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VIII.
Royal
Commentaries.
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of voluntary Banifnment arnongíl: their
btdian
Vaílals' : And with fuch caution
did thefe men live,· that
during1he three years that my father
Garfilln(fo de la
Vega
was Governour of
Coi.co,1
never
faw
chem ch-:re, unlefs ,ir were
']ohn
·
Piedrahit.i,
who upon fome extraordinary occafion of buíineís., came
by
nighc co
make my Father a Vitir, and give him a relation of hi.; Solicary Life, but ncver
in the day time appeared publickly on the place. Howfoe,¡er
Alonío Di,1z.
who
was a Citizen, never abíentcd himfelf from home ; but lived quietly in his
own houíe, tho' he had been another of thofe who had concerned himíelf in.
the Rebellion of
Htrnandcz..
And chis was the truth of this Story, which our
Authour makes íuch a für about, and would infinuate things fcandalous,
and
offenf1ve to the Hearers.
.
;
The Vice-King carne to the City of
Los
Reyes,
in the Month of
july
1557,
where he was received with that Pomp and Grandure which was due ro his
Royal Office, and to the Qiality of his Perfon, haying che
title
of Marquis
given him from bis Lor'dfhip over Vaffals : for cho' other Vice· Kings had been
Marquifes, yet none of them befare affumed che Title of their Marquiíace,
with relation to
Indians
who were in vaflallage to them.
'Ejghc days after he
had taken the Chair ofhis Office, he again renewed his Poffefi1on of the ,Ernpire,
in t~e Name of King
Philip
the Second, to whom che Emperour
Charles
the
Fifth had refigned the Kingdoms, and Signories which appertained ro him:
what Motives he had to make this reíigoation is not known,-_but it is believed
that his want of Health, and indifpofition of Body, were the caufe, and .that
the weight of Affairs of Stace were coo burclenfome in that feeble condition.
T his exchange of Government under the names of two
cj
ifferent Kings, was
attended with all the Scate, and folemn attendance that was required; the per–
fons prefent, were che Vice-King, fhe Judges of the Bench, ali the Officers
Ecclefiaftical, and·Civil,
Don 'Jeronimo de Loayfa
Arch- Bifhop of
Los Reyes,
all
the Friers of the feveral,Convents then in that Cicy, which were four, name–
Iy, that of our Lady of ~he
Merceds,
Sr.
l;rancis,
s_c.
Dominick;
and St.
.Au–
guftine.
The Ceremony m che
Parade,
and Streets bemg over,
they went to
che Cathedral Church, where the Arch-bifhop i1_1 his Pontifical Habic celebrated
High Mafs. The fame paffed in ali the other Cities of that Empire, every one
!hewing the great fatisfaétion, and contentment he received on occafion ofthat
Solemnity, which was celebrated with the Feaíl: of Bulls, and throwing darts;
and endeavouring to out-vie each other in Gallantry, and richnefs of their
Li-
veries ; which is ftill the common vanity of that Councry.
,
The Vice-Kin&
Don
Aridm
Hurtado de Mendofa
having taken poffefüon of
the Govern!)lent, difpatched new Officers, and Governours to the feveral
Jurifdiétions of
Peru:
Amongíl: which a certain Lawyer, a
N
ative of
C1tenca,
called
Baptifto Munnoz.,
whom the Vice-King brought with him, was fent to
Coz,co.
AltamiraRo
one of bis Majefties
J
uftices, who had refuíed to follow his
Majefi:ies Army and Sta~dard into ~he Field, .wasmade Gov~~nour of the City
of
Plate
;
others were d1fpeeded w1th Comm1ffions to the Cltles of
Huamanca,
Arequepa,
and
de la Paz.:
where rnany ~hi nga paffed _of great importance: We
!hall give an account of fome of them m che followmg Cbapter.
CH A P.
V.
The
Order
s which
the
Vice-King
ij[ued forth
to prevent
Mu–
tinies, and Infimeflions.
Thomas Vazquez, Piedrahita,
and
Alonfo.
Diaz;
are put to death for having been engaged
in the Rebel!ion of
Hernandez
G1ron.
P
Aientino,
in the fecond ·_Chapter
~f
bis third part, faith, that
fo
foon as
the Vice· King entered rn_to che Ctty of
Los Rey_es_,
that he fet G~ards a_nd
Centinels on all che ways leadrng to the feveral Cltles of the Empire; w1th
K k k k k k
orders