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Royal Commentaries.

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vn1.·

to clear, and explai~ more at large.

true, thar

Martín ·de Robles

did fay

fome fuch word~, wh1ch were to be ta~en manolher Seníe: For

(

as we have faid

before) •when the Vice-King wrote Letter!\ from

Payta,

to the fevefal Govér-·

nours and Juftices of the Empire, giving them to underftand the news of his

arrival

fo,

that Country; ~he Superfcription of hls Letters were in this man~

ner,

To the

Noble Lord

of fucha pla'Ce

And in the Letter he treated them

with Thou, which was the

cotnr¡on

Stile to what perfon ofQuality foever ; the

which manner of writing gave gfeat otfence over all

iferu

For in thofe dáys, and

a ,long time afterwards, perfons of Quality, and fuch as were rich in that Coun–

try, always ufed in Writing

their'Servants," the Title of Noble, faying;

the

Noble-aná

whhin the Letter they wrote fometimes in the fe.cond, and

· fometimes in the third perfün, according to bis Condition and Office wherein

he fei:ved :and this Cuitoro prevailed, until fuch time as aPragmat'ka carne forth

e-o

liegulate the · rerms of Honour which were given.. Bue in regard the Lettcrs

from the Yice-King were in another form and Stile, they gave offence to fuco

. evil Men, who ,were defirnus of Change aild difturbances ; and caufed them, with

rÍfteétiJn on the prefent Vice-Kimg, tocommend,and praife the Civility of thofe

who were ft>rmerly in the fame power, who in all their .Letters ufed Terms of

Reipeéc, according to the Q

ualicy

and Merit of the perfon..

Father

Garfi–

/4ffo

beiog thenGC,.,-ernour

-of

Coz.co,

received a Letter fro"m the Vice-King wich

tbe fame Title and Superfcription ; which fome asked him how he could brook,or

how hecould emdulie íuch anegleét-? To which my Father made anfwer-, that he

could bear

i<t

very well; fince that the Vice-Kiog wrote to him, not barely'by the

ame of

Garfslaf/'o

la Vega,.

bnt with tbe additio11 of Governour of

Cozco,

which íhewed hím

be hisOflicer,and.Mioifter under him; and that

very

íhortly

they lliould fee

hów

the Vice-King,would changc theForm,and Stile oftheSuper–

fcription of his Letters-to him : Which accordingly happened, for ar,ou"t eighC

days afcerwards, the Vice-King being at

Rimac,

wrot:e

a Letter to my Father,

direéted in this manner,

To the Right Worjhipful Se_nior

Gar¡ilaflo

de la,

Vega,

&c.

and within he tt'eated him with fuch Terms, as might become an Elder Bro–

ther towards his younger; at which, thofe who faw it did much admire. I ha.ve

had both thefe Le~ters in

cuftody, for at that. time I ferved my

ather in qua–

lity ofhis Clark, and wrote ali the Letters which he difpatched to feveral parts of

the f.mpire; and in like manner, I gave the Anfwer to both thefe Letters. But tC:

return to the Story of

Martín de Robles,

from which wé have made

this

digreffion.

The Trnth thereofis this, Oneofthe firfi: Lettersfrom the Vice-King, was bare–

·ly

in this manner,

To the

Governo11r

of the Charcas,

and 'no

mor«lj

which gave

occafion to the huffing, vapouring Fellows to fay, _the ·Vice-King was very ua–

civil, and rude, to write in íucb a mean manner to Governours, w~o taking all

things togethe_r, ~oth as to_ their Eíl:ates _and QJ!alities, were as good menas hil'n–

felf.

Upon tlús,

was fa1d, that

Marttn

de Robles

íhould utter thefe words,

Let

hi.m come hirher, and we foall teach him better manners.

But this he faid in man–

ner ofa Jeft ; for on

leís

occafion than this, as

alenti110

faith, he ufed'gre--at liberty

with bis Tongue. for he would never for bis Jeft fake fpare his Friend, or his

Wife'her felf: And when fome ofhis intimate acquaincance would blame bis in–

diícretion (as fometimes they did) for taking fuch freedom in bis fpeech; he·

would anfwer,

thae

he would rather lofe a.Friend, than a quick witty faying, ut–

tered opportul}ely in it_s due time and riace ; a~d upon tbis fancy the,poor man

loft bis life. Bue as tó hts concernment m che m1sfortunes of

Bl-afco

Nsmnez.,

ali

that marter was abfolutely.forgot, and laid aride,

years having pa{fed fince –

that time; and even then th\s

Martin de Robles

performed many, 31:Jd fignal

fcrvkes for his Majeíl:y, for in that very critica} junéture

Atfair~, he with

much danger of his

Life,

revolted from

Gonfalo

farro

to the Prefident

Gafca,

whom he faichfully ferved, until thé end of that

War;

for which the Prelident

.rewarded him, as we havebefore related. ln like manner, he ferved in the Wars

againft

Dan

Sebaffi.an_,

and

Francifco Hcrnandtz., Giron,

in both which he frankly

laid out hisEítate, and. neither fpared hís Silve.r nor his Gold,to ferve hisMajeíty;

by which Merit, he obtained his Pardon for his pafl: Crimes, being granted by

the Preúdent

Gafaa,

and confirmed by the Jaftices, under the Great Seal of the

Royal Chancery1·

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