676 / 1060
Royal
Coninientaries.
BooK
III.
In~ie1,
a Gran.t
as
mad~
to pofle[s and eoj?y
rhe
Lands they had gained for n
0
Lrves ,
that
1
,
for
their o ·n,
and
rhe
h e of
u
Le •
deft
on
n
c
the
Daughter, in cafe a Son iliould be wanring.
'
Afterwards a
Com~and
wa:;
gi en, That every one
1ou
d mart}, upon fup–
pofiuon,
that
men
being marned wou d
deh
e
t
e quiet and apply th
mteh
·to
cultivate and im rove their Lands, and not be muunous and d
ftrou
of
0-
velties ·
~nd
u on
chis
Co~llderatton
, and
f(
_r rhe nc urage
em
of
rriaRe,
it
w.asordained,
chac the
1fe
for
\x.
ant of
Ch1ldr
n ihou d enter
in
co
che
putfeffi–
on,and
enjoy
it
for her Life. The
reefon
of che
feco
d a '\
or
onfhcution
e
empting che
Jndinm
from payment of Taxes or I
polltions
w3
gr
unded
0
~
.a
fuggefiion
that the
paniards
paid or .allo \
ed nothing
to
the
Indians
for
rheir
pain
or
labour
in their ervices : perhap this might be panicul
rly
tcue
in relati.
n to {( me
paniard.J
of evil confcience .and tyrannical
dif
olt ions ; bur as r the
generality ,
it
C©ulJ not be made g od; for
thlt
many
Jndiam
v.
ere entertained
·n rhe
fe rvice
of
theSpArziards,
and a Day..lab urers hired themfelves out r hew
or
[a
tim er, recei ing rheir wage
and
hire
for their labou
: and therefore to
ordain that the
I11di
a1J.J fhould
not be charged
ith
labou~
or employed
in
work
was to cut off their
bre.adand their g in : and therefore
it
had been much
mor~
political r
h!l e m de a Law
re~erely
ro punilh thofe who withheld payment
fiom the
lndi1V11,
after rhey
h
cl
done rheir fervice and lab ur which deferved
it.
.As
to
that La
, which
fo
bi.els
the
lndiam-ro
be
comµe
ed
to
work in the Mines,
J
luve n thing to
f.ay,but onely
t
ref
err
my
felf
to
the prefent
praltice, "
hich
.
is now ufed
J.n
this year
;it>J
1.
when
hf
order
of
the
Governmen ,
the
lntli11ns
are
con
elled
t-o
labour in
the Sih.rer
Mmes
of the
M mntain
of
Porofci,
and in the
Mines of
rQg_iok-Glver
whi<th arife in rhe Province
of
F1111tnca:
in which,
if
the
Indian.1
wei:e not emplo¥ed,
the
quantities of
Gold
.and
Silv r which are
yearly
imported from this Empjre into
Spain \:
ould greatly
~
iL
As
to
that particular
Law.
which impofes a Trihuce or
Q1it
rent paiabJe
by
the
erumt to the Lord
of
he M nor,
it
was
.a
matter
fo
well efi blifhed , that
it
was
received
w·~h
general applaufe
.at
char
time when Pre!1denc
Pedro
Je
la Garc1i
pro–
orcioned nhe Tax in
Per.H.,
of
which I
·as
my
felf
an eye-wirnefs: but as
co
tthe
mption
of
Indian.J
~from
perfonal fervice, they g.ave no good information ,
nor did they kno
ho\ co make fuch a ro ort as might be proper in
char
cafe.
or
the
matter
flood r u
:
El. ery Ad enrurer that
"a
an Inhabitant had a cer–
tain num er of
Inrham
allotted
to
him
i
lieu
of pare of his
T ribute,
for mainte–
n nee of hi h ufe ;
fo
rhac
e ery
Lord
>
be
1des
hi
·1
in ipJl M nfaon d
elling
'!ad
fi
e
f
m
ll
na
a ouc
fo
rry
or
fifty
in num
er, or
fixcy
at the moft,
fet
Ol
t
to hi
.
li e
t
per foml
0
r ices; th
t
i (
y '
t
provi
h" houfe
with
vV
_,
Water an H } or
Gra~
fi
r hi
t.1
le , for
a.t
that
ti
e,
they had
tr
· and, belt
rhi , they \
ere
o
liged
co
o her T rib
1
1
e or
s~rvice:
cl
of rhi n
mne
my
~ther
w
e --d of three little
illage )n the
alley of
c(J~co
;
and
i
che
pa
a
4µiceot,
the
lnha'
itants
of
Co~co
held divers fuch like
ott
obliged
to
che u e .and
ervke
f
the
·
y,
nd vhere
it
happened
out,
th
t
th
l
t
fdl
to
11.1~
perfoo, ·
n
c
tminha 1red,
they
prefemly fem co the
He
-
u3
1,
t
be
foied
\\.i
1
i»diAn.r
in
of t e Tribute due
to
them; and
cor ·
gly
the
fa
me
w.asgranred , and che
Indz.ru"
ich
w
·e allotred co them ,
i t
grea t }
r
u
n
efscl
content
ent foJlO\' ed and
obferved
the impolirion of
the:r ·
a{le
~
t
a \\hen the
Prefidenr
Gafea
c
e and found this particu ar
o
n
{o
q
a
ly
c ifpo
d and
L
b
i
ed,
1
e
pnro
ed r
ereof,
and made no
man-
1er
of
a_re
jon
t
er
in.
t
che
ii
d
p
rendwd
ie
i01ops ,
M nafie
ies
and
H~
fi:
ic
1
in thofc
l· rg
r portion of er ·ices \'
1
·ch
fot
.er
Go erno r had
be-
1
''
pon
rhe~
O\Yer
hid! 1m1 :
It ee ed neit er
injm
ious nor unreaf )nable
fao I
t
t~
•
tl1em
away· for
that the
Io
em1on
f
rhe
o ern or
\\a not co
r·
w
c
~n
r a l
r
er
i
e than
t
e) '
e
im
o
:vr
d
by
hi
a
j
(
ies
mmif-
_1100
hie
1
wa
nl
. r o
live , "}
ich
0
ing x
i
·ed
tl--eir
ri ght ceafed; and
I .. ·
1
·
nafteri s
Bi
1
kK
an
H
fi
i
a.
r ough
f
per
e ua l durance,
yet
e 1n r
re
a g
eacer
p
i ·
e
e h n r e Ad\
en
ur
and
onque · ur of
1
,(e
n
ire . The r
maining
arr
r
is
third and
fou,
th
r inance \\ e lhall
d ]
~he
eafi
e
in
t
e
pl.KeL
?-e
e1 •
a rel tion
f
he
m
ints ,_,
·hich
10
e
de \
10
bel."
e ·
·1r..t:
~
·
i
j.urm1fy
d th r
b .
CH
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