R:-oyal (;qn:ime)taries.
BooK
V.
· - fiurbanc;s ~ere caufed by che rigour of che new Laws, and che fevere and indif–
creet manner of pucting chem in execution by che Vice-king, che remedy thereof
ought
to
be by contrary applications; which was, chac che new Laws fhould
be
abíolucely ?brogated and declared in
va\id,and chat t?, de~are and publifh ~hem
for.,~yh
~-~foa{b~,be.-fen¡,oh
rw.ldge)<lt
je'andá..ffaqle temper?
an~
Ofle
~
ex~1e~C5of'.th~ v{,of:l ,
ft
prtlfelic<
& 1-nf<?,
a
~le.of~velntnetl(i*1 fhelirn'€s of
Pe.r'ti
'árrd
yet'
a
~tml·
iet·
kno\1iitrg nó\v to m':r
ñage áWar if occalion' íhould re–
quire.' The Perfon eleél:ed for this employmem was
Licenf_iado Pedro ti.e la Gafca,
a
Presbyter of che Church, and a Memb~r of che General Council of che lnquifiti–
on,
and one in whom all che fore-memioned qualicies did concurr; and being chus
e!eéted;-he
w~
offered
to
his Majeíl:y
for
his- flpproba-üen:
ut)en
receipt of
Ehefo
Letters of recommendarion, Orders were given in fuch manner as
Gomara
writes
in the
17
5th Chapcrr
oí
his Book,..which
1
have chought
fit
to repeat word
for
word, becauíe he fe
m.f
to
be mor~ plain,and ¡!ear lfere
thaó apy orher Auchour
whacG ever.
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When che Emperour, fairh he, had received the news of che great dillurbances
in
Pe~u,
_and of t½~ it:nl)rifonmem of
Blafco
N,um1n
1
he highl~ r~íenred che info–
lence of tne Judges, who duríl: actempc fo danng a piece of101ufhce againíl cheir
allegiance, and alfo condemned che proceedings of
Gonfalo Pifarro,
as not tending
to his fervice. Howfoever, when ic was confidered that Appeal was made to
him in reference to che new Uws, t·tílt che, LeJ:C~rs
af
nílruél:ion which were gi–
ven herein and
(ent
by
Franéiflo Ma!Jonad~
\\reré tni[catried, and chat
Texada
died
at Sea ; che faulc was caíl upon che Vice-king, who wich roo much rigour execu–
red~h':!1trew Laws ~10,ui ad\nicti1.1g of any Perii.c1ónsc qr hear~ening_~o che Rea–
fons which were offered
to
che c,q1¡trary
0 :
put
chen he fo¡;meq again
reí
be excufed
by che pofüive commands in his'
lníl:t"aénons'
not
to
adroit of ahy app~at or delay,
for
chac thofe methods were looked upon as cercainly conducing to the fervice of
()Qd,
íe.@'.l~:w.elfar.c:rand,,a@~rvatiott
of!
chef1t2di~1-,
1
,J@
$e
difchta~<(
a good
Qónftkooe*
a@
6~ tbetílW€afthOf
tbe lGng's füive1:me·:,,
:vvhen
ch~ 1ghings,
a¡;
we
(ajdiAwetEf
t:.0níider~d11·fh~.;angtr,o( the ~(f)per(¡)ur,
muoh
abated, ,
a¡
his trouble
iaOtieafearby
itl-tls
nQfdonab)tt)~em, '1,{hich
caJ'Ile
ro
bim
;¡t
a-
time wben
he
wa~
engagád1ma,War
,1-i.il011rrpári;¡,
and
tin
,thofe
dillurban<:es which were cauf~d by théJ
hktnenknJ.
H@w
toev~r~ fOflficleting,hQw much
W
cqmcerneG him to ,rnlieve
bis
Subjd6M:ilill
PerH,
andr~r0,v,j~e temt:tdi4s},yher~witl;i
1
to Píl~ifie che commo~ions rai–
frqti
fr1
~11!.
