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R.'oyal
Commentarier..
BooK
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füeh as in general wer!:! eneníies to thein. Hereupon .die Judges fém fnfirufüorls
to
,Aug¡uftine Carate.,,
Acc_ounran_t Geneta~ of ~he Kmgd0m, ~~ac he,together in
company with
Don JAniorlto ¿fe 'Ribera,
an mhab1tant of that C1ty; fhould go and
fignif.iecbeíe
.rilatters,
for which he was aurhorifed by the Credentials.which were
given him : aírd a-ccordingly they departed, and trav.elled as- far as °'Che· Valley of'
Xa11x4
t
where
,Gonfi1lo.l'íp1rro·was
encarnped; who being already iñformed of the
rnéílage whh!:h c0hey1broughr, which he knew would be unwekome tG his People,
fo'r they ápprén'errd,ihg:tbat rliis meffage was br.oughc wich intentiG>n ro disband'
chérh; an'd rbeneby ·defeat them bf che hppes they had to fack and plunder th'e
Ci–
ty of
Eima,
might probably rhereupbii fall ihro
a
muriny ; to prevent which
'fe-.
roñimó Y,llegM,
Capmin 0f
Pifarro's
own Compaoy, was diípeede<il away wiohi
thircy Mufquetiers mmmted on Horfübatk to inre'rcept che meífeggers in their .
way; , aitd having m<¼t' them coming, che:y fuffered
Antonio de Ribera
to
pro-'
ceed
to
thé Camp; hiu't tmey íl:0pped
Y.!ugnft-iñe
de
C11rat~
,
and éook his diG
parches from him, and recurned him back by che fame way that he ,cáme, as far
as
the Provihce of
Pariac11ca,
where chey derained him Priíoner
fó'r
che fpace
of
ten days, with terrburs ,and threarn, unlefs he defül:ed from fanher ,proíecution o(
bis Meífage; and in chis condition he remained untill fuch time
as·Gonfalo Pi;11rro
arriv.edthere wich his Camp. Thtls
fac
are che words of
Carate,
whicn are agaiu.
conffrmed by other Auchours, whó proceed and
fay,
That chofe of the Corpóra
cion 0f the Cicy
of
Los Rey•es¡
made choice of
Don Antonio de Ribera
and
Augnf/-int .
de Oar11tc
Accodn anc General, becaufe chey wei·é boch mea accept-áble to
Gonf_alo
Pi{11rro,
and che leaíl: fufpeéted by hirn; for thac
bon Antonio
was as
lt
were hi~
Btocher-in-law, having married rhe Widow of
Francifco Marrin de 11.krmtara;•
Bro–
ther to rhe Marquis
Don Francifco Pifarro,
and
Carate
was a Períon, who being a
füanger in che Councrey, had no engagements or obligacions in any pare of the
Couotrey ;
for
which caufe,
as
we
faid, th~y fuffered
Don Antonio
to
p;ifs,
by
re:i:
fon of his alliance, bue che Accouncam
Carate
was íl:opped by chem. Thus much
is confirmed by
Diego Fernande:,;:,,
who adds farther in the twency fourch Chapter
of
his Book. That at the Council held by
(Jonfalo Piy11rro
and his Captains, to
coníider of che Anfwer which was to be returned to rhe Meffage fent by che
Judges, they onely touched upon one point théreof, to which
Francifco de C11rvajal
like
a
great Officer and SoQldiet made chis reply, That whereas the Judges did re–
quire that
Gonyalo Piyarro
fhould come to them with
a
Guard onely of fifceen
or
twenty Horfe, they underíl:ood it co be
fo
many in a Rank, to which inter\)rernrion
all che Captains in che Council agreed, and concluded chac ic was neceffary for rhe
welfare of the Publick to create
Gom¡alo Piy11rro
chief Governour, and in ali
oc
her
things they wo~ld comply with che Judges, and thac in cafe they 01oufol nrfüíe to
accept tmeíe Propofals, they were refolved
to
put che City
ro
Fire
ami S1rr-@td;
·&t.
Thus
fai·
Diego Éernande:,;:, Palentino.
But now to remrn to
Gravie/ de Roj.u,
and
G11rcilaffe de la Vega,
a-Ad 'oGhfr fohh–
bitants and Gentlemen of
Co:,;:,co,
who deferted
-Gonyalo Piynrro
a¡:¡l:i
~fe
fl&l
,it(5
¡Jrequepa,
whence noc finding, pafiage by Sea they travelled along by che-~a'~af.t;.
and being at length arrived at
Los
R.f!Jes,
they found t,hemfelvés much~tfa
fofs,
füt
that che Vice-king, whofe fortune they intended
to
foll0w,
WaS
a'Itۇdy
1
ták~ó;
and embarked by force for
Spí:iih
;
and whereas che }udges had a 'Chtef
h!t~
ifl
t,h¡
Confpiracy againíl: che Vice-king, and thereby -reemed rather to ,indine
m
ti-re
Faél:ion of
Gon911lo Pifdrro
rhan to
'Blafto N11nne:,;:, Vela,
they wete l"€'Wlved
fiot
•t-b
engage with t:hem. Though if we impartially coAfider of rheíe
tna'.t~fs,
we
fha:JI
find
that che intencion of the,Judgesw~s notas
ill
Tangues fcandafoüffy répótteq,
but was to prevenc worfe and mote dangerous confequences, proceeding from the
Vice-king, who was abhorred and 1hated by ali men ·of Efiaces
and Irmireft
in char
Coancrey, againíl: whom he carné chiefly to pu't che new Laws in execution.
Howíoever thefe Geotlemen,- lookitig wich a P.rejudicial eye up-on tl:iofe chings
which che Judges had a~ed, r~fü(ed
1t9
1oyn with them ,;\lho'!'n they '€fteeme~
r~
be
favourers ·of che caufe of
Piyarro.
J\nd whereas no Party aµ¡::1€
a.te<l! tó 'ili't
µp
the Royal inrereíl:, they
1
klirew not uhco whom they míght adhere
~
Jfonl-iey
found
themfelves in che l¡:,ower of their en'emies, not
ibe'lilg
a
ble 't0
~ft~pe
fr0m
r-h~rB
either by Sea .or :Land : for ~fcer
1
the Vke-kiog's 'iltip-r.ifoñm€n't atl
th'é
Co1rnv1ie.y
dedared for
Pi 1drro;
but ,che 'greateíl:
nu.mb'er of'the :C-<1lntrary pa11cy r~aiñed in
the Qcy of
Los
IR.eye'f,
l:íot h~vifig aríy ocher
pi~~
whereuríto
t-0
t'epair ; 0rht1rs
abfconded
lthemfelvéi
amongU
,d1eir,Friends
ahél i~elá~idns;
:for
rhávfog
been ·ali
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