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Royal

Commentaries.

BoóK

IV.

form him of the !late bf Affairs, and ofall che paífages which hád occurred, and

co excufe whatfoevet liad paífed; with tnany ocher things of chis nature. To

which Parciculars no other Anfwer was given, chan chat he íhould c~ll che Judges,

that fot ch~ good of che Counttey, it was requifüe

rnake

Pifano

Governour

thereof; and when that was done; chey would chen cake fuch odier Meafures for

che publick gootl, as fhoi.Jld be propofed by chem; and on che contrary, in cafe

refüfal, they would giv~ up che City of

Los Reyes

co·be plundred and facked by

che Souldiery. With chis Anfwer

Carate

remrned ro che Judges, who were trou–

bled to receive a Meífage

toncrary to rneir expeétations, and fo plain and pu–

blick a-Dedaration of che mind of

Pifarro,

whom chey once believed to be bet–

ter inclined, arid to have no ocher defigns and preteníions, chan onely che expulíion

of che Vice-king, and che fufpen"Íton of che new Laws; wherefore _in anfwer to

chis demand chey recurned ameífage to che Captains, giving them to underíl:and,

that

having coníidered of cheir Propofals, chey knew noc how to grant or crear on

them, unlef5 they were delivered in writing according to che ufüal methods and

\1/,ay of proceedings in chofe rnatters. When chis matter was known, ali che Re–

prefentacives of che feveral Cities which were going to che Carnp recurned back

again , and joining wlth chofe of ocher Corporations, who were chen aífembled

Los Re;es,

gave in a Pecition to che Judges fitting on the Bench, deíiring a con–

ceffion of what was verbally requirei:l. The Judges coníidered hereof, as a mat•

rer of great concernmenc and dangerous, for chey had no Commiffion to warrant

them in chis Declaration, nor had che.y libercy or power ac chat time to refufe it:

for

Pifarro

had made _by chis time a very near approach to che Cicy, and had poí–

feífed himfelf of ali ·che ways and avenues thereunco:

chat in chis íl:rait and

difficulty they refolved to confülc wich che perfoos of greateíl: power and authori–

ty in che Cicy, and ro delire cheir opinion and concurrence wich chern, a memorial

whereof chey fent to Friar

Gmnimo de Loayfa

Archbit11op of

Los Re;es,

to Friar

ohn Salano

Archbiíhop of

Co:;:.co

G11rcia Dia:;:.

Biíhop of

f2Eira,

to Friar

Tho–

m.u de San Martin

Provincial of che

Dominicans,

and ro

A11guftine Car11te

Accoun–

tanc, Treafurer and Compcroller of his Majeíly's revenae, deíiring cheir opinion

and fenfe in chis matter of high concernmenc; noc chae chey were ro feek or

doubcfull

what could legally be done or required, or chat chey were ar libercy ro

grant or refufe what

Gonfalo Pifarro

and his Captains required, bue onely thát thefe

perfons rnighc bear their pare in che burchen, and become

cneffes chaewhac chey

granted co

Pifarro

was excorced

force, and not yielded by a volunrary confent.

Whilíl: thefe matters were debacing

Gonfalo Pif_arro

advanced wichin a quarcer

ofa League of che Cicy, where he pitched his Camp and planced his Bacceries

ofCannon: and perceiving chac chey delayed ro anfwer his Deman¿s, he fenc che

nighc following chirty Mufqueciers under che cornmand of one of his chief Offi–

cers unto che Cicy; who chere feized upon rwency eighc períons who carne from

Cou:o,

and orhers, againl1 whom he had a quarrel for taking pare with rhe Vice–

king : amongíl: which were

Gravie/ de Rtj.u, Garcilaf{o de la Vega, Melchior Verdugo,

Dr.

Carvajal

and

Peter del Barco, Martin Ue Flormcia, Alonfo de Carceres, Peter de

Manjair~s

Lewú

de Leon , Anthon¿ luiys de [!11ev:1ra,

wich feveral ~ther perfons of

quahcy mchat Councrey, whom he commmed co che common Pníon; of which

taking che keys and poífeffion, chey curned out che

Alcade,

and cook che whole

power out of che hands of che Judges, who were notable

concradiét or with–

íland che Power which was againl1 chem ; for in che whole Cicy chere were noc

fifty men of che·Sword; for chofe Parcies which once declared for che Vice-king

and che Judges were now revolced to che Camp of

Pifarro,

wich which, and wich

the men he brought wich him, he made up rw.elve fíundred men, ali well equip–

p~d and armed ; in_ confidence of which force , fome of che Capcains carne to rl-ie

Cicy, and plainly cold che Judges, rhac unlefs rhey fpeedily difpacched cheir buíi–

nefs and proclaimed

Pif_arro

Governour, chey would puc ali che Cicy to Fire and

Sword, and that they rhonld be che firíl: wich whom rhey would begin.

The Judges excufed themfelves afmuch as chey were able, faying, That chey

had no power to doe any fuch thing; whereupon

Carvajal,

che Officer chae was

fent, immediarely took four perfons of chofe who were commicced ro Prifon.

three of which_, namely,

Peter de Barco, Martin de Florencia,

and

fohn de Saavedra :

and han~ed chem togecher on a Tree near ro che Cicy , repmaching chem wich

opprobnous and bitter language ac che time ofcheir deach, not giving to chefe chree

fo muchas half an hour's time to make cheir confeffion añd prepare cheir fouls for

deach;