4000003871

BooK

VIII.

Royal

Com_mentaries.

98 9

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HA P. VII.

what maner the Vice-Iizng

treated thofe who

111ade demands

for_reward

of théir

late Se_rvices

;

dnd

how

t~e Advice of

tm¡uft

atul

zll-n~tured

Counfeflours

bani/hed

thirty feven

o[ them

into

Spam.

. ·

•

.A_lemino

in an~tbet _patt o_f the Second C?apter befare mentioned, fpeak- .

rng of

th~

V1ce-K1?g, ·fa1t~ as follows,

AJl

the Cannon, Mufquets, and

otber Atfils Wh1ch were

the City he go~, and lodged in his owo P.loufe, up-

011

pte.,¡:ertce of Feftival~, and océ:afion of•Rejoicings. After he had done this,

and fecurM othet matcérs, he r~pealéd all the Commiffioñs and Pardons wbich •

the Juftites had given; which ftrutk a terror and awe upon the rninds .of di–

vers. Cáptains and· Souldiers ; and With fome inconfiderable .gratification he re.:.

warded others for ·th~ir Services : Howfoever, und·erfl:anding that many of

thefe roen wer~ piqued, ¡ind fpoke fome words which founded not well, he ap–

prehénded feveral of them within the Precinél:s of his own Court, and imme–

diately fent them away _to

Lim,a

under

fafe

Guard ·~ givi11g· out, chat he fent

fome of them

for

Spain,

t~ the 'intent that they might be ré\19ardéd there

his

Majefty ; fince

that

Petu

could not ..confer Gratification.s on them agn:eable to

thfii." Merirs: and tt\at Íle

feilt

others of the~, tha~ they_might receive puniíh–

ment

fot-

their Inrc>lertce : And when fome adv1fed h1fn to feod the Informations

. againíl: th~lll, and the Proc~lfes judic

ially m

ade in their caufe, together

with

their ·perfons into

Spdin:

Me refufed

to.do

it, _faying, that he intended to in–

tercede

with

bis Majefty

their behalf,

that they.might receive rewards and

Hohouts, táthet than

bé

the Atto'tney General to implead them.

, Büt in tegard th_is _Auth&r hath exprelfed féveral palfa~es of.this ~iftorr in a

datk, bbfcute, and cóiifuféd manner, we íhall endeav3ur

eluc1date them

móre

clearly,

:111~

in án Hiftorical manner declar~ every thing m·ethQdically as

it palfed. And firfl:, as to that

pdint

which this Author mentidos about taking

away Arms by the Vii::e-kirrg: we

muft

know, that befote the coming of

the Vice-king, 'thé ju'ftices had givén orders

the Governours in their re..

ípéél:ive·Jurífdiél:jons

tó

í"eize o~ all che Arms th~y could find; and according–

ly my Father publiíhed_this théir Command _by common oritcry; and1in obedi–

ence thereunto, many Gentlemen aQd Sould1ers of good Reputa'tion, who were

Loyalto hisl\1ajefty, brought in their Mu'fquers and otlier Arm·s; bue the com–

inon Peóple, and fi1ch as were

ill

affeéted would not bring them in, unlefs they

were putcháfed ~ith Mony, or for fome confideratioo, ~ither of themfeh:es

Friends : for wh1ch reafon my Ma11er

Garfila/fo

acquainted che Lords of the

Royal Chancéry -With. th~. particular, givin.r, them

un~erffand,-' that th~s

courfe was tather pre¡ud1C1al than advantag1ous to h1s Ma¡efty, for that h1s

Ftiends would by that means be dif

arm~d, and bis

Enemies guarded with tneir

Weapoñs by them. Andupon this confidetation.ic was

that the Jufiice~ gave

orders privately, to have the ~r~s reftored

eir refpefüve owners ;_ wbic_h

• accordingly was done: And th1s 1s ~hat paffed ab~ut the Atms, of wh1ch th1s

Author

peaks. And. as to Repeahng, and Revokmg thofe Pardons wh1ch the

Jllíl:ices gave to thofe whc;, had tollowed the Faél:ion of

Hemande:i:.,

it was done .

in order to bring thofe perfons to Juftic., in the manner befare fpecified. And

as to the fatisfaétion he fpeaks of, ·which

the

Vice-King gave .to divers perfoos,

as well Captains asSouldiers, for a gramity and rewaFd of theifpaft_ Services:

The truth was this, Ht did make offer to fome of thofe pretenders of a Gra–

tification

bue in a mean kiod, ana much infériour to their Q,Qalities and Me–

rits; and with. conditioo, and under provifo, tha1: they !hould irnmediately

marry, and take Wive·s of chofe

~panijh

Womén, who -were lately come over ;

being according to hi~ Majefties Inftruétions, aad

ordained

ÍOI'

conferva–

tion of the publick peacc_ and quietnefs 0f the Land: And in orde~ hereunto

,heVice·King afiigned to feveral of the Pretenders, fuch and fuch

9rne~for

W1ves,