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Bool{
V.
Royal
Commentaries._
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C
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A-
P. XII.
Hoflagés áre mutually fent fro'!z one fide to the other·, in
which muth caution and fubtilty
·
was ·praélifed
hy
hoth
Parties.
Man
y
principal
men
-
of 0:f:ality abandon and'
leave
Gon~alo Pi~arro.
T .
W
O days afcer this Oath was adminifired , the four Ships under the com.2
mand ~f
Lorenfo de Aldána
appeared in the Port of
Los
Reyes,
upan which the
{)il(jy vvas·
im
·ai
great Confiernation; and
Pifarrº
ordered Jhe Soulaiers to put
tloemfelves
iñt0 Arrns , and appear in the M¡irket-place, being then about the
number of
fu(·
hundted men ; bue afterwards caufed them al! to draw up in the
fadli
~
\-vher<.f, bein~
ÍF11
pablick view, it wouid be more difficult for any perfoo
no
nel/olt or forruke fuis Colours : the Camp was pitched ábout a League from the
City ,,arrd
aJ::i9iu
cwo from ~he Port ; and , to prevent al! efcapes, he kept con–
íhnt
<Guards
:rnd
Petrolls of Hoífe becween the Carnp and che Seá,
tó
intercept
ch@f€
who inqlined t~wards the Enemy :
but
ro quiet the minds
of
che people,
a,nth
n©
kt10W
and lllil'derfiand t:he prerenGons óf
Lorenfº de Aldana
,
an Inhabitant
c,;¡f
Los ReyeJ.,
na:med
rohn Fernande,:.,
was fént to remain wich
Aldánay
in nature of
a Hoíil-age, with int<mt thac he fhould fefid anocher in che like qualiry
to
make
knowrn die <ilefigrl of bis comiog inco thatEPbrt , and whac his pretenfions were.
Acc@rclio~\,yl Captaifll
Pennd
wa's' fe'i'lt from the Ships, and carried to
Gonfalo Pi~ar–
r..a1
a,
C
py
of< rl;ie PreG«ieat's cot:nmiffion frorn'bis Majeíly, and the general Pardon
of ali
paíl:
Crimes, wich a Revocacion .of the late Ordinances, wliich had cau–
fdi
·a\11
che diírutban--c~s : :And in reg~rd his Majefiy was noc pleafed tO' commic
the üowrnrhent int€í tTue ha-tids- of
Pi9arro
,
Penna
had Orders to perfuade him by
w0rd
@f
rnouth
t©
abey hisNing, and fubmit
to
his Commands. And here
Pa–
t}nr,ine·
relates
wlm
we formerly couched, about fondiog Commiffions ; but he
is
miflaken
irt
his Difcourfe, for matters were now much altered, and ic ·was too
late ro treac of Commiíllions or Delegation_of Powers as they were called; for
there was notfuing now but noifé and confufion , and endeavours to efcape ,
as
will
appeat by che fequel of this Hiíl:ory.
Piyarro
anfwered fomeching warmly co
dte
Metfage
v-
1
hich
Penna
had broughc hirn : and bid him tell
Loren
1
o
de Aldana
and
.Pedro• de Hinojofa
and the reíl: who had been fworn friends to him, thac th~y
had- fa!i1y b~trayed him, and been che occafion to have him branded with che in–
farnous nanie o'f
a
Ttaycoor, wheteas he had never deferved to be fo efieemed ;
having feme Ambaiffadouts
to
his Majefiy to render him an accounc of
ali
the rranf–
;idiolils of,thofe' parrs ; that his imenrions were never to offend che King, but
to
quJec and corn¡;,ofe the diíl:urbances
of
che Countrey , and order every ching for
bis Majeíl:y's better fervice. He added many other things like a troubled and an ·
ángty man cornplainihg of the falfenefs of frier;ids and ingratitude of men whom
he ttad r:ü.fed and preferred to offices aod places of Trufi, in requital .of which
they
had imjuíl:ly and baíely fold bim ; He ordered thac Captain
Penna
fhould be
lodged in
the
Teot of
Antonio de Ribera,
without liberty to converfe wich any per-.
fon, chat
fo
che difpm:hes and orders he brought might noc be divulged amongft
the peoplej fome Authours fay, chat che fame night
Pifarro
tryed if he could cor–
nipt him with money to fhow him a way how
Aldana
s Ship rnighc be betrayed
to hirn, atid for that fervice, he proniifed a reward of a hundred choufand ~ieces
of Eight, believing, that if he could.gain that Ship, che others would ofcourfe
fall
inro his bands: bue
Penna
made anfwer, chac he was not the perfon tbey rook
him for;
for
that al! che advanrage and incereíl: in che world could never prevail
wi~h him
to
be guilty of aTreachery fo mean and manifeíl: as chac; and the~efore
it wa,5
an
afHont
to
propofe it to him: the day following
Pifarro
ordered h1m
co
be returned fafe
to
che Ships, which was performed according to the faith and
pledges which were given:
bue
on the other fide, the Propofals made to
rohn F~r–
naí1de~
had better effeét; for
Lorenfº de Aldana
having underfiood frorn Captam
Peñna,
that
Picarro
concealed and finothered the Letters and Pap€rs
which
were
'
fent