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VII.
R;oyal
Commmtarie-s.
been i_n co_nfufion, and íubjeél:ed t? the Arbicrary Lult of T yrannical Rebe
Is,
by
wh1ch
lt
was rednced to fu ch m1fery, as cannoc
be:
ex prdl~d. Caprain
'}ohn
Ramón
was made Governour of th e Cicy of
la Paz..,
where his Efhte
lay
and
bis Jurifdiél:ion over
lndians :
And Captain
Don ']ohn de Sandov,tl
was
f; nt
e
the City" of
Plate,
and to Command thac, and the Provinces thcr unto bdong–
ing: And
Garcilaf{o de
la Vega
was made Chief Juftice and Governoor ~f che
Cjty o_f
q oi:,co_;
a:n_d'
the Lawyer, [?oél:~r
Mo1araz.. ,
was appointed Deputy, and
Co-afldlor
w1tl_1 l11m,
and to contique
111
that Office.during che W
ill
and Plea–
fure of the Juítlces; but che Governour noc being pleafed to have bis Deputy
at the difpofal of another Power, and not at his own, defired to have thac
Clauíe amended, which the Juftices accordingly ordere d : ,And Doél:or
Moja–
rai:.,
by
the good and traétabk difpoficionof the Governour, and by che good
Correfpondence which paífed between them
1
fo well acquiw:d hirnfelf, thacaf–
ter the [pace of three years, which dernrmincd his Oilice, he was promoted to
another place, not inferiour to che former; which was much differen
f
to
che
Loe
and Forcune of his Succeffour, as will appear hereafter.
During chofe few days that the
J
uíl:ices made their R~fidence in the City
ot
Co.:::.co,feveral Captains,and Souldiers grew very imporcu n.ate with them,to grane ,
them Lands, and Comrnands over
l ndians>
in reward of the many Serviccs they
had done his Majefty, both in thefe prefent \,Vars, as in thoíe preceding. To
which the· Juftices made anfwer, that as yet the Wars \JI/ere not at an end;
fince che Chief Rebel of ali was notas yec ta ken, and that man y of his Souldj–
ers were ítill aétually in Arms, and difperfed over
ali
the Kingdom: and tb;it
fo
foon as things were
a-
little fettled in peace and quietnefs, that they would
then take cate
io
reward them in t_hename and behalf of bis Maje!ly.
And
in
the mean time, they advifed themnot to hold Cabals, or privare Confulcations
together, leíl: thereby they fhould give occafion to fcandalous Tangues to_re–
port matters tending to their dilhonour and prejudice. The Juftices being by
.this
anfwer freed from the Moleftacion of thefe l::nportunities,
N
ews carne,
that
Francifco Hernandei:.
was taken, which caufed them to hafi:en a difpatch
of thei r bufinefs, that they migbt come fpeedily to
Lofs Reyes
,
to pafs
Judgmenu on this Arch -Rebel. Doél:or
Saravia
departed
fix
or feven days
befare
Santillan
and
M ercado,
his Brethren of che Bench., The Captains;
']ohn Tello,
and
Michael d, la Serna,
who brought
H ernandei:.
Pfifoner;
Committed him to the Royal Priíon, belonging to the Chanéery ., and
took . fro¡n the Keeper
a
formal Receipt and Acknowledgment of his
being delivered to his Cu/:tody, which was· drawn up in
full
and ample
manner.
Two or three days afterwards, Doél:or
Saravia
carne to. Town, having
made great hafte to be prefent at paffing the fentence of Death on che Priforier,
whkh was executed eight days aftt:r the DoéEor'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, Ghurch-men, and Lawyers;
of cbat Kingdom , had ali generally been of his Opinion. In fi ne, he was
brought forth
rn
Jufüce afi Noon day, and drawn upan
a
Hurdle faftned to
die T ail of a poor lean Jade, with the Cryer going before , and with
a loud V'oice faid,
This is the ']-uftice which his Maj efty, and the Right H onou–
rable
Don Pedro Portocarrero,
M a¡or General, command to be extcuted..
on
·
this Man, who h:i,th been a Traytor to the Royal Croivn and Dignity , and
a Difturber of this Kingdom ; by vertue of which A11thority his H ea,d
is
to be
cut off, and fixed on the Gallows of this City; his Houfes. are to be de–
'molijhed, and the Ground fawed with Salt
;
and a Pillar of M arble there–
on ereUed; declaring the many Crimes of which ~e was Guilty.
How–
foever he died in a Chrifban µianner , expreffing great Sorrow and
Repentance for bis Sins, and the Evils, and Miíchiefs of- which
he had been the Author. Thus far
Palentino,
with which · he Concludes
this ·Chapter.
. ,
.
In
fine,. ·Francifco Hernandez.,
ended his Life, as we ha ve faid, bis Head was
fixed upon an lron Spike, _and fet on che Gallows, on the right hand of that of
Gonfi:do Pifarro,
and
Franqifao de Carvajal ;.
his. Houfes ac
Co:cco,
where he
contrived his Rebellion, were not demoli!hed , the· Rebeliion of
Hernandez..,
from
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