Note 6 — Chapter I
Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham translation
Blasco Nuñez Vela, native of Avila, then General Overseer of the Guards of Castille, Viceroy and President of the Court of
Justice, selected because he would enforce the royal orders with rigour.
1 Licentiate Diego de Cepeda, native of Tordesillas, then a Judge in Gran Canaria—Judge.
2 Licentiate Lison de Tejada, a native of Logroño—Judge.
3 Licentiate Alvarez—Judge.
4 Licentiate Pedro Ortiz de Zarate, a native of Orduña, who was then chief magistrate in Segovia—Judge.
Agustin de Zarate, then Secretary of the Royal Council, was, appointed Accountant. He had been for 15 years Comptroller of accounts for Castille. He took as little part as possible in the troubles, confining his energies to his own department. On his return the Emperor made him Superintendent of finances in Flanders. He collected materials for a book which he wrote when he had leisure in Spain. It was published at Antwerp in 1555, Seville 1577, and by Barcia. He writes as an eye-witness of the events which led to the expulsion of the Viceroy, but as a prejudiced partizan against Gonzalo Pizarro.