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Royal
Commentaries.
B.ooK
V.
alfo thofe who.come into them from the Coaft, are al/ weak._, and Jickfy, and
ill
armed, and f
their powder
ú
moift and wet, and
of
/itt/e ftrength
.;
for which reafon _one ofyour Ships_
ú
worth four of theirs.
'But tbe two Liawyers, who were no Fnends to
Can;a1at,
whiípered
fo
Gonfalo Pifarro
that they much fuípeéted
Carvajal,
and feared, that
the crouble and concemq;ient he fhewed for burniog che Ships, was becauíe he
chereby loíl: his means to eíca~ and fly co che Enemy. Bue hereafter we íhall'
fee che advice of
Carvajal
verified by experience, and how much
che'
JLawyers
were miíl:aken
in
their meaíures.
CH A P.
VII.
'l
,
/
The Prefulent rleparts from
Panama,
ancl goes to
Tumpiz,
cu,
alfo
Loren~o
de Aldana
to the Va!Jey
de
Sanca,
from
whence he fends Spyes againfi
Gon~alo Pi~arro;
who
names Captains, pays ali hi-s SOltldiers,
ami
fr ames
a
Pro–
cefs againfi the Prefident.
P
Edro
de
la Gafca,
Prefident for his Majeíl:y, having difpatched
Lomz
1
ode Alda-1
na
and his Companions upon che four Ships which were bound for
Pem,
he
applied himfelf wholly
to
raife Men and Horfe, and to gec whac Arms and Pro–
vifions the adjacenc Councries did afford him, that cherewith he mighc follow and
fecond the Forces which were gone before him. Amongíl chofe which carne to
his affiíl:ence, was a very famous Souldier called,
Pedro Bernardo de f)¿t_itos,
boro at
Anduxar,
who fome years paíl: carne inco the
Jndits,
and had ferved his Majeíly
in the Iíles of
Barlovento, Cartagena
and the Continenc, in qualicy onely of an En–
fign ; in which íl:acion he íl:ill concented himfelf, becaufe no betcer preferrnenc
did offer ac that time, in which capacicy he acquicced himfelf well during al! me
Wars wich
Gonp1lo Piyarro
;
and afterwards ferved with title of Captain in che
Wars of
Don Sebaftian de Caftilla,
and of
Francifco Hernande,:, Giran,
fo
thac he
well deferved to have been rewarded wich Lands, and an
Indian
Plancation, which
in che Cicy of
Co,:,co
was called
Cacha,
togecher wich a provilion
to
maincain Lan–
ces for defence of that Kingdom. Severa! Gentlemen and Noble Souldiers, and
che beíl: Nobility of chat Maritirne Coaíl, puc chemfelves under the command of
chis wonhy Officer for fervice of bis Majeíly to rhe nurnber of five hundred per–
fons ; which when the Prefident had feenl and accounred his Forces in orber pam,,,
he believed chac he íhould have no fartner need of any relief or recruics from
Mexico,
as he formerly defired; of which he gave notice to tbe Vice-king
Do,,
Antonio de Mendofa,
and rhe other Governours,
~
irh inforrnations of whatfoever
had hicherto paíl. Having fent thefe advices, and lefc neceífary infüuétions for
fecuring che Governmenc of
Panama
and
Nombre de Dios,
he difpacched
¡¡.
full rela–
tion of ali that paífed untill chat time unco his Majeíl:y, and in whac manner he
had aél:ed for his fervice, and then fer Sail for
Peru
with all his Fleet; and chough
when he
firíl:
fer out he mee fome íl:orms and bad weather wicbin the Bays and
Gulfs becween Lands, yet they gave him no íl:op in profecution of his Voyage
in which on his way he happily encouncred with
Fernande,:, Paniagua,
who broughf
an aníwer from
Gon9alo Pi9arro.
Their joy was very greac ar meeting, and increa–
fed·, efpecially when he underíl:bod the good will and affeél:ion which rhe people
rhen aél:ually with
Pipmo
expreífed towards his Majefly's fervice, which cbey
promiíed ro manifeft
fo
foon as occa.fion offered : and
fo
mucb was che PreGdenc
tranfported with che news, that he refufed to reade
Pifarro's
Leuers leíl: he íhould ·
make fome Propofitions which be would noc gladly near; and cherefore wich0uc
reading'fle burnt them, and continued bis Voyage with a favourable gale uncilh
he carne
to
Tumpi,:,,
where we will leave him for a while, to fee what
Loren1o de
A!dana
was
doing,who was gone with his four Ships to the Ciry of
Los .Re)'es,
and
to relate the
gre.actrnuble
fi
1a-,,ro
conceived at the news of this revolc.
'·
Lorenro