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BooK
Royal
Co11tmentaries.
only to encreafe
hi5
ftame , and to burn
fo
viok tly, that no 1an was ab!
to
hold his Hand within a
half yard
dift~ce
from
bis
Body.
And thu di
d
this
poor Captain,
l~ aving
many Stories to the World of his brave Aetions and
Exuloits., to which a ftop was put
by
a death fo violent and miferable as thi .
The Captains and Souldiers who pretended to places and rewards for th ir
paft fervices.,
refidiog
ac
thac: time at
Caz.co,
no fooner received int lligence
of the irnprifooment and death of
He
rnandez. Giron,
than they immediat ly
went to the
J
uftices to demand Rewards for their paft S rvices : And being
in
the City
of
Lo1 Reyes,
they with much importunity made their pretenfions, al–
ledging., that by
reafon
of their exp ...oces during all the late
Wat,
they had
confumed all their fubftance., and were become
fo
poor, that they had not
wherewith to fupport their neceffary charges : and therefore
it
was but rea–
fon and equity to perform the .Promife given them ; which was., that fo foon
as the Rebbel was fubdued, they fhould be gratified in fuch manner as was
equal: Thac now the Rebbel was dead,
they expected a compliance ;
for
they had nothing more remaining than their pay, which was little., and the
arrear (as they accounted) was very inconfrderable. The Juftices macle
anfwer~
That
it
was not the
pare of
Loyal
Subjects to his Majefty
to
raife a
Mutiny
on the fcore
of
Reward, and
of
Moneys due
to
them :
That
they, and al!
the World knew, that a Vice-king was hourly expected
·from
his Majefty
with
Commiilion to govern that Empire: That
it
would be convenient
to
expett until
that
time,
left
hi~
Excellency
fhould
be difpleafed with
t.heJuftices
and the Souldiers for being Carvers to themfelves of . their
own
Wealth
and
Fortune. Wherefore they defired their patience
for
three
or
four Months, be–
fore
which time
it
was impollible, but a
Vice-King muft arive:
and in cafe
within
that time, no news
came
thereof; they would then
by
their own Authority
proceed
to make a divifion
of
Lands
to
them, being very
fenjible
of the want
they mu
ft
have
of
a fubfiftance, and that in the meal) time they were great!
y
troubled, that they could not comply with their defires for the pr feat : And
'therefore
fince
the time
was
fo
fhort, they ought to expect the coming
of
the
Vice-King, and
not fuffer their impatience
to
difoblige him, who would be
ready
to reward their expectation
with
greater
plenty
than
was
in their power;–
and that a
precipitation of
their
defires would
caufe them to lofe that
Reward,
which their Actions and Sufferings had long fince deferved.
With.
thefe
and
fuch
like Difcourfes the
Juftices moderated
the
violence
of
the
Petitioners.
And
it
pleafed God, about fix Months afrerwards, that news came of the com–
ing of
a Vice-King, for whofe reception
all
thing9'·were prepared; and in the
interim the Pretenders furceafed their importunities in expectation ofhis Excel–
lency, who was the firft that ever came to
PerH
with that honourable Cha·
ratter and Title.
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