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VI.
the mofi difconrenred .of any was
Francifco
Hernande~
Giron,
who
having
not
ferv
formerly in
Peru,
but
10
Pafto
onely, \ here (as
Palentino
faith)
he nenr
had med
than an. Efi:ate
f fix h.undred
ieces of Eight a
y~ar
; And now there bein ore
proporuon fet
<?ut
to hit? of about ten thoufand pieces of Eight
a year, caTied
acfahuana,
\\
hICh \'\as
m
Co-u:o,
and formerly belonged to
Gonf11'0 Pifarro.
h.
Gentleman
Co
difdained the meannelS of it, tha.t he could not forbear
publi
kllS
to exprefs his dillike; and, conceiving
a
high efi:eem of
his
own merir
he
·e
Y
angry that any man fhould
be
preferred or reward d above himfelf:
a~d togirh~~
excefs and diforder did his paffion lead him , and tranfport
to
thofe indecenr
ex
preffions, that hi words were .efl:eemed feditiou , and not lefs than
fi
\curing
~f
Tre on
:
in chi humour he asked Jeave of the Arch-bHhop
to
goe
unro
rhe
Pre
fident and complain of his hard-ufage; for that he, who had fer ed
the bell
of
any, and therefore deferved the bell: !hare, was turned off wirh the
meanefi
allot–
ment The Arch-bi!11op reproved him for his infolent
language,
and
denyed him
]~a':7e.
But
Ft:ancifco
Hernande~ m~de
bold
to
~ake
that which
was
refufed
him,
g1vmg out abroad,
that he
was gomg m the City of
Los
Reyn,
to
make
his
com–
plaints unto
him,
w
h ought
to
confider rhem
:
""'hich being made knO\\> n
co
Li–
cenciado
Cianca,
who
was
by joint Commiflion \: ith the Arch-bifhop
made
Gover–
n~mr
and chief
J
ufiiciary of
C<R:.Co;
he wrote him
a
Latter, advifing him
co recurn
and nm augment the Troubles and Mutinie
which
\1\'ere
in the Kingdom
and
which
' ·ere
apt
to
be inflamed by the Difconrent of many perfons,
\\.h~
had
much more eafon to complain than himfelf; thett he
ould doe
v ell co
confider
and take care how he forfeited all other his former Services
by
fuch
murinous
praetices as this, \Vhich would render him odious to all his Majefiy' Officers
and Minillers. The Me!Ienger who carfr·d thi Letter, overtook
him in
1Uj:1'J11-
ana,
being about four leagues difianr from
the
ity, which when
Hem.mde~
had
read,
he
made this Anfwer, That he thought fit to be abfent
in
that conjunetnre,
not to be concerned in the Mutinies and Troubles
vi.
hich he
faw
were corning; for
he knew that the Souldiers would prefs him
to
be their Leader and Commander
in
chief; and moreover, that he was going to communicare many other
matters
unto the Prefident for his Majefiy's Services;
co \
hich he added di\ ers other
im·
pertinen,es, difpleaGng
to
Cianca :
at
which the Judge being greatly moved,
he
pre!entfy di(patched Letters
to
Captain
Lope Martin,
(
whom
Palentino
call
Alrmfo
de
Mendo f a)
and who, as we faid before, was fem to rhe
CharctU,
to
fuppre~
In–
furrettions, that with half a dozen of his mofi faithfull ouldiers he !hould incer-
ept
Hernandez:.,
in
his journey or caufe him
tO
rerurn b:ick again
to
Couo.
The
day
fol
o iog
Lope
Martin
with his fix Souldiers accordingly fet our,
afld taking
the ordinary journeys of four or five leagues
a
day, re overtook
Hernande~
in
Cu–
rampa,
about twenty leagues from the City, who intended nO\\.
tO
play
a
double
game; for on one fide, he was wilJing to fhe\ · hi readinefs
to
ferve hi Majefiy;
and on the other fide, he defigned
to
give contenrrr.ent
to
the ouldier ,
by
\\horn
he was defirous co be efi:eemed a avourer of thei r pretenGons and reafon of
complaint ; as
will
appear by the
Anfo
er he ·gave at
hi
return
to
the Judge
Ci11Jt·
ca
\.vhen he was brought before him.
or
in excu[e
he alledged, that
he abfen–
ted him elf from the City, that the Sou diers might not ngage him
in
the
Mu–
tinies
they
intended, and force him ro be their General ; Upon "" hich
Allegaci–
on the Judge committed him
to
prifon
in
the Hou fe of
{ohn de
a,1v edra,
w o'
as
ne of the rincipaJ Citizens of
Couo;
and having made
ro
e~
agaiofi
him,
he remitted him co the farther ceofure of the
refidenr, and fuffered him
to
go
upon hi pJroll, and upon Oath taken, rhat he \\ ould pro eed dire
ly and
re–
fent
himfelf before his Superiour . Accordingly
H ernande:::.
went
tO
rhe
Ciry
of
L os R9 es
bu \ ·as detained three monrhs on the ' ·ay,
ecaufe the Preftdenr
ac
fir fi \ ·ou
d
not fee him
nor give him admiuance imo the
iry
untill at lengch
he received licence and the favour
to
ki~
the
refideot'
and: ome days after
\' hich
the
refidem, being delirou
to
com ly \\ ith
his
arcial piric, and
co
}ear the
ingdom of a fort of infoleot and mutinous ouldier , conferred the
ho–
nour of a
ommiflion on him , impouring him
to
make a Conqueft of che
ChEn–
chm
wirh the Title of Go ernour and Captain General of ail chat
ountre}',
,~;hich
he fhould conquer at his
O\VO
cofi: and hazard, exce
ring
om of hi
~rniffion thofe Frontiers which bordered on hi
onqueft, namely,
11uo,
cbe
ICY
of
L a
pa;:,,
and
the
City
of Plate:
Frar:cifco
Hernande~
as
uch
.Ieafe~
'
1th
his
Commiffioo intending thereby
to gain
an opportunity
to
rebelJ agamfi h
,
Je{l-y ;