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BooK

IV.

Royal

Comment~rje.s.

In chis manner, witl;out other attendance than bis own priv~ce Family, he e~,

barked, and on che 4th

óf

May

he arrived in the Port of

Tumbez.,

from whence

he travailed over Land

ahd -all che way he wenc, he publiíhed che new Orders,

and caufed rhem

be executed and obeyed, laying a Tax or Impofüion on che

People according to che numbers of chofe

Jnd,ans

rhey held, and takióg chem a-

way from orhers, caufed them ali to be held as of che King.

. ,..

In chis manner'he paífed rhrough

Piar.a

and

Truxilto,

proclaimirig che new Laws

ás

he went, and caufing thein ro be execuced, withóut admitring any Petition or

Argument thereupon. And rhough che Inhabitants ·alledged that this mechod of

proceeding was not juíl:ifiable wichout hearing the Objeétions chey had to produc~

unto the contrary, and that th~ Laws were noc to be enforced witho9t knowledge

of che Caufe, or publication of his Power

or Commiffioh in a Courc of

udica–

rure; it being expreíly fignified by his Maieíl:y chat chofe new Laws iyere ro b~

publifbed in Courr,in prefence o~rhe Vice-king and four Judges._~owfoever the

' Vice-king, Qnmoved

any reafons or perfuafions proceeded refolucely ro exe–

cuce chem·, rhrearning rhofe who réfüfed i:o obey them, che which íl:ruck greac

cerrour and confufion into che minds óf rhe People, confidering ·thar the Laws

were general and comprehenfivé of

áll

forr of Peóple wirhouc any qualificarion

or refiriélion. And herein rhis Vice-king was

p'olitive, that

foon as he was

landed on che Coaíl: of

Peru,

he difpatched his Emiffaries·befare him to che City

Los Reyes,

and to

Co:,;,co;

giving chem to underíl:and, thac' he being arrived wirh–

chofe Dominions, che whole pow~r and aurhority. as Vi~e-king devolved upon

him,

and that rhereupon the Comm1ffion and Command of

Vaca de Caftro

was

fuperfeded.

•

Sorne few days before thefe aqvices _were brought

che .<:;ity

óf

L?• Reyes,

che

whole tenure of the new Regulauons d1fparched

from

che Krng by

Blafco

Nunne:,;,

Vela

were made known by che Copies which were difperfed in ali places ;

rha'c

the Corporation of

!Jos Reyes

difpatched away che Advices therecf.to

Antonio de

Ribera

and

fohn Alonfo P11lomino,

pefüing them to make

V11ca de l~aftro

cquainted

therewith ; bue he was not ignorant before óf all that paífed ; for his Servam

Sp111in

called

'/ames de Aller,

being informed of the new Statures and Regulations

fpeedily poíl:ed with them to his Maíl:er in

Cow,

that he was informed of eve:

particular before the Vice-king arrived.

· 'thus far

repórced by the Writings'of

Fe,rnande:i:. de Palentino,

and generally'aIÍ

the Hiíl:orians agree with him_ in the fame Relation,

'CH A P.

11.

Judge

Vacá

Caíl:ró

goes'

the

éity

óf

Los Reyes,

and

difcharges ihofe wfio went with hizn ltpon the,

waj'. .

Tlie

great noife and diflurbance

which

the Execution of the

new Laws occafioned, and the mutinoiu words which the

People uttered thereupon.

Gov~rnoil_r

Vaca de Caftro'

having recefved inforfuation of ihe appro~ch'

of che V1ce-kmg

lílafco Nunné:,;, Vela,

and of the tenure of che Laws whICh

he brought with him, and that he put them in execution with all che vigou'r imct–

ginabl~,' wichout heáring ~ny man_[peak or_ admitting any Petition ~o the C~ntr~rr

he thoughc ficto fecure h1s own mcereíl: and.parcy by a due compliance w1th h1m;

in order whereunco he went to che Cicy of

los Reyts ;

chere

receive him for

Vice-king. And though the Corpdratioil of che City of

Rimac

fent their Emif–

faries

Antonio de Riberq

and

rohn Alonfo Palamino

to him, and alfo others from che

Cicy

Couo

and oth_er pares, pérfüading him not to-goe in perfon to the Vice–

king, bue tarher

fend a Meífage

hrm

iri

che nam'eofali che People, defirin'g

him to fufpend the execucion of che ttew Laws. And whereas chis' Vice-king by

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