795 / 1070
·
BooK
V.
Royal
Comrrientaries.
Whilíl:
Pipmo
was arrived at the top of ali his hopes and expeél:ed a confirma–
tion in hisGovernment, and
to
be made perpetua! Diétatour in that Empire he
received Letters·from
Pedrode Hinojofa
.hisGeneral, which gave him advice of the
arriv~I of the Prefid~nt in ~bofe pares.
Pipirro
and ali his Captains were greatly
fürpnzed andcroublea ac chis unexpeél:ed News, and thereapon .with fome of che
Cicizens ernred into confulcation how and in what manner they were ro behave
chem[elves in chis bufinefs ; che Debates were mapy and l0ng, and che opinions
different to each ochet
~
bue
at length they were reduced
to
two
1 :
fome were of
opinion that either publickly· or fecrecly thé Prefid{'.nt was to be killed. Orhers
were of opinion thar rhey íhould iovite him to
Peru ,
where having difcove–
red ali his Papers, Infüud:ions ·and Commiffion, thac then they íhould ·endea–
vour
ro
perfuade or force him
to
concur wirh the01
~
and grant whatfoever rhey
defired: and in tafe rhey could not prevail , ic was bue to put him off then with
delays, pretending that they had not power
to
condude alone, wichouc che confeht
and concurrence of all che other Cities of thac Kingdom, with rhat of
Los Reyes_.
and in regard the Places and Cities were far diftant each from che other, there
woúld be good caufe of excufe abd means ~o deferr the Aílembly for cwo years:
And in che mean time thé Preíidenc would be deteined a Prifoner in the Hland
of
Puna,
under a Guard of faithfull Souldiers, who were to be carefull to inter–
cept ,all Letters which he íhould write for information ofhis Majeíl:y, by defaulc of
which they mighc íl:ill continue under- the notion of obedient and loyal Subjeéts.
Ochers were of opinion , that the beíl: and moíl: expedite way was, to caufe him
éo
recurn again into
Spain
,
and
to
perfuade him thereunto with money and
proviíions for his voyage ; by which it would appear, thac they had treated him
like a good Servant and Officer of
bis
Majeíl:y. Thefe Debates cominued wich
great_ difference and heat for many days: bu.e at length ic was by common confent
'
ágreed, That Meífengers íhould be fent fi·om -them
to
his Majeíl:y to negotiate che
· Grant of füch Particulars as were moíl: conducing to che welfare of chac Empire
:
that chey íhould give an account of all chings which had been _lacely tranfaéted;
and,efpecially
to
iníiíl: in juíl:ificacion of their caufe , chat chey were compelled
to
che engagement of
f2.!!_itu,
where che Vice-king was i1ain : and. in all cheir Djf.
courfes they were to charge the·Vice-king as che Aggreífour, who had perfued
chem chrough ali places , and at lengch forced chem to kill him in cheir own de.:
fence : And in fine, the Prayer of their Pecition was, Thac bis Majeíl:y would be
plea[ed to confet che Governmenc of thac Empire on
Gonyalo Pifarro,
who by bis
own bravery and meric of his Relacions had gained thac Empire to che Crown ,
and thac farcher, he pretended a Title chereunto on che Commiffion his Majeíl:y.
had givento his Brocher to nominare a Succeífour thereumo after bis dellth : and
in che mean time they defoed, that the Prefident mighc be ordered to refide in
Pa–
nama,
and not
to
proceed facher into
Peru
untill bis Majelly íhould give new
di–
refüons. This maccer being agreed upon, Ambaffadours were chofen who were
to
negociate chofe greac Poincsin
Spain ;
and to give che beccer coumen~nce there–
unco,
Don Tray Geronimo de Loáyfa,
Arch-biíhop of
Los Reyes,
who was a greac Pre–
late , Facher and Paíl:our of chat City , was entreared to accept of rhac Charge
1
who being a Perfon of greac e_fteem and intereíl: in
Spain ,
it was prefumed chac he
would be·heard wich the more favour ; che like alfo was deíired of the BHhop of
Santa Marta,
and Friar
7_homa. de Sr. M artín,
who was Provincial of che Order of
St. Dominic~;
and
Lorenfo de ,Aldana
and
Gome~ de Solis
were pitched upon to join
with rhem in che Commifhon. Money was ordered for tbeir VQYage fufficienc
to defray ali their cbarges ; arrd particularly it was ordered, that
Gome~ de Solú
,
who was chief Gemleman-uíher co
Gonf_aloPifarro,
íhould have thirty choufand
p1eces of Eigh-t paid
to
hrm apare,
out
of che which he was
to
give unto
P{dro de
Hinojofa
fo much as he judged neceífoy : bue as to
Lorenfo de Aldana,
he fu ppofed
that he had
fo
many endearments cowards him on account of bis Countrey and
mutual friendfhip which was between them , that he <lid not doubt bue chache
would prove a
fairhfull
correípondent , and with ali fidelicy advife him of che ac–
cidemsand fücceífes of bis Voyage, but more particularly to acquaim him from
Panama
of che imporc :rnd contents of che Commiffion, and lnfüuétions which
che Prefidenc had broúghc wlch him : Accordingly chefe perfons embarked in the
month of
Ofloba,
1546.
wirh Title of Ambaífadours from che Empire of
Per11,
unto his
M:ijefl:y ; in whofe Voyage noching occurred worchy rhe Relation.
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