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Royal

Comrnentaries.

BOOK

VIII.

whereof, the Vice-King fem him exprefs Orders to proceed no farther. and

when be himfelf came to that

City,

he commanded hinyo be taken into Cuftody

with intent to fend, him .Prifoner

i~to

Spain.,.

refolving never to pardon

any

MeCfenger or Officer of

his,

who

did

not diligently obferve the Commiffion

and Orders he had given him: He alfo fent away

Don Pedro

Luys

de Cabrera

in.–

Spain.,

with other married men, who had left .their Wives at home. But

the Truth is., it was more the

fault

of the Wives, than of the Husbands who

had fent

for

them, and given them credit

for

confiderable Sums of Mon'ey to

defray

the

charge of their voyage : Bat thefe Women being delighted

with

Sevile,

which charms

a.U

thofe which have refided

it,

have refufed to obey

the Huspands Summons, and prevailed

with

the

ufrice to fend Commands to

recal

them

into

Spain.

There were

three

of thefe Women, whofe Husbands

· I

kn~w

Peru,

and were men poffdled of confiderable Eftates in Land, to the

value of a hundred thoufand Ducats of yearly Rent, all which upon their deaths

would have defcended to their Wives; had they refided upon the place, but

being abfent, the Right and Propriety

devolve~

t$)

the King : I could

nam~

particularly their Names, but out of refpelt to their Reputation ''is better to

·conceal them.

The Vice King :proceeded forward on his

way,

with all the

gentle

demea..

nour and courtefie u;naginable; rewarding ·

fom e,

'!Od

giving

fair

words and

promifes to alJ.,

who demanded

remuneration

for

their paft fervices. All

which

acted

with

Art and Defign., that a report of his Candour might

fore-run his coming, and the minds of men quieted

a prepoifeffion of his in–

tentions to

gratifie

and reward every man as he deferved. It was alfe>t the

talk

of common fame,

that

the Vice-King intended to feleet a Caoinet Council

of four Pe1fons, of the moft

intelligent,

and experienced men of the

Empire~

who were impartial and unbiaffed, and

who

long and antient practice in Af–

fairs-1

were able to render an account of every Man's Services,

and Merit.

The Perfons commonly named, were

FrancifcodeGaray

Citizen of

H1um11cu.,

Lorcnz..o de Aldana

Areq«epa,

Garfilaf[o

de la Vega,

and

4ntonio de 0!_innones

Coz..co;

this was

the

fancy

of the common people,

being

well

known,

t-hat

every one of thefe men was

endued

with a Talent fufficient to govern

Peru,

cafe the Reins were committed to their bands: And with this

imagination

the

Inhabitants of this Empire, both

Clergy

and Seculars, comforted and

pleafed tbemfelves; faying, that fucb a Prince muft be fent from Heaven

iota

whofe

heart

God had infufed the thoughts of making choice

fuch

Coun–

fellours.

Palentino

the fecond Chapter of his

Book,

hath thefe

words.

The Vke–

King,

faith he,

proceeded on his Journey to

Los

Reyes,

declaring as he wenr,

his Intentions to'reward

every

man as he cieferved ; but the common voice of

Fame gave

out,

that

would

confer his Favour on all, without refletl:ion on

any thing

thar

was paft. This report brought multitudes of people to

Trnx–

illo,

and many of thofe

whq

had been Delinquents, and

faulty

in their Duty to

his Majefry, towards all which

the

Vict:-King carried himfelf very fairly, and

gave out in his difcourfe,

that

thofe men who had revolted

from

Hernandez..

Giron

to the King.,

tbat

Country

had

been

faved:

And

in this manner he

amufed

the minds of the people, that thofe who formerly durfl: not adventure to

Coz..co,

and other parts, without a ftrong Guard and much circumfpection., were be–

come at

laft

confident and f!fured of fafety,

indulgence from the Vice-King.

Thus far this Authour. To which we are farther to add, and fay,•

That upon the News of the arrival of the Vice-King, the Inhabitants of

Co:z:..co

were greatly pleafed and fatisfied ; every one depending on the report

which

common

Fame fpread abroad of his Clemency and good

Intentions.

Howfoever

Thomas Va:z:..quez.,

and

Piedrl-fhita

li ved retir d at their Country-houfes,

"more out o f fhame than fear of their fafety: For tho' they had followed the

Rebellion from the

firft

beginning of the Infurreltion, and concerned in all the

Blood and Murders had been

commic:ced,

yet having .renounced the caufe of the

Rebel at a critical time, and in fuch a conjunltnre, as gave him

the

fatal blow,

M jefties gracious Pardon under the Great Seal of the Chancery was confer–

r d upon them; on

coofi.denc~

of which.,

t~ey

came

freely

the City., when

their occafions called

th~m

thither, tho'

with

a modeft Trarn, and

with

fuch

Equipage,

as became men who_, being

und

r a Cloud, had retired into a kind