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on of che defign; he advifed chac che Souldiers íhould not be (ene by the ordina–
ry
road, bue by privare ways and untrodden paths, for which good conrrivance,
this good Gentleman paid afcerwards
to
hiscofl-.
The day following after,the death of
Hinojofa, Ba!rafar de Vi!a:i:,qm:,
and
Bafeo
(lo~ine:i:,
carne to che Cicy, ·who had been chief Infl-rumems in thacMuciny ,· and
fuch as had contrived and fomemed che Plor, as will appear hereafter; and which
is
confirmed by
Palentino
in che[e words. Whilíl:
Don Sebajl-ian
was preparing to
receive chem , they boch entred che Town ;
Sebajl-ian
was over-joyed to
[ee
chem,
'and alighting from his Horfe, he mee
Godine:i:,
a-foot, and chey boch embraced
with all che Ceremony ·of good correfpondence. Then faid
Bnfco Godinez.,
to
Se–
bajl-ian,
Sir, about five leagues from hence, I
firíl:
received che joyfull news of rhis
glorious Aél:ion
fo
much defired by me. To which
Don Sebaftia;i
caking off his
har, made anfwer; Thefe Gentlemen here o/ere pleafed -to make choice of me
for
.their
General, wbich Charge'l accepted untilt fuch time as you arrived here
to
eafe me thereof; which therefore..now I renounce, and willingly religo ie inco
y9ur hands. Bue
Bafeo Godinez
refufed
to
accepr it; faying, that chae Office coóld
not be'better fupplied by any, than by himfelf; and thae his endeavours tended
_wholly·to fee him advanced ro cbat Dignicy and Cbarge. After which Comple–
ments chey retired from che Company, and difcourfed together privacely and
apare. Afcer which
Don Sebafti11n
made Proclamacion, whereby
Bafeo Godine:i:,
was
declared Lieutenant General, and chat he fhould be obeyed accordingly by che
Souldiery upon pein of deach ; and
Ba!tafar de Velazque:i:,
was made Captain of
Horfe. Moreover ,
Sebaftian
faid to
Godinez;
Sir, it. was impoffible to have de–
ferred chis aél:ion untill your coming, for if we had, we had loíl: our opporcunicy,
bue for the future we fhall regalare our felves by your direél:ion. To which
Godi–
ne:i:,
replied, chaeneicher then, nor ae any orher time could he erre in foch wife
proceedings, and thac he hoped in God, chat chofe lleps he had made with
fo
.much difficulty and hazard , would cend to che happinefs and fettlement of ali
things. And
fo
turning
to
che Company chen prefent, he faid, chat fince they had
not killed che Marefchal
Alonfo de A/varado,
'twas well he was not prefent ac che
Jate afüon; and that if he had been acquainted therewith before he had been
fo
far advanced on his way, he would have ret.urned and have killed che faid
Alonfa
de
A!varado.
And ehac
-a
rnacter 9f chis importance rnighe not be omitted,
Don Se–
baftian
called a Council: at wnich were prefent
Bafeo Godinez.., Baltafa.r Yela:i:,que:i:,
,
Hernando Guillada, 7ohn Ramon, Gome:i:, Hernandez..,
the Lawyer,
Diego de Avalos, Pedro
del C4ftillo,
and
Don Garci Te/lo,
befides divers others.
Bafeo Godine:i:,
undertook che·
defign, and to command rhe, parcy employed thereupon: bue
Don s~bajl-ian
faid,
that he had promifed it aiready to
r
ohn Ramon,
And it was agreed ' that twency
five Souldiers be drawn out for ch¡¡t exploic, and chat they íhould be commanded
by
fohn Ramon,
and
Don García,
wiéh Orders to cake and poffe~ themfelves of che
Cicy of
la Paz.,; Bafeo Godinez.,
faid, thac che enterprife would be eafie, and chat
he would write
to'?ohn de Vargas
and
Martín de Olmos
to
be al!iíl:enc therein. Thu~
far
Diego Hernandez.,,
CHA
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