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Jj.oyal
Commentarie.r.
Booie IV.
for in regard they found thac they could ñot ~revaH ón'
Gfronimó C,urbdno,
not
cor–
rupt him by the gteat Offers_they -made to h1111; and that the S,eartwr. and Soul–
diets being
Bifaajnm
were faithfoll
to
.~,urb
their Comma~der ; t~e Júdges then
refolved to r'~dúce therh by force: wh1ch when c,he Capr.arns und€tfi.<iod, rhey re–
íblved ro ,nake fail out of che Port, and pafs cheir time? upon che:Coafi, l:lntill his
Majeíly's Orders carne to direét foch GcJUtfe as mighc tiimd ro a Secrlemcmc, ofchofe
diflurb'ahtes. Farcher they confidered, th:it afwell in che City as oyer ali che K.ing–
dom theré was a Party well affeéled to che Vic-e-king, who had
Mt'
been conrerr1ed .
¡n
his imprifonmenc: and that many of che true and loyál Subj~éfs ~o his Majefiy
·carne daily in to rheit fide, and flockea aboard che Ships. · Thar Ehe Fleec was
indifferencly well provided, having cen or cwelve rounds of Irorv5hot and four of
Copper, and abové fourcy quinrals of Gun-powclet: moreo'?er they had four
hundred quincals of Bisket, five hupd~ed buíhels of M~yz, ancla ..good fio •k of
falt
Viétu:ils, which Provifion ~
1
ould ferve for a lbhg ume; and then of'Water
rhey could nor be hindred , chat being
to
be had along ·che C0afi in al! pans
and ·places: bue chen in regard their force was weak, not havin_g:above cwemy
five Souldiers on board, and rhac the number of cheit Mai'iners was not .fufficient
to m.anage ten fail of Ships, chey fet fire
to
four of.the leífer Veífels, and alfo co
two Fiíl1er-boacs which lay on che íhcar, and
fo
With che ftx remaining Ships
chey made
fail
into che
Sea.
The four Ships burned down ro d1e Water, be.,
caute rhere was no pollibilicy of going out .ro queóch them ;
ot.lli
che two Boacs
were in a nianner
fa
ved, for being caken in cimci t,hc Pire was put out, and chey
received no damage bue what was eafte co be repaired. The fix Ships failed
away, and made for Port
GHaura,
abouc eighreen leagues to the lee-ward of
Lo,
Re;es
,
where rhey provided chemfelves wirh Wood and Water, as cheir necelli–
ties required; and wirh them rhey carried
licenciado
Vaca
de
Cajfru_;
and bein~ ac
d11a1trif
rhey actended co hear che News of whac had been che
Iffoe
of ch~ Vice–
king's imprifonment. The Judges having advice hereof; and c0nfiderin_g diaé it
was not probable che Ships fhould
fail
ar a far diílance whilíl che Virn-king
was
in fuch ·danger of his Life ; chey refolved m fend Forces boch by Sea and by Land
ro furprize che Fleer by fome way or other; in purfuance of which defign they
gave ic in charge co
Diego Garcia de Alf.m-o,
an Inhabit1lflt of chat City , and who
was well experienced in maritime Affairs , to repair the Boacs which were faved
ón rhe l11oar: which being accordingly ficred and lanched inro che Water, they
armed chem wich rhircy Mufqueriers, and íailed wich chem along rhe Coafi ro
lee ward : and in che mean rime
fohn
de
Mendopi
ahd
Ventura Ve!trlln
were fenf
away by Land wirh anorher Detachment, and borh cheíe Parcies having an eye·
co each other, chey obferved chat the Fleer was at an Anchor in
GH,mra,
which
when
Diego Garcia
faw, he privacely in che night conveyed himfelf behind a
rock in rhe Port, not far diílant from che Shíps, where they could not be feen;
in che mean time choíe who were aíhoar began to fire fome Guns; which rhey oa
board caking
to
be fome Signa! afhoar whie:h chofe of the Vice-king's Parcy had
made who were fled , and were defüous to embark wich them ;
Vela Nunnez.
was
ordered in che Boac to go aíhoar, to difcover whar che macrer was; and being
juíl
ar che 'íhoar fide, bue not landed, he was purfued in che rert by
Diego G11rr:ia
and his men ;
lo.
thacbeing cut off from che reíl of che Fleec,
Vela
Nunne~
was
forced to }
1
ield himfelf and Boat inco the hands of che enemy; afcer
~
hich they
fenc tó íummon
Cuero
,
celling him, that unlefs he yielded, che Fleer inco their
hands, chey were refolved
to
kili boch che Vice·king and
Vela Num1e~:
which
Cu–
ero
fearing, íorrendred
up
his Ships againíl: che tonfent and opinión of
Geronimo
Cs,rbano,
who, wirh che !ingle Ship he had commanded, fer faíl and made to–
wards
che firm Land: for cba't two days before
Diego Gllrcia
carne thither,
Ct1ero
had
rnm:rtianded him ro
fail
down che Coafl-, and feize ali che Ships they mer,
to
pre–
vent ¡hem from falling into Ehe hands of che
J
udges : who, from the very time chae
th'e Fleec deparced fr0m
Los
Reyc1,
refolved to cranfport che Vice-king to a cercain
Hfand
.ab'otit ·cwo L.eagues tliílant from chat Port, chere to fecure himfrom che
violel)ce of the Agenc's kindred who had actempced to kili him ; and cherefore
they fent him away wich a Guard of cwency men upan a
.fort
of Boats made of
dry Ruíhes, which che
Jndian1
call
Henc(I.
And, having advices of caking che Fleer,
they determined to fend the Vice-king to his Majefiy, in che condir.ion of a Pri–
foner, with all the Informations and Depofirions made againíl him which
Licen–
ciado
Alvam,,
one of che
J
udges, was to c.:arry ; and for his reward, and to bear his
charges,