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cheir incli~ations were very well di[pofed thereunco; and accordingly he
conc~ived greachopes of fuccefs.
In order
to
~hich ~e went with all fpee9 pof-.
!ible to
Panama
caking che Marefchall
A/varado
meo h1s company, and to h1s affi–
itance (as
Dieg: Fernande~ Pale~tino
in ~he thirty Fighch Cha~ter of his Book af–
f-irms) for whom. he had obtamed a L1Cence from the Council of the
Ind1es,
that
he mighc be fpared for fome time from the Regi~er's O~ce to at~end unto che
affairs of
Peru
and be an Affiíl:ent and a Companion to h1m.
Th1s Gentleman
having been
ir;
che Batee! of
Chupas
againíl:
Don Diego
de
Almagro
Junior, returned
afrerwards into
Spain
;
and by reafon that he was well verfed in the tranfaétion of
affairs between che
Pif11rrifts
and
Alm,igrians ,
be was emertained in tbe fervice of
che Council of che
Jndies.
BueJet us leave boch him and che Preíidenc in tbeir
journey; to relate wbat
Pedro de Hi110jof~
alted in tbe mean t_ime at
Panama,
upon
che News, chat
Hermm Mexia
had rece1ved che Prefident w1th figos and demon–
füations of pea¿e and friendfhip, rather than of enmicy and oppofüion : and he
was rlie more diffacisfied, becaufe he was ignoramof the Commiffion and Con–
tenes of che Infüuél:ions whicb che Preíidenc brought ; And beca1,1[e he bad con–
cluded and agreed wichouc any communication or correfpondence with him :
wherefore
Hi,101ofa
wroce
[o
very ·ang1:ily to bim upon chac matcer ; that feveral
friends of
Hernan de M exia
advifed him not to go to
Panama :
Howfoever ( as
Auguftine Carate
faich ) afcer fome conferenc~ ha~ with che Prefidenc 'ihereupon_
i~was concluded , that
Hernan M exia
fhould
f
peed1lydepare for
Panama
,
and ]ay–
ing :ifide all fears and jealouíies fhould boldly communicace che whole maccer co
Hmojof,1 ;
which
M ex ia
accordingly performed in confidence of the friendíhip
which was becween chem, aod che knowledge he had of his humour an.d difpofi–
cion. After fome conference cogether
M exia
fo well acquitted himfelf and gave
fuch reafons for receiving che Prefidenc ; fhewing chat , lec che bufinefs go bow
ic would , his aél:ions hicherto could bring
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p~ejudice to their cau[e ; that
Hino–
jofa
appeared well fati fied : chereupon
Hernan M c:cia
returned
to
N ombre de Dios,
an_d ch~ P1:efidenc ~'ent to
Pa~11111a
, ,,
bere he perfonally treaced wirh
·I:Iinojof~
and
w1tb
all
h1sCaptams , declarmg to chem tbe caufe and reafons of h1s commg;
And managed matters wirh füch fecrecy and prudence, thac none knew what he
had communicaced to che ocber; whicb
fo
fecured their affeél:ions :md good will
cowards him , chat he advencured publickly to declare bis defign, and to affure
them chat his negotiations tended
to
.tb~ publick welfare: and ar che fame time
took care to provide for che necefficies and conveniences of che Souldiery ; che
which he afüd wich Juch fweemefs of behaviour and refpe& towards ali, as
feeds che vanicy of rhac Souldiery, and prevails moíl: in tbac Coun_trey.
Thus far
Auguftine de Carate
in his feventh Chapter.
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So foon as
Pedro de Hinojo/a
had notice ofthe coming ofche Prefidenc
to
N=bre
de Dios ,
he gave immediace imelligence thereof to
Gonyalo Pi9arro,
as did all his
Capcains, giving him affurance, chac they would never fuffer him
to
país into
Pe–
ru.
Bue nocwichíl:anding all their refolucions, after fome conferences whicb rhey
held with che Prefident ac
Panama,
cbey cbanged cheir minds, and then wroce in a
different mafln!;!r: for the Preíidenc ·had fo dealc wich every fingle perfon in pri–
vace, as had much engaged cbem and inclined their good-wills and affeétions to
him. Whereupon chey confenced , and gave permiffion rhat he migbc fend one
of chofe perfons whom he broughc from
Cafti!e
wich Letters from
Gonyalo Pi_Jarro
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to
advife bim of his arrival in tho(e pares; tbe Gentleman whom the Preíidenc
refolved to fend was called
Pedro Hernande~ Paniagua,
who was an Inhabitanc and
Governour of che Cicy of
Plafencia,
a perfon ,well qualified for fuch a negociati–
on ; for, befides chat he was a Gentleman of good extraétion, he had !efe bis
Wife and Children a compecenc Eíl:ate in
Spain ,
for wbich he noc onely' merited
eíl:eem and refpelt of
Pifarro,
bue alfo for hisCountreys fake, and far che fake
of his kindred and relacions, who were engaged in his faétion. Thus did
Pania–
gua
fet
fail
for
Peru,
upon a frigace appoinced for him; all che Le_t,ters he carried
wich him were one from the King to
GonyaloPifarro,
and another
to
bim from che
Prefidenc, beíides fome other privare Leccers
to
perfons of qualicy, as namely, ro .
the Biíhop of
Lugo,
and anotber to
Lic<mciado Benito de Carvajt11l ,
to ~ hom ch~
Preíident wrote amicably,1 and as became a kinfman, diretl:ing him in what mán–
ner
to
aa
fpr che·forvice ·of his Majelly. And here we'~ ill leave
Paniag11a
in
his
voyage,
·,aod
relate what
Gonfalo Piym-ro
was aéting' in
the
mean time. ,.
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