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VI
Royal
Commentaries.
able. Know
then,
that
Prancifco Hern/l.ndez..
confpired
with
thofe
whom we have
before
mentioned , and with another
Souldier called
Bernardino de Robles
,
and an–
other called
Alonfo Gonflflez.,
a
man
as
vile
and
bafe
in his extraetion
aoo
manners
as
he was
ugly
in
his
perfon, forin and fhape :
for
he proved the bloudiefi
Villain
in
the World,
killing
every
one who fiood in
his
way,
even thofe
whom
Ber–
nand~
had pardoned ; preteading that Execution was done before the pardon
~r
rived
:
His
trade was, before
this
rebellion broke
out,
to keep Hogs
in
the
valley
of
Sacfahuana,
which
wa~
in the
Efiate
and
~lotmenc
of
Hernandez,
from whence
began
that great friend(h1p and
d~arnefs
'"'hICh '-'as
b~tween
them.
The rebellion being re[olved,
it
was agreed that 1t fr.:ould break forth on
the
thirteenth of
November,
in
the
year
i
5
s-
3.
being the
day
when
a
marriage
was
co
be celebrated between
Alon/o d.e Loayfa,
one of tpe richeft and moll: principal
In–
habitants of that Ciry , and Nephew
to
the Arch-bHhop of
Lo1
Reyes
and
Donn~
Maria
de
Caftrillia,
Niece
to
Baltafar de
Caftrillia,
Daug~cer
ro
his
Sifter Donna Le–
onor
de
Bobadilla
.and of
N unno Tovar
a Cavalier of
Badajo~
;
of whom we
have
matie mention at large in
oor
Iifiory of
Florida.
And now, in
this
following
Chapter, we
will
relate the beginning of this Rebellion
which
was
fo
vexatious,
expenfive and ruinous to this whole Empire.
'
.
CH AP.
II.
Francifco Hernandez
raifes a RebelliQn in
Cozco.
What
happened in the
night
of this RebeUion.
Many
Inhabi–
tants
fly
fro.tnthe
City.
T
HE
day
.of
the Nuptials being come,
all
the Citizens and their
Wives
dreffed themfelves in their befi Apparel to honour the Wedding:
for
on
all
fuch folemn occa
lions
as
this,
either of Fefiivals, or
days
of mourning,
it
was
the cuO:ome amongO: thefe Citizens to rejoice or condole together, as
if
they had
been
all
Brethren of a Family, between whom were no private
grudges,
animo–
{ities or faClions.
Many
of
the
Cicizens and their
Wives
dined and fupped at
the Wedding,
at
which
was prepared a
folemn
Banquet. After dinner an emer–
cainment was
made
in the Street of throwing balls made with Earth by Horfe–
men at each other
(which
is a
fport ufed in
Spain.)
I
remember that
I faw
it
from
the top of a fione W all, over igainfl: the houfe of
Alonfo
de
Loayfa:
and I
faw
Francifco Hernandez..
fitting on a
Chair
in the
Hall,
with his Armes folded on
his
Breafi, and his Eyes looking downward
7
in which pofiure he feemed more pen–
five and thoughtfull than melancholy it
fel(
It is probable, chat he
was
then con–
triving what
he was
to
alt and
execute that night; though that Aurhour
faith
that
Francifco Plernandez,
had <hewed himfelf
very
merry and pleafant that day
af
the Wedding, and perhaps
it
was becaufe
he was
there prefent, rather rhan
ihewed any good or pleafant humour.
The Sports of •the
City
being
over, and the Evening
come , they
fate them–
felves
to
Supper
in
a
lovver Hall, where
at
leafi
fixty
were
at
the Table ,
for
the
Room
~as
both long and wide ; the Ladies fate together in an inward
Room
and
from
a
little Yard, which was between thefe Apartments, they ferved the Meat
unto
both Tables.
Don Baltafar
de Caftillia ,
who was
Uncle
to che
Bride and
a
very gentile man, performed
the
Office
of Ufher of the Hall.
I
my
felf came
ro
the Wedding-houfe tmvards the end
f
Supper, to attend
rny
Farher
and
my
Step-morher home at night: And coming into the Hall, I \Yent towards rhe
upper
end of rhe T able, \,·here
the
.GovernDur
~vas
fet,
who being
a very
obliging
Gentleman ,
was
pleafed
ro call: his
eye
upon
me ,
and call
me
to
him•;
though
I
\:
as
qut
a
Boy of fourteen years of age; and bid me
fit:
down
by
him ,
fince
there
v
as
no othe1
Chair
for me, and reached me
f(
nre of
che
C omfe&
and
fi
·eec drink
\Vhich Boys
are belt
pleafed
with.
At
this
Iofiant
fome body knock-
A
a a a a a
ed at
I