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buc-whilíl: he was chus conGdering ,wichin him[elf, che news carne thac.che new
Ordinances were ;repealed, and a,_general Pardon granteq by his Majeíl:y for 'all
Treafons and Crirnes which were, paíl:: wherefore, rem~ining no longer. in
fu–
fpenfe, he packed up ali his Houl110J¡:l-íl:uff, took what Gold and Silver he had
and·therewicb embarked his Wife·and Family ,on a Ship, and wich forcy of hi;
Souldiers -( of which fome were Inhabicancs of
Truxillo)
he failed to
Panama:
che
news or-tbefe four Ships being come to
Los Reyes,
though the particulars thereof
were confufed and obícure, ic being noc known who or whac chey were, yet it ·
ferved to puc che PeopJe incoa greac coníl:ernation, and caufed every one.to pre–
pare for a War. Ac che fame time news coming of che revolt of
Diego de Mora
his place was imrnediacely fupplied by a Commiffion given to
Licenciado Leon,
and
h~
fent by Sea to
Truxillo:
bue meeting~fewdays after with
Lorenfo de Aldana,
and
his
Affocia!es in his way, l1e turned
to
their fide; ·the like alfo did
Diego de Mora~
and all of them returned togecher to the
f
ore of
Truxillo,
where
Diego de Mora
landed wich his forry men,
to
recover them of the ftcknefs inco which chey were
fallen ar Sea; bue he marched farcher into the Coumrey, as far as
Cajfama
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ca,
publiíhing in
ali
places, how tbac·che late Ordinances·were repealed, anda gene–
ral Pardon given for ali Treafonsand Crimes already committed : upon chis news ,
ali
people generally carne in and offered chemfelves for his Majeíl:y's Service,
arnongíl: which were
'fohn de Sa1:1vedra,
a Nacive of
Sevil, Gomh de Alvarado, 'fohn
Porcel,
to whorn
Pifarro
had lacely wroce, advifing him to prepa1:e macrers in
a
readinefs for War.
In
íhort,
<lll
che people of thofe placesand Provinces coming
in
they formed a Body of abouc ~hree hundred men_,. unper the command of
Diego
de M oM,
and declared for
rhe
Emperour :· of whJCh
Bartolmeo de Villa!obos
then .
quartering at Thmbi.lreceiving imelligence, he gathered whac Fo1:ces he could aod–
marched imo che inland Coumries, intending by way of the Defarc to pafs over
to
Gonralo Pifarro :
but his men gave a íl:op..
to
bis Journey, perfuading him to
change his way and his intemion, and return
to
Piura,
and keep thac TQwn
for
the Emperour, as'he had d0ne before for
Gonyalo Pífarro,
to which he áífented,.
though much againíl: his will. The like happened in
PuertoViejo, which.Fr.ancijéo
de Olmos
held for
Pifarro;
who, upon news of che many.revolts, and of people
turning to che fervice of the Emperour, went with fome,perfons, in whorn he
much confided,-unto
Huayllqui,
which was a place governed .by
Manuel E.ftqcjo
with Cornrniffio~ from
Pifarro;
and there, without farther ceremony, taking him–
by the hand, he íl:abbed hirn to the heart wich his Dagger, and immediacely [ec
up his Majeíly's".Standard.
Anq
thas, with the news onely of a general Par,do1,1,
and revocation ·of the late Ordinances, without other per(uafions or for~es, .tbe.
hearts and inclinations of ali the Captains, chief Commanders and People were
turned and reduced to the fervice of hisMajeíl:y.
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·
Of
ali which
Gonyalo Pifarro
and bis Parcy were not ignorant ; for tbey recei–
ved fütelligence daily howmatters íucceeded, · at which tbey were much troubled,
and with great reafon ; for feeing how peoµle daily fell from cheir Party, they
feared that many others would follow tfoe fame example : whereupon they entred
info frequent confultations, but with futh confufon and diforder thac nothing
was concluded ; onely ic vvas agreed
co
bum the five Ships theo in Port, together
with ali the Boats and Veffels which were there. . This Couqfel was faid to be
given by
LicenciadoCepeda,
and
LicenyiadoBenito de Carvajal,
men ·who were bet–
ter Lawyers than Souldiers, and betcer _skilled in Books than in the Politicks ;
for they believed thac the Ships and Veffels then in Porc would give people op–
portunity
co
eícape and tum to the Enemy, and for wanc thereof they would be
forced, though againíl: their wills,
to
fide with_cheir Party.
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The .burning of the Ships was ordered,during che abfence of
Carvajal,
who
·was gone for a weeks time about twenty leagues from
Los Reyes,
to
direét fome
important affairs then in hand; but when
Carvajal
remrned, and heard of che bur–
ning of thofe Ships, he grievouíly lamemed tbe iífue of that fatal Counrel, and
arnongíl: other things he faid
to
Gonf
aloPiptrro, Sir, You have ordered five Guardian–
Angels, appointed for the defence of the Coa.ft of
Peru
and Je.ftruflion
oJ
your Enemies, to
be confamed with Jire; had
J'OU
referved but one for me, I Jhou!d therewith have given
}'OU
fach an account
of
my aélionJ
M
fhould havefarpaf{ed al! my former fervices, and have gi–
ven the world caufe toenvy
my
great faccef{es : for with fome 'Muskpiers whit;h I would
have put abo1:1rd, I would have undertafe!n to engage al! the Fleet of the Enemy; for ac–
cording to the intelligencc we h(lve from
Panama,·
(lll the people theJ bring from thence,
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