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VI.
Charw,
the PreGdenc remained in
Co,:,eo,
enterrained with furnpmous Banquets
and Sports co tefüfie che Joy they conceived for che lace Succeífes; and co fee
the Fea{!: ~f Bulls and ocher Divercifemencs oflike nacur~, he had a Seac ereéted
in.che Courc-yard of my Facher's houfe_; on which_occaGon
I
bad an oppormnicy
to
fee his perfon, .as
I
bave before menuoned. Ana, moreover, be gav~a Com–
nii{ijon
to
Judge
.Andres de Cianr;a
and to Major General
A!onfo de
4wai,'ado
to pu–
nifh Rebels according to Law. Many Souldiers of note, who had been"ef
Pi 1 ar–
ro's
Parcy were hanged, many quartered, and aboye a hundred
Spanifh
Souldiers
whipped by four and fix in company; · of which
I
was an eye-witnefs my felf,
· when being a Boy
I
went amongíl: che reíl:
to
fee chis punifhrnenc. At which
che
Jndians
were greaüy otf@nded, and wondrect to fee
Spaniards
infliét a chafhfe–
rnent
fo
infamous as that on cheir own Nacion, for chough chey had feen maqy
of chem hanged , yet chey had feen none whipped untill chac time. And for che
,greater difgrace chey ca1Jfed them to ride upon Sheep, wbich are Beaíls of bur–
chen in chac Countrey, -:and noc on Horfes or Mules; ahd in tbac manner cake
cheir whiµping; afcer which chey were condemned
to
che Gaflies. At chat time
che Prefident caufed a general Pardon
to
be proclairned, clearing and acquitting
al·\ fuch frorn fault and punifhment who had come·-in and revolced rn che Royal–
Standard at the Batcel of
Sacfahuana;
and abfolved of ali Crimes during the Re–
bellion of
Gonfalo Pifam,
chough chey had been guilcy of che death of the Vice–
king
Blafco Nunnez..
Vela,
and ocher Miniíl:ers of bis ,Majeíly : which Pardon did
exrend onely as to Life and criminal Matters; referving füll a right unto the King
to
fine chem as
to
Goods, and
to
proceed againíl: chem in civil Cafes: for chat
Carate
faith, Book
7._
Chap.
8.
,chat
Gon
1
alo Pir;am
bad made fatisfafüon for tbem
by bis own death; And now, fince dieNiétory was'gained, and things reduced
co peace and quietnefs, che Prefídent found hirnfelf in rnuch more rroct_ble , and
wirh a greater weight
o(
buGnefs on bis Shoulders than in che time of. War , for
rhac then che Officers rnncurred witn hirn co fupporc pare of che Butthen ; bue
now ih Peace, hi was 'fingly engaged
to
fuftain che l!J?portu,[.:!ities -and folicita- _
tions of above cwo choufand rnen , who challq1ged Pay and R~\'·ardsJor cheir
¡:iaft Services ; in which every one of che rneaneft forc pretended
to
fó much rnerit
thac he choughc he deferved the b~ Plancacion in all
Pent.
Andas ro chofe per–
fons who had really been:fi;rviceableand,ufofull to thePrefident in•ch'e
Wárs,
chey
became infinicely croubleforne ana importunare in cheir f:leticions;
foJ
dl'iac ~he Pre–
fidenc,
to
eaíe himfelfa little ofthefe urgent addreífes, .refolved to talre a journey
of ªbout twelve leagues to,the Valley of
Apurimac,
to have moré Jeifure at chac
-diílance
to
rnake the DiviGons whicrh were required ofohim; and wich bim he·
took che Arch-biíhGp of
Los
Re_J·e1
for bis Companioó, and alfo
PedroLope~,de Ca;alla
hís Secrecary; and chat he mighf nor•be incerrupced·in this bufinefs,
he!
comman–
ded, cfoat neicber Ci{i~erl' nor Souldier, n'or any ocher perfon whacfoever f.hould
arrend or follow him ro thac place. , Moreover he conunanded; That no Inhabi–
tant ofali
Peru
íholJlld rernrn to his ow0 home uncHI he had fer out and·a1lotted un–
to
eyery m!m bis Divifion ; by which concinuance of che people in
Couo,
he irna–
gin@cl char he fhoukl frcure che Comrnonalry from making any Mucinies ot
In–
fürrefüons: bue bis chieHleGgn ande-are was to'difpet'fe che Souldiers in divers
pam' of the Kin-gdóiin,, rand
to
ernpfo:,y chein in new Conquefis, as had· been the
Maxim and P.o¡ip.y
1
-of chofe.who firfl: ,,conquered this Empire: bue che Prefident
being 0bliged'in'haíl'e tro leave chofe'Kingdoms, had noc time to difperfe bis Soul–
tfü~r\
-a-s
wa~ deGg-n€d ; by which means new Trou~les arofe from Malé-concenrs,
who * c;)Ught chey .ba<l·reafon ro cornplain.
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