287 / 1060
BooK
VII.
Royal
C01n1nentaries.
· a Fraternity of
Jnaian1,
{hould be Su2er-intendents, or
S~perv
iforsov~r
it?
as rhe
Spanim-ds
were over theirs ; affuring t!1em, that the
Spamar~s
h.adobligations to,
wards the
Jndian.r
io fome manner, which no Man could acqmt
h1mfelfof, whether
he :vere a Conquerour of
them~
or nor, but by fome fuch fatisfaetion for their
debt· And
purfuing this
difcourfe with mofr perfuafive Arguments in all the Ser–
mons.ofrhat Week, on the
Sunday
he concluded after fuch a preparation made ; ,
That theGo emour, and he, would try what operation his Sermons had
effetted
on them
to
which end they would go perfonally fromboufe
to
houfe to demand ·
their
ch~itable
contributions towards this pious Work ; admonill1ing them to
fhew
rhemfelves as large and open-hearted therein,
as
they had been valiant
and
covecou
to
obtain the Empire. Accordingly the Governour and rhe P rior took
their Walk from houfe
to
hou[e to gather the charitable Alms of the
City,
co–
ming at
firfl:
to the Dwellings of chofe onely
~ho
were Mafiers of rhe
Indian1 :
And
at
night, when my Father
Garfil1tj{o
returned home, he commanded me to
furn up
the account of
all
the Colletl:ions;
v
hich when
I
had done,
I
found
it
to
amount
untb
28
) OO
Pieces of Eight, which makes
34200
Ducat
:
the leafl:
that was
given
by
any particular perfon was
500
Pieces of Eight,
which
makes
6 0 0
Ducats ;
there were fome who gave a
i
o o o
Pieces of Eight. Thus much
was the Collell:ion made
in
one Evening, and in the fpace of five hours onely ;
other days they took
to
go from neighbour
to
neighbour, every one giving fo free–
ly,
that
in
a few months the furn amounted to above a hundred thoufand Ducats:
the which report being noifed about in the Countrey, and that
an
Hofpital was
therewith to be founded for the Natives, many other contributions were added
in
the fpac.e of that year,
fome
being given by
Laft
\Vill
and Tefiamenr, and fome
by devout and charitable perfons
in
the time of their Life and Health, fo that the
Work was chearfully begun , the Native
Jndi1tns,
within rhe
J
urifdiilion of
rhe
City,
concurring thereunto with
all
ready affifience, being affured that the ufe and
benefit thereof was intentionally defigned for themfelves.
Under the
firfr
Stone of the Foundation,
hich was laid by
my
Father
G
arf i-
l;tj{o,
he put a
*
Doblon ofGold, being one of thofe
with
two Faces, of
Ferdinand
*.A
double
1
and
Jfabel,
the King and QQ_een
of
Spain:
Than£ort
of
coin'
as
rare in
rhofe
days,
~·~if
1
'
0
~3
6
and efpecially in that Counrrey, and at that time,
where,
and when no Money ei-
gtifh~gs
n–
ther in
old or other Metal was fiamped ; for
rhe
Spanifb
Merchants did
rhen
bring their Commodities, which
they
bartered or exchanged for
\i'V
ares of the
Count:rey,
or
fold for
ilver or Gold, but
brought
no Money coined
into
thofe
part.
I
belie
e
that the Doblon'
as
brought thither
for
a curiofity, and prefenred
to
my
Father
as
a
Medal
:,
and
of the fame opinion were all thofe who faw it ;
for it paffing from one to another, the whole Corporarion of the City, then pre-
fent
at
this
Solemnity
of
laying
the
Foundation, did all efieem
it
for
a
great curio-
ficy, being the
fuft
coined Money that had been feen in that Countrey ; and for
that
reafon
was
worthily employed in that charitable Work.
D iego Maldonado,
a
Native of
Salamanca,
frrnamed the Rich,
for
the great Wealth that he had attai-
ned, having formerly been Go ernour of the City, laid under one of the Stones
a Place of Silver with his Arms engrav nu on
it;
and on this poor Foundation
was
ereeted this rich Edifice · which vas afterwards endo ed with many Indul-
ge?ces and Pardons from
the
~opes,
.for
all thofe who fhould dye
in
it: the which
bemg
made known to
a
certam
Jn.duw
Woman of the Bloud-Royal, with whom
I
was
acqu~inted
·
~1e
finding her
~elf ~c_!t, d~fired ~o
be carried into the Hofpi-
tal ;
to which her
Fm~nd
not
agr
emg
10
conllderat1on of the abilities fhe had to
maintain
h r felf ; ho
foever
f'he
fiill
perfiO:ed
in
her defire , faying
that
it
was
not the cure .
f
her
Bo~y
that fhe defigned, but to enjoy and partake'of thofe
In-
~ulgenc
which
the Princes of the
hurch had
gi
en unto rho e \ ·ho fhoukl dye
m
that.
H? fpital ;
for which
reaf<
n (he being carried
thither,
refufed to have her
Bed laid
m
the hamber
f
the fick, but in
a corner
of
the Church ·
where
fhe
defired,
~hat
her
ra~e
might be
o
ened near t
er Bed, which ilie
c~vered
with
the Habit
of
t.
F;ancu,
~n
defired t be buried in
it
;
then
fhe
called
for
rhe
.
~ -ca~dles,
" ·h1ch
fh~ mtend~d
ro
have burnt at her Burial, that they might
e
m a
readrne~
: And
havu~g
received the Holy Sacram.ent and extreme Unetion,
~el
Y
four
day
after calling
upon . od and the Blef!ed
irgin, and
all
the Cele-
fiul
ourt of Ange , .and then
x
rred.
Th·
.godly end '' hich
this
poor
Indi1111
oman.had made,
~~ng
generally
kno~
n
and talked of ; the two Corporations
of
the
1ty,
both
pmrual and
emporal, agrned
to
honour
r
Obfequies
and
mer-