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BOOK

VII.

Royal Co-ntmentaries.

been · n confuGon, and fubjected to the Arbitrary Luft of

Tyra1111ica l

ebe

which it was reduced

fuch mifery", as cannot

xprdfed.

apt3in

7ohn

Ramon

was made Governour of the

City

Pa~,

rt:

Efrate

lay,

and

his JurifdiCl:ion over

Indians:

And Captain

D on John Je Sandoval \:

the City of

Plate,

and to Command that, and the Provine

ther unto belong–

ing :

And

Garcilaj{o de

Vega

was

made

Chief Juftice and Governour of t h

City of

Co~co;

and the Lawyer, Doctor

Mo1ara~,

was appointed D puty,· and

Co-aff

{for with him,

and to continue in that Office during the Will and

Plea–

fure of the

uftices ; but the Governour not being pleafod ro

have

his Deputy

, at the

difpofal of another Power,

and

not at

his

own, defired to have thac

Claufe amended; which the Juftices accordingly ordered : And Doelor

Moja–

r11~,

by the good and tractable difpofition of the Governour., and

the good

Correfpondence which paffed between them,

welJ acquitted himfelf, that: af–

ter the fpace of three years, which determined his Office, he was promoted to

another place, not inferiour to the former ; which was much different

the

Lot and Fortune ofhis Succe.ffour, as

will

appear hereafter. .

•

1.-

During thofe

few

days that the Juftices made their Refidence

the City of

Co~co,feveraI

Captains,and Souldiers grew very importunate with them, to grant:

them Lands, and Commands over

Indians>

in reward of the many Ser ices they

had done

Majefty, both

thefe prefent \i\lars, as in thofe preceding. To

which "the Juftice.s made anfwer, that as yet the Wars were

not at

an end?

fioce the Chief

Reb~l

of all was not as yet taken, and that many of his Souldi–

ers were

frill

aGtually

Arms, and difperfed over all the Kingdom : and that

foon as things were a little fettled in peace and quietoefs, that they would

then take care to reward them in the name and behalf of his Majefty.

;And in

the mean time, they advifed them not to hold Cabals., or private

Confultations

together, left thereby they ihould give occafion

fcandalous Tongues to re–

port matters tending

their difhonour and prejudice. The Juftices

being by

this anfwer freed from

the

Moleftation of

tbefe

Importunities, News came,

that

Francifco

Hernande~

was taken, which caufed them to ha.ften a difpatch

of their bufinefs, that

they might

come fpeedily

Lofs Reyes

to pafs

Judgment on this Arch -Rebel.

Doctor

Saravia

departed fix or fevea days

before

Santillan

and

Mercado,

his Brethren of the Bench. The Captains,

,•

']-ohn Tello,

and

Michael de la Serna,

who

brought

Hernandez..

Prifoner,,

Committed him to

the

Royal Prifon., belonging

the Chancery, and

took from

the

Keeper

formal Receipt

and Acknowl edgment of his

being delivered

his Cuftody, which was drawn up in foH and ample

manner.

•

Two or

three

days afterwards, Doctor

Saravia

came to Town, having

made great hafte to be pr

ent at

paffing

the fentence of Death on the Prifoner.,

which

was executed eight

days

after the Doctor's arrival., as

Palentino

declares,

Chapter 58., in thefe words.

.His

Examination -being

taken, at

the

conclufion thereof, he declared,

That all Men,

Women,

and Children, Friers., Church-men, and Lawyers,

of that Kingdom , had all

generally

been of his Opinion.

ln fine,. he was

brought forth to :Juftice at Noon day, and

drawn

upon a Hurdle faftned

the Tail of a poor lean Jade, with the Cryer going before, and with

loud voice faid.,

This is the ':f"uflice which his Majefty, and the Right Honou–

rable

Don Pedro Portocarrero,

Ma;or- General, command

to be executed

this Man, who hath been a Traytor

the Royal Crown and Dignity, and

a Difturber

of thr.s Kingdom; by vertue of which Authority

hes

Head

.be

cut off, and fixed on the Gallows of this City

;

his Houfes are

to be de-

molifhed , and the GroP..nd [owed with Sal

;

and

Pillar of Marble there–

ereUed.,

declaring

the many Crimes

which he was Guilty.

How–

foever he died

in a Chriftian manner ,

exprefiing great Sorrow and

Repentance

for

his Sin ,

and

the Evils,

and Mifcbiefs of which

he had been the Author. Thus far

Palentino,

with

which he Concludes

this Chapter.

In fine.,

Franc1fco Hernandez..

ended his Life, as we have [aid, his Heactwas

fixed upon an Iron Spike, and fee on the Gallows., on the right hand of that of

Gonfalo Pifarro,

and

Franctfao de

Carva;al;

his Houfes at

Coz.co

where he

contrived his R bellion were not demolifhed;

the

Rebeli

ion of

Hernandez.,,

fro