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Royal
Commentarie1.
hit1: to
Lima;
and fqr better fecurity, the Mayor made him take
the Oath
f .
dehty,
&c.
o
t-
i
cannot
im~gin
where this. Authour received thi5 relation,
fo
contra •
truth, and w
h1~h
founds fo like a Romance or a Poetical Fitl:ion.
Bui
th. a_ll
mofl: certain, that
Giron
came to the City of
Los Reyes,
and there prefenredt
h~s
15
felfbefore the Royal Court ofJufl:fce, vvhere the Judges committed him to
1
0:
fon: but many days had not paffed, before he was enlarged, and the whole c.n–
affigned him for his confinement : and in a fhorc time afrerwards they took
fZ
own obligation and difcharged him upon th
e terms he offered. And
here
it·
reporred, that he married with a very Noble
~a.dy,
young, vercuous and
beau~
full ; and unworthy of tho[e forrows and affii
chons which her husband brought
upon her by his fecond Rebellion : as we fhall fee in the fequel of this
Hillary
With her he
r~turned.
to
Couo,
where.for fame days and months , I cannot
fa •
years, he
~ernamed. q~1et;
hov. foever, m the mean
r~me,
he converfed , ith
non~
but Sould1ers, avo1dmg, as much as he could, all foc1ety and communication with
the Citizens: atlength he brought an Aetion againfi one of the principal
Mem–
~ers
of rhe City, .about an Horfe, which he challenged to be his, though
in
rea–
lity he had no tttle thereunto ; for the truth was, he had lofl: him
in
the
late
W ars of
~ito ,
having been taken from him by a flout Souldier, and as law.
full
prize fold by him to a Citizen for a round furn of money, which was witnef–
fed by another Souldier who knew how he came by him. Howfoever, in regard
the Souldier who fold him had followed
Pifarro's
Party, the Horfe
w~
kept
pri·
vately and unknown to any, beGdes the Mafter himfelf: but at length the
Horfe
coming
to
he difcovered , the Citizen
as
tented to fell him
to
Giron
at
an
under rate, rather than to bring the Souldier
quefiion, who might have been
hanged or fent to the gallies for the fame;
fo
tbat this fuir about the Horfe ferved
onely
to
fhew bis good-will and kindnefs towards his Companions and
Equals
who were Lords over
Indians,
and enjoyed Efiates; for, as I obferved, he
nev~
kept company or entertained communication with them; but onely with Soul–
diers, and with them he fpent his whole time and employed his chief concernmenr,
as
will
appear fome few days afterwards.
For cercain Souldiers, as flout and
as
mutinous as the others , obferving the little rigour and feverity \.vhich was ufed
againll: the infolence and mutinous behaviour of
Francifco Giron
and his
Affociares
were encouraged
to
attempt the like Outrages
:
but being few
in
number and
without any Head that
w~s
confiderable ,
diey
refolved
to
find out one,
be
he
what he would ; and
fo
publickly
V\
as this matter difcourfed and created, that ic
became the common talk of all the City of
Los
Reyes :
and atlength the rumour
was fo far
f
pread that it came
to
the Ears of the Mayor of
Couo,
\~ho
being there–
upon requefted
to
take cognizance of the Matter, to examine the
Plot, and
to
punHh the Offender ; he excufed himfelf, faying, that he was nor
to
creace
more
Enemies than thofe formerly,
Vi
ho we1e
Hernande:c Giron
and his Adherents; and
as for thofe Troubles then aeting, the incumbence lay on the Court of JuO:ice to
fupprefs and prevent them ; and in cafe they held chemfelves unconcerned, he for
his part \vould not intermeddle with Affairs, which belonged
to
a fuperiour power.
Whilfl: chefe things were in agitation in the Counrrey, a certain Inhabitant of
Coz–
co,
called
Don {ohn de Mendopi
,
a Martial man, and one kind
to
the
ouldiery,
haf pened to come then to Tmvn, vvith intention rather
to
aggravate matters, aod
irrcice orhers, than to concern himfe]feither one\' ay or the orher.
o foon
as
he
came
to
the City, he treated n.ith the principal Complotters, ivho were
called
Francife{} d.e Miranda
and
Alonfo de Barrionuevo,
who wa then High
heriff of the
City and
~
ith
.Alonfo H ernandez Melgarejo.
This
Miranda
rold him, th c the Soul–
diers'had " ith general conf<
nt
chofen .him for their
~ornrnander
in
<;:hie~,.
and
Barrirmuevo
for..
hi L eucenant
:
the \ h1ch
Mendofa
d1fi
overed
to
certam Cmzens
who were his Friends
adviGng them
to
a\ oid fuch danger from the Souldiery ,
and to abandon the
'icy
:
but
\~hen
he perceived chat they !lighted his CounfeJ,
he then travelled to the City of
Los Reyes,
publHhing all the way he .went h<?w
that all
Cozco
\Vas in an uproar : and that the City had taken no nonce
~f
him
either going or corning.
Pvilentino
mentions the Aight
f
Palomino
and
?erommo Co-
fti!la ,
to have been at this time ;
\Y
hich had been two years before, as we hav·e
noted it before.
CHAP.