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IV.
G H A
P.
VI.
The
fecret quarrel concealed between the Vice-k..ing
and the
Judges break§ out in publicf<: Prince
Manco
Inca
and
the
Spaniards
who were with
hi11i
write
to
the
Vice-k}ng.
·N·
OR
did
the quarrel between the Vice-king and the Judges contain
it
felf
within the limits of private refentments , but burfr
forch
into rhe publick
Streets and places of common Meetings : the which calling into the mind of the
Vice-king that Mocco or Sentence wliich he had read in die
Inn
of
Huaura
be–
longing co
Antonio Solar
;
and which he believed was either wrote by himfelf.
~r
by
~s
order;.
for
which c_aufe,_ as
?ot~
Carate
and
Die$o
Fe~nande~
report, fending
for
b1m
and d1fcourfing with him
m
pnvate, and havmg given him fome very fevere
terms and reprehenftons, he gave order
to
have the gates of the palace fhut
and
calling his Chaplain to confefs him, with intent to have him hanged on one
~f
the
Pilafrers of the Court-yard, which leads towards the High-£heet. But
Antonio
Solar
refuling co confefs, his execution was fufpended
rill
fuch
time
as thar his
danger and
ca[e
was divulged through the whole
City,
upon the rumour of which
the Arch-bilhop and all the perfons of quality came
to
intercede
for a
pardon or
fufpenfion of Jufiice ; and after great interceffions,
all
that they could prevail was
for
one
day's
reprieve upon which he was committed to clofe imprifonrnent.
But
the fury and impetuoftcy of this choler paffing over,
he
confidered, that it was not
convenient to put him
to
death, but rather to decein him
in
prifon, and according..
ly
he kept him under refiraint without procefs of Law, Endietment or any Accu·
fation whatfoever , for the fpace of two months , until!
fuch
time
as
the Judges
going on a Saturday
to
vifit the prifons, were defued by fome of the friends of
AJJtonio Solar
to
make their enquiry concerning che fiate of
his
affair, with which
though they were well enough acquainted before,
yet,
for form fake, tbey
asked
him the caufe and crime for which he fiood committed; to which he replied, that
he knew not any ; and then calling for the books of the prifon
to
fee what
acti–
ons or procefs had been made againfi him ; and finding none, and that the Keeper
of the prifon could affign no caufeagaiofi him; rhe Judge , on the Monday follow–
ing
made a Report
to
the Vice-king, that having vifired the prifon, !they found that
Antonio
Solar
had been there committed; and upon xamination
of
the books, no
crime or
cau[e
was entered againfi him; onely that he was there imprifoned by his
order: Wherefore, · cafe no crime were laid
to
his charge,
his
imprifonmenc
was not
ju
fl ifyable ; and therefore according ro
the
rules of Juflice they
could
noc
doe
lefs,
than
ro
fer him at Liberty.
. Hereunto the Vice-king replyed, that he was commitred by his order, and that
he
intended
ro
have hanged
him
as well for that Motto or Senrence which was
wrote on the wall of his Inn , as
alfo
for feveral other fcandalous reports he
had
vented againft his perfon. And though he had no wimefs to produce in this mat–
ter, yet
by
the authority and privilege of a Vice-king he had power not onely
to
imprifon him, but alfo to put him
to
death ,
if
he
fo
pleafed, without rendering
an account
co
any perfon whatfoever :
to
which the Judges replyed, that there was
no Government but what was agreeable to Jufiice, and founded on the Laws of
the Kingdom ; and on rhefe terms they
parted,
fo
that the Judges on che Satur·
day following freed
Antonio Solar
from the prifon, and confined him onely to his
own houfe, and fpeedily afterwards they fee him at
liberty.
This manner of
proceeding angred the Vice-king
to
the very
foul,
and
pr~vok~d
him to comr!ve
fome way of revenge, which he fuppofed he had effeeted m this manner, which
was this; It feems that chefe Judges with their Servants were lodged and dieted
in the houfe of one of the ricbefi Citizens in
the
whole rown ; and had been there
lodoed and boarded
by
order of the Vice-king for a fhort time, untill they could
och~rwife
provide for themfelves. And now the Vice-king, thinking
co
doe chem
a
difcourtelie , recalled the aforefaid Order, forbidding the Citizens
co
enrercain
chem longer upon pretence that
it
was not fuitable
to
the
King's.
hon.9~r
nor
to
their own quality to lodge upon free-quarter, or to keep company
wuh Cmzens
and
Merchants.
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