1021 / 1070
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vrn.
·
Royal Comme,itaries~
bccome the Jnftice of thac Town.
Thac he went ofren abroad
to make
prívate Vifits without the Red of Jurtice in hi~ hand, which gave an ·oc–
caíion to m~ny perfons to de[piíe and expoíe thc honour of thc Governnient to
Conrempt. The third was, that in
Ch-riftmas
time he gave leave to tbe Cici –
zens, and others, to play 3:t Cards and Dice in his Houfe, and that he himfelf
plaid with them ; which ct1d not become the gravity of a Governour. And
Jaíl:ly,that he had_ caken_a Clerk who wa~ not
~
iree-man of the City,nor had ob–
ferved the formality wh1ch the Law reqmred
In
that cafe. For anfwer unto which,
he replyed, That as to th~ fp?rt of throwing Oarts,
_it
was
a
paftime whifh he
had u[ed all che days of bis L1fe, nor would he leave te off fo long as he lived,
tho' he were placed jn an Office of far higher Oignity and· Honour, than
that in which he was conftituted and invefted. To the fecond, he faid
that
fometimes
he
\vent without his Rod to the next Neighbour, or houfe n~ar at
.hand, where he was familiarly acquainted, and where he was fufficiently alfo–
red to receive no affront for want of the . Badge, or Enfign of bis Authority.
Tbat as to the PJay and Gaming at
Chriftmas,,
it was very true, that he did al-
,Jow
thereof in his own houfe, and did himfelf play; which preventd mant '
differences, and quarre!s, which might ·otherwife have arifen ·in other places,
amongfr pro~d and ~n~ry perfons. As to che Cler~,. he faid; that he being
no Lawyer h1m[elf, d1d not
fo
much regard the ab1hcy, ort,he mariner how
he was qualified for that Office, as his Fidelicy~ and Truch, and faithfui admini-
• ftration, of which all the City was ready to iive Teftimony. Sorne otlíer Ar–
ticles were drawn up againfr
Monjaraz.:
bue he being only Oeputy-Governour,
could not be
fo
highly charged, as was the Governour hitJ]felf. And che truth
is, the faults of neither were fit to be meptioned, only the newJudge was wil–
ling
to
have fometbing to fay ; but there neither
beingCrimes to punifh, nor
Debes to pay, •all Afüons were fmoothed, and no ProcelJ.es further made.
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P.
VI. ·
The·i,,~pr'¡¡onment
and
death of
Martln- de
Robles,
and the
teafon
f~
which_he was
executed¡
W
E have mentioned before, how that
Altamirano,
Judge of the Court óf
Chancery, in the City of
Los Reyes,
was fent Chief Juftice to the City
of
Plate,
where,
fo
foon as he was poffeffed of his Government, he apprehen–
ded
Martín
de
Rob/u
a Citizen of thacTown, and without any Indié'tment or
Procefs made againft him, he hahged him Up publickly in rhe open Market-place.
At
which che people much lamented, and were gr~tly offended, becauíe he
was one of the moft principal men of Quality in the whole Empire, and
fo
aged, and bowed down wich Years, that he could not bear
hh-
own Sword gire
to bis fide, but was carried after him by an
lndian
Page, who ¡ittended him.
But when the Reafons of bis deat~ were more fully knowri, lhe offence there–
~t
was much increafed, as
Palentino
mentions in thefe words following.
The Vke-Kiag fent a Warrant to Judge
Alta,;nirano,
t9
put
Marti11 de
Robles
to Oeath : The Reafons for which he gave, that fufficient proofs had been
made before him, the Vice·King, how that tliis
M11rtin
de
Rob/es
having been
in cornpany with feveral perfons, fhould fay thefe words,
Let
us
go to
Lima,
and teacb
the
Vice-King bettcr manners, than
to
write in fuch
a
rude Stile,
and with
fo
little re(pefl and forma~ity,
as he ujes.
Thefe are the words of
which he was accufed, tho' it is generally believed, that he never faid chem,
nor ever gave any colour.; or ground for fuch an Accufation. Sorne fay, cha¡
this ralh Sp~ech was not that which provoked the Vice-King againft
Martín de
Rubles,
but fome other fuggeíl:ions of having been acceffary
to.
the lmprifon–
p1ent, and death of
Blafco
N,mnez.
Ve/11
Vice
King of
Per11.
Thus far,
this
Autho'r, in an obfcure manner, expreífes this Paffage; which we (hall endeavour
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