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610

Royal

Commentarier.

BooK

111.

A

was their Pover

y,

fuch

was

their

BoldneG

and Impudence, which

prefu..

med on the .good.

ature and

G~ntlenefs

of the Marquis fo far, as to act many

fuamefull dungs m affront to

hi

Perfon; amongll: which, one was

this.

B

night they fixed

three

:0pes on

the

illory, which was eretted

in

rhe

M~ke~

place, one

hereof

t~ey

ftretcbed> and

tied

tO

the

Houfe of

Antonjo Picfldo,

Se–

er ary to

the

Mai:qms, another co che

Window

of Do6tour

Ve!a~J1e:1:,

Chief

~fiioe,

and the third to the

Houfe

of

Pifarro

himfelf; which

was

fuch' a piece

of Infolence, as

would

have

provoked

any

thing

below

the

ParieQce of

rbe

Mar–

quis to have hanged chem all with the fame Cords; but fuch was the

foft

and

generou5

~at~re

of

~his

g.ood

Ma~,

that

he

not.onely

negleeted

~H

Examination

and

Erwiu1ry

mto thlS darmg and 111npudent

Achon;

but

Jather mclined to form

Excufes

for

them, faying

tnat

they

were

low,

unhappy, and

provo1'ed

·thereunto

by

their Misforrune ,

w

hkh

wer~

a ufficient

punilhment,

and needed no orher

Reveng.e

by

the

ay of Juft.ice.

Wh€n this tamanefS of the Marqllis was publlihed in

Chili,

~heir

Spirits were

oot mollified thereby, but became farther outrageous and

unf~llpGPtable,

till

they

Eroceeded

to

touch

the

Bloud,

aad

Llfe

of rhe Marquis

himfelf,

as we

fuall

fpeedily fee

in

what

is

to

follow.

·

·

_

Oftbe

Mutiny

in

wbich

·the People

of

Chili

1</HeJ

the

Ma1

~

·

qttis, and

what

occafion

provol(ed

.1het1t

Jhereunto.

1

~

Hqugh the

A/magrianJ

had

hy

fevetal open

Aetions

evidenced a refolution to

1

·:IJ

kill

the

Marquis ,

yet they

could not

.agree

on the manner? how that ViJ..

la~y

was

to be

committed;

for

fometimes

they were of

opinion,

that

the

belt

' ay was

c-o expeet

he

Imperial

t from

His

Maiefty

hich-eould

noc

,,

long

be wanting ,

to

put him

to

for that , as we

furmerly

incimare~

DJet,o

de

Alvartfdo.

was then

acrually

Spain,

accu6ng

th

Famny

of

Pifarro,

and

hAd

fo

far

'\)roc~eded

in

bis

Evidence, a.s to procure a

fpecial Commiffion

of

Oy

r

and

Terminer

to

be

held

at

c~co,

on

thi "trery

matter;

but then

they

confidered,

that

this very

Power

which the Judge

as bringing, was limited,

and \ irhout other Authority, than onely co examine t;he

m?tter

of Fatt, and

t

r

rt

it

back agtlin into

Sp4in,

and that thereupon

His Majell:y would

far–

ther

cWtermine,

what other

Proceedings fhould e rna<le., and fentenc;d

again!I:

tire

guilty.

-

"lite

Almagri11n1

\:

ere not a ittle

fcant{alized

and

tr-0ubled

at thi

kind of

Co~

mlffioo ;

~

they

W(te onely fur euqing

Qff

of

Heads,

rigb_t

.Pl'

wrong; and ex–

pe&ed

,JUdges,

h<Yupon

th~r

Informations a(ld

fuggetlian ,

[hould

hang

~p

rhe

Bodies,

atJd

c hfifoate the Eetates of as niany as

they

fimuld in a bfack

Roll

pro–

fcrib€. But not

being

afiUre~,

as

yet,

how

far

the

Commiffion of the

Jm;tg~

might extend , they agreed to expett his Arrival; and

in

cafe

he

immediately

feized

on t}:ie Perfol)

of

·the

Marqu~,

1md

perfo~~d

other

pie~

of

exemplary

Juftice, agte.eable to

Nieir

own

Expeemtions

and

Humour , that

~hen

they

QQ}d

acquiefte, and fide

with~

and a{ftfl: him in hi

pr~reattion

of

Jufike;

boc

if

bis

05mmiffion was fhort and faulty,

that

then

they

tn~lT)[elVes

w9u1d become the

Ex~cutiom~rs,

and

both

revenge the

J)-1oud

of

Alm~

,

by

the Oeach of the.

Marquis,

and

the

realHbefs

of

the Emperour,

ef

pecia1ly

in

a Caufe

f-0

black

and fo foul as

t~;

b0t1-i

which

they

fecredy plotted to perfurm by a

General

Infurreetton

of

all

th€

Counttey)

~ ~ill

mo1·e

at

larg~

appear

by

me Sequel

oJ

this

Hillery.

'

This