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BooK

lV.

Rtryal

Commentarie1.

execution , he little regarded the Petit.ions and Addrelfes which

wer~

prefented

him

from

the City of

Los

Reyes,

Lima

and other finaller Corporat10ns,

Thus far are the words of

Fernandez. Palentino .,

the ioth Chaptei;-of his Book

And this Authour

farther difcourfing of the humour of this Vice-king, and the

!hame

the Devil ;wed him for being the caufe of all thofe Commotions which

were

raifed

in the Councrey, and

alfo

chat he was the

occafion

of chat

difcord·

which ruines Kingdoms and dell:royes Empires, and which

particularly

proceeded

not onely ro a quarrel between the Vice-king and the Conquerours of chat King–

dom

but alfo to fuch a mortal feud between him and the Judges , as was not

to.be

~econciled

: And

indeed herein the Judges had much advantage, for that they

wer

e men of great remper, difcreet and unbiaffed ; who

fo~efeeing

the many

inco~veniencies which the rumour onely, much more the execunon of the new regulau–

ons

would occafton , diffuaded

tho[e ra01

proceedings , wherein they were the

pol1ti\1e, in

confideration

that this Kingdom,

which

was fcarcely appeafed:

and fettled fince the late W ,1rs, and was

frill

in agitation and commotion, would

never be ab-le

fupport fuch extravagant oppreffions which would certainly

the

caufe of

the

total

ruine

and dell:ruCl:ion

that

Empire.

Thefe plain reprefentations made

the Vice-king, with intention

and delign.

<>nely ( if

had

been

poflible )

attemper

his

angry and froward

difpofition ,

ferved to little purpofe and effeet; for chat his humour being wholly bent

his

qwn

obll:inate refoluttons,

termed

all

thofe who concurred not

with him

the fame opinion, rebellious to the King and enemies to himfelf. And fardier, to

widden

there

breaches, he ordered the Judges to remove from his neighbourhood

in the palace, and co

rake

other lodgi'ngs in other quarters for themrelves. All

which, and much more, fo inflamed the minds of both parties, that fharp words

and reparties frequently intervened between them: Howfoever,

regard the Jud–

ges for better adminill:ration of affairs, were obliged to keep fair with the Vice..

king, they

concealed and di!fembled their refentments, chat their paffions were

not publickly made known. But becaufe the refolution

of. the

Vice-king

put

execution the new Laws, became daily more and more apparent and

manifefi ;

the

Difcontenrs and Qgarrels arofe daily co a higher degree, and chofe who

were

injured and prejudiced thereby became uneafie and

impatient:

And as

Djego Fer–

futnde~

in his

oth Chapter, faith, that the Judges confidering the obainate and

inflexible humour of the Vice-king on one fide to

execute the

new Regulations

of the Emperour, to whom by reafon of the diftance of the place, no opportune

feafonable applications could

made

for a moderation or redrefs; and that

on the other fide, in

ca(e

they fhould condefcend to be deprived of

their

I ndianr,

would be very

difficult

to recover that vaffal age again:

they~

ere

chefe

diffi{.:ulties

teduced to foch a kind of

D ilemma ,

that

they were all dill:ratted, and knew not

which

way

turn

refolve.

N or

was

che

people

one1y

confufed and unquie–

ted by thefe.

tliou~l·w;

but.

even

the

Vice-king

found himfelf reduced to an

ioqui–

ecude .and

d1(lrad1on

mind \\:hen he found the people mutinous, and turmoi–

led with a thoufand

fancies,

and refolved to facrifice their lives and fortunes ra–

ther than rn fobmit tamely to their own defl:ruttion. As hereafter we !hall find by

the

fuccefs.

And thus far are the words of

Pa!entino

which we have

extraCted

ve-1batim

from his

O\'

n Writings.

CHAP.

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