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úom the Corporacion of rhac Cicy, where ic had been publickly debated, yer he
refufed
to
hearken chereunto ; and chough he plainly confeíled himfelf, chac chofe
Laws were prejudicial ro che intereíl: 0f che people, and could not be put in exe–
cution withouc dif-fervice
to
fiis Majefi!y, and that if chofe perfons who formed
and ordained them were here prefent, and had obferved che difficulties and incon-
'
veriiences chat accended, chem, chey would never have ·perfuaded his Majeíly to
have conílituted or enaéted che fame: and chat though for chefe reafons he was
refolved
to
fend his Commiffioners cogecher with theirs
to
fupplicate his Majeíl:y .
chat he woóld be pleafed
to
recall chofe Ordinances, as inconfiíl:enr with che good
ofhis People, hGwfoever in che mean time he could not fufpend the execucion,
having Iníl:ruétions and Commands from his Majeíly
to
che contrary. Thps
far
are che words of
Carate,
who, wich other Wrirers, proceeds
ín
rhis manner.'
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·
During chis time che Road from
Cow
was fo íl:opped rhat ali incelligence ~vas
incercepced, fo that none was brm1ghr either by che
Spaniard1
or
Jndian
Meífengers,
more chan chat
éonfafo Pifdrro
was come to
Couo,
where che people,
whb
"iere
fled from
Lo1 Reye1
and ocher parts, flocked ro himupon rhe news rhac there was
like
to
be a Civil War. Whereup,on rhe Vice-king and rhe Judges difpacched
their Orders
to
rhe Cirizens of
Coi:.co,
g.iving rhem to underlhnd that their ducy
was
to
receive
Blafco Nunnei:.
for their Vice-king, and therefore chofe prefent Ler–
ters were
n0
fummon them to appear forthwith at
Lo1 Reyn
with their Hor[e and
Arms.. ,And.chough rhefe Otders were intercepted on che Road, yet fome Co–
pies of them were broughuo
Coi:.co
by fome perfons who carne by by-ways, tbe
which fo wrought upon feveral of the Citizens, that chey accordingly carne and
made their appearance at
Los Rryes
co ferve the•Vice-king; as íhall hereafter be
declared. ·
Affairs íl:anding upon
thefeterrns; certain intelligence carne to che Vice-king
of
ali thac. had paíled ac
Coz.co,which fo alarm'd him chat he gave immediate
Or–
ders to increafe his Army;
to
raife and maintain which hav¡ng occafioq for
a
good fum
of
Money, he caufe<l the Money, beíng an hundred thoufand Pieces of
Eighr, laden by
Cajho
de Vacá'
on board a Ship for áccount of his Majefiy,
to
be·
brought a-íhore, and employed
for
che ufe and fervice of his Arrny.
The p'erfons to·whorn he ga've Commiffions of Caprains to command che Horfe,
were
Alonfo de Monte Majbr
and
Diego Alv~rei:. de Cuero
his füother-in-law; of the
lhfamry were
Martin de Rob!e1, Paul de Menefes
';
and Captain ofrhe Arquebufiers'
was
Gonetla Di.u de Pinnera:
his Brother
Ye/a Nunne,:,
was made Captain General,
l>iego
de
Vrhina
Lieutenant General, and
John de Agu.ire
Sargeaoc Major. His whole
Army befides Natives confiíl:ed of fi¡{ hundred Souldiers, -o(which-chere \\
1
ere an'
htmdred Hbrfe, two hundred Fire-arms, and- rhe teír'were Pikes and Lances.
He
caufed great íl:ore of Fire-arms ro be rnade, fome of Irori,c and fome of
Bell–
metde ;,for he gave Or'ders
to
cake dow-n che Bells ohhe,greac <Shurch, and to
caíl: chem into Muskers: he-alfo made great qu~nrities
bf
Halberts. And becáufe
he
fufpeéted che affefüon and reality o( che·pebples good
wil1
towards him, he
caufed feveral falfe Abrms ro be given, thai fo he miglit rry
irl
what mannet rhe
Souldiers and People would ·behave themfelves if occafion were. And Gecaufe
he
was jealous of che praétices of
Vaca de Caftro
wich his Servanrs; and ochers or
his Party ro whom he had givén the liberty of.rhe City, undér 'a confínement not
to
exceed che bounds rhereof; he one day about Dihner-time caufed an Alatif.l
to
be
given, chac
Gonfalo PiF_arro
was near at
hand, andhad enrred che Marker-place
with his Army: upon which occafion he gave.Or-ders to
DiegoAlvmi:. d~ Cuero
to feife on che Perfon of
Yaca de Caftro,
,vhowich otber Officers
took
alfo
Don
Pedro de Cabrera, Hernan Mexia de Gui:.man
his ·Brother-in-law, as alfo Captain
Eo–
renfo de Aldana, Melchior Ramirei:.,
and
Ba!tafar Ramirei:.
his füorher, and •carried
them ali togecher
to
che Sea
0
fide, and embarked them upon a
Ship
belonging-_ ro
the Fleet, commanded by Capcain
leronimo de Curbano,
a N~cive of
Bifboa :
in a
few days after which, he fet
Lorenfº
de
A!dana
at 'libercy, and Baniíhed
Hm 1an
Mexia
to
Panama,
and
Me!chior
and
Baltafar de Ramirei:.
to
Nicarag-ua;
bur he con–
tinued
Vaca de Caftro
in che Ship, wichout making any Procefs by'Law, or legally
laying any Faulc or (:rimes to their charges, or receiving any 'iriforrñatión
•agaihíl:
them. Thus
far
are che vvorcls of
Auguftine de Carate
in che fixth Ch:ipter·of his
Book.
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