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VI.
Royal
Commentaries.
had been treated by 'thoíé who had jo111éd with
Gonfalo
Pipar.ro,
and how he
liad
been employed by the Vice~king
Vela Nunrte;:,
to íeize on cerrain perfons; and how
ill
he was treated by them, becauíe he would not
ca.ketheir party; as we have
.it
large memioned
i11
the elevehth Chapcer of the fotmh Book, and íecond Pan.
They alfo relaced rhe Trick he plaid the Pyraceat Sea, how cbe Gally-ílaves eíca~
ped from him, and how
he
releaíed the
faíl:
of them, and what words he faid
to
him. All ·hich che Prince heard wich his ufual fav'our and clemency, and was
feofible chat the efcape of the co·ndernhed meo was cauíed by c"fault and omiffi–
on of chofe who[e buíineís,ic was to provide fufficient Guards, and thac
Ninno
lay
at che merey of the Slaves, to whom he was beholding for not killing him. Wherl
tthe Agems obferyed how gratiouíly che Prince underíl:ood ~he .caufe of
Ninno;
they begged che favour thac che Offenders mighc be admicced
to
che prefence of
his Highners, which being granted, and that
Ninno
made his appearance accor~
dingly,· che Prince put füch percinenc quefüons to him as any Learned Lawyet
or Counfellour could llave done : Are thou, faid he, the man to whom eíghty fix
Gally-ílaves were entruíl:ed ? and thac they al! fled from you, and made their ef..
cape excepting ~ne? and did noc you beat thac fingle fellow from you, and cauíed
him alfo to run away. Moíl: Serene Prince, aníwered
RodrigoNirmo,
I could not dóé
. more chao what I did, for they did not furniíh me wich Men and Guards fuffici–
ent to fecure
fo
many men; God knows my heart, and che World hath received
fufficienc teíl:imonies of my ducy and fervice towards his Majefiy. And as
to
the
Gally-ílave, whom I drove from me, I had cot'npaílion of him, for, methoughrs;
it
was pity to commit chac poor Raícal alone ro the Gallies, and force him to la~
bour for all the others who were fled from me: nor was I willing
to
have
his
Curfes , or reward him
fo
ill as
to
puc him into che Gallies
>
becaufe he had
been more true and faithfull tq me than al! his other companions. And·now I
refer my íelf to che jufiice of your Highnefs ,
to
be punifhed in cafe my ·crimes
or fau!ts deferve your royal diípleafüre. No, anfwered ch~ Prince, ic is chey
who.
are co be blamed , and are accordingly to be punifhed, and not you : for as tó.
your pare, you have done like a.Gentleman, and therefore I ácquic yon from thé.
fentence,
fo
chac yoa have free libercy to return to
Perú
,
when you pleafe.
Ro–
drigo
Ninno
kiífed his hands, and gave humble thanks
tb
his' Highnefs, and fome
years
afterwargs, he recurned to
Peril,
where he more at large related theíe mat–
ters which we onely t9uch upon in brief: and openly profeifed, thac in all
Spain
he
found no foiend to·fpeak in his behalf and favour, bue onely the good Prince
Maximilian
de
Auftria,,
whom God preíerve and maintain with increafe of Ho.;
nour and Dominion.
Amen.
CHAPÓ
X.
fhe
fecond Divi/ion of Lands is publi/bed. The P;efident
departs fer
Spain.
The death
of
Licenciado Cepeda.
The coming of the Prefident to
Panamá.
T
HE
Prefident
Ga/cá
wich fuch i!11pacience defired to ácquit himfelf
of
thé
Government that every hour feemed a year, whilíl: he remained in that Of~
fice, and therefore uíed ali poffible endeávours to quicken his diípatch. And rhac
he might not be longer detained, he left order ( as
Pa/entino
befare faith ) with
the Arch-bifhop of
Los
Reyes
to publifh after his departure che fecond divifioil he
had made , figned wich his own hand : and having ( as hé fuppofed) made a
fufficient provifion for al! things and difpofed macters in cheir due form and man~
ner; he embarked with all [peed, and failed from che Porc called
Callaó,
making
his Croís upan
Peru,
vowing with paffion óever mote to fee it again
~
And after,
tighc days were paf1, publimion was made of ché dew diíl:ribution 5 which
P.zlen·
tino
mencions in thefe wordsj in Chap.
4.
Lib.,
1.
Pan.
z.
.
. The time being come which che Prefident
Gafca
had allottéd
for
publkatioñ of
the fecond Divifion, and which was impaüently
expeétecl
by
t'he Pretenders
¡
.
.
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