877 / 1060
I.
Royal
Corn1nentaries.
/
C H A P.
II.
The Prefident,
having niade
the
feveral Aflignr11ents
ofLand;
went privately to the
City
of
Los
Rey
s:
And writes
a
Letter to thofe for whont
no Provifions
were niade,
which
caufed great
Difl1trbances
aniotzgft them.
T .
HE Prefident being retired into the Valley of
Apu~i"!a~
was
employed ther_e
for
rbe fpace of three months and more, about d1v1dmg
to
every man
hIS
proportion of Lands, during which
time
he received Addreffe and Petitions
from many perfons , fetting
forth
cheir fervices .and
fuffi
rings ; of
which
little or
no notice was taken, becaufe that the fcheme of
all
matters was already drawn,
and a repartition of the Lands was refolved upon and made amongCT: the principal
Officers under the command of
Pedro
de
Hinojofa,
as
vvas capitulated and agreed
when the Fleet belonging to
Gony_alo Pifarro
was furrendred
to
t~e
Prefidenr, as
is
confirmed by the Hifi:orians of that time. The Prefident havmg made the
Di–
vifion on no better grounds, nor with ocher meafures chan rhofe whith he and the
Archbifhop
Don {eronimo de Lo4.Jfa,
(who
~ere
both
trangers to the Countrey)
had
contrived ,
he
went to the City of
Los Reyes,
and
ordered the Arch-bHhop
within ten or twelve days afterwards to repair
to
Coz.co,and then to publHh the
Dillriburions
which
he had gratioufiy made: and in regard fome \ ere
fo
unfor–
tunate as to have no provifioos made for them,
he.
wrrote them a confolatory Let:.
ter, fignifying
I
is
hearty defires and his real intentions
to
gratify them as o cafion
fuould offer. The Letter which he wrote to them was this ; extracted
ver6atim
from che
Hifiory
of
Palentino;
the
~uperfcription
hereof
was
this;
To
the
Right-nobl~
and Right-\vorfh.pfull
Lords
and
Gend men
and
Sons
of
Gentlemen
ho are S r
nts
to his
Majefty
in
Co'Z_!o.
Right-noble and Right-worfhipfull SIRS,
""(TT
HERE AS
it
often happenf that men arc
fo
bltnded with ajfeElio.n and love to
V V
their own Affairs, that they fJVerfee all others, and cannot mak! free
1-tfa
of their
reafon to render thank.! to thofe who have highly me-l'ited their gratefull ack_nowledgments
;
1
have refolved to write thefe lines to you, whereby to juftifie
my
felf; hefaeching you to con–
ferve them
tU
a
memorial in my behalf; and to let them remain with you
M
a teftimony
of
that efteem which
I
h1ive
already gained with you , and which
I
promife to improve
by
the
fervices
I
dejign for every one
of
yo1t,
fo
long
M
I
jhall live in
Peru,
or in any other part.r
.
wh1ttfoever.
But not to injift on any private or particular f ervice which
I
bave rendred to
a9
jingle perfon amongft you;
I
fhall one!y (ay
in
general, that
I
have not omitt-ed any
thing wherein
I
might have been inftrumental to promote that fervice.
For
I
dare 6o!d{y
fay, that in all the Wars made in
Peru,
or out of
it,
'twtU never hurrd (}r feen that ever
fuch vaft charge.1 '"ere made info /hort a time,
and
expended on
Jo
few people :
and
what
Lands were vacP!nt or without Propriet8rs,
I
have divided amongft
ou with tU much
ju–
ftice and equality MI have been ahle; with conjideration both
day
and night
of
every man's
me-rit, which hath been the meafure and ftandard upon which
1
have proceeded; and which
fhall
eve-I" be
my
rule /o long
M
I
ftay in
P
ru ;
and
I /hall
be carefu!l to divide and
dif–
penfe amongft you onely
hu
Majefty's
!'!)al
Subjects, according to your fervices and
loyalty
to
the _Crown, whatfoever remain.I undifpo.fed with exclujion of alt others, untill yott are ful(y
fatufied. And that.)'OU
may
enjoy the fole benefit of thi.o rich Countrey to your falves
,
I
JPilt
not one!J endeavour to banifh thofe
OHt
of it lPho have been
a.Cfuaf!J in
rebellion,
bHt f11ch
a?fo who have ftood Neuters, and have
net
acted
a~
you have done: and that unti!l you are
fully reraired and.
ma~e
eajie in )'OUr fort1meJ,
I
wilt not faffer
an
new Guefts either
OHt
of
Sp_a rn,
or the Continent, or from
Nicaragua,
uarimala
or
New-lpain,
to enter in–
to thu Countrey, or to
poffefs
any
pan
or /hare thereof to your prejudice or difatdvantagc<r
And
Jince I
proteft that
all which
I
jay u
frHe,
11nd
that
I
have
not
been
tl6/e to doe more
Tot
.