the
CharcM,
did feem to concern no other Citizen of
Cozco,
than one–
ly
Francifco Hernande'L Giron,
who kept no converfation or conefpoodence
with
he Inhabitants, but with the Souldiers onely, which was a fufficient indication
f
--his-evil
Intentions. And receiving informations, that the Marfhal made
En–
quirie after him, and being confcious to himfelf of his own guilt, he became
wary of his. own per:- o,, ana refolved
f
peedily ro break forth into open Rebellion.
To which end he ente ·ed into communication with Corne Souldiers who were his
Friends, being not above twelve or thirteen in number; namely,
[ohn Coho, Anto–
nio Carri/Lo,
of \Vhom v\·e h.1ve made mention in the Hifiory of
Florida, Diego Ga:
·7.1i/and
and
{ohn Gaviland
his brother,
Nunno Mendiola,
and
Diego de Ah;arado
the
L1 \\
yer, \\ho availed himfelf more of his skill in War, than in Law; and indeed
he had reafon not
t0
boaH himfelf much of his Learning, for he had never fhe\ n
any, either in War or Peace; thefe Souldiers, though poor, were
yet
honourable,
and of noble extraction: Befides chefe , he imifarced his defign
to
Francifco Her–
nande~
and
Thormu Vafquez..,
who was a rich Citizen, and a principal perfon of
the Corporation, and one of the
firft
Conquerours, when
Atahualpa
wa a prifo–
ner : and with him he entred into a Difcourie of thefe matters, upon occalion of
a quarrel \Vhich fame few months before had arifen between this
ThomtU
rafque~
and che Governour
Gil.
Ramire'L
de
Avalos;
who out of paffion rather than reafon
apprehended
Yafquez,
and clapt him into the publick prifon, proceeding againll:
him rather like a party than a Judge; of which ill ufage
rafquez
had reafon to
complain, fince that to perfons of his quality and ancient family it was ufual to
ibew
all honour and refpett.
Francifco Hernandez
taking hold of this difpofirion
in
f/afquez
to
revenge the injuries he had received, eafily prevailed upon him
to
accept the propofal and to engage him(elf to be of his party
:
in like manner
h~
drew another to join with him, called
(()hn
de PiedraUta,
a man of a mean for–
rnne, and one who for the moft part of the year lived in the Countrey
\.vkh
his
Indians;
he
was
;ilfo of an unquiet temper, and
Co
needed no great perfuauon to be
prevailed upon by
Francifco Hey;,nandez.
Thefe two Citizens, and another called
A/.lmfo
Dia'L
engaged with
Hernande~
in
d e infurrection he made (though
Palentino
nan es anot er called
Rodrigo de Pineda)
but neither he, nor others who went with hitill
co
the City of
Los Re7es,
did
JOin
with
Hernandez
in his rebellion
though they followed his party afterwards,
( as
will
appear in this Hill:ory) rather out of fear than love, or any interell:
whatfoever; for they abJndoned his
rty
with rhe
firfi
opportunity that preferi–
reJ, and revolted over
to
his Majell:y's fervice; vYhich \ ·as the ruine and delhuc–
tion of
Hernande:r.,.
Palentino
having nominated without any difiinction Citizen and Souldiers that
\\ere engaged in thi confpiracy ; he fay , that they plotted to kill the Governour,
and rai[e a tumult in the City, and over all the Kingdom
:
but I am confident,
that this report was framed by a perfon who was
ill
affetted to the Inhabitants
of
Pem,
for he never [peaks of them , but with a prejudice, call1ng them Tray–
tours and rebellious perfons.
The truth is, I am a native of that City and confequemly a Son of that Empire·
and therefore it troubles me to hear
my
Contreymen
(o
cauflefly reproached
wich the term,s of di!loyalty; who never offended his Royal Majef1y ; t1ay, they
condemn them of rebellion, or at bell: fufped: them of rreafon, who did the fer–
vice
co
acquire to his Majelly a vatl: Empire, and
fo
wealthy as hath filled all the
world with
its
riches.
For
my
part, I protefi in the faith of a
hrifiian , that
1
will
[peak the truth, without any partiality dr favour; and
will
declare and
plainly confefs the truth of all the proceedings of
Hernandez,.
and
·here they are
obfcure, confufed or doubtfull,
I
ihall render them as plain and manifefi as I am
a e.