1018 / 1070
Royal Commfntaries.
Boo.K
VIII.
whereof
the Vice-King fent ~iro exprefs Órders to proceed no farther; and
w
hen he'himfelf carne ~o tha~ C1ty, ~e commanded hill'! to be taken into Cuftod
y,
with intent to fend h1m _P~1f9ner I~to
~pam:>.
refolving neyer to pardon any
Melfs::nger or Officer of h1s, who d1d not d1hgently obferve the Commiffion
and Orders he had given him ~He alfo fent away
Don Pedro Luys de Cabrera
in–
to
Spain,
with ?ther married roen, who had l~ft their Wives al! home. But
the Truth is,
1c
was more the fault of the W1ves, thart of the Husbands; who
had fent for chem, and g~ven them credit for confiderable Surils of Money
to
defray che charge of the1r voyage : But thefe Women being delighted with
Sevile
which charms ali chofe whích have refided in it, have refufed to obey
the H~sbands Summons, and prevailed with the Jufüce to fend Commands to
recal them into
.Spain.
There were three of th_efe Women, whofe Husbands
·I knew in
Peru,
and were men poffeíled of confiderable Eftates in Land; to the
value of a hundred thoufarid Ducats of yearly Rene, all wbich upon their deaths
would have defcended to their Wives, had they refided upon the place; bue
being abfent·, the Right and Propriety devolved to'the King : I could name
particularly cheir Names, bue out of refpeét to their Reputation 'cis better to
conceal them.
·
,
·
The Vice-King proceeded forward on his way, with all the gentle demea–
nour and courtefie imaginable; rewarding fome, and giving fair words and
promifes
t!)
ali,
wPlb
demanded a remuneration for their
paft
fervices. All
which, he aéled with Art and Defign, that a report of his Candour mighll
fore-run his coini~g, and th~ minds of men qilieted
by
a prepoffeffion of his in–
tentions to graufie and reward every man as he deferved. · lt was alfo the
talk of common fame, thatthe Vice-King intended to feleél:
a
Cabinet Council
of four Perfons, of the'moft intelligent, and experienced meo of the Empire,
who were imparcial and unbiaffed, and who by long and antient praélice in Af~
fairs, were able to render an account of every Man's Services/ and Merit.
'
The.Perfons commonl
Y.
named
1
wet~
Francifco de
G
aray
Citizen of
Hu!fnacu;
Lorenz..o de Aldana
of
Arequtpa, Garfilaffe de
la Vega,
and
Antonio de C!.!!_mnonu
of
Coz..co;
this was the fancy of the comCl\Qn people, it being well known, chat
every one of thefe men was endued with aTalent fufficient to govern
Peru,
in
cafe che Reins were committed to their hands! 'And with this imagination
the lnhabitants of this Empire, both Clergy ~nd Seculars, comforced
and
pleafed.,.themfelves; faying, that füch a Prince muft be fent frorn Heaven, intci
whof~"'Weart God had infufed the thought~ of making choice of fµch Coua-
fellours.
·
Palentino.
in the fecond Chapter of his Book, hath thefe words. The Vice–
King,
faith he,
proc~eded on bis Journey to
Los Reyes,
declaring as he weoc,
his Intentions to reward every man as he deferved ; but the common voice of
Fame gave out,
that he wou~d confer
his
Favour o~ all, without refleélion on
any thing thac was paft.
Th1s repon brought mulutudes
of
people to
Trux–
illo,
and many of chofe who had been Delinquents, and faulty in their Duty to
. his Majefty, "towards all which the Vice-King carried himfelf very fairly, and
gave out in his difcourfe, that by thofe ,roen who had revolted from
Hernandez..
Giron
to the King, that Country had been íaved : And in this manner he amufed
the minds of the people, that thofe who formerly durft not adventure to
Coz..co,
and other pares, wi(hout
a ftrong Guard and much circumfpeétion, were be–
come at laft confident and
alfur.edof fafety,
by
·indulgence from tne Vice-King.
Thus-far this Authour. To
which we are farther .to add, and fay,
That upon che News of che arrival of the Vicé-King~ the Inhabitants of
Coz..co
were greatly pleafed and fattsfied ; e~ery one depending on the report
which common Fame fpread abroad of h1s Clemency and good Intentions.
Howfoever
Thomas Vaz.quez..
aqd
Piedrtrhita
lived retired at their Country-houfes,
more out of lhamethán feal'·of t:heir fafety: For tho' they hád followed ' ·the
Rebellion from'the ñrft beginoing-of the lnfurreétion, and concerned in ali the
Blood an4 Murders had'been committed, yet having renounced che caufe o( the
Rebel ata critical time, and in
fuch a
conjunél:nre, as gave him the fatal blow
his Majeftie_s gracious Pardon under 'che Great Seal of the Chancery was confer~
red_upon them; on confidenc
7
of which~ t~ey carne freely
~o
the Cícy_, when.
théir occaGons called them th1ther, tho w1th a modeft Tram, ·and w1th fuch
E.quipage, ·as beca
me
men who, being under a Cloud, had recired into a
kind
of