4000003871

Royal Commentaries•.

OO_K ,

VIII.

orders to examine carefolly ali paffengers, as well

l ndians,

and

Spaniards,

and to

take from them what Papers, and Let~i::rs, they carried with tbem,

as to difco–

ver what Plots and Conípiracies were

th~n

contriving agaínft

the

Goverr,rnent.

All which are the words of chis Author; as is that alfo which follows, the truth

, of which I can l:lY

fe~f

avouch, having been an eye -witnefs of maay paffages

thereof. The V1ce~l\rng gav.e Order, that no Spaniardwhatfoever Ihould cravel

without a particular Liceníe or Pafs, under the hand of fome

ufi:ice of the Peace

b.elongingtoth~parts where he lived; in which Paf? . or Licenfe, the reafons

were to be fpec1fy~d, and the Bufinefs, , or Occafions, which caufed the Party to

trav,el: And J.?artKularly ca~e was taken, that

ª?

Spaniard

upoa pretence of co–

ming t? the C1ty to a~y FefhvalJ fhould be perm1tted to país: Tho' for the pre–

f~nt

chis

Order had httle effeét,in reg~rd,that before it could be publi!hed,mul–

titudes_of People had croude_d to the

~tt~,

to l_)artake in the commón joy, which

· was ev1denced at the recept1on of th1s V1ce-Kmg. He commanded that all the

Cannon and Arms fou nd iri che City, !hould be takeri up{ and co~forved ·in

common r-:1agazine; all which was or9e·red to prevent Conípiracies, and diftur–

bances wh1~h had been cauíed by _f~rmer Rebelllons; bue che Country had been

·lately w~aned,and haraffc:d by Cml Wars,that there was no thoughts amongíl:

the people tendin& to

:uine from_whence t_hey had

newly efcaped. Attd now

let u~ leave rhe V1ce-Krng for a time, to d1ícourfe of the Governours, which

he had fent to

Coz.ca

and to the

Charcas.

T he Lawyer

M~nnoz..,

approaching to the City of

Coz..co

with Comrniflion of

Governour, was met, and receiv11d by

Father

Gar¡ilajfo;

who,

foon as he

was eritered within the Priviledges and Jurifdiétíon of the City, delivered the

White Rod of Jullice into his hand; which when he had received, the

firft

queltion he made him was; how mucb tbe Fee was,for fettinghis Hand, or Firm

to any Writing? To which he made anfwer, that he knew not, having never de–

manded füch a Fee or Duty. No, faid the Lawyer, that is ftrange, for Juftices

ought not to .Iofe their right of wbat nature

ever, tho' never

inconfidera–

ble. The ft;rnders

wondred much at this Dialogue; to which fome made

anfwer, that 'twas not ftrange far rnen who carne from

Spain,

with no other in–

tent, than to gain what they could with a good Confcence, to know the utmoft

value of their Office above the Income of their Salary.

So foon as the Governour had received.the Rod of his Authority, and made

his Purfüiv_ants, he employed two ofthem upon a Servi-ce without the Cicy ; one

he fent to apprehend

Thomas Vaz..q11ez.,

and the other

Piedrahita,

both wbich in

or 6 days being brought Prifoners to

Coz.ca

, ·

were cornmitted to the publick

Priíon. Their Friends and Relations offered to give bayl for tnem, and to bind

thcrnfelves in confiderable Bonds for their good behaviour, and that they !hould.

not go forth beyond the Precinéts of the Cicy; fopp9fing that the íeizure made

of their Perfons, was to the end that they might be confined within the Walls of

che City, and not p.ermittcd to ramble abroad in the Countries amongft their

Jndiam

and other People. My Fatheroffered to become Bayl for one of chem;

bue.he

was.anfwered, that the Commiffion and inftruétions which this Gover–

nour brought, was _much different to ·wbat they imagined; for had their

confi nement to the Ctty beenonly defigned, there would nothave needed all the

formality u('ed in íending for them by Officers, and committing thern to Prifon:

The truth is, the iffoe was according to what

Fra11cifco Hernandez..

had formerly

preíaged, andas we have befare intimated; for the next morníng they were

found dead in the Priíon, having been there ftrangled, notwichftanding their

Pardons. wbich they had íued forth from the Royal Court of Chancery. Their

Plantations, and Lordíllipsover

/ndians

wereall confi ícated : That belonging

ThomasVaz.que1:-,

which was one of the beft Mannors, or Lordfhips near

the City, was con fe rred b y the Vi<;e-King on

Rodrigo

d'Efqueval

a Na–

ti ve of

,Seefille,

who had fome frnall Eftare, but with this addition he was ,

made great and confiderable. In likc manner the Efl:ate of

Piedrahita

was dif–

poíed , · and forfeited , as was. chat of

A lonfo Diaz..,

whom they likewife

put to death: befi<les which Executions, ~here were no och1;1-_ Proceífes, of

Juftice made againft th,e Rebels in pun j/hment for the late War. Howfo–

e're, ,che Governour

M 1mnoz.

profecuted bis Precjeceffour in that Office, and

laid four A,rticles to his charge. The firfl: was, T hat he fported (after the

Spanifl1

1:na1rner and c:uftome) with Dares on horfe-back, which did noc

brccme