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Com1nentaries.
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bis left
~rm,
and
took his
C~mpa~ion
on his back,
for
he was not able
c
upon his !eggs, and
fo
he earned him to an Hofpital, where they received
fi
ean~
!
ounded people; where he left him, and told them that there was a
madck.Ikd
m a
field hard
by ,
whom they would
do \
ell
to
bury ;
and
in the
mea
1 .
Gu:t.man
fled
tO
the Church.
Pero Nunne:t.
was carried alfo
to
the
Hofpital
n 1:e
he was cured , though
mor_tifie~, a~
before defcribed
:
but
Hernnn de
Me;;:
e
of the wound he had received m h1S forehead, for the piece of the dagger
cdy~
1:ot
b~
draVw n out of his fcull. Many
other Challenges
and
Duels
happened ac-%
ttrne m that Countrey, not onely between the Inhabitants,
but alfo between
Tr
t
vellers, as they encountred on the
High-way:
I kne\v fome of them
and
cc>Ji
relate the
P~rriculars
thereof; !Put what we have faid already !hall
ferve for
all
others of this nature.
CH AP.
XXI.
A Challenge which
pa/fed
between
Martin
de
Robles
and
Paulo de Men fes;
how that
quarrel
was
taken
up.
Pe–
dro de Hinojo(
goes to the
Charcas,
where
he finds ma–
ny
Souldiers ready to rife up in
Arms.
lnforniations
were
given
to
the
Governour
Hinojofa
concerning thi:&
Mutiny:
with what vain hopes he entertained the Souldiery.
S
Everal other private quarrels
and
challenges pafied at that time, which are re–
lated
by
P alentino,
and particularly
between
MArtin
de
Robles
and
Pttulotk
M£11e–
fa1,
and
many
other
fober
and
grave perfons, of whom I
could
cell many
Stories,
w
hicb
I
heard in rhofe
times ,
but that
they
feemed rather
ridiculous ,
and
co
make
f
porc , rhan any thing of moment. The
Souldiers
>
to caufe
quarrels
and
difiurbances
to
compafs their own ends,
raifed falfo
reports
and
lyes apon
feveral
rich and honourable Perfons, by which the fpirirs of men being inflamed,
fome
ufe might be made of their affiftence: And fo they raifed a report, that
P1111w
de
Menefe1,
who was then Governour of the
Charcas
,
had been dHbonefi with
rhe
Wife of
Martin de Roh/es:
Ofwhich
Palentino
writes a long Chapter,
which
be..
ing too tedious to infert here , we !hall onely repeat the fubfiance
of
ir.
This
Difgrace
being publi!hed, and che Fault aggravated
by
the Souldiers who
came to take part
with
one
fide
and the ocher
5
and that things were proceeded
fo
far chat both
Parties
were ready
to
engage , an expedient "as found
ro
recon..
cile all
:
which was, that
Paulo
de
MenefeJ
fhoald abfolucely deny the
faet ;
and
to convince the World chat the tefiimony was a falfe
and
a nocorious Lye, he was
ro marry the Daughter of
M11rtin
de
R~bles,
a Child of feven years of age> an<l
he
himfelf
of above fevency : by which means both Parties were reconciled and
the
Souldiers on both fides difappointed and jeared by
Martin
de
RtJb/u,
who was
a
\ itty,
pleafant man, and would neither [pare his friend nor his foe,
to
Iofe his jell;
and would laugh co chink what fools he had
made
of
his friends, and foes the
Souldiers, who were gaping to be employed in thefe quarrels.
Palentino,
(peaking
of rhis reconciliation,
in
the Second Part of his Second Book, hath rhefe words;
In
fine, faith he, afcer many Allegations, and Replies, and Anfwers made chere..
unto ; it was concluded as an expedient for all, that
PJ111/o
de MenefeJ
lhould
marry
with
Donna MAria,
the Danghcer of
M anin
de
Robles,
though at that time of feven
years of age onely; and chat her Farher {hould oblige him! that when
fi1e
came
co accompli!h the
y@ars
of twelve, that then he iliould give to
Paulo
de M enefn
thirty fout thoufandjieces of Eight for
per Portion..
And wich this Agreement
P aul.o
d~
Mencfu
an
Martin
de
R o61e1
were reconciled and made perfett good
friends , which much troubled and difappoinred the
Souldi~rs,
wh? delired.
to
fi(h
in thefe muddy warers,
~nd
r
convert thefe private
d1fcords
mto pubhck
Rebellion· whereby every one figu red to himfelf fome great advantage, and co
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.
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