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8(,o

Royal C

ommentarie

J'.

. 1c:baili

h~n

.a.lr.eady méntioned

tbisHiílory how

Pedro de Vatdivia

carne out

o[c;/;J~e.,

and-how,afümwards che Preúdem ~.uldlim Comma,nder ~f rhe Pr-ovin'-

•

G~$

J.e,íh,Quld .conquer, An~

pre~are rumfelf for rhac undertaking,

V11!divia

.i,:v~nt.fríi>Jn

C-~o

tbe Cicy of

Lo1,Reye1,

with incenc cofor.nHh 1himfelf

dme

~vivb

íi-11,

Ofceililries , 1and whac might be req1,1ired for chae Conc:,¡ueA-. And -tia–

y,i.1.1g

raifed bis 1~,n, pf which fome were of chofe

ho had ooen baBifhed ouc

Perr,

;i_n_d others.condemned to che Gailies

for

ha~ing been concemecl in the 'la-re

J,l~t>e1\io1;1'7 and b:w~ag pr,qvided all 0ther ,ma~ers, he caufed ·them'to embarque

pP Í©m.e.Ships which fot fail from

tbe_CoUao

Lima,

bue

Pedro de Viildivia

WeFIC

l)j,mwl(&y Land

-t@

.Arequ.epa.

Aild whereasoac this time fev<rral C(l)m~laims -were

l?ro.11ghc_againft .him to me Prefident, accufing him to have can-ie.d wich him!fe–

~~r~

~0od,emned µerfuns, and chat man;y oucrages were comrnicted

che w-ay

R~pplc:

ho ·had his command and authoriry

to d0e; Orders were fent t~

f edr.o

Eimjofa

interc.ept ,him ,in his,way, and

fome dexterotlS'management

Rti@g

bjm back ,to the Preftdenc.

Pedro de

Hm9Jofa

accordin,s!y met him,

an,ei

a~k~1;hhim

civ.illy, M1hediier he would not r,emrn·.again,

give

fatisfafüon

tJ-ie

P,J;eG~ent,1for what .was·alledged againíl: bim,

whiah

"f'aldirvi-a

t.efnílng •co doe;

¡r,¡

tJ,ojof¡r

a§companied him in

friendly m

anne

r for

whole day's journey;

IWhen

wátrui,agliis ,oppqrtunity he,feifea upon

hi.Jn

wich fix rMu[quecíers, and brought

bj_¡n

,bad~

th.e r.P,r,~fülenc;

which ti

me f

overal of che Plaintiffs fi:_om wllem

l'1Jldi¡1if1

,had -taken tlut;Gold, a6 before m~ncioned, were aome .from

r:¡hile·,,

a11d

had preferred Anicl_es in writing agzj_níl: him, wh@rnin chey acrufed him

for ha–

ving caken the Gold from chem, for having killed many perfons unjuílly, and chat

helead a diífolure

life

with a cercain woman; that he was in confederacy with

Go»ftÚP l'ifarro,

and went from

Chile,

with_cl@fign and intention t:o jein

wit:h

h-im;

befides many other treafonable rhings of whicb chey impeached him ; and in con–

clulion, rhey defired, cbac he might be condemned to pay and rerurn che Gold he

had taken from rhem.

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The' Prefident found himfelf rnuch perplexed and f!:raimed in this macter,

for

in.cafe he condemned

flaldivia ,

he abfolurely deílroyed his voyage, which ten–

ded ro dle ~uiec ai;iQ~~nt1fit 19f

eru,

by cleáring che Councrey

many

leud

and if\Ío~ent Sou'ldíers as were to accompany him. And in ca[e

-~pe

ta~ing away

. the G@ld ~ ere prov@d up9n him , ancl _h@ noc compelled ro make refütution , it

would be fuch

P.\BC+

of ;njufüire, as wou.lcl tef)(i

rnui:;h

the

difreputation of

the' Prefideni:, ánd make agreat noi(e and ouc-cry in the Countrey : And being

in chis ílrait, a ~on.rrivance w~s m_a~e

avoid rh~ refütution, wbich was

chis

mañner.

'Befare

y.,as@rdered ·, tb,a,cCopies ího11l9 be

~ive.n

Pi1ldivi,i

the

Accufacion

á~

j\1:tfo!Js prclerre~d

ª&ªWfi

h_im, or

~f,lY

fQmrpary infbrrmition·;,

rule wa~·

g1:vtm ,

thjit

firfi a ~olemp Inquifirion {h0uld be mad$!

ín

the OJfo;e

the ,names

all

c-hof€ pt?-rfons who w~re conceroed in th~

»m

agaínft che :pef~.o–

~anc

%pe

y.7-hich _was c9

~~ne in tb_ac

{light

manQe!, thac-~he reafon for.

wpic:h'.

was

requirea m1gh,cnot b€ d1fe,overed. Anq when

appear~ by tbe ~rll -tb~t

ali

the,

~~pJe

0.f

CM!e

:,-ve-rn

GOIJC@rned as Pl<Jinfiffs, and were

.aJI

J?arcies and.

ioc,e.–

re~ed

pi~·fürnáRd--; 'none of th~m c0u)d lawfully pe q,ade

Witnds or give

legal 6€Jiimony in thei(9wn C~ufe ; -

then ord~red~c-hat

VaMivia

íhould hav~:~

Gbpy

the

Eill,

al}_dlgive in

fp~~Y.. 1\nfwer'; ene which

:iccordingl

y did •

denying every thing

t!u~

was

a'llepged

againft

.him :

it then

lay

'.opon ene

P-la.in

Giffs

to pt©y~ ali

their Witrieífe$. . r:rhe_Caafe co·ming to a

·trt1I,'

aod n

o- céfi~

m9:-Y

pt-9d1:1c-€!d,

~~f¡q@i

that ofth~ ~{j~t1~s mter~ftecl ; the P;elident proceed<;d~

e;,/,

offic,o,

fonten~ m favpur of

Y.aldt711a.

Aqd rhougf? fomerhmg_was provec.l

dfbi~

i¡:¡terit10~,t0wa¡-$

Gol'J.fafo Pf¡arr9,

~et'the J?\e{iqe{!t 'declared.' ~h'at nei,(1!er for thacJ

nor oth€r matt

€r-s , he fou

fuffo1enc,

nea.fon to divert

Ytild1v1a

ftom bis intendea

Co~q~e{l; _boy

,rfoever.he

.t?ok,fecu~~tY. from ~im, not

encer~ain aoy of r_hgfe

who·W€!re -aam

fhed fur th

e1r Rel?elh01;1,~ fin~ 'a.lío that h~ WO.\J!d fend a Jadge

upon the place,

make a ílriél: inquiíltion concerning rhe Gold, and gave

P'aldivia

particu)atlY i~ f ~ar~~-to.~i~e f~risfaél:io~

fo~

tbe.fawe_: ·

~h~~

he promiGng,f<t

perfurm , rhe fmc was

<f1fm1ft ,

ancl

permmed to proceed

Chile.

Thtls-'far

Palmtino~

_wqo,cher~it~.cqrwlq.d,e~ th\s(;hq~ter: _

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