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R_oyal
Commentaries.
BooK
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ancl welcome him, b~ing overjoyed at his coming ; and ever; day people fled–
from
Los Reyes
co che Cicy of
Coz:.co,
reporring fad fl-ories of che praltices,of the
Vic:e-kiflg, which fer.ved to enA:i1!1e ar\d
íhr
up the i:ninds of the People and Ci–
tizens
to
Sedition. Many Meecmgs and Coníulcacions were now held by che
Magilhates of che Town, where the Judges were aífembled wich che generalicy
of che crhie6 Citi:tens. And coming to crear upon che matter, how they were
co crearand receive che Vice-lHng when he fhould come chither, fome were of opi–
niohaihac chey fhould nm.refufe to receive and entertain him; bue as
to
che new
Sracuces and Laws, rhey fhould not be admitted uncill chey had by cheir Meífen–
gers repreíenced cheir Cafe,unco· his MajeHy, and rec;eived his farcher pleaíure
rhereapom Ochers were of a contrary fenfe, and íaid, that having once adrnirced
of choíe Laws, and fuffered chemfolves to be depr,ived ofcheir
India'ns,
chey íhould
wich much difficulcy rerrieve chem again. In fine,
It
was agreed and refolved ,
rhat
Gonf(tló Pifarro
íhould be rhe períon eleél:ed for che Cicy of
Coz:.co
,
and chac
Diego Centeno,
who,was•confüruced Plenipotentiary for the Cicy of
Plate,
íhould
delegare his power to
Pirarro,
whereby being auchorized and endued with a ge–
neral and common power from feveral Cicies; he mighc wich greacer confidence
and affurance appear at che Cicy of
Lo1 Re;e1
in preíence of che Vicre-king.
Bue before che maccer was concluded chere aroíe many debates upon che poinc ,
whether
Piprm
were co be acrended wich Souldiers and Guards for his perfon;
and after fome diípuce it was agreed , chae he oughc co be guarded and defended
with Souldiers; for which many reafons were produced; as fir(l-, thar che Vice–
king had already beac up bis Drums in
Lo1 Reye1,
and had declared, chaehe woa!d
rnarch againíl chofe who had [eized che greac Gans and carried rhem out of che
Fort, and punifh chern as Rebels to che King: and moreover, confidering the m0-
rofe and angry cemper ofche Vice-king, who was inflexible in his hamour and refol-·
ved never to admic che Addreífos of chofe, who petirioned for a fufpenfion of che
new Laws; which he pur in execution wirhouc che concúrrence and affenr of rhe
Officers of che King's Come, which was concrary ro his Infüuétions from his Ma–
jefiy. And likewiíe coníidering whac he had ofren declared, rhac he had his Ma–
je(l-y's Command
to
cbt off che head of
Gonfalo Pifarro,
as an Aaour and evil
In–
firumenc in che lace unhappy Wars, anda Conípirarour in che Murrher of
Don Di–
ego
,
and cherefore chey oaght ro appear open faced , and defend rhemfelves wich
Armes; bue ochers, who were more rrioderate men, wou!d nor allow chata Guard
íhould be gramed on che reafons aforeíaid, bue racher on precence chac chere was
need and occafion chereof co defend che perfon of
Pifam
on che way in his rra–
vails
to
Lo1 Reye1,
being to pafs a dangerous Counrrey infefied with Wars and Soul–
diers belonging to the
Inca.
Bue others who would [peak more plainly, and m~t
mince che matcer, declared openly chaeche Souldie'rs weré deíigned to defend cheir
Agent or Meffenger from the implacable fpirit of che Vice-king, who obferving no
Laws of jufiice or reafon, there could be no fecuricy for any man
to
treac with,
him : And as
to
other proceedings by way of Wicheífes and lnformations,
lictle'
could be effeél:ed, having t~ deal wich Proél:ours and Clerks of his own; who
would confound ali bufinefTes, and rnake rliem
to
curn according
to
his own will
and pleafure;
fo
that being deprived of ali ways of Law and Juíl:ice, rhere was
no other ,meaos !efe, cqan to have recourfe unto Arms, and to repell force wich
force; and rhat a Judge who availed himfelf on violence and on law, was ro be
fec at defiance and openly refiíled. The matter being chus re{blve<l;
Gonyalo Pifar–
ro
fec up_ his Standard, to,which the qcizens fl~cked _in grear numbers, offering
both cheir perfons and efuites and vowmg co dye m mamcenance of char quarrel.
Thus far are che words of
Augnftine Carate
in the fourch Chapcer of che fifth
Book ofhis Hifl-ory of
Peru.
Thac which now follows, are che words of
Francii
Lopez. de Gomara
in
che 157th ,Chapter.
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