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V.
Royal
Commentarie1.
tended wich che fufferi~gs of hu~ger; told and ocher dangers. Thus much
Goma–
ra
reports of chis rnaccer, and
fo
che fame· place touches upon che induíl:ry and di–
ligence ufed by the Prefidenc in all bis .i&ions, and the mutual Promifes and
En;
gagements which paífed becween both Parcies. : This accord being made, and che
account of che Arrears of pay being made _up 'and íl:aced,
Gafca
choughc it time
publickly to own che command 'of ali, and to chufe
Pedro de Hinojofa
Captains
General of all che Forces boch by Sea and Land. ·. Then he commanded and arde–
red four
Ships
to be prepared and fitced, under che command of
Lorenfº de A!dana,
¡ohnAlonfo Palomino, Hernan Mexia
and
'fohn Yllanes: Lurenfo de Aldana
was appoin~
.ted Adrniral of the four Ships, which were to carry three hundred men of che
beíl:
Seamen and Souldiers feleéted out of che Fleet and provided with all chi!_lgs Qecef-
fary
for cheir Voyage.
·
They were moreover ordered
to
carry with them many Copies or Tranfcripts
ofhis Majeíl:y's rno!l gracious revocacion of che lace Ordinances, and of che gene–
ral Pardon, which was extended and indulged
to
all perfons wichout exception,
the wh~ch were in che beíl: manner they could contrive
to
be difperfed in ali pla–
ces of che inland Councries. Thefe
four
Capcains being accordingly difpacched,
che
Preíident wrote a Lecter to
Don Antonio de Mendofa,
Vice-king ac chac time of
Mexico,
informing him of ali particulars which had fucceeded
to
chat rime, and
défiring his alliíl:ence wich Meo and Arms to forward his Majeíl:y's Service.
Ii1
like ·manner Difpatches were Cent
to
Don Ba!tafar de Caftil!a
ar
Guatima!a,
and
Ni–
caragua,
and
to
other perfons of Se.
D~ingo
and
Popoyan,
and the like unro other
pares, for it was believed chat ali was lmle enough to_ reduce che Rebels
to
their
ducy and allegiance : bue no force was
fo
pt'evalenc as che revocarion of che lace
Orainances, and che gener:il Pardon, which operated on che minds·of men, and
concributed more
to
che ruine of
Gonfalo Pifarro,
and coníignacíon of che Empire
to
Gafca
chan all che preparacions did which were made for War.
Bue now, .recurning
co
[peak of
Paniagua,
whom we
!efe
on hís Voyage to
Los
Reyes,
we (hall pafs by che
J
ournal of whac happened in'his pafiage,
to
relate mat·
éers more eífential to chis Hiíl:ory.
Pahiagua
béing arrived ac
Los Reyes,
he deli–
vered che Lette'i·s which he brought from liis Majeíl:y 'and from che Prefidenc co
the hands of
Piyarro,
as alfo his general Lecter of Credence, íignífying chac he was
fent by order of c~e Pr.efidenc, and thac ~mire _belie_f w¡is t9 be yielded to whacfo–
ever he íhould dehver
m
che name of h1s Ma¡e!ly and of che Preíident.
Gonfal1J
Pifa,r~
feemiogly gave him a
fai:
receptioo, .and h~ving_heard his Meífage, he dif–
miíl: h1m for che ¡:irefenc, chargmg and. forewa:nmg .
bim
noc to meddle or crea
e
wich any about the affairs of the Preíident ac h1s penl. He chen called for
Licen–
ciado Cepeda
and
Franci[co de Carvajal,
and io pre(ence of chofe chree onely were
éhe King's Letcers read, as
Auguftine Caté<
wrices.
The Subjiance of
bis
lvlajejl/s
Letter.
The -K IN
G.
B.
1 yÓur Lettm
(
Gon~alo Pi<;arro
~
and b~ other relations, w~ have &em i~formed
of the many troubles and commotions which have . ht1ppe11ed
in
the Provmces
of
Pera,
fince the time that
Blafco Nunnez Vela
Our Vice-kjng arrived there, together
with the ¡udges of our Courts of ruftice
;
and which were raifed by pútting thofe new Laws
and Ordinances into execution, though contriver/ and framed for the better Government
of
tho/e parts, and for the eafe anq re!ief of the Natives therehf.
And we ars we/l affered,
that neither
JOU
nor
tlíiJ
of'thofe who have fo//owed
JOUY
/>arty, did aéf: intentiona//y to doe
us a differvice, but onely to 'put a ftop to the feverity which the faid r'ice-kfng ufed in the
violent and indifcreet execution thereof, without r~ceiving or admitting a11J reafor¡s or peti–
tions to the contrary. Of ali which being well infotmed, and having heard whatfoever
Fran–
ci[co
Maldonado
had to comm,micate td
·;u
on your beh11!f, and from the lnhabitanti
·
of
thofe Provinces; we have thought
fit
to fand
Licenciado de
la
Gafca,
one of the Counfel–
lourf
of
the Holy ana General ln1,11ifitio11, with Titfe
anti
in fl!!a!ity ofOHr'Prejident, to whom
Eeeee z
w,