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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
ved of him, as he did of others, that he was a perfon noble and fincere.
Licencia–
rlo Cepeda
the Judge, of whom we have been too filenr, accompanie~
Pi 1 arro
in all
this expedition, and was prefent at che Battel, and fought more l1ke a Souldier
rhan a Lawyer. Whilíl: thefe matters were in agiration,
Pifarro
held his Court ac
!2..!!_itu,
from whence he di[patched all Orders and J?ecrees whic~ h~ had made for
the quiec and peaceable Government of che Empire; for havmg defolved the
Courc of Judicacure, he aéted fingly, and by his own auchority:
Judge
Cepeda
was with him,
Licenciado Alvare~
was d.ead
~
Docl:our
Texada
was gone into
Spain,
in quality of Ambaffa.dour,
Carate
was the onely Judge remaining ac
LoJ ReyeJ,
bue
he was infirm, and fickly, and unable to aél: any thing in che matters of
J
uíl:ice:
wherefore
Gonyalo Pipirro,
being che fole Adrniniíl:ratour of che Laws, took upon
hirn to acquit himfelf in che difpenfation of
J
uílice, for rhe quiet and peace of
che
Land,
to
che benefic of
Jndiar1J
and
SpaniardJ
,
and propagation of che Chrifü–
an Faith.
As
Francifco Lope~ de Gomara
affirms in che 133th Chapter of his Hiílo–
ry, the Title of which is chis:
Of the good Government of
.Gon~alo Pi~arro
during the abfence of
Francifco de
Car..:
vajal;
and how afterwardJ, at the Jnftigation of feveral perfom, he would tak.e up–
on him the Title of lCing.
All the rime that
Carvajal
was abfent from him
Pi 1 arro
put no
Spaniard
to death
without rhe confenc and concurrence of his Councü, nor rhen neirher wirhouc
due Procefs of Law and Confeffion of che Party. He eoaéted, chat no man fhould
opprefs an
Jndian ;
which was one of che new Ordinances, nor cake his goods from
him withouc money, upon pein of deach. He ordered and appoinced that Prieíls
and Scholars fhould be enrertained in all inhabiced places for to preach and in–
füuél: rhe
JndianJ,
at che charge of meo who had EQates in che refpeél:ive Di–
ílriél:s, and ordered rhe payment thereof upon penalty of forfeicure of tbeir E–
íl:ates. He was very carefull and induílrious
to
garher in che King's fifths, áccor–
ding (as he faid)
to
the example of his Brorher
Francifco Piyarro.
He
ordained,
thac Tirhes fhould be or one out of Ten : and chat now, fince
Blafco Nunne,z,
was
fubdued and ílain in the War, he comrnanded, rhac every one fhould induílri–
ouíly apply himfelf ro rhe [enrice of che King, tbar
fo
his Majefiy mighc graciouí–
ly
be pleafed to repeal che late Statutes, confirm to chem tbeir Eílares, and grant
them pardon for whac was paíl:. Thus all people praifed hls prudence, and remained
contented and fatisfied under bis Government;
fo
thac
Gafca
hirnfelf, afcer he had
made experience, and feen the good and wholforne Laws which he efiablifhed,
gave chis charaél:er of bim, rhat, for a Tyram, he governed very well. The which
happy Governmenc, ( as we have faid before) concinued untill fuch time as
that rhe Fleec was refigned
to
the cornmand of
Gafca.
Thus far
Gomara.
Andas to whac he farther adds in chat Chapter, we fhall leave untill a more
proper place; and in rhe mean rime crear of feveral remarkable paffa.ges and
fa–
mous exploits wbich paíled; and leaving
Gonftilo Pif_arro
in
fJ.!!.itu,
we fhall make
a tranfition of about [even hundred Leagues,
to
fina out
Francifco de Carvajal
and
Diego Centeno,
whom we !efe difputing their Matters, and doing ali che
hure
and
damage they could to each other, as will farrber appear in che following Chap–
ter.
GHAP.