700 / 1070
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Royal
Commeptariu.
BooK
IV.
Eítates were confiícated ·and their Lives endangered: for
by
che fame rule rhac
rhey cook aw,ay rheir
Indians
from them; becauíe chey had been engaged on one
ftde or che other, with
che-Almagrians
or che
Pifarriffs,
they mighc alío take off
rheir heads ; which was a caít intolerable and not to be endured, rho1:1gh chey
were reduced
to
che cor:dition and lived under che nocion oí Slaves.
1
To fucha pitch of mutindus humour che.whole Cicy of
Los Reyes
was inceníed
rl1at they had almoít taken a refolution n?t to receive che Yice-king; which they
had certainly puríued, had not rl:e 1:{ece1ver General, named
S~,rle:,;, de Carvájal,
and
Diego de Aguero,
who were pnnc1pal men of thac Corporac1on, and greatly
eíteemed fer their prudence and moderation, prevai-led t1pon the people, and dif.
fuaded them from cbat rafh deÍlgn: ío chat at length it was refolved to receive
him in Hace, .and with much íolemnity, in hopes chac by their Cervices and humi•
lity, chey might incline bis mind
to
fome
fort
of flexibilicy and good nature;
ac
leaít rhat
he
mighc lrnd a gencle €'ar
to
che Pleas which they rñade for rhemíelves
and in favour of chofe La,~s which tbe Cacholick Kings, and the Emperour him~
felf had made in favour of che Conquerours and of thoíe who had gained and
fub–
dued_ chis n~w _World, _wich parcirnlar reípe~ to the people o_f
Peru,
who having
acquired rh1s nch Empire, oughc more efpecially to be chenfhed and favoured,
as perfons of higheít meric and deferr.
'
le being chas dmrmined
to
receive che Vice-king, :ill the people decked rhem–
felves wich clieir beíl: omaments and array, preparing themfelves againít che day
of his entry into chis City ; when in che mean time
Y/len Suare:,;, de Carvajal,
and
Caprain
Diego de Aguero
were fcandalouíly _created by the people, who always mu–
tinied againH chem, whenfoever as any chrng wenc crofs, or comrary
to
cheir hu'–
mour; faying, rhac for their own intereíl: they had folicited and perfuaded chem
to receive ·che Vice-king
~
namely one of them being Receiver General of che
King's Treaíury, and che other having been in the lace Wars; and both of chem
being Juílices little eíleemed the lofs of their
Jndiam,
more in regard co their own
intereíl: than to the fervke of che Ernperour.
In
che mean time che Vice-king purfuing his Journey, puc the new Laws in
execution in ali places wherefoever he arrived, wich his ufual fevericy and rigour
wichouc admitting any plea to che contrary ; giving them to underíl:and, chac he
ílood in fear of none, but as a good Miniíter and Servanc co his Maíler, he w:is co
obey bis commands without reípeél: or regard unto any,
.
Ac length he carne ro the Valley called
H1w1r11,
where ac che Inn he neither
found
Jndian
nor Provifions, nor any accommodation whatfoever; che which
though in reality was caufed by che defaulc and omiffion of the Inhabitants of
Los Reyes,
whofe ducy it ~as
to
t~ke care o( che Provifions in che way for che
Vice-king; yec he ocherw1fe took 1t, and accnbuced the wanc thereof to
Antonio
de Solar,
who was a Nacive of
Medina del Came~,
and a Citizen, becaufe he was
che chief Proprietor of that Valley; for whJCh reafon he was highly incenfed
againfl: him, and more vehememly, when upon a wbice Wall of chac Inn, which,
as che faying goes, is the paper of bold and angry men, he faw this Moceo writ–
ten,
He that will drivc me from
my
HoHfe and Lands, I will drive him
011t
of
thi
1
world
if
I can.
The which Sencence being fuppofed to be written by
Antonio Solar,
or fome other by his order, he conceived a mortal hacred againít him, which
though he concealed for a while, yec ar lengch ic burít our, as hereafrer
will
be
declared.
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