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count of all fitecef[e1,
do
endeavour to gratifie
my
curiojity ani a/fefüon to hú Majejl/s in–
tereft
by
faithfull and true ieformation1, which my z.,eal to the Crown fettle1 and fixes in
my memory,
&c.
The remainder of this Letter, for brevity fake, we omit, as imp'ertinent and
little to our purpofe, for it refleéts chiefly on the Vice-king
Blafco Nunne~ Vela,
and caíl:s the blame of all the mifchiefs pafr on bis mifcarriages ; and to jufüfie
hirnfelf he fays, chac all the Cicies of thac Empire chofe him for cheir Agent–
General; in which capaci~y he was empowered by Commiílion from the Judges
under the great Seal, to dnve out and expell
Blafco Nunnez., Vela
from the limits of
that Kingdom ; and that he aéted nothing all that time but by their Warrant, and
by virtue of cheir commands.
.
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With chis Letter
Paniagua
was difpátched ·by Sea, where we íhall leave·him
for a while
to
difcourfe of ocher matters which intervened ; onely before we con–
elude this Chapter, we muíl: refleét a little on that paífage of bis Letter wherein
he fays, rhac of that vafr traét of Empire which he and his Kindred had acquired
to
che Crown, not one Acre thereof was appropriated to his Family ; he means,
by inheritance for ever, as che Lords in
Spain
hold their Lands, which were gran–
ted
to
chem by former Kings in reward of che Services they had done in the Wars
againfr the
Mom,
helping to fubdue and drive chem out ofthe Land : for though
Gonfalo Pifarro
and
R emando Pifarro
were feifed ~f í!1uch La~d, with commaod
over
Indians,
yec they held chem onely for cheir hves, as d1d alfo che Marquis
Don FrancifcoPifam
whofe Eíl:ate was onely for Life, and never defcended ro his
Children.
CH A P. VI.
The death of
Alonfo de Toro. Diego Centeno
and the
other Captains come out of ~heir Caves and places of re–
tirement, ~nd appear for the fervi ce of his Majefly~
Gon~alo P1~arro·
fets all his_Shfps on fire, and what
was
the fajing of
Carvajal
thereupon.
F
ErnandeCG Paniagua
having received his difpatches and departed,
Gonfalo Pif_arro
began to be troubled that he had received no advices or intelligences from
Lorenfº de Aldana
either in relation
to
his Voyage, or to che Fleet chen at
Pan.ama,
nor of any other matter concerning
Pedro de la Gafca;
fo chat he fufpeéted fome–
thing arniís, in regard che time did well admic of a return. Wherefore he difparch–
ed Letters
to
Captain
Pedro de Puelles
his Deputy ac
fl.!::itu,
and
to
Captain
Merca–
dillo
Governour of che Cicy of St.
Michael,
to Captain
Porcel
in
Paccamurm,
and
to Captain
Diegode Mora
at
Truxillo,
advifing the_mto be in
i.
readinefs in cafe he
íhould have occafion to call upon them for cheir affifl:ance, which he believed
would be very fpeedy; bue when che Meífengers carne to chofe places, they
found all the People already poífeífed with the news of a general Pardon, and of
che revocation of che late Ordinances (for the Preíident had taken careto difperfe
Copies in ali pares) upon publication of which there was a general defeétion in
all places from
Gonfalo Pifarro :
the like Meífage was alfo fent
to
Captain
Antonio
_de Robles,
then in the City of
CoCGco,
to
prepare and keep his Peopl~ in a readinefs
to be ernployed in any fucure fervice which rnight offer ; chis Meílage was fent to
.Antonio de Robles,
becaufe
Pifarro
was informed, chat
Diego Gonfale1 de Parga,;
(
with
whom I had acquaintance) had killed Captain
Alonfo de Toro,
who was Governour
under him in chat City : the truth is, the matter was fudden, and neither contri–
ved by him who killed him, nor fufpeéted
by
che perfon who was ílain ; for
Alonfo
de
Toro
was Son-in-law
to
Diego Gonftiln,
and lodged in che fame Houfe
to-
.
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