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IV.
Royal Commentaries.
Royal Council of
Cajl-ile,
from which he was
,fo
lÓng kepc out, that when he
carne
to
be reíl:ored, he was then the moíl: ancienc Member of all that Council,
and in chis condition I found him when I was at che Court of
Madrid
in the year
1561.
And befides chis favour of bis refiauration, he had other rewards given
him in recornpence for his hard ufages and fervices performed in
Peru
in conferva–
tion ofche Imperial Authority
~
and to his Son
Don Antonio Vaoa de Caftro,
who al–
fo
was a Knighr of the Habit ofSe.
'fago
(as his Father was) there was a Ren.t given
him of twenty thoufand pieces of Eighc, out of fuch Lots or Divifions as he
íhould chufe and efieem of that value.
I remember to have feen this Gentleman
at
Nombre de Dios,
as he paífed in the Retinue of rhe Count
de Nieva
(who was
fent for Vice-king of that ~ingdom in the year
1
560.)
and went chen to cake pof ,
feffion of chatBl:ace, which was the reward ofhis Father, who,
to
[peak widioat
flaccery or parcialicy, was generally repuced to have been rhe beíl: Governour that
ever had paffed into chofe pares ; as is agreed by all che chree Hiíl:orians in che
charaét:ers which chey give of him, chere being not one
ill
aét:ion for whi¡¡h they
blame him. And now Jet us return again to
Peru,
and relate what che Vice-king
Blafco Nunne'G
Was contriving all chis time.
The Vice-king being retired
(.as
C;trate
reports in the ftxteenth Chapter of his
Book) with about an hurtdred and nfty men, ac che time that
Bachicao
furprifed
the Ships in
'{umbe:G,
he marched witb chern as far as che Cicy of
~itu,
where
he
was
chear.fully received, and his Souldiers re-inforced
to
che nurnber of about
two hundred men, refolving
to
remain in chat Countrey which yielded plency of
provifions for che fubfülence of bis men, untill fuch time as he teceived farrher
Orders and Infhufüons from his Majefiy : And taking good informacion of
ali
things chac paífed frorn
Diego A/vare'<- de Cuero,
he kepc íl:rnng Guards, and Spies·
on all che high Roads to inform himfelf of all che aét:ions that
Gonp:ilo Pip.rro
was
doing, tbough ic
is
three hundred leagues difiant from
Los Reyes
to
~itu
;
daring
which time four Souldiers, who were d.üfacisfied upon fome occafion wich
Pifarro,
froal aBoat, and coaíl:ed a!L along the íhore from
Los Reyes,
by che help of their·
Oars, w1till chey carne
to
a íhore
w
hich was che neareíl: Sea to
f2!!itu;
where being
arrived, chey inforrned the Vice-king ofall paífages; how che People of
Los
Reye1
and ocher places were difconcenced wich che G.overnment of
Pifarro,
and with che
ryranny which he ufed towards them, ejeéting fome out of cheir Hoafes and
Efiaces, impofing Souldiers on free-quarter upon thern, and other burthens which ·
they were notable
to
fupporc; of which they were
fo
wearyi~at upon che leaíl:
appearance of any perfon who carried an auchority frorn bis Majeíl:y chey would
be ready to joyn with him, to caíl: off che yoke of thac tyranny wich which they
were oppreífed. By which intelligence, and many ocher things which che Soul–
diers faid
to
him, the Vice-king being encouraged, refolved wich the Forces he
had with him, to rnarch from
.ff2.!!_itu
by the way of Se.
Michae!s,
and made
Diego
de
Ocampo
chief Commander thereof, who ha9 from the very time that che
Vice–
king carne
to
Tumbe'<-
adhered
to
his Party, and affiíl:ed him with his Perfon and
Eíl:ate, fupplying him with ali chings convenienc and neceífary for his fervice,
wherein he [pene above forcy choufand pieces of Eighc.
In
all chefe Advencures
Licenciado Alvarn
accompanied che Vice-king, and held Courts wirh him by vir–
tue of bis Majefty's Commiffion, by which it was provided, that che Vice-king
mighc hold Courcs with the affifience of one Co-aífeílour untill fuch time as che
ocher Judges íhould aífemble and joyn'with thern; and it was chas provided by chac
claufe in cafes of morrality or other accidents : and in purfuance hereof he caufed
a new Sea! to be delivered to
'/ohn Leon,
one of the Juíl:ices of
Los Reyes,
whom
che Marquis of
Camarafa,
Lord High Chancellour of
Caforla,
or of che
Indiei,
had
norninated and eleét:ed
to
be Chancellour of that Courc wherein che Vice-king
prelided, he being revolted to hirn from
Pifarro;
fo that all Commiffions, War–
rants and Orders iífued out from chence under che Narne and Title of
Don Cario,
the Emperour, with che Royal Sea! affixed to them, and counterfigned by
Alv11-
re'<-
;
fo that now there b~ing cwo Courrs in
Peru,
one at
Los Reyes
and che ocher
wirh the Vice-king, it frequently happehed chat cwo different Orders.for che fame
bufinefs cam~
to
be ferved at che fame time. Thas far is relaced by
Carate.
CHAP.
71
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