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Royal Commentaries.
To which the Judges gave
fo~
aofwer .; Thar, as
to
their l?dging, they could find
no orher convenient place, unull fuch time as they could hire
a
houfe
by
leafe
for
fome term of years; that
for
~he
future they
~ould
pay for
t~ir
dier.
~.d
fot
matter of their converfacion
wtt~ M~rchanr.s,
it was not unlawfoll or
proh1b1~ed,;
but, on the contrary,
it
was pracbfed m
Cajlt!e
by all
thof~
who
w~re
of the
Ki~g
s
Council , as being beneficial
to
them
to
andetfiand by 1nfc?rmauon from
trad1~g
men
all
the cranfaetions and
b~fine!fes
of
th~
World. In this
manne~
both
parttes
remained at variance each with ocher, which was apparent
at
all ames whenfo–
ever occafion offered.
In
purfoance whereof one day
Dr.
Alvtire-G
made
Affidavit
before
a
Malter of Chancery, rhac he had paid
a
certain
furn
in Gold to
Diego Al–
varet:,
who was brother-in-law
to
the Vice-king
to
have him nominated and pre..
ferred
co
an Office
by
the Vice-king ; the which depofition
he
highly refented.
Thus far are the words of
Garate,
and the
fame
is again confirmed by
Diego Fer–
nande~
almoft
to
the
fame
purpo[e.
For 'in this manner, faith he, the Vice-king and the Judges feemed like two
dif–
ferent fattions and parties;
to
increafe which, fo foon as
Antonio Solar
was fet at
liberty, he went
priv~tely.
about
r~iling murini~
and
difco~tents
in the minds of the
people againfl: the V
~ce-king
; .to
i~creafe an~
mflame which they reported abroad
many baa things which the
V ice-kmg had faid and done. And though
all was
fo
far
fn~m
being true,
that
nothi.ngof that nature did
fo
much
as
enter
inco
the
thoughts or imagination o
f the Vice-king: yet by reafon that
Blafco
Nunne~
was
hJted
and decell:ed
by
the people, all the evil that was faid of him found eafie
admittance, and he appeared as black
as
common fame could
make
him;
for
Cuch
indignation the people conceived againfi: him, that the name ofVice-king became
as odious (though the
firfi
that ever governed
Peru)
as the name ofKing was to
the
Romans
after they had expelled
Tarquini1U
SuperbUJ
and his Family. Thus far
are
the words of
Diego
Fernande:(; Pa!entino.
.
Alfo Dr.
Gon
alo
de Tlle[cM,
in his Pontifical f-ti{l:ory of the Popes, having oc–
cafion
to
treat of rhe affairs of
Peru,
gives this Character
of the
froward and
un·
eafie difpofition
of
Blefco
Nunne~
Vela.
.
After chefe things, fays he ,
Vaca de Caftro
,
for the fpace of a
year
and a
half,
quietly and peaceably governed
all
ma:tters, until!' fuch time as
he
was fuperfeded
by
Blafco
Nunne:(; Vela,
a Gentleman of good quality,, of
Avola,
who was fent
thi-
t
ther with Charaeter of Vice-king; bringing with him many fevere Rules and
Laws
which he put in execution; over and above which he put in practice ochers
for which he had no Commiffion; the which this Doetor
Tllefcas
declares in a
few words, and fays more than
all
our HHl:orians durft
to
fay
or write
upon
this
particular
fubjecr.
Whilfl:
thefe
diO:urbances happened in
the
City
L os
Reyes
the like mutinies or
great~r
arofe.
in
other T
?\~Os
and Corporations of lefs confideration. Howfoever,
the like fpmts of Ambmon, Envy, Tyranny and Deftre of Government
did
noE
fo
far
prevail as they did in that City
of
Los
Reyes.
And
now diffention and
quan-els
over-ran aU , and amid{} thefe Turmoils
the poor Prince
A1anco Inca
haa
the misfortune to be killed , though he remained
content and quiet in his retirement , and became a voluntary exile, whilfi: ocher
men {hiving for
his
Empire committed m
urthers and !laughters,
as
appeared
in the late
Wars ,
and
~
e might apprehe
chers more bloody yec
to
come
in
cafe
it were poffible for any to be more bloudy and ·cruel than thofe
which
~ere
pa
ft.
And here
it
is
to
be noted; That
Diego
Mande~
and
Gome~
Pere:(;,
with fix
other
Spaniard!
.whom
we
formerly nominated, and mentioned to have made their efcape
out of pnfon,
where they had been confined by the faetion of the
Pifarro.t
and
by
t~e
J
ufi:ice of
Vaca
de Caftro ;
and ·
~aving
taken refuge with this
Inca, '
they
by
~15
means came to know and receive all the Informations and Advices
con–
cermng the new Troubles and Diffentions arifing upon the execution of the
new
La\\S: for
whereas
it
was reported that
the
Vice-king came to turn
aH
things
up!ide down; and
to
change
a~d
.alcer all the Conll:irutions of the Councrey; rhe
Inca,.
who. was
encompaff~d wnhu~
the
cra~g.y
and
lofiy mountains, was informed
by his Sub1etts of. all the!e revolutions which he thought might be of benefit and
concernmem to him.
With this news
Diego .Mende:(;
and his Companions were highly pleafed , and
perfoaded the
Inell
to wnce a Letter to the Vice-king, defiring hi Licence to
b~
enlarged