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VI.
Royal
Commentaries.
him for noc íl:anding
firll\
to
his principies, he refolved to come aod claim a re–
ward for his Services : of which che Maríl1al having intimation, he gave it our
thac he had a power in his Commiffion
to
gratifie ali chofe who had had a haod
in che deach of
Don Sebaftian,
and had been iníl:rumencal in fuppreíling Rebels:
and chac chere was a particular Claufe _imµowriog him
to
cohfer che Eíl:ace and
Jndians
formerly belongiog
to
Alonfo de Mendofa
upon
Bafeo de Godinn,
and
John
Ramon.
This rumour being publifhed abroad,
Alonfo Vela'{.qun
was difpatched
away wich fome Orders and Iníl:ruétions for
Potocji,
and wirh a particular Wa1ranc
to cake and apptehend
BafeoGodine:i:,;
chough ic was commooly given out, chac
he carried a power to inveíl
Godine:i:,
in an Eíl:ate and Lordfhip over
Jndians.
Thus
far
Diego Hernande:i:,
in che Chapcer before mencioned.
Bafeo Godinez:.,
being then at che City of
Plate,
received
a
Leccer from a Kinf–
man of bis chac
Alonfo Ve!az:.quez:.
was bringing che Order of che
J
ufüces to confer
on him che Efiace of
Alonfo de Mendofa ;
at which
Godine~
feemed ínuch offended
and angry,. chat ic was not che Eílace of che General
Pedro de Hinojo/a,
which
he
had before allotted and appropriaced to himfelf by his own power and arbicrary
pleafure: of which, when he read the Lecrer, he greatly compl,lined
ro
chofe·who
were chen prefenr, bue chey moderated his paílion a liftle, by celling him, chaf
thefe were good beginnings, and chac he was in a fair way
to
better his forcunes :
bufhe íl:ormed and raged like amad man, as did ocher Souldiers cben wirh him,
who, entercaining an overweenin'g opinion of cheit' own tnerirs, pretended to che
beíl:, and che moíl: opulent Eíl:aces in ail
Peru.
Soon afrer
Godinez:.
had re,eived this
feigned news in a Letter (which was never incended
for
him)'
Alonfo Vcla:c,qne'!.
arrived ac the City of
Plate,
and being accornpanied wich fome Friends of his,
he
wenc direétly
to
che Lodging
of.Bafeo Godine:c,
·and faluted him wich che ufua-1
forms of ceremony and complemenc; to which he rnturned a furly kind of an
anfwer, and looked very follen and melancholy, becaufe
a\.l
.Per.u
was n0c confep:
red upon him far a reward of his deferts. But noc co füffer him to proceed
fa.t-
1:her in fuch vain imaginacJons as thefe_;
Alonfo Velaz.,quoz,,
delivered him
·a
Lettet
from che Marfhal, with others, which were feigned to amufe him
a
while wich
vain hopes; bue whilíl: he was attent in reading them;
)J/on/o 'f/claz.,quei..
lard hoki
on bis Arme, and faid,
Senior Godinez,
you are my Prífo'Mr : \\'irh which he be–
ing much furptifed, he asked him by whac Warraí'lt
·?
Vief,az.,c¡úez
(as
.Diego Hernan.:
iez
fays) made anfwer, thac he charged him to ,go with him
r0
a G€rtain plac€,
where he would íhew him by whac authórity:
No,
faid
Godmez..,
,lec chef€
ret–
fons prefent f~e your Orders a·nd \Varranr, and afretwards we füa\.l refolve ro doe
-whac is requifite ín the cafe. Then
Velázqucz,
wich 1noté choler añd
1
heac than
before, told him plainly, that he would noc capitulare _with hím, bue charged
.him withour farcher diípme to go wich him, and uGng fome violence
dtew
Fiim
inco the Prifon; and as he was going,
Godinez.,
deCperaéely core his Beard w-irh hi6
fond, and lifced his eyes
to
Heaven : which füme feeing cornforced .him, and ad–
vifed him
co
parience, .in regard, tbat by chis ifnprifonment, the
J
ufüce of his
Caufe, ,.md che fignal Services 11e
hí!d
done hís Majeíly would more €minendy
·appear. Bue
Godinez.,
replied onely with Oaths and Curíes; and chacthe Devils
would now fetch him, who had reíerved him
to
tha"f Urir-tappy time.
In
fhotr,
Pelaz.,quez.,
clapc him up into
clo[e
Prifon with Chains ami Man
acles, and com–
-mitced him to che cuíl:ody of a íl:rong Guard ; and itñrrfédiMely wro.ce away
w
the Maríhal giviog advice of wbat had paífed ; who fµeed!ly coming
w
Potoéji,
feifed on manv Soul¿:ers and Inhabitancs, inrending
co
brlng chem
to
condigo
punifhment: And in the firíl: place
he
maa€ Proceís againfi
Martin de E.oble..r, Go–
fnez de Solú
and
Martin de Almendra.,
and others, allowing them to rnake cheir ,le–
gal defence, and bring their wimeífes, and fuch proofs as were conducing to théit
difcharge, and herein efµecially he indulged che Citi~ns, and chofe \\'ho had
Plantations in che Councrey, affording chem a large tim@
to
make cheir defenize,
moíl: of which-were faved by prolongations and ,delays, rather than ?Cquicted by
che Sentence
0f
Juíl:ice; as will hereafrnr appear. Thus far
Diego Hernandez:.,
who
rherewich ends chis Chapter.
In
the concluíion of which, he feems
to
have re–
ceived bis information from fome perfon prepoífeífed wich
a
prejudice agáiníl: the
Gemlemen who had Eílaces, :md were Lords of Ya$ils in
Pe·m;
or
perhaps
he
himfelf was
fo:
far he lays no crime to che charge of chofe againíl: whom che
Marfhal proceeded ; bue racher excufes chem, and fays, rhat the Rebels feifed on
Gomc"t, de Solú,
and
Martin de-.tJ.lmendrM;
ancl chat
M11rtin
d~ Roblú
efcaped
from
Zzzzz
:z.
them