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Royal Commentaries.
lows had been Traicours more than twice or thrice to the King, and fal[e to their
Friends, as will appear·by the Sentence which, fome few momhs afterwards, was
paífed upon
Godinez-;
yec they cry .up nothing now bue ducy and loyalty co che
King. And here ic is remarkable, thac from che Murcher of che General
Pedro
Hinojofa
to che deach of
Don Sebaftian,
there was not above che [pace of five day,s
between (as
Palentino
writes) for
Hinojo/a
was killed on che fixch of
MarchJ
and
Don Sebaftian
on che eleventh following, in che year
1 ) )
3.
And now
BafcoGodinez-
and his Comrades having killed
Seba/l-ian,
they delíve–
red
¡ohn Ortiz. de Carate
and
Pedro Hernandez. P,miagua
Out
of Prifon and Chaíns,
.iml fet thern ac libeny; and told them, chac whac they had alted was wíth imenc
to
give chem cheir freedom, and to deliver che Cicy from thar total ruine and de–
ftrultion which chofe Rebels and Traicours had plocced agaíníl: ít, and alfo out of
a principie of Loyalty to [erve his Majeíl:)I. And
Vafco Godinez.,
particularly faid
chefe words (as are repeated by
Palentino,
Chap.
17.)
Génclemen, for che love of
God, fince you fee chac I have received a wound in my Hand, be pleafed to apply
your
[elves
to che Souldiery, and encourage and exhorc them
to
íl:and firm in their
1o~alty ánd fervice to his Majeíl:y. Bue when
rohn Ortiz., de Carate
faw that ali ~he
Aífaffinaces and Murtherers of che General were aétually amongíl; che Souldiers,
and chac che principal Ruffian and Villain called
Hernando Guillada
was a Capcain,
he began to fear leíl: chey íhould kili him, to prevenc which, he cried ouc aloud,
chat chey íhould make
Guillada
their Captain, and perhaps he thoughc ic migh.c be
conveníenc fo,co be. Thus far
Palentino.
Tho[e words of
'John Ortiz:, de Carate
were
wifely and feafonably fpoken, for 'tis believed rhat chey faved cheir lives chereby:
in che mean time
Vafco Godine:,;,
went
to
have che wound of bis Hand dreífed, of
which he was more render chan of che life of
Don Sebaftian :
che fame night he
difpacched away fix Mu[queciers to guard che ways leading ro
Potocfi,
ro intercept
ali Advices which mighc be fenc hereof to
EgM
de Guz-man,
and prefently feifed
three of his Souldiers, and before ic was day he hanged chem up,-for ,he knew
thac chey were Villains, who were acquainted wjch alr his Plocs, Ti·eacheries 'and
Intrigues:
fo
foon as it was day, he [ene
to
cal!
¡ohn Orti:,;, de Carate, Pedro Hernandey
Paniagua, Antonio A/vare:,;,
and
Martín .il{onge,
who were ali Citizens and Free-men
of che Cicy, beíides which there were no ochers ac chac time; and he told ~hem;
wich high commendations of his own meric, che greac danger he had incurred in
killing che lace Tyranr, che fervice he had done his Majefiy thereby, and che par–
ticular benefic and happinefs he had procured ro chem in panicular, and to the
whole.Cicy in general : And thac now in recurn and recompence of fo greac and
meritorious Services, he deíired nothing more of chem chan
to
be chofen Chief
Juíl:ice of chac CitY¡ and che pares adjacenc; and ro be nominaced Captain General
of che Forces, fince thac
EgM de Guz..man
was very íl:rong, and had many Souldi–
ers with him in
Potocji;
and to maincain chis degree and quafüy; he defüed to
have che Manors of che General, aqd chofe Vaífalagesof che
lndians
conferred
"upon him, being now vacanc by his deach. To which .che Citizens
l[Jade
an[wer,
thac chey were noc·a number fufficient ro agree upon fuch Elefüons, and feared
to
roo them[elves into danger in cafe they did. Bue
rohn Ortiz..,
apprehending leíl:
-God1ne,;r,
íhould cake chis refufal in
ill
pare, anfwered, more out of fear chan affec–
tion, thac in cafe
Gomez., Hernandez..,
who was a man lear.ned in che Law, would
give his opinion rhanhey mighc legally doe ic, thac rhen chey would readily com–
ply \.vich his delires: ro which che Lawyer gave his opinion readily, and chat
they mighc doe ié and much more, in re[pelt
to
che greac meric and fervices of
Godine:.::,.
Hereupon a publick Norary was called, and before him
Go-dinez.,
was
nominared to be Lord Chief Juíl:ice, and Caprain-General of che Sould.iery; and
for fupport of chefe greac Dignicies,. che Efiate of the lace General
Pedro de Hino–
jofa
was feccled upon l}im, which (as we have faid) wich che" Mines of Silver,
yielded him two hundred thoufand pieces of Eighc of yearly rene : an excellenc
and worchy reward for cwo fuch famous pieces ofTreafon and Murcher which chis
Villain had contrived and woven, purpofely ro wind him[elfinco chis greac Eíl:ace,
which he was refo'wed ro poífefs by any means or way~ whacfoever. And in
like manner chis honeíl: Lawyer got himfelf imo anocher allotmenc called
Púna,
and co hold ic
in Cuftodiam,
uncill ic íhould be otherwife di[pofed. Upon chis·
paffage
Diego Hernandez.
faith a~follows.
le
is manifefl: that they incended
to
pay
chemfelves, and to fell ac a good rate the power chey had over che Souldiers,- and
make advamage of che dread and terrour which che Citizens conceived of them,
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