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BooK
IV.
Royal
Comm,entaries.
fuance
.of
his Office , being a Captain and a chief .field Officer : of which here,
afrer in profecution of this Hiíl:ory we íhall give forne iníl:ances of rny own know–
ledge, and /hall make fome remarks upan the behaviour of foveral Captains of
Pifarro's
párcy which I received from che repare of thofe who were familiarly, ac–
quainted with cheir afüons and perfons.
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·.
We ha
ve
memiontd before, how
Licenciado Alvarez.
procured che Liberty ofthe
Vice-king
B/afco Nunnn Vela,
and how another Ship jóined with them, wher~on
his b~other
Vela Nunne:{.
was embarked , and thac they failed together to tbe Pote
of
Tumpi:{,,
where' they landed, and ereéted a Courc of Jufüce, for thac as the
Hiíl:orians fay , he had a
daufe
in bis Commiílion thac he mighc hold a Court
wirh aíliíl:ance of one Judge or Co-aífeffour with him : by, virtue whereof they
difpacched feveral Warraocs, Orders and Manifeíl:s jnto divers pares; fetting forch
in che Preamble thereunro a relacion of bis imprifonment and of his efcape, as
likewife of che coming of
Ganfalo Pifarío
to
Los Reyes,
with all other particulars
which had happened untill char time ; and in .fine concluded, thac all his Maje-–
íl:y's lo
v-ing and loyal Subj(lél:s /hould come·in and ·parcake in this cauf€.
In
pur–
fuance
hereof.he[ene divers Captains to
Puerto Viejo
to raife men, as alfo to
Saint
Michael
and Truxillo;
and upon che fume errand Caíltain
reronimo
de
Prereyra
was
femas
far
as
Pacamuru,
wl1ich che
Spaniards
call
Bracamoros :
And moreover he
direél:ed his Warrants over ali che Countrey , to bring in Provifions , and-all che
, Goid and Silver which was found in che Exchequer,foryhac hisMajeíl:y's fervice re–
guired to have ir emproyed againíl:
fo
many Enemies w'ho were in rebellion againíl:
,him: bu~ in regard chat in ali che Cities and places to which thofe Commands
were fenc, chere were differenc parties, and men ftood variouíly affeéted ;
fome
where0f wenc
to
Pifarro;
ochers,
to
fly from him, and not to join withhis faéti–
cri,
betook themCelves to che mouncains , and by fecret and by-ways carne at–
length to the Vice-king equip¡¡,ed wicn Arms, Iior(~s and ProviGons, according
to every man's abili
cy ; which much ,rejoimi and comfürted the Vice-king to fee
che affe&ion of che
peop.leco
him in the t.ime of bis diíl:rers : but chis fatisfaéti–
on continued not long,
for;as ill fortun~ would have it, he was forced by
Her~
nando Bachicao
to retire inca the,In-land pares of che Countrey, by which rneans
.his Friends lefr him , and he himfelf fuíl:ained great inconveniences and hardíhips
untill che time of his deach ; as we íhall fee in its due place.
Gonfalo- Pifarro
having incelligence ,that the Vice-king was in
Tumpi~,
he thoughc '
it
not convenienc or
fafé
to fuffer him to reíl: there ; and therefore fent fome ·
Capcains wich their forces to diíl:urb him and caufe him to remove bis quarters
from thence. The Orders and Warrants which che Vice-king iífued forth were
for che moíl: part betrayed ·neo che hands of
Pifarro,
being broughc to him by
thore wich whom they were inrruíl:ed ; by means of which
Pi'.farro
received in–
telligence of ali che defigns of che Vice-king; which
to
prevem he difpatched his
'Capcains
¡eronimo de Villega1, Gonfalo Diaz.,
and
Hernando de A/varado,
to fcoure all
che Coaíl: along to che Norchward, and incercepc che people who were going
ro join themfeives with the Vice-king: and thereby he fuppreífed che forces of
the_Vice-king befare they could get head, and overcarne them without a Battel. .
C H A.
P. XXIII.
Of
the Aélions performed
by
Ba~hicao
in
Panama. Licen–
ciado Vaca
de.
Cafl:ro
comes to
Spain ,
whúe
an.
end
ú
put to a!J his negotiations.
The Vic.e-kjng retires to
·
Qyitu.
\
H
Ernando_ Bachicao,
as we have faid, having furprized two Ships belonging to
che Vice-king, and forced hirn to retire into che In-land pares of the Coun–
trey, he purfued his Voiage to che Port .of
Panama;
and in his way he mee wich
two or three other Ships , bue whofe they were , and with what they were ladea,
·
·
for