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Commentáriú~
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finding a defarc and defolate Councrey, and want ofali proviftons, he refolved ro
.remrn ag~in
to
fl.!!_itu;
which he accordingly did, after he had purfued che Vim
king for fo long a time, and chrough fuch a vatl traél: of Land, as is before men,
cioned : and we may confidently averr chat from che City
o[Plate
(from which he
füíl:
began his March) to·che City of
Pafio
are feven hundred leagues,
fo-long.asrnay, ,be, computed to make a thoufand of our ordinary leagues of
Caftile," &c.
thus far áre rhe words of
Carate,
to
which other Hiíl:orians acld, Thát che Vice–
king having paífed che River of
Hot Waters,,
did imagine that his Enemie~ would
have remained fatisfied therewith, and defiíl:ed from ali farther purfuit, confidering
- that chey had driven him out of
Peru,
and from che confines of their Jurifdill:ion,
and thac now he íhould remain in peace a,;id-quier, untill fom€ good opporrunicy
íhould offer for his beccer advancage ; bue he had not long pleafed himfelf wich
thefe choughts, and [caree ended his difcourfe with bis Caprains conceming the!ll,
. hefore fome Parcies of
Pifarro's
Army appeared to them, defcending a Hill
.to–
wards che River, with che fame haíl:e and fury chat they had formerly praétifed :
ac which forprife, che Vice-king lifted up his hands to Heaven ·and cried aloud,
and faid,
Is it poffib!e, or wifl
it
ever be ·believed in Llges to come, That men pretending tJ
be.Spaniards
jhou!d purfue the Royal Standard
of
their King
(M
they have done) for the
f¡ar:e offour hundred íeagues, as it is from the City of
Los Reyes
to this place?
and then
raifing his Camp, wich fpeed, he proceeded forward that his Enerníes mighc have
no cime ·co repofe : bue
Pifarró
proceeded no farther, bue, as w_e have faid, retur–
ned to
fl.!!_itu,
where, as
Carate
reporcs, he becarne fo elaced wich pride by reafon
ofhis many profperous fucceffes, that bis infolence became infupportable, and chen
out of che fulnefs of bis heart, he would venc rnany bold fayings derogacory to che
honour and Maje{ly of his
Kíng
:
The King,
faid he,
wifl be obíiged .whether he
will
on1ot to grant me the Government of
Peru,
far he
is
fenjible
of
the obligations he hath tó
me.
for this Conque{l- :
and though oftencimes he would precend
to
great obedience
ar¡d reftgnation to his Majeíl:y's pleafure, yec ar ocher rimes, he would !et fall
, words ·feditious and rebellious ; and ac che iníl:igacion of bis Captains, he publi–
fhed his reafons, feccing forch his righé and cicle to cpat Government. And being·
néiw fectled in che Cicy of
~itu,
he ~aífed his time in Feíl:ivals, Sports and Ban–
-quets, without minding che aétions or proceedings of che Vice-king ; onely che
difcourfes amongíl: themfelves were that he would go to
Spain
by way of
Carta–
gena·,.
others chat he would pafs up farcher towards che Continerlt ro raife Mea ·
and Arms, and chere expeél: bis Majeíl:y's further Iníl:ruétions; others were of
opinion, thac he would remain in che Countrey of
Popaya
untill he received new
Ordm ; bue it was generally believed that he would.not íl:ay long chere, or at–
·tempc any ching in -d10fe pares; bue be bis deftgn what ic would, ic was conclu–
.ded neceífary to obíl:ruét his paífage
to
che Continent ; to which end
Hernando Ba-'
chicao
was·rernanded back again with his Fleet, ofwhich
Pedro de Hinojo[a,-Gencle–
man ofl is Bed-chamber, was made Admira!, wich
two
nandreq and fifcy rnen
under his cornmand, who departed with ali expedition. Moreover
Rodrigo de Car-.
vajal
was difpatched with his Ship to
Panama,
with a Pacquec of Letcers froin
Gonfalo Pif_i:1rro,
deftríng the Inhabitants of thac City to favour his caufe and de~
:figos, aíforing chem, that whacever Spoils and lnfolencies
Bachic110
had cornmitted
on :chem were concrary to his will and pleafure, and againíl: his exprefs command:
Rodrigo de Carvajal
arrived accordingly within three leagues of
Pan.ima,
wheré he
received incelligence that cwo Captains fent from che Vice-king .yere chere, che
·one
called ·
'/ohn de Gu:i:.,,man,
and che ocher
'/ohn de Tflane:i;;,
who were raiftng F0rces '
to
carry to che Province of
Belalcafar
to recruic che Vice-king's Army therewich;
-and chat they had already liíl:ed a&ouc an hundred men, and had prepared good
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quancities.ofArms, with five or
fix
pieces of Cannon. And though thefe men
fiad been for fome time in a readinefs, they were not fent away ; by reafon chat
apprehending fome atcempts from
Gom¡alo Pifai-ro_,
they thought
fic
to keep their
veqple in referve till they faw che danger over. Howfoever
Rodrigo-de Carvajal
adventured
to
fend a Souldier privacely inco che City with Letter.s
to
cercain Ci–
tizens; who upoh receipt thereof communicated them to che .Qfficers of che
Town, who feifed on che Souldier, and by him underíl:anding che deftgn of
Hi–
nojofa,
puc the City into·Arrns, and fennwo Brigancines
to
feife che Ship of
Car•
.vajal;
bue he füfpeéting fome
il1
incention againíl: him by reafon
of
che long ab–
fence of bis Meílenger, fet
fail
from thence, and
fo
che two Brigantines miffing
him recumed back withouc fuccefs.
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CHAP.