887 / 1070
Boo.K
VI.
Royal Commentaries.
e
HA P.
n.
The
Prefident, havivg
11/ade
the feveral
4/fignments
of Land,
.we1it
pdvately,
to·'the
.City
of
Los _Reye~:
Ad
w,rites a
Lette.r
(o .thofe for whom no.frov-ifiM-ts
·Were
nia&e,
.whid1
caltf-ed
great.Di/furhances_among/t
them.
·
T
HE
P~ftdent being retired foto the Val.ley of
Apd't-_i":ª;
was e1~pl¿yed r,her_é
for
che fpace of three rnonths and more, about dlVldmg
_{!o
ever'y man
h1s_
proportili>n o{
-Lands,
·during which time he rernived Addreíle!t
ana
.P.etitions
from many p~tfons ,
fmiog .fortb
rheir f~rvice~ and fuffedngs ; of
which
little
or
no notice was taken, becaufe that the fcheme of al1 matters was already drawn
i
anda
repar&hion of che
Lands was reíolved upon and made arMng'íl: the principal
.Officers under che comr
;na.odof
Pedro de [!inojofa,
as was capitu.!ated and agreed
when the Fleet belongi
ngto
Gonf_alv Pifarro
was furrendred to the Prefidenr, as is
confirmed QY the Hiíl:orians
of
rbat time. · The Prefident háving made che
Di:.
vifion on no better grounds, nor with ocher meaíures than thofe which he and che
Archbiiliop
I)on reronimo de Loayfa,
(
who were both Strangers to the Coumrey)
had contrived , he went to tbe City
of
Los Reyes,
and ordered che Arch-bifhop
within ten-or twelve days aftei-wards to repair
to
Co:;:,co,
and then to publifh che
Diftributions which he had gratiouíly made : and in regard fome were
fo
unfor–
tunate
as
to have no prnvifions made for them, he wroce them a tonfolatory Ler:
ter, {ignifying his hearcy defires and bis
rea1
incemions to gratify them as -occafion
fuould offor., The Letcer which he wrore to them was chis ; extraéh:d
verbatim
· from the
Hiíl:ory of
Palentino;
theSuperfcription whereof was this
5
1
To
th~ ,
Right·noble
an~. Rigtt-worfuipfull Lo~ds :¡¡~d
Gentlemen and Sons of Gentlemen who are Servants
to his Majeíl:y in
CoZ[Ó.
llight-noble and Righc-wóríl1ipfull SIR S,
_
W
H
ERE AS it ofte_n happens that men arg fo blinded with ajfeilion and /ove
tiJ
their own Ajfairs, that they overfce all othert, and carmot mak§ free ufc of their
re,,fon to render thankJ to thofc who have highly merited their gratefull ack_no-Medgments;
J
have refolved to write thefc fines to you, whcreby to juftifte
my
fclf; befeeching
JOU
to con–
fcrve thtm
tU
a memorial in my behalf; and to /et them rémain with you
a.
a teftimony
of
that efteem which I ha1.!e already gained with you, and whfch I promife to iinprove by the
farvices
1
dejign for every onc of you, fo long
M
I jha!L live in
Peru,
or in anybther parti
whatfoever.
But not to injift pn any private or ,particular fcrvice which I have rendred tó
airy fintJe perfon amongft )ou;
l
Jha!l onely (ay
i11
general
,
that
1
have
nbt
omitted any
,thing wherein- I might have been inflrumental to pro11;1ote that .fcrvice.
For I dare bold!j
fa.y,
th1tt in a!l the Wars made in
Peru,
or out of it,
'twaJ
never heard or fcen thitt éver
[uch vaft charg~s -,:¡;ere made
in
fo (ho-,-t a time, and expended on fo few people : and what
Lands were vacant or without Proprietors, I have divided amongft
JOU
with
áf
much ju–
flice and equality as I have been able
;
with confideration both d,:ry and night
oJ
every man's
me-;-it, which hath been the meafure and ftandard upon which I have proceed-ed; and which·
jhall ever be
my
rule fo long
tU
I ftay in
Peru;
and I jha!l be carefu!l to divide and dif–
p_enfc amongft you onefy hi-s Majfft:/s loyal Subjea,s, dccording tojour fcrvices and loyalty to
thc Cron-n, whatfoevef remaim undifpofcd with exélujion of a_!l others, untill_you are fullJ,
fati-s{ied, And thatyou may enjoy the
[ole
berrefit of thi-s rich Countrey to )'OHr felves
;
I wi!l
not o¡:zel:J endeavour to ba,ii(h thofe out of it who have bun
aétu.af!y irt rebe!lion, but [Hch'
tJ/fo
who have ftood Neutcrs, and have n~t afJed
a.
you have done: and that Ufl(i/l you aré
,
fu!IJ repaired and made eafié in your fortunes,
1
wi/1
not fujfer anj new-Guejls either out
of
Spain,
or the Co:1tinent, or ftom
Nicaragua, Guatimala
or
New-fp:lin,
to entet in~
to thi-s Countrey, orto pof[efs any pari ' or Jhare thereof to you_r prejudice or 'difadvantage;
411.dJince I prot.ejf that a!t- which I
faj
i.s
trué; and that I h¡¡ve
nó{
been
ab.lct<I!
doe more
'
Jóf