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Royal

Co11ir11entaries.

BOOK

VIII.

orders to examine carefully all paffengers, as welJ

/11d11m s,

and

Spaniards

and to

take from them what Papers, and Lett . rs, th

carried with them fo as

difco–

ver what Plots and Confpiracies

re then contriving againft the" Gov err eot

All

which are the words of

thb

Author ; as is that alfo whic.h follows, the truth.

of which I can my felf a"°ucb, having been an

witners of many paffa es

thereof. The Vice-King gave Order., that no

Sp.wtttrd

harfoe

er fhould travel

without a

particular

Licenfe or Pafs, under the hand of fome

uftice of the Peace

belonging to the parts where he lived ; in which Pafs or Licenfe,

the r

afons

were

be fpecifyed, and·the

Buunefs,

Occauons, which caufed the

Party

travel: And particularly care was taken., that no

Spaniard

upon pretence of

co–

ming to the City to any F

~ftlval.,

fhould.be

permitted to pafs: Tho' for the pre–

fent this Order had little effi &.,i

n rega~,t

hat

before

could be publifued mul-

. titudes of People had crouded to the City, to partake in the common joy,

~hich

was evidenced at the reception of

this

Vice-King. He commanded,

that

all the

Cannon and Arms found in the

City,

lhould be taken up, and conferved in a

common Magazine; all which was ordered to prevent Confpiracies, and difi:ur–

bances which

had been

caufed

former RebeUions; but the Couatr had been

lately wearied,aod hara1fod by Civil Wars,that there was no thoughts arrft:>ngft

the peqple tending to a ruine from whence they_ had

newly efcaped. And now

let

leave tfie Vice-King for a time, to difconrfe of the Governours, whi

had fent to

Coz.ro

and to the

Charcas.

The Lawyer

Munnoz..,

approaching to the City of

Coz..co

with Commiffion of

Gcvernour,

was met, and receivea

m; Father

Garfilajfo;

who,

foon as he

was.entered within the Priviledges and Jurifdillion of the City, .delivered the

White Rod of Juftice into his hand; which when ffe had

received, the

firft

queftion he made him was; how much the Fee was for fetting his Hand, or

irm

any

Writing

which he made anfwer, that he knew

not~

having never de–

mand

d fuch a Fee or Duty. No, faid the Lawyer, that is ftrange,

·for Juftices

ought not to lofe their right of what nature

ever, tho' never

inconfid ra–

ble.

The ftanders

wondred much at this Dialogpe; to which fome made

-anfwer, that '.twas not ftrange for men who came from

Spain,

with no other

in·

tent, than t.o gain what

they

could with a

good

CoQfcence, to know the utmofr

value of their Office above the Income of their Salary.

So foon as the Governour had received the Rod of his

Aut~ority,

and made

his Purfoivants, he employed two of them upon a Service without the.City;· one

Ile fent to apprehend

Thomas Vaz_quez..,

and the other

Piedrahita,

both whi h in

or 6 days being brought Prifoners to

Coz.co

were committed to the publick ·

Prifon. Their

Fri~nds

and Relations o

ffered t

o give bayl for them, and to bind

themfelves in confiderable Bonds for their good behaviour, and that they fhould

not go forth beyond the Precincts

the City ; fuppofing that the feizure made

of their Perfons

was to the end

that

they might be confined within the Wa11s of

the City, and not permitted to ramble abroad

the Coun.tries amongft their

Indians

and oth r· People.

.{v1

Father offered to be-come

Bayt

fo.r one of them ;

but he was anfwered, that the Commiffion and inftructions which this Gover-

n our bro.ught, was much different to what they imagined ;

for had their

onfinement to the City been only defigned, th re would not have needed all the

formality ufed in fending for them

Officer , and committing them to Prifon:

The truth

i ~ .,

the iffoe was according to what

Francifco Hernandez..

had formerly

pr faged, aiid as we have before intimated ;

for·~he

' t

mo'rning they were

found dead in .the Prifon, having been there frrang led, notwithftanding their

Pardon s which they had fued forth from the Royal Court of Chancery.

· Their

Plantat ions, and •Lordfhips over

Indians

r e all confifcated : That belonging

ThomaJ Vaz..quez.,

which was one of the heft Mannors, or

Lordfhip

near

the Citv,

as con

rred b

the

ice-King on

Rodrigo d'

Ef~e11at

a–

tive

evi!le,

who had fome finall

Eftate,

bit with

is ad

itioo

he v as

made great

anF

confiderable.

In like

maon~r

the E(l:ate o

Piedrahit•l

as dif–

pofed ,

and forfeited ..

as wa

that of

Alonfo Diriz..,

horn

tbey

llkcwife

put to death : befide

hich Executions

th re

re no otbf'r

roccffi s of

JuCl:ice made

againft

the Rebels in punifhmeo t for the late W ar

owfo-

're, the c;iovernour

J'vfunnoz..

profecuted his Predec {four in that Office, and

laid

'r Articles

h · charg .

The fir

was, That he fported (after the

•.

i lb

m nner and

cufi:-001 )

with

Darts on horfe-back, which

not

become