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VI.
lace!y made, and punHhed the Authours of them. For he hanged a ouldier an
ba01(he~
three
9cher~; ~ut
not to
~ake
any
~rearer
combull:ion, he proceeded
n~
farther
10
the Exammanon , nor
rn
the pumibmenr. But the Prefidem
\ h k
Maxim ic ' as
to
govern with gemleneG and moderation, was plea(ed
co'rake
0
[
rhe. emence of Banifhrnent and ioterdieti?n, before it "'as demanded; for
co~fi
denog
~he
nature of
th~
People,
an~
the
Jufi
reafon which moll: of chem had to
<?mplam, he
chou~ht
it nm convenient
to
be over
fe~ere
and rigorous in his ja.
fi1
e. The Judge
Cianca,
by order of the Prelident, appornred and fobfiituted
rohndi
Saave~ra
to
be Deputy in hi Office,
w~o a~
a Gentlema.n o_f Noble
birth
bo~
at
Sevt!le,
and had a conGderable Hate m
Indians~
1
r ced him m that City of
Couo
Alfa the Marefchal
Alonfo de AlvPirado
was by
ommiffion from the Ptt:Gd
1
~
made
~overnour
of the new
Plant~tio~,
and
\~·as.efpecially
to rake care to People
the City of Peace : for at the begmnmg that Cay had both thofe Names
and
Alvarado
had a particular interefi
to
take care thereof, becaufe hi E!late
w~
ad- ·
j
ining thereunto. At this time the People flocked from a11 part- of the Empire
co the City of
Lo1
Reyes
to kifs the Prefident's hands and return him thanks for the
dilhibutions he had allocted ro them.
In
like manner many principal Souldie
who had long ferved his Majefl:y came
~
ich their Addrefs
to
demand a
rew
rd
for their fervices, and fatisfaet:ion for the late injury and injuftice which ,
·as
done chem; in rhat their Friends and Companions to whom pay was due, were puc
ro death for demanding the fame; and that Aet
f
asking their Pay was
i
cerpreced
as a piece of difobedience and treafon againfl: hi Majefl:y. At the fame rime
came the News of the death of
D iego Centeno , Graviel de Roja1
and of
Licenciado
Carvajal,
and of other Inhabitant deceafed. And though the Prefident was
fuffi–
ciemly informed of their jufl: demands and reafons ofcomplaints yet the SouJdiers
with much importunity would lay their cafes before him ; befeeching
his
Lord–
iliip
~
ith much paffion, that he would be pleaftd
to
caufe a new revie
and in–
fpetl:ion
to
be made into the late Divifions, that fame part thereof might be clipt
and lopt off from the exceffive and exuberant allon ems of fome men, and con–
fe1
red upon them ; whereby they might be enabled
to
eat and not fiarve wich
hunger, whilfr thofe who ferved the late Rebel, were plentifull and eafie in their
fortunes, and died with extreme gluttony and luxury. The fame
is
confirmed
· by
Gomara,
chap.
188.
in
thefe words. Lafily, faith he, they refolved to defrre
the Prefident
to
review the late Divifions made, and to give rhem their !hare
thereofor grant them Penfions; and
if
nor, then they were refolved ro take them
by force,
&c.
Thus far
Gomara.
The Prefident was troubled
and
wearied out of hi life with the importunicies
of
fo
great a number of Pretenders; every one of which was
fo
opinionared of
his own Merits; that if in one day all the wealth of
Peru
had been vacated, and co
be difiributed, it
v
ould have been too little
to
anf
~er
the expetlation of
fo
much
arrogancy and pride which appeared .in
chef~ bJ.ufl:ri~g
Souldier who
exalte~
their
merits above all expreffion. Notw1thfrandmg which the Prefident , by h1s pru–
dence and dextrou management, entertained them for a year and a half in thac
City,
without trouble or mutiny: howfoever this fort of infolenr Souldiers could
not be
fo
well contained within their bounds of moderation and duty, bm that
fometimes they broke out into munnies and rebellious peeches; all which,
as
Hifiorians fay , the good Prefident fufiained with great patience and moderation,
and thereby gained a greater Vietory, by fubjectipg his own paflions, than he had
done by the Conquefl: of that whole Em
pire; (ome par.cicul r of "''hich .I have
heard in that Coumrey, and others fince I
ca.memro
Spa~n,
the leis provok1_ng and
infolent of which I
will
repeat here, and o
mit the mofi mfolem and abornmable,
as not fit
to
be expreifed.
.
.
.
The PreGdent being in perpetual trouble and unquietnefs, caufed
~Y
the
d~1ly
importunities of the Pretenders;
thought fit.
~o ~ake
ufe of a certam
~apca.m
,
whom I knew,
to
eafe him of the many fohcitauons and
addreffe~' ·hIC~
\\(?fe
made to him; and therefore
fa
id , Caprain , pray help
m~
ro
unde~e1
ve
th1s
Peo–
ple and lee chem know, that the King hath not \vherewHh ro relieve them, n?r
I
t~
order or dHhibute
to
them. To which the Captain made
a~fwer,
pray,
Jr,
undeceive chem your telf, who have been the erfon rhac deceived them; for
7
for my part, I know noc what co
fay
to
them; to which_ the Prefidenr made no
roply, feeming not
to
have heard him. Anoeher .
ould~r
of meaner degreh
~e
ftred
him co reward his Cervices
:
Honeft ould1er , fa1d rhe Prefidenr
a
ie
pauer,
e,