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Royal_Commentaries.
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VI.
for yoUr [áviá: aizd advant11g_e, than wkat
1
have. already done,
1
earnejl-ly entreat yoit to
fo!low the example
of
God h1mfelf hemn, that
u,
to accept of the real endeavo11r1
aml
good-htill of the perfon : and on
thi1 conjideration !et every one fatiifie himfelf with hi1 lot,
which though not fo /arge perhap1
M
he expeélcd, yet
'it
i1
M
great
M
the divifron and thing
wou!d bear, and lefs than the Dijl-ributor dejired, and r.hich he ·will increafe when enabled
by any fortunate opportunity.
And now ajter ali my trave/J 11nd Íl1bour1 both
6J
Sea aud
Land which
1
have fuftained in thiJ laft period of my lije,
1
pretend to no other reward th1in
the fatiJfaélion of having aéled according to that Talent which God h11th giveñ m-e, by which
J
hav~ difcharged
m;
confcience toward1 God
M
a Chri.ftian, towards _the King
'M
afaithf11ll
Subjeél
,
dnd rowards your felvn
M
bectRme a good neighboHr and a tn,e fervant.
And in–
déed,
iJ
you tak§ not thingi, and nnderftand them in the [ame manner
,
yoH
i/l requite
t/Je love and affeétion
1
bear
)9U,
and thc care and labourJ
I
havc [uftained for your intcrejl-~
conjidering that on .my part there hath been no failure or omiffion to advance the Jame. And
fince, for the better [ettlement
ef
the CourtJ of'fudieature and the Ajfairs of
Lima,
it
is ne–
cef{aryfor me to be thert pre(ent,
1
have.defired the moft Reverend Father in God, the Arch–
bifhop to foprly
my
prefence with
JOU
in the City', and in my name to offer to
JOU
what
I
can
doe at prefent
,
and what I fhall be able to doe for· the future.
And having not farther
to a4d;
1
befeech God, that
1
may live to fee you ali in great profperity and p!enty, and em~
plOJ'ed in his ho!J fervice
M
fu!ly and
IU
happi!J
,u
yoit your fo/ves dejire,
Given ac
Guaynarim11,
on che 18tli day of
Auguff,
1
'S
48.·.
Subfcribed,
Your Servant,
che
LicenciadoGafca.
Befides this Letter and Inflruétions given
to
the
ArchbHhop , he gave it
in'
charge
to
che Father Provincial, Frier
Thom,u de San Martin,
that he íhould rnake
a Sermon on the day of che Publication, and therein exhorc the Precenders to be
contenced every man with his portien allotted; and
to
deal wich them in privatei
and perfüade thern thereunro. Ali which
Her'nande:c, Palentino
writes more at large,
which we have abbreviaced,
to
~oid prolixiry and tedioufüefs to ~he Reader;
and is as followech :
·
When
it was known in
Co~co
that the Prefident was recired privately
to
avoid
che
troublefome importunicies of che People; one Captain
Pardaue,
being in dif–
courfe with other Captains; on my Confcience faid he, chis
M adalena
de
la
Cm~
is retired fome where privately
to
put an
Har,ina
upon us, for in
Peru
they call thac
Harana,
when a man who hath !oíl: his rnoney ac garning plays forne Trick
or
Sham to avoid paymenc. And arnongíl: ocher Nick-narnes given che Prefident,
they called him
Madalena de la
Cm~,
which was as muchas Cheater or Sorcerer,
and was che narne of thac Wornan who was punííhed by che Officers of che In–
quHition in
Cordoua :
And che truth is , the Prefidenc , not to hear foch infolent
Speeches as thefe, retired from
Cow
that he rnight have liberty to rnake the
Diíl:ributions, and removed farcher from it when tney we_re publifhed, as
Palen–
tino
faith in the fecond Pare, and Chapeer che firíl: of his Hiítory, in thefe words:
It was well known that che Prefidenc abfenred himfelf from
Cow,
that he
might not be prefent at che time when the Diíl:ribution of Lands was publiíhed;
for he was prudent and fubtile, and underíl:ood by good experience che nature of
che Countrey ; and feared rnuch che Infolences of che Souldiers, and to hear their
Cornplainrs, Oaths and Curfes : And indeed herein he was not deceived ; for
when che Arch-biíhop was arrived at
Cow,
where alrnoíl: ali che Inhabicants and
Souldiers were affembled , expeéting to receive greac proportions of Lands and
Governrnent : they appeared quier and orderlY. : bue fo foon as the publication
was rnade, on che :z.4th of
Augujl-,
being che Fefüval of Saine
Bartholomew,
where–
by fii)ding rhemfelves rnuch difappoimed of their hopes, they began
to
curfe and
fwear, and
to
utter rnany feditious expreffions -againft che Prefident and his
Go–
vernrnent , to that high degree, that all things feemed
to
tend
to
mutiny and a
new rebellion. Hereupon rhey began to encer into Cabals and fecrec Confulcaci..
ons, h?w in che firíl: place they mighc kill che Judge
Andres de Cianea ,
and the.
Arch-b1íhop , whom they eíl:eerned che Authoars of che Diflributions. The
cau[e and ground of their
fury
and rage they alledged to be the allorment made
of
principal Places
and
Lands
to
chofe
who
had been
the Followers and
Abectors
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