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R.oyal Commentaries.
BooK
V.
CH
A
P.
IV.
The Amba/fadours arrive at
Panama,
ancl
both they
an°J
the People of that
City
revo!t from
qon~alo Pi~arro,
and
deliver
up
their Fleet into the power of the Prefi–
dent.
Paniágua
comes to
Los Reyes.
·
S
O foon as the Ambaífadours arrived at
Panama, Lomtfo de Aldana
wenc to
take up his Lodgings with
Pedro de Hin~ofa :
and having firíl: burnt t~e Com–
rniffion and Iníl:ruétions which he brought from
Gonfalo Pifarro,
relating to mac–
cers which he had to aét in
Panbna
and
Spain;
he made. his Addrefies
to
the ·
Prefident , giving him in few words co underíland his intentions: and in a íhorc
time
becoming better acquainted ,
Aldana, Hernan Mexia
and
Pedro de Hinujof~
en–
gaged to employ themfelves in the Service of the Prefident ; onely they preten–
ded co make fome difficulties for che firíl: three days, untill they had well dige–
fted their matter ; and then finding themfelves ali of an opinion , they began to
publifh their inrentions , ami on the fourth day chey and ali the Captains went
to the PreGdent and profeífed their.allegiance co his Majeíl:y: and in token there–
of delivered up the whole Fleec into his poífeffion and command, cogecher with
the Arms, Arnmunition and Appurcenances chereunto belonging, engaging upoo
Oath co doe homage to him, and co ferve and obey him in whacfoever he fhould
comrnand. And in che mean time thefe Refolucions were kept as a Secrer uncill
ic was known how
Gonfalo Pif"rro
received
Paniag11a
and the meífage which he
brought hirn. The principal motives which incired rhefe perfons ro revolt from
Pifarro
to ~he Service of hi_s Majeíly were, i~parci~lly fpeaking, che fenfe of
true allegiance and ducy which chey owed co lus Ma1eíly.
In
che nexr place, ic
was fecretly ag[·eed, that fo foon as thefe Commotions were fuppreffed and rhe
Counrrey in peace and quiemefs, thac rhe Army fhould receive rheir full arrears
of Pay : ~he which was afterwards complied wirh in a more ample manner rhan
cbey themfelves had propofed, of which we fhall fpeak in its due place.
Bue no–
thing more prevailed and facilicared this matter than che Repeal of rhe lace Or–
dinances and new Laws, and the gt.meral Pardon for whac was already paíl : for
when chey
faw
themfelves fecured, in rheir poffeffions and commands over che
Jndians
;
and abfolved of che murrhers, fpoils and robberies chey had commit–
ced in che late Civil Wars; rhey refolved
to
clofe with chis opporrnnity co fave
chemfelves, chough chereby chey facrificed and furrendred him
to
defüuétion who
had prometed them to che Titles of Captains and Ambaffadours of chat Empire,
racher .in expeétation of fucure fervices from them , rhan in reward of former
meric; for though they were Perfons oí Qgalicy, yet none of chem had been
Conquerours, unleís
Alonfo Palamino.
This Secrec was concealed for fome few
days, wpich rhe Prefident efl:eemed, as no !oís of time, confidering his great fuc–
cefs in
fo
íhorc a time.
In
fine, ar a general Rendezvous rhe feveral Colours were
furrendred up into the hands of che Prefident, and che Capcains publickly decla–
red for rhe Prefidenr; who accepted che furrender in che name of his Majeíly and
reíl:ored every man t0 bis Office by Commiffion from che Emperour: as is confu–
med by
Gomara,
Chapter
1
i9-
in chefe words:
By che prudent and dexterous negociations of
Gafca,
and by che promifes of re–
ward which he made to
Hinojofa,
for there could be no force or compulfion in che
cafe, a voluntary furrender was made of che whole 'Fleec unto the Prefident: and
here che
firft
íl:ep was made
to
che ruine of
Gonf_alo Pifarro. Gáfca
accepted of the
Fleet, and confirmed
Hinujofa
in his Office of Acmiral, and ali rhe Captains in che
commands of their refpeétive Ships, rhereby converting Trairors co a condition
of loyal_and faithfull Subjeéts. _The P1:e~dent havi~g gained the Fleec, began
to conce1ve great hopes of thefe h1s negot1auons ; and rndeed he had reafon fo to
believe, for without che Fleec he could never have focceeded in his enterprife;
by
Sea
it
had been impoffible to have found fbipping co rranfporc him ro
Peru :
and
to
go
by
Land, (as ir was once·defigned ) rhe journey had been difficult and at-
tended