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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
reafon of his
.r~ugh
and obfiinace
h~mour,
had r_endred himfelf uncapable of
Of–
fice .by not givmg ear to the complamts and aggnevance which
his
Majefiy>s
ood
Sub1e& offered to him ; fhewing nothing bur fiercenefS in the execution of
~ar
te~s
of rhe fmallefi n:omenr, they were generally of opinion that
he fhould be
rereeted and not adn:ntted
to
the
_Governm~.nt;
and that
in
cafe
Vaca
de
Caflro
would not concurr "'
~c~ the~
herem, .they
d1a
not doubt but to fix upon anotber
perfon who fhould
JOlil
with
them
m
the oppofition which
they
intended co
make.
·
·
By
this
o
inacy and fiercenefs of the
ice-king
all
Peru
was
put into a
flame
and the humours of the people into a fennentation : there
was
now no
orher
talk
or difcourfe ovet all
Peru
than of the new Laws, the contents of
which
the
Mef–
fengers of the Vice-king,
w
horn he had fem before to rake up his quarters
had
openly divulged
in
all places: and thereunto the rumour of the people, as
is
'com–
mon in fuch cafes, had aggravated
the
feveriry. thereof,
the
more
to
provoke
and
incenfe the people: Hereup?n
Vaca de Cafaro
prepared himfe1f
for
his Journey
to
Los Rf:Jei
;
and bemg up9n
his
departure from
Couo,
he \.\ as accompanied
with
a
numerous Train ofCitizens and ouldiers ; for being
a
perfon well beloved, there
would not have remained
fo
much a one perfon in the City if he would ha e ac-
'
cepted of their attendance; and, being on
his
way, he
was
met by
Meffengers
.from the Vice-king giving him to underfiand, rhat his Commiffion for rhe
Go–
vernment was now fuperfeded by his arrival
in
thofe parts, and that he
was
to
re–
ceive and acknowledge
him
for the chief Governour of that Coomrey; o
all
which
Vac.a de Caftro
chearfully fubmitted,
and
defifted
from
exercifing_1he
pow
r
of his Office: but before that time, by a Writing under his ·hand, he
had
be–
llowed and fettled feveral Plantations of
Jndiam
on certain perfons, who had by
their Cervices and fufferings well deferved the favour and reward of
his
Majelly,
being fuch of whofe merits he had been an eye-wirnefs, or at leafi had recei
ed
fufficienc
Tefiimon1als of their loyalty and good fervices
before
he
came
to the
adminifiration of the Government. The Meffengers which the
ice-king feat
before
to
provide
for
his entertainment, gave a relation
in
all
plao
in
what
man–
ner the new Laws were put in praetice and how enforced ; how he had freed the
lndian1
in
Panttma
from
tneir
duty and va1falage
co
the
Sp1tniard1
againfi
whofe
will,
and in defpighc of whom, he had embarked and fent che
a'
ay
o
Pe-,,u;
how he had in
Tumpfr,, St.
Michnets
and
Truxillo
laid a Tax upon
fi
me Lands,
and freed others, and fettled them all
in Capite
to
be held
f
the King, according
to the
rules
prefcribed by
the
new
L~n,,·s,
without any confideration of difference
or dillinction of cafes, but made all things equal \ ithout admitting
f provifc
,
or refervations, or
h
ring what any man
had
to
alledge; but with an
un{hak:en
refolution pretended that fo was his Majefiy's pleafure.
The
which
fi
much
en–
raged the people who accompanied
Vaca
de Caftro,
that rnofi of them returned back
to
Co~o
without
fo
much
as
taking their leave of the Governour, pretending that
they could not appear before a man
fo
fierce and arbitrary without danger of being
by
him condemned to the Gallows: Howfoever they gave out, that when the Au–
dirours and Jullices came, they would then appear
to
give in their plea an·d rea–
fons againfi fuch proceedings ; yet
in
the mean time they feemed to
att
like dif–
contented perfons, profeffmg openly their aggrievances and di!fati fattion
:
for
when they came to
Huamtmca
they took a" ay all the Artillery
hich had been
lodged there ever fince the defeat of
Almag-,o
and
carried
them away
to
Couo;
the chief Authour of which enterpri[e \
as
called
Gafpar Rodriguez.-,
ho, by
che
he.Jpof great numbers of
Indians,
carried them away
to
the dilfarisfaction of all
thofewoo either faw or heard of the a.won.
Vaca
de Caftro,
having incelHgence
hereof, proceeded on his Journey, and by the way it was his fortane co meet with
a certain Priell: ca11ed
Baltnfar de
Loayfa,
who out of kindnefs cold him, that in
the
Cicy of
Lo1
Reyes
the people fpake hardly of him; and therefore he advifed him
to be wary and
to
go well attended both
with
Men and Arm .
l':tca
de
Caftro
making ufe of chis informacion, defired thofe Gentlemen, who came
in
his
com–
pany and encred into his attendance, thar they \.\ ould oow be
leaG
d
co
lea\
e
him
and return
to
their own homes : and that Cuch ' ho
l
ere um illing fo
c doe,
and were defirous to continue \' ith him
~
yet
at le
that chey {}10uld quir
rh
ir
Lances
and
Fire-arms ; though
it
were the
pr~ctice
at
t
ricpe, as
well as
man.Y
l
ear afrer, to rravel both with offenfive
anc
defenfive Arms.
Accordi~gly ~
Friends
rhac
accompanied
him
laid
afide toeir
Weapon , and by lhorc
1ou~mesd
aru Te