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Buber's Basque Page: Lope de Aguirre |
 | | In 1544, he was at the side of the Viceroy Blasco Nunez Vela, who had arrived from Spain with orders to implant the New Laws, suppress the knights and giving liberty to the Indians. |
| | He took part in the plot with Melchor Verdugo to liberate the Viceroy, incarcerated by the Royal Audience. |
| | Assisted by the oidor Alvarez, Blasco Nunez Vela had fled by sea to Tumbez and formed a small army, believing that the entire country would get up and form under the royal flag. |
| www.buber.net /Basque/History/aguirre.html (2083 words) |
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