Next the Captain Diego Maldonado the rich said that as his desire was to do what was best for his Majesty’s service, he requested his colleagues to let him consult some one with more learning, after which he would be prepared to answer. Hernando Bachicao, a Magistrate, said that his vote and opinion was that the Captain Gonzalo Pizarro should be Chief Justice until his Majesty should otherwise provide, and he signed his name. Francisco Maldonado said that his vote and opinion was that as the ordinary Alcaldes were occupied in civil and criminal lawsuits, and as there were many soldiers in the city, the number daily increasing, the Captain Gonzalo Pizarro should be Chief Justice, and he signed his name. Diego Maldonado de Alamos said that his vote and opinion was to seek what was best for the service of God our Lord, and for that of his Majesty, and for the good and service of the city and its people. He had not learning to be able to certify that the request of Captain Gonzalo Pizarro was right, nor whether he had the power to make him Chief Justice as a Magistrate of that city, and to this he put his name. Juan Julio de Hojeda said that his opinion was the same as that of Diego Maldonado de Alamos, and to this he signed his name. Then followed a document as follows: “And presently, the votes of the Alcaldes and Magistrates having been seen, they said that the Captain Gonzalo Pizarro was chosen and nominated Chief Justice, and powers were given to him which appertain to that Office. They received the oath in due form, and he promised to use and exercise the Office according to law, and these names were signed”: Gonzalo Pizarro Juan Velez de Guevara Francisco Maldonado Diego Maldonado de Alamos Hernando Bachicao Juan Julio de Hojeda. They say that, at this time, the Licentiates de la Gama, Carbajal, Leon, and Barba and the bachelor Guevara, gave votes and opinions that Gonzalo Pizarro should go with an armed force to supplicate respecting the ordinances, and that they would show that this was legal and right. Even worse things than these were said, and votes were given which caused no little harm, many simple people, believing what was told them, following the tyrant in his rebellion. CHAPTER XXVI _How the Alcaldes Antonio Altamirano and Diego Maldonado the rich left the meeting, but finally had to sign, and how the Procurator Alonso Carrasco declined to provide a petition on the arrangement in the name of the city._