Krngdotm¡
'which y¡p,J<i{ed1Him;
a,yaíl
l!K0me and Revenue ; he con·
0,1
r~.in
·6be o~ioilm
0fr
t.,i · Cbunc;il, whichl
Was
to,
íend a p1:rfon
ofa
·gentl~ artd
~aé'€ablé diípelitioo¡
and
of, e~peri~nc;e. aod prafüG~ in
affil:irS',
anGt differem t0¡
the,Jlnlmoor,•©LrB/efco
Nunne~,
whowas v,iolent, ~pén in':hi,s
1
Cofm[els,, and neichet
1.1J¡J-d~fta11dlingi
1
Men:,m.(l)r
B.llílnefs:
and
.Jaílily,
confidaring t~1ac
fiñrn,a
Lion.wuld
~
prév.ruU..
che gentle
1
fl}irittüfi a Lamb migbc ,h,e, mu,Ghl.J}1oi;e molÜÍyit1g r.and .vint.
nim~
áf
ob&
p,e~le
¡
1fútit1.á per(ol) as
,QOÍS
1was'
,.F,icenci44o Pedrq Gafad
efieearea tó1
be;
~
Jinallrof ar
much,
h:ict~
urjrie~fütnd':/ilg chao tbf! {ither,
<Vld.
one wb0 had gai–
ned ;} re¡\mfilrtioo
ro
hi\árlag@ment
af
th(fCommmlGJD~
"aQd
1
'f.reacies w..ith che
Moors
j¡:¡;
EdUm
~hd aa;orliliB§]y a Commiffiolíl1
wd~
given
,bim,
wirh Letwrs andrQ¡¡;
dt11s1·.ifi
1
Blánk,
·t0
infei:~
1
~ha&i
!N¡m1es-
he- fuould
chihk
ijc , ,aad ali che la:te Ordi–
nances ·a1\d new
L'aws:
~.e~e cáhcefütd and iepealed-; and Leners ·wer~ ,yrote
to
Gón,pt1!o
1
Pwarro
:ar!J.dru:ad--at
r;eJmtt
in
G~fl
in
nli,e
year
1
'546.
·,
1
, Thús
fJ;i{r;,a
was)c'.lifpatd~ed a~iay., -ª11~rtboug!.i '.hegeparted wich a frnall number;
of Pttrfons,
and
á
mean Retin¡,¡e, ar8; ~ ich !he Tic!e nely of PreGdel,'lt, yet he
iyas Mgfpih"e2L'l:nem,cami ~r~at h'.opés
w~~~
aonce~ved o~the
fufizefs
of his negocia–
t10ns.l
I
The
1
fhipWing,
v.'hioh,a,~rc¡;Jdéci. bim, was ,me1111ly provided wich Mariners,
áocl
onely
whar.
wa~ necteiliu;y,. chat
ke
1-1Jighc,puMhe Etnperour to as_liccle charge
a~ \.Vas ¡;,offible., ano íhew ¡¡,l-aifi}flt!ÍS'.J; . ~he·people of
Pe(u
without affeétation of
ífate i
n,allbis proceeoings; che Judges ,heocarried
wiüh
him were
4ndreo de
Cianea
and
~n.mi,a,
being·períons,in ,whoth m·e ·gtea,rly confided,
,When
h~
artived ac
Nomlr:
e diñJios,
,he,cmiluiunitaceg his.aúGnofs
to
no man, but treaced· with every
~ao ,111 fúch rnanner .;p;~agreed1w1th the·Cha1;aéter vlhich was given of him, fay.
mg, ~hat be was
to
go
to
Pi'yarro,
and chat in caíe he would noc receive him he
w0.uld return again
H>
che Emperour ; for cbae, bis P.rofellion was oot ro e a Soul–
dier, nor wa.she acqúainted wíd1 th~Art,ofWar, his bufinefs being onely
to
recall
rhe late Ordmances, and
to
prnGd~
10
che Council. And whereas
.Melchior Vedugo
ferie
to
kc him knowr,' chaic he
was
coming
to
ferve him w1th fome ocher Compa-
.
nions,