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VII.

"Royal Cormnr11taries.

only to encreafe hisflame-, and to bum

violently, tbat

Man was able to

hold his Hand within

half yard diftance from his Body.

And tbus died chis

poor Captain, ~eaving many Swries

the World of his brave Alt'ons ar.d

Exploics, to wh1ch a ftop was put by a deach

violene and miferable as this.

· The Captains and Souldiers Who pret

ended

to places and rewards for their

paft fervices, refiding ac thac time at

Coz.ca,

no fooner received intelligence

of the imprifonment _and death of

Hernandez. Giran,

than they immediacely

went

the

uftices to demaod Rewards for their paft Services: And being in .

the City of

Los Reyes,

they with much ímportunity made their pretenfions, al–

ledging, that by

reafon

of their expences during all che late War, chey had

confumed all their fubftance, and ~ar,e become

poor, that they had not

wherewith to foppoTt their neceffary charges : and therefore it was bue rea–

ion and equicy to perform the Promife given them ; which was, that fo foon

as the Rebbel was fubdu'ed, they fhoul~ be gratified in fuch manner as was

eq~al: Thau now the Rebbel was dead,

they expeéted a compliance ; for

they had nothing more remaining than th~ir .pay, which was little, and che

arrear (as they accounted) was very inconfiderable. The Juftices made ·anfwer,

That it was not the part of Loyal Subjeéts to his Majefty to raiíe a Mutiny

the fcore of Reward, and of Moneys due to them: That they, and all

the

World knew, that a Vice·king was hour)y expeéted from ·his Majefty

with CommiJ1ion to govern that Empire: That it would be convenienc to

exp~ll:_until that time, leff bis.Excellency fhould be difpleafed with the Juftices

and the Souldiers for being Carvers to themfel_ves of their own Wealth and

Fórtune. Wherefore they defired their patience for three or four Months, be–

fare which time it was irnpoffible, but a Vice-King muft arive: and in cafe within

that time, no news q~e thereof; they would then ·

their own Author

ity

proq:ed to mi'.!ke a divífion -of Lands to them, being very fenfible of the wanc

.they muft have of a fobfiftance, and that in the mean time they werc:. greatly

troubled, thac they could not comply with their defires for the prefent: And

therefore únce the time was

fhort, ihey ought to expeét the coming of the

Vice-.King, and not fuffer their impatience to difoblige him, who _would be

ready to reward.their expeétation with greater plenty than was -in their power;

and that a precipitation of their defires would caufe them to lofe that Reward,

which their Aétions and Sufferings 'had long fin_ce deferved. With thefe

ane

fuch like Difcourfes the Juftices mod~ated the violence of the Petitioners.

And it-pleafed Godi about fix Months af[erwards, that news carne of the

com.:

íng of a Vice-King, fo.r whofe reception ali things were prepared ; .and in the

interim the Pretenders furceafed their importunities in expeél:ation ofhis Excel'-

. Iency, who was the

firil:

that ever carne to

Per~

with that honourable_ Cha–

rall:er and Title.

1he

End of

the Seventh

Book._,

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