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BooK

VI.

K<?)'al

Co1nmentarier.

patience, for I have not

~here~

ith

do.e

it,

a.11 being already di lded and c:Hf–

rribution

made.

Sir, replied the Sould1er , give me then thac: Cap of yours

with

which you .have deceived fo

m~ny,

and I

~1all

!teem

n:1Y

felf

ell

re\

ar–

ded rherewit11. The Ptefident, lbokmg upon

him,

fa1d

no more than, Go your

ways in God' name.

Another perfon, who took upon

himfe~f

the name and

Tide

of a

Capt~in

rhough in reality he'\ as not, for

knew him well: but. he had an

Efl:a~e

given

him with Service

I ndians

to the Value of feven or

eight

thonfand pieces of

Eight

a year : and he boldly required the Preudent

better his Efiate by fome

additions thereunto,

as he

had done

many others, who

had

not deferved half

muc

as he; for

faid he, have been one of

th~

firll

Difcoverets and Con–

qnerours of

Chile.

And there hath no aetion .of

mo~ent

l?afied in all

tJlis

Em–

pire wherein

have not been concerned for ferv1ce of

hIS

Ma1efiy, for which

de–

ferve great rewards ;

which he

~dded

many arrogant

Speeches

and Bravadoes

full

of Vanity and Pride ; aclengch the ·Prefident being

over-tyr~d

and wearied

therewith, !aid to him, Good Sir, be

gcme,

you have enough for a perfon of your

quality,

for

have

heard

that

ym:f

are

the

Son

of.

in your

owh

Couri..:

rrey naming his Father's Trade. The Captain, for

I call him, ptefently re–

ply;d, He lyes who told your Lordfhip

fo,

and

doth he who believes him

and therewith he prefently went out of rhe room, fearing left forne body fuould

lay hands upon him for his faucy Speeches: but the Prefident patiently endured

all thefe affronts, faying, he was

fuffer and fufiain much more for the fervice of

the King his Mafier; befides which gentlenefs, he ufed the Souldiers

with

much

cf..

vility, and enrertained them with hopes and afiurance to provide for them hereaf–

ter.

D iego

Hernande~

confirms in the

fuft

Book of the fecond Part of his Hi–

fiory, Chap.

in thefe words: We are

obferve, fays he, that during all the

time rliac the Prefident remained in

Lima,

being about feveoteen months, great

numbers of People flocked thither

demand relief for

fupply

their necef11ties

and reward of their fervices: for, as hath been faid, many of

tTfe

King's fervancs,

who were left out in the

firfl:

divifion , greatly complained of their hard ufage.

About this time feveral Efl:ates fell to the King

the death of

Diego Centeno, Ga–

briel de

Roj.M

Licenciado Carvajal,

and others; and confequently there was fdme

more matter and fubfl:ance wherewith to anfwer the expeetation of fome Preten"–

ders; but this not being a full fupply, ferved onely to increafe the troubles ofthe

Prefident, who by his gentle and civil Anfwers gave a general fatisfacrion

all

people. Some of the Pretenders kept a fecret correfpondence wich the Under–

clerks co give them information how Efiates were dilhibuted ; and thofe com–

municated all to the Captains and Souldiers with whom they had friendf'hip, and

fome had a fight of the Books thetnfelves, wherein they

faw

to whom Cuch Lands

were given, and to "hom fuch a Command and Lordiliip : and

is now com–

monly believed that thofe Books were falfified , and that the Preudent himfe1f

who was a fubcile, underfianding perfon, did connive thereat, and give

permiffio~

to have the particulars fecredy expofed ;

that every one might be tl1e better

fa–

tisfied with his Lot, efpecially when they

faw

tbemfelves nominated and defigned

to fuch an Efiate : and

is terrain that there are fome men, who to this day are

of opinion, that they are deprived of the Lot and Portion which the Prefident

appointed for them ; and one perfon

entertained the thought thereof in

his

head , that he became mad when he found himfeif difappointed. But the Pre–

fident

Ga(ca's

greaE care and incumbence was to carry with him a good furn of

Gold and Silver

the Emperour, of which he had already amaffed a million

and a ha-If of

Caftellano's,

which bein° reduced to

Spanifh

Crowns, of chree

hundred and fifty

Maravedis

the Crown, made two milllons and a hundred

thoufand Crowns, befides the T reafore which had been expended in the late War.

~nd no~

the time for the Prefidenes dep;uture growing near (which was a hap–

pmefs

grea~ly

defired by.him_ ) he

hafl:n~d '~im

all expedition poffible to be gone,

lefl: fame difpatch fhould

an~1ve

to detem him longer in the Kingdom. And ha–

ving fini (hed and completed the remaining part of the Divifions he folded and

f~aled

them up, with

order~ ~hat

they 010uld not be opened and 'publiibed unriU

eight days after he had fet fail from the coafl:, and chat the Arch-biibop ibould

c nfirm the DivHions he had made,

Alt and Deed froin himfelf. Afcer

thi , upon the twenty fifth day of

ranuary

the Prefident went from

Lima

CollM:1

a Port about t\vo leagues

dHtam

from rhe City; and upon

Sunday

following, be.J

ff ff

fore