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VII.

R.oyal ,

Commentaries.

a Frat:©micy of

Íñilians,

íhould be Suher-'intettdénts, or Supervifors over

it,

~s tl:íe

Spaniitrds

were over theirs ,; .affiiring them, that the

Spaniards

had obliga~ions

fo.

war&

the

Indians

fome manner, which no

could acquic himfelfcl;·whenh'ér

he were a Coriquerour of thtm, or not, but by fome fuch fatisfaétion f©r' théir

debt : And puríuing chis difcourfe with moll: perfua{jve Arguments in all thé Ser–

mons of chac Week, on che

Sunday

he conchlded afcer fucrn

preparacion rnade-;

Thac che Governour, and he, would try what operation his Sennons had effeéted

on chem, to which end rhey would go perfonally from houfe co houfe to demand

their

charicable contributions cowards chis pibus Work ; admoniíhing them to

íhew themfelves as·Iarge and open-hearted drerein, as chey bad been vatianc ·ana

covetous

obtain che Empire. Accor-dingly che Governour and che Prior took

their 'Walk from houfe co houfe to garher che charitable Alms of che Ciry, co–

rning at firíl: to che Dwellings of chofe onely wh@ were Maíl:ers of che

Indians :

And ar night, when my Facher

Garyi1t1.f{o

returned home, he commanded me to

fum

up thé accoímt of ali che Colleétions; which when

had done,

found it

amounc unto

1-8500

Pieces of Eight, which rnakes

341-00

Ducats: che leaft

thac was given by .any particular perfon was

500

Pieces of Eighc, which'makes

600

Ducats ; there were fome who gave a

ooo

Pieces of Eight.

·Thus much

was che Colleétion made in one Evening, and in the fpace of five hours onely;

other days chey took to go from neighbour to neighbour, every one giving fo free–

ly, that in a few monchs che fum amounted to above a hundred choufand Ducats:

che which report being noifed ab,out in che Countrey, and that an Hofpital was

therewith to fue founded for

che

Natives, many other contributions were added in

the

fpace

óf.that

year, fome beiag gi:ven by Laft Will and Teltamenc, and fome

de\Tout and charitable perfons

the time of tbeir Life and Health,

thac che

W.orik

was

chearfully begun, che Native

Indians,

within rhe Jurifdiétion of che

Cify,

concurting1:hereuntowith'all ready affifrence, being aífüred that the ufe and

benefit.thereo

f was

inrentiona1ly defigned for chemfelves.

· ·

Unclel14Jhé,

fir.fr

Stone of the Foundation, w,~ich was laid .by ,my Father

arfi-

14.ffo,

he ~a

blon ofGold, being one

diofetWith two Faces, of

Ferdinand*.A

double

and

Jfabet?

the.!(i~"and.Qg_een of

!fain :

Th~ forc ofcoin was rare in chofe days,

~~¡~'

s°il

and,efpec1ally

diat Counttey, ·and at that time, ,wmere, and wh12n no Money

<fr-

gU!h. g

ther

.in

Gold or .other,Metal was ft:amped ; for the

Spanifh

Merchancs did .cheh

. bring tbeir Cqmtn(l)dities, whith they barceied ,or exchanged

fot

Wares ofithe

Counttey,

-or foiá\forSilver or 'Oeifü, but hm¡mght no Money c0ined into chofe

pares.'

believé thac the Ddblon wasbroughtthither for a curiofity, and préfeRted

to rny Fath

er as'a

Me~al; and•of che fame Ó¡1)inión were all chofe wh~faw it;

für it paffing

fr.om;

.one to anorher; che wholeCoqroration of the Cicy, theo pre–

ftnéac this,Solemnity of fo.ying the Fbundacioro~did all efreem it for a great curio-–

fiey,

being the

firíl:

ic-oined M@néy tha·ti had bem.feen in that Councrey ; and for

that reafon was worchily employed in tha,t charitable Work.

Diego Ma!donado,

Native

of'saiamam:a,

füname8 che Rich, for che gréat Wealth that he had attai–

ned,

having formerly be~n qoverhour of_

th~

C_it1,

laid unde: -one of the Stones

Place of S1iver wrch'h1s Armsengraiven upon i1t; ·and on t'h-1s poor Fom1qation

was

ereéted chis rrcb Edifice ;_whkh was afterwards endowed w.ith manyIndul~

ge~_ces and Pardofüdrom thd~opes, _(or all chofe wbo íl)ould'dye ín it: ~he whi~h .

bemg made known to a cer~am

Jnd,jan

Woman of che Bloud-Roya,l, W.1th whorri

was acquainted

;'.1!he

finding her felf fick, deftred to be carried into che Hofpi- ·

tal; to·which her Friends not agreeing in confi~rat'ion of che abilities íhe had c0

main'ráin,her

felf:;

howfoever íhe füll perfifl:e8'i11 bfr ·deítres, fayihg, that it was

not che cur~ of her Body that íhe d~fiined, bue

enjoy and parcak~ of.th0fe

Jn:.

_clQ!g12nc'es whiéh che Princes of.tbe:CHqrch·had,g-i""V'€n unto chofe wliofüould dye

tliiat Hofpical ; ,fo>r-which reafolíl íihe

b€ing

carriecl ohither, refufed to have her

Bed laid in the GltiaFl,ilh>ers of the fick, bue- in-a <iorner of che Church; where fhe

delired,.that her

.Grave

might be opened néar·

het'·Bed,

whkh

íhe covered witb.

the Habic of St.

'FranJü;

and cdefited to be buried in

·,¡e ;

then íhe ·called

for1

the

Wax-candles, which fue inte¡;¡ded t0 bave butint at,her Ruriál, that rhey mighc be

in a·readinefs: lAnd having m:eived che Holy Sácr.ament añd_rextréme UnéH6n',

íhe lay four days after calling,upon God and the'f>lbffedVirgín, and all che (;eJe'i.

fifal Court of Angels,•and then expired.

'fhis todly end which chis poor

lnaiah

Woman had made, being_generJlly'1~nown aQd talked' of; the cwo Con:ioratiens

ofthe Cicy, both Spiritual and

Temporal;

.agreed,

td "honour

,her

Qbfequies and