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Royal
Commenta~ies.
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K V.
Licen~iado Pedro de
la
Gafca
is chofen
hy
the Emperour
. Cnarles
the !7iftb to reduce
Peru.
_
.
W.
Hilft matters were tranfaéted
in
Peru
in
me manner before
1
related,
,
Diego Alharez C1mo
and
Francifco.Maldonado
arrived
in
Spain
in
Qaali-
ry
of Ambaífadours, the
firft
of which was fent from the Vice-king,
ánd rhf' latter·from
Gonfalo
Pi¡:arrii,
and·both- went to
Ya//4dtJ/id,
·
where the Courc
then '.1e!ided;"under che Govem_ment
or
the Prince
Don
Philip,
who ruled that
Kingdom in ·che abfence of' the Emperour his Father; who, like a Catholick
Prince; was at thar time aétually employed in the WarS'in
Gmnany
againft the
Lutheran1,
labouring
to
reduce chem to the' obedience of the Holy Mother
che
Church of
Rome.
Thefe Ambaffadours did feverally inform the Prince's Fii_gh- ./
nefs and che Royal Council of che
Indiu,
in the beft manner they were a:ble, ofali
che cranía?tions and fücceífes which had happened
in
Peru,
untill che time ofcheir.
deparcure from thence
~
for then che Vice-king was
íl:ill
living. The
i11
news of
the~ ,great.revolucioñs artd rroubles -of that .Kingdom caofed many thoughcs
in
che mínd
of
the.Prince; for reriledy of which his Highoefs fumrnoned a Coun–
cil
of che moíl: wife and grave perfons, and of moft experience, chen refiding ac
rhe Courq whi<:h were ch~ Cardinal ·
Don 'fohn Tavera
Archbiíhop of
To/.edq,
Car–
dinal
Don
Fray
García de Loayfa
Archbifhop of
Se11ille, Don Francifco
de'
BaláerPrefi–
dent
of
che
Royal Coundl and Bifhop
of
Ciguenr",
che Duke of
A/va,
che Count
of
Oforno, Francifco de Los Cobos
Lord Lieutenant of
Leon, Don/oEn Cunniga
Lord
Lieu enan~ of
Ca.ftile, Ramim,
Bifhop of
Cuenca
and Pr~fidebn o che King's Bench
in
V.alfado/id;
ali che Judges of che Royal Council of
che:iiia'iu,
befides fevéral
ocher perf9fis ·"of great QQ_ality; all which, as well as .·the Court in general,
did aemir~•rhát chofci Laws and Ordinances which were 'made and defigned for
che uñiverfál good, a5 well of the
Jndians
as
of
che
Spaniards
of
Peru,
fhould have
foch
-a
diffo:/eht effe~, and prove the caufé
of
che deíl:ruétion both of one and
of
che other,
'a
d fü''-toendanger che Kingdórrl as evento
put
it in hazard of being
alienaced
froiri
cli'e Crown 9f che Emperour, Toprevenc which, rnany confül–
rations werétheld, and greár,debates di<l arife thereupon ; fome were of opinion,
chat it was
ro
be doAe onely by force of Arms, and that immediacely Souldiers
were to be fent thirher under che command of feveral experien~ed Capcains
~
bue
chis
opinion was oppofed by che difficulty of fuch an encerptife ; for that che
charge of íhipping Souldiers, Arms, Ammunicion, Horfes and Provifion would
be
very greac, che Voyage was long, ,the Navigarion difficult and fubjeét
to a
thouíand hazards, being to pafs cwo Seas. · Other Counfels chere were ofche more
moderace and grave forc of meo,
who
were of opinion, chat, fince
ali
chofe di-
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