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VI.
fore he had fet
fail
he received a Pacquet from
hi
Matefl:y \
hich feafonably
ca
co
h~s
hands, and therein his Majefl:y's Royal Signature, to cake
off
the
perfi
male
Se
ICe •
on
And now , \\
herea he
was
very fenfible that the Countrey
was
much un
·
and
dif< ontenced , and
full
of
ill
affetted men, by
reafon of
the DiviGons
:dt
0f
G
ua;~,irima
;
and becaufe many
_of
the I\:ing'
true
and faith full
Servants \
er:
1
fc
delhmte and unre arded, '
h1lll:
thofe who had taken part
\Vith
Gonftdi
·r
~rrro h~d
{hared amongfi:
chem~elves
the richeft
and
befi of
all
che
Coun~ey'~
And bemg now refolved upon
htS
aeparcure, he publifhed a
Proclamation
where
by he fufpended the execution of
his
Majefiy's Royal
ignet for taking
off
perf0:
nal
fervice untill he had rendered
a
r~lation
to
his Maj efiy of the
true
frate
of
that
Countrey, and of" hat elfe he conceived appertaining
to
his
Majefiy's
fervice
a}..
ledging
~is pm~
er fo to doe,
in
regard.
his
Commiffion
a~d
Authority
did'
not
ceafe unall h
had
erfonally ap_peared
m
the
refence of
hIS
Ma
jefiy,
and given
him a
verbal account of
his
Affairs, and received
his
pleafure therein.
And fa
n .
Mood
y
following he made
fail ,
carrying
all the Gold and
ilver
with
him
' hICh
he had been able
to
gather. Thus far
Palcntino,
who therewith
concludt'S
the Chapc
r.
CH AP.
VIII.
The caufe
of
the
Stirr
and
l11fiare!Jions
in
Peru.
Some
Pe1fo11s condeJJined to
the
GaUies
are entru/fed
to
Rodri–
go
inno
to condua
thenl
into
Spain:
His great
dif
retion
and
wit,
whereby he freed
hiJJifelf
from a
Pyrate.
N
0 W as
to
v.
hat
this Authour mentions touching the
fuf
penGon
nhich
the Pr fideot made of chat
Aet ,
whereby
his
Majefiy
cakes
off the per–
fonal
fervice , that
i ,
the Cervices which
Indians
perform
to
the
Spaniard1:
Ic
is cleiir and a parent thac chofe lace Ordinances executed,
ith the rigour
and
ill
nature of the Vire-king
Blefco
Nunne~
"V4
la,
were the caufe of
all
thofe
Commotion
Vv
hich harafied the Empire , and
cook
away
~he
life of
cbe
Vice·
king, and had
b
en che defirutl:ion of fo many
Spaniards
and
Indiam
as
have
been r lated in this Hillery. And
hereas the Prefident himfelf brought the
re ocarion of rhefe Ordinances, and by means thereof and by his \' ife and di[.
creet managem
nt ,
che Empire was again recovered and reftored
to
the obedi–
ence .
f
hi
Majefl:y.
It
neither feemed jufl: nor decent for his Imperial Majefiy,
nor agreeable
co
che particular honour of che Prefident
co
introduce thofe
new
w
and
rarures again which were formerly rcjeeted and made void, efpecially
c:hac
of
fr
ing che
Indians
from perfonal fervices towar
s
their Lord , \.\ hich
\.'as
the hief caufi of
all
the complaints
and
troubles
a1
ongll: chem:
fc
r
which
rea..
fon
the
Prefident ofren aid to feveral of
his
friends, char he \
as
refi
l ed
not
co
ut
chat Law
in
execution umill he had firfi by word of mouth difcourfed wich
is Majefly of che incon enience rhereof; w
11
knO\ ing
by
experience, chac chat
Law
w
uld never be digell:ed by the
p
ople,
buc alway
prove
a
Scandal
and Of..
fenc;e, and p rhaps put
all
things again into confufion and embroile, \ henfoever
the fame \
re but mo ed, or incr
ary
onely
co
be put
in
execution.
Bue che De. ..
vil (as we have before mentioned) d figoing to iocerrupt che peace of
cha~
Coun–
rrey
that
thereby he
migl
t
hinder the propagation of the Gofpel and che increafe
f
h1 ifiianity, contrived
all
means
r
unfecde
and
disjoint chat Kingd?m,
and–
in ord r ther unto
h
o blinded the underllanding of the Lords ofche
nvy-coun–
i
1,
t
a t
they perfuaded
hi
Majefiy to rake fuch mea
ure as reoded
to
che.gre~t
rejudi e
and confufion of
char
Kingdom ; and
henc~
thofe
yv
ars
had their
on–
ginal,
which fucceeded
co
chofe
lat
ly
oppre!fed
bemg
earned on by
D~n
Se6a–
flian
de Ctt/h li
and
Francifco
Hernand(J~
Giron,
whofe· precence and
quarrel wa
the
fame
good
old
Caufe onely
to free
themfelves from the uneafie burchen of rhofe
'
Sramces,