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of
Cepeda,
than to che feníe of
Carvajal;
believing that
fo
foon as he aífenred
therennto, he immediately deveíl:ed hirn of all the power and amhoricy which he
had in that Councrey.
.Cepeda
alfo, blinded with his own ambition and incerefr
íl:ifHy adhered to bisown opinion, well knowing, that in cafe the Prefidenc wer~
received , his auchoriry would fail, and thac he fhould loíe bis Sea!
and perhaps
bis life , for his crimes were of a deep íl:ain ; he had once been an Officer and Mi–
niíl:er of the King's; whoíe Laws and Qrdinances he oaght' to have füíl:ained ;
and iníl:ead thereof he had oppofed che execucion of them , and born Arms in
that Batee! where che Vice-king was ílain. Howfoever
Pifarro
noc being fully
refolved what couríe to cake, fümmoned a general Aífembly of ali che principal
Inhabitancs of che City, ofche Capcains, Nobility, and of che rnoíl knowing per–
fons in chofe pares,
to
deliberare upon the Anfwer which was
to
be given
to
the
Letters from bis Majeíl:y and the Prefident; which being of common conmn–
mem would beíl: fuir with che general auchority and coníent of che whole Coun–
trey. The Aífembly being mee, confiíl:ed of eighcy p~ríons, amongíl: whom were '.
many fuange and different opinions.
Sorne were delivered wich greac gravicy
and prudence, cending
to
che common good of che
Jndians
and
Spaniards,
and to
the advancernent of God's glory and fervice: others were of a differenc íl:rain,
every one fpeaking according ro ,his own fancy and calent, and as ir isuíual wh!;!re
many are there are differ~nc imaginacions and fancies according
to
che Proverb,
So rnany rnen,
fo
many minds: rnen of the moíl: folid judgments did concur in
opinion wirh
Francifco de Carvajal,
bue ambition and the defire of rule thwarted
all
to
che other fide. Howíoever
Fra11cifco de Carvajal
boldly declared in publick,
that che Offers were fatisfad:ory, and ought not to be refu[ed:
to
1~
1
hich
Cepeda
preíently reply'd, that che Major General was afraid, the like was faid by ocher
rafh and deíperace men; which
Carvajal
hearing, cryed out aloud; Genclemen ,
I
arn
as
affeél:ionate a Servant to my Lord che Governour as any man living, andas
much defire his proíperity, quier and increaíe of honour ; and as fuch
I
deliver my
opinion fincerely and really as
I
believe to be beíl: and moíl: convenient for him,
and from che abundance of my heart and affeél:ion
I
[peak it.
Y
ou may,
if
you
p}eafe, follow ocher Counfels which lead you into misfortunes; for my pare,
it
cannot much concern me, who have already lived many years in che World, and
have as long a neck for a halter as apy of your Worfhips.
Fernande~ Palentino
re–
lates fomeching of this opinion of
Cárvaja!
.in his Hiíl:ory , but co.uches it not
1n
tbis,place, bue in another fome time afcer ; perhaps he thac gave tbis informacion
gave it to him late and defeltive , fo that he delivered ic more fully in another
place. Neither
Lope'G de Gomara
nor
Auguftine de Carate
make any mention ofchis
particular, which is very íl:range, becau(e afcer che War was endeg, ali people ge–
nerally applauded che wife and politick couníel of
Carvajal,
w
hich had undoubted–
ly preíerved
Gonfalo Pirarro ,
had he had Grace and wiíedom enough.to have re-
ceived ir.
.
Tbeíe Confülcations and Debates were publick ; but che Cabals of che other
fide were more privare in che Chamber of
Paniagua
where many People volunta–
rily reforted the very ,nighc thac he arrived there and every nighc afrerwards du–
ring che time chat he refided at
l os Roes
;
ali ofthem proteíl:ing that chey were Ser–
vants ro che King, and obeyed
Gonfalo Pifarro
againíl: cheir inclinations and will;
which they would make appear
fo
foon as che Preíident arrived iff chofe parrs;
for chen chey would revolt from
Pifarro
to his party ; and in the ·mean time chey
intrelted him
to
inroll their names in a Liíl:, and offer them ro che Prefident ,
afiuring him of cheir faitpfull
[ervice,
as opporcunity íhould offer. Thefe were
che afforances which were fecretly given to
Paniagua
by che mofl pr,incipal Citi–
zens, and by chofe who were moíl: deeply engaged with
Pifarro,
and of füch who
moíl: deíperarely declared againíl: the Prefident , vowing that they would íl:ab
him or poifon him, or cauíe che Ship which fhould carry him to
Peru
t() founder
in rhe Sea, as Hiíl:orians wrice. And chis fecret intelligence was given in rhe
-
night, partly to prevent che
full
dl2claration of his Commiffion in favour of
Gon–
Falo Pifarro:
for we muíl: know thac juíl: as
Pr1niagua
was a~out ~o cake his leave
of rhe Prefidenr, che laíl: and moíl: fecret Iníl:rufüon was g1ven h1m to be fure ro
be very referved , and with much areand induíl:ry to difcover che inclinations of
rhe People
to
GonfaloPiyarro;
and that in caíe he found chem ali of one piece
and unanimouíly to adhere un~o him ; rhat then he fhould publickly declare, how
thac che Prefident broughc' a Commiflion with him
to
confirm
Gonfalo Piyarro
in
.
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