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VI.

Royal

Commentarier.

Howfoever the Story was

~ckly

carried

into

the

eucward

room, where ir occa..

fioned much laughter.

S?me

few

.days

after this, a

ce~tain

.Captain whc:m we

have

formerly

mentioned m chis

H1frory

came co the V1ce-kmg, pretendmg to

give him fome Informations for better Government of che Empire.; and amon.gfi:

other things he faid , there

was

one Abufe

neccdfary

to be remedied ; the thmg

is this

'Jbe~

are two Souldiers who

lodge

in fuch

place,

and goe

always

a–

moogfr the

Indittns

with Guns in their hands, and

eat

what they kill, and

defiroy

the whole Game of the Countrey;

they

alfo_make Powder

Bullets , .

which

ill

example

the Kingdom ; for many umes Troubles and Infurrechons have

eaf

ued from

fuch

beginning~,

and

therefor~

fach men as

thefe are to be

puni–

fhed,

or at

leafi banifhed

fro

Peru.

The Vice-king asked him whether thefe med

did

t-reat

the

ndian.r

ill,

ether they fold them Powder and Bullets, or

com–

mitted any other Outrages

No, faid the Captain, Nothing more than what I

tell

your

Lontifhit>. Then , faid the Vice.,king

chefe are

not

faults ,

but aetions

rather

be encouraged; for

is no

offemce

for

SpaniArds

olive amongll: the

In–

dians

aad

eat what they get tbemfelves by hunting, ancl to make Powde for

their'

6WO

ufe , and not to fell ; but 'tis r_ather commendable ; and fuch acrions

as are

fit

for other men to imitate. Go

your wafs ,

Sir , in the name of

God;

for I

defire,

that neither you nor others !homld bring me

fuch

Tales as chefe; for

thefe

m€n

you complain of

mu!l: be Saints,

feeing they live fuch innocent

lives

you

inform me.

And

this

manner, was

the

impertinency

of chis

Captain

re–

quited.

With this gentle and eafie manner did chis Prince govern the Empire; but

Countrey

was not worthy fo much

goodnefs ,

and therefore Heaven called him

thither. During the time of his Sicknefs, the Juftices commanded

that

the per–

fo.nal fervices of

the

Indiam

fhould be

taken

off,

and

accordingly

was

proclai–

med in ·the City of

Los Rqes,

Cozco

and other parts, under fuch penalties and

rigorous claufes as gave great offence , and caufed new feditions and mutinies a–

mongfi:

the

People : for which a chief Incendiary, one

LHys

Varga&

was condem–

ned and executed: but the Examinations and

Tryals

proceeded no farther, becaufe

it was

found,

that feveral principal men

were

concerned therein;

and

it was be–

lieved that the General

Pedro de Hi'!Ojo(a

would have been impeached, becaufe

three Witnelfes were ready

have fworn

fevera1

words which he had faid,

though not fufficient to have condemned him ; but the

Jufiic~s

(as

Pale>thno

faith)

being

deGrous

to make

an hone!l:

man of a thief,

made

cho~ce

of him to

chief

Governour

and Lord High Ju{l:ice to the

CharcM;

for

that in thofe Countries

there

were

many

Souldiers who lived

dHTolutely,

and withot,Jt any rule or

fJJ!>–

je6tion

wlrcicf

oever : And though at

full:

refufod co accept i:he Charge,

~yec

he was perfuaded thereunto

Dott-0r

Sar-avia,

who was one of the mo,fi ancient

Jufiices: but as

his Crime, there was rather a fufpicion

ofit,

than any

cer–

tain proof

.a~ainfl:

him; and

the Souldiers themfelves

faid, that

the

hopes

gave

them w€re rarber

doubtfoll

than certain;

for

all he

faid

them was, that when

he was in

the

Charca&,

he would doe for them according to their

~e!ire,

tQat they

fuould

goe thither before him s

and

rhat when he came -t:hicher,

would

for

them to the utmolt of his power. Thou?;h thefe words imported no more than

general terms,

yet

Souldiers,

who were defirous ofRebellion

an~

Novelry, were

apt to interpret chem acc-0rding to their

owp

humour a-nd inclina_tions:

ipuc

whe–

ther

the

intention of the GeBeral was to rebell or not, he

did

not declare at

that

time ; though his aCl:ions feemed rather

tend

~owards

ill

rhan good defigns. On

thefe hopes the

Souldiers

who were in the City

df Los Re,Je.r

;

tnat

is>

-as

many

could goe, went

the

Charcas

and

wrote

cheir friends in divers parts ,

that

they

alfo

·fuot1ld

goe thither.

The news hereof carried many Souldiers into the

Chat cas,

and amongll chem

a Gentleman

particularly called

Don &baftian de Ca/lilla,

Son of Count

Gome–

ra,

Brother

-of

Don Baitafar

de Cttjfi/Ja,

of whom

this MiRory

hath made mention

large.

This

-Gentleman, with fix other Souldiers of

efleem

and honoor, went

out of

Cozco :

for

VPefco Godinn;

who was the -chief Promoter of

this

Rebellion, had

wr?te

hlin a Letter in

Cyp?e~s,

giving

hi~

.an account of all matters then in agi–

amon, and that

Pedro de

HinOJofa

had proro1fecl to be their

General

Upon

this

advice

Don

Sebajlian

and

his

C'Ompanions

went out of

Co~o

by night, without dif–

covering

the place

which

they

were defigned: And lt:ll: the Govetnour !hould

purfue after

them , they went

~hrough-Oy.ways ,

out of the common

r-oad ,

and

through