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BOOK
VIfI.
Royal
Cornmentari-es.
become the j ufti c
of that Town.
That he
w
nt
o fr e11
abroad
t
t
ak":
private Vifits without the R od of
J
uftic.e in his hand, wh ich ga e an o -
cafion to
many
perfons to defpife
and
expofe the honour of the Gov r men t
to
Contempt . The
third
was.,
that
in
Chriflma.r
time
ne
gave I ave to t he Ci ti–
zens, and others, to play at Cards and Dice in his Houf< ., and that he himfelf
plaid with them; which did not become the gravity of a G ov rnour. And
Iaftly,that he bad taken a Clerk who was not a Free-man of the
C:ty,
no r had ob–
ferved the formality which the Law required in that cafe. For anfw r unto which,
he replyed, That as to
th~
fp?rt
of.throwing Dart., }twas a paftime which he
had ufed
all
the days of
bis Life,
nor would he leave
it
off
fo
long as he lived,
tho' be were placed in an Office of far higher Dignity and Honour., than
that in which he was conftituted and invefted. To the fecond, he faid, that
fometimes he went without his Rod . to the next Neighbour, or houfi near at
hand, where he was
familiarly
acquainted., and where he was fufficiently
affu–
red to receive no a.ffront for w'ant of the Badge, or Enfign
of
hi s
Authority.
That as to the
Play
and Gaming at
Chriftmas,
it
was very
tru~ ,
that he did al–
low tije.reof in his own houfe, and did himfelf
play;
which preven ted many
differences, and quarrels, which
migh~
otherwife have arifen in other places,
amongft proud and angry perforis. · As to the Clerk, he faid, that he being
no Lawyer himfelf, did not
fo
much regard · the abili cy, or the manner how
he was qualified for that Office., as his Fidelity, and Truth, and fait hful admini–
ftration, of which all
the
City was reatly to give Teftimony. Some other Ar–
ticles were drawn up againft
Monjaraz..:
but he being only Deputy-Governour.,
could not be
fo
highly charged,
as was the Governour himfelf. And the truth
is, the faults of
neither
were
fit
to be mentioned, only the new Judge was wil–
ling
to
have fomething to
fay;
but there ne!ther being Crimes to punifb, nor
Debts to pay, all Actions were fmootbed, and no Proceffes further made.
CH
AP.
.
VI~
'
.
The imprifonment and
death
of
Marcin de Robles,
and
the
'-
rea{on
for which he
was
executed.
~T
TE
have
mentioned
before, how that
Alt amirano,
Judge of the
Court
of
VV
Chancery, in the Cic:y of
Los Reyes.,
was fent Chief Juftice to the City
of
Plate,
where.,
fo
foon
a~
he was poffefled of his Government, he appr ben–
ded
Martin de Rob/er
a
Cjtizen
of that Town,
and without any I ndietment
or
Procefs made againft
him.,
be
~anged
him up publickly in the open Market-place.
At which the people much lamented, and were greatly offended, becaufe be
was
one of the moft principal men o( Quality in the whole Empire, and
fo
aged, and bowed down with Years, that he could not oear bis own Sword girt
to his fide, but was carried after him
by
an
lnrhan
Page, who attended
tiim.
But when the Reafons of his death were
mote
full y
known, the offi nee
there–
at was much increafed, as
Palentino
mentions. in thefe words fo1Jowiog .
"J'he
Vice~ Kiog
fent a Warrant to Judge
Altaimrano.,
to put
M artin
de Robles
to Death : The Reafons for which he gave.,
that fuffici ent proofs had
b ~en
made before him, the Vice· King, how that this
MArtin
de Rob/e.r
having been
in company with feveral perfons, fhould
fay
thefe words,
L et
u.r
go t o
Lima,
and
t each
the
Vtce-King
better
manned, than
to
write
in
.fuch
a
rude
Stile
11nd
with
fo
little
refpell and formality.,
as he ujes.
Thefe are the words
of
which he was accufed, tho'
it:
is generall y believed
1
th.athe never faid them,
nor ever gave any colour.,
or.ground
for fuch an Acc
ufation. Some fa y, that
thi~
rafh Speech was not t hat which provoked the Vice-King aga inft
M artin de
Ruble.r,
but fome other fuggeftion of having been accelfary to t he Imprifon –
ment, and death of
Blafco
N1mnez..
Y e/a
Vice King of
Peru.
Thus far,
this
l\Ut hor , in an obfcur e manner , exprefre
this Paffage; which we fhall endeavou
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