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BooK
IV.
Royal
Comment'aries.
737
·
Go1te-!lo Pifarro
had an intention
,td
have put Captain
Hernandez_ Giron
to éleath, .
and accordingly gave order for-his execution ·(which would have fpared hirn much
rrouble, and prevenced rhe ma'ny.Commot-ions which he_ caufed afterwards in
Peru )
boc by the intercerfton of, friends, and becaufe he fought wich much bra-,
very , and was che Kinfinan of
Lorenfo Aldana, Pifarro
was perCuaded
-co
grant
hirrr his lífe,
&c.
Thus
far
Fernande:t,
&c.
Alvarez_
die Judge, whom the Vice-king
did
always carry
a
long wich him; received many wounds, of which he died in
a
few days aftenvards. Sorne malitiouily report, that by default of the Chirur–
geons, whom
Pffarro
had direéted
fo
to
doe;, he was fuffered to perifh : ·bue chis
report hath gainecl no credír, being, as believed, malitiouíly charged by .the concra'–
ry faéhon, who in fuch occaíions do always caíl: afperltons ori.cheir Adverfaries.
Pifarro
did not one!y pardon
Scbaftian,de Belalcayar,
bue fenc him away to bis·
Governmenc with che Souldiers he brought
to
fight againíl: hirn, firíl: taking
Oath of fidelíty
to
concern bimfelf for ever afcerwards in his fervice. But as
to
Don Alonfo de M onte-mayor, Rodrigo Nunnez., de Bonilla
Treafurer of
Jh!ítu,
with other;
1
Perfons of quality, he banifhed them into
Chili;
though meeting wich a Ship in ·
their way, they cook her, and failed into new
Spain.
Ali rhe prifoners that were
taken he aífembled togecher, and h~ving confidered-their feveral -circumíl:ances,
he hanged
['edro Be/is
and
Pedro Anton,
by reafon chat they had in
-a·
Boac made"
their efcape from rhe City of
Lo1
Reyes.
Then, as
to
the others, he laid their
Crimes before tlíem , thac wirhout any reafon or taufe chey had take·n up Arms
againíl: him, or rather againíl: their own intereíl:
5
for thac he was no ocherwife
con•
cerned
chan
for
cheir good , and for che maintenance of their-liberties and privile–
ges; howfoever-be frankly pardoned them ali, in confideration thac many of chem
were ·deceived by fa_lfe allurements, and others forced
to
take Arrns; howfoever
Jie prornifed fuch as wou!d recuro to their duty, noc onely pardon; bue co receive
tbem inco his Camp, aíid into fuch places and offices as they exercifed under the
contrary party , and chat he would eíl:eem and treac them wich the fame cerms and
conditions as he did bis own-Souldiers; giving exprefs orders, rhat no man-fhould
revile rhem, or provoke them either by words or aél:ions. He
alfo
difpatched
Meífengers with News of the Viél:ory into ali pares and places of rhe Kingdorn,
whereby his Friends might be encouraged and bis Enemies difmayed,
Pedro de A~
larcon
was difp1cched with bis Ship
to
Panama,
to carry che News of thisViétory,
to
Pedro
de
Hinojofa;
and ordered at bis recuro to bring
Vela Nunnez_
and che other
prifoners. As to other rnatters great confideration was had touching che rnethods¡
how things were to be carried on for rhe fucure: and it V{as agreed, chat the Fleec
íhould
be
fent akmg the Coaíl: of New
Spain
and
Nie,aragua,
to take and bum
al!
che Ships chey fhould meet in chofe Seas, whereby ali df:figns mighc be preven–
ted, which might probably produce farther mifchiefs: afcer which che Fle~t was,
to repair to
Lo1 Reyes
;
chac in cafe his Majeíl:y fhould fend any Difpau:hes
by
that
way; there being no conveyance for them nor means to difpeed them
tq
Peru;
it might occafion greac delays and difappointrnents, which gave greac advancagé
ro–
warq5 che fettlemenc of affairs, as will hereafcer appear.
Gonfalo Pie.rro
confiding .
mucb in the faichfulnefs of
Pedro de Hinojofa
,
and in chofe who were .wich him;
for thac being perfons truly noble both by birth and virrue, and taifed by him
from poverty and a mean degree
fo
riches and honour , he conceived an·0pini~
on chat by ali che dbligations of graticude they would adhere wirlull fincerity
to his intereíl: ; and tberefore rejeél:ed the Council given him by his Friends ;
elleeming fuch cautions too mean for his greac foul and fpirit, who was ufed
ro ,
furmounc ali difficulties with open force and a high hand. Captain
Alarcon
made
his voyage according to bis Inllruél:i9ns, and retllrned with
Pífarro's
Son, and
Ve-;
la Nunnez_
,
and three other prifoners; two of which he hanged for having uttered:
foin@
opprobrious words againíl: him , he defignéd alfo
to
have hanged the chird ,
bue thac. his Son interceded for him, alledgirig thac he had many obligacions
to
him.
on the fcqre of the civi!ities ánd good offices he had done him during rhe time of
his imprifonrnent.
Vela Nunnez_
was fent to
f2!!itu,
where
Pifarro
granced him his,
pardon, on condition that he fhould live quietly, and without caufing any Com–
mocions or Plocs againíl: him, for th:it in cafe any concrivances of chat nanire
were diCcovered , he was
w
expeét no pardon, of which he fairly admonifhed
him : and , for better fecuricy , he took him wich him to the City of
Los
Reyes
,
and treaced him wich much franknefs all che way, and perhaps with more freedo_m
tban in prudence he ought
to
have fhown to a declared Enemy : ·bue
Pifarro
belie- ·
·
Bb
bb
b
ved