In which the events related in the last chapter are concluded andhow the Governor Don Francisco Pizarro examined the letters and despatches brought by Captain Peranzures.

I have before related how Peranzures had been sent to Spain by Don Francisco Pizarro, to report the rebellion of the Indians, the danger in which the country was placed, and that Cuzco was besieged by them. On arrival in Spain he gave a full account to her Majesty the Empress and the Royal Council, the King and Emperor being then absent from Spain. The principal object of the Governor in sending him was to obtain an order that each of the Governors should remain where he was until the boundary was finally settled. This was done by Pizarro because he thought that Peranzures would return before Almagro came back from Chili, and that by sending the Decree to him there, he would be constrained to remain where he was. On arrival in Spain Peranzures set about the business entrusted to him with all diligence, and returned when ready with the following despatches. They were contained in two letters; one from the Emperor, dated Ist January 1537, and the other from the Empress, dated 6th November 1536. The Decree accompanying the letters was dated 3rd November 1536.