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Royal

C.qmmentaries.

this devout Wo~an b~ing at her Praycrs, or r,itber fdl a{kep in tht middle

of her Oí1ice \\':th_her Candle ligh ted, gave a fatal Exampk and Inftance,

how dangerous

1.s on any occafion whatfoeve

r to

break the Rules and Or–

ders of the Sea, which are mad~ fo~-- confervat'i.on. of the Ship, and

rhofe

emba~que'CI thereon : on~ of w~1ch

1s,

1:hat

lit

º~

no pretcnce whatfoever,

any hght IhaJl be continued

the Sh1p by mght, unlefs it be chat on.–

ly which is placed in _the Biddacle for tbe Compafs, or

che Lanthorn

the

Poop:

For

was, thac thc Candi-e taking hold of the

Timber

of the Ship, the flame broke out at the lides, .before it was difcovered and

burnc

violemly, that it was impo!Iible to be quenched; which whe~ the

Mafter percei-ved, he o¡:-dered the Marriner, who was ac the

Helm,

to draw

up the Boat by the fide, wherein the Phyfitian had the day befare come

ab?ard ; and th~n went

the Governour

A~derete,

and w,ithout any noiíe

pnvately told h1m the m1sfortune of the Sh1p; · and

he, and one of

the two Sons he had aboard, with the Governour and the Marriner fl:ep–

ed into the Boat, without calling -or crying out to the others, left the

People crouding int9 the Boat, and every one endeavouring to fave him-

.felf,

they fhould all be lofr.

In chis manner did the Mafter fave his own life, andas an expiation

his

fin

for breaking the Laws of che Sea, whkh ought inviolably to be obferved;

he facrificed one of his Sons. The Fíre having fuch an al:Mndance of matter

adminiftred

its nouriíhment, fuch as Pitch and Tar, increafed

·vi9lently,

as foon awakened all the People in t_he Ship ; and being feen by the -Óther

Ships of the Fleet, they carne as near as they durft, and put out their Boats

t,o fave -as many of

t-hofe

as they could, who Ihould throw themfelves into the

Sea : but the Fire coming to the

Guns,

which were alt fhotted, they difcharg–

ío

fiercely, that the Ships were forced for their fafety to re~ire

at a

di–

ftance, and fuffür all the

800

perfons then aboard to periíh; fome beiog bnrnt;

and others élrow-ned, who for fear of the flames had thrown themfelyes 'into

the Sea. The news of which was the occaftae of great fotrow and lamentatio.il

QVer all

Peru,

']-eronimo de AJderete

foon ,as it .was day, got ab.oard one

of his Ships, and immediateiy commandecl a Flag to be put out on che main

Top·Maft head; that they might fee he was ftill alive, and had efcaped both

the Ffre·and the Water. Asd fogiving out hisOrders to the other Ships to

profecute their Voyage

Nombre de

Dios,

he returned to

-Sp11in

to rei.¡¡w his

Commiífion and lnftruéÜon1, ali his Writings having been confumed'"Ey the

Fire; and ·having procured .

his

Difpatches, he again put to Sea with the

Fleet which tranfported

Marquis de Catmete

the Vice-King to

Peru,

P11len–

tino

reports, though he mentions nothing of the difafl:er _of the

Gaieon.

The Vice•King

arrives in

Peru.

puts

new· 0/ficerdnto

places

of l

ruft. He writes Letterg

to the

feveral

'Govet-

nours.

Vice-King

Don .Andm

Hurtado

de Mendopa,

depart~d

from

.Panama,

and with a fair Wind arrived at

Paita,

which is on the Confines of

Pmt,

from ·whence he difpatched his refpeétive Orders to the Kingdom of

f!.!!.ito,

and other parts thereabouts. He alfo wrote t,o the feveral Gover–

nours of the Empire; and fent a G~ncleman,- who wasa Kinfrnan of his ,Fami–

ly, on a panicular me!fage to the Royal Chancery at

Los Reyes;

bue being a

Youngm~n, he made too long a fray at Se.

Michaels

Town, entertain:.

ing himfelf in Divercifements, neither deccnt nor honeft :, upon notice

whereof,

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