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Roy1l
·commentaries.
&nd pieces onEigfut of yearly Revemie : fo that the teh loesánd diviGons which we
have mentíoned'
to_
have been affigned in che
CharcM,
in·
Arequepa
and in
Co:c,co,
did
in
che total amount unto five hundred and forty thoufand pieces of Eight coined,
which make Ducars of
Caftí!e
near
fix
hundred and fifty rhoufand. So foon as
tbe Archbiíhop
Loayfa,
and the Sectetary
Pero Lopez., de Cafalla
carne to
Couo
they
publiíhed the lots and diíl:ributions which were made ; and read the Preftdent's
Letter to chofe unhappy men for whom no proviGon was found. and the Father
Provincial made a Sermon p~rfuadíng them to patienc~, _which opernced li_ttle up–
on them ; for they flew out
m
oaths, curfes and opprobnous fpeeches agamíl che
Governmem, as ali Authours confüm : admiring at the wonderfull profufenefs
and prodigality which was ufed towards chofe mén whd in realicy. déferved no–
thing: for it is moíl: certairi, thac amongíl: chdfe to whom diíl:ributions wete rnade
of forty or fifty thdufanGi pieces of Eight of yearly rent; there were fome, who~
being confcious of their engagement on
Piyarro's
ftde, and their evil aéhons in de–
nying,the Vice-king
Bf.afcoVcla-Nünne::,,
againíl: whom they raifed Arms, perfecu–
ted him ro che death; and aftetwards fixed his head upon che Gallows ; thefe men;
l
fay, and ochers; as Hiíl:ories record, who having impiouíly rebelled againíl: his
Imperial Majeíl:y, expeéted death, or at leaíl: baniíhment; would pave been
fuf–
ficiently conténted and thought it a merey to enjoy onely the benefit ofthe gene–
ral
Pardon, wichouc other rewards or ~roviftons made for chem : an _ example
whereof may
be
given of
M artín de Robles,
who, when he tinderíl:ood what allot–
ment was máde him, was fürprifed :'\7ith the e:&cefs of fuch abundant favour :.and
in fenfe thereof, faid to chofe who íl:ood by;
'Tis well, 'tis well, but
fo
much good
h
no good;
rbeanióg that it was riot good for thdfe who deferved
fo
little to be rewar–
ded
fo
much: Sorne few months afterwards this
Martín de Robles
was fined by
Sentence of the chief Juíl:ices in the fum of twelve hundred Ducars, for having
heen acceífory to the hpprifonment of tlíe Vice-k¡~g
Blafco Nunnez., Vild,
and en–
~age~ in c~e caufe of
G;np ilo Pifarro
;
the_ which Fine wa_s adtudged .to be giveri
to
Diego Alvarez Cuetoj
who was Brother-m-law to the V1ce-kmg, and who pro–
fecuted
de Robles
and others of
Pifarro'$
Party. And when this Sentence was noti–
fied
to
him:
what,
faid he,
no more, I that
w.u
the man who topk the Pice-kfng ?
Nof
faid the Clerk, yoür Fine is no,more.
Well,
anfwered he,
J
could have béen conten–
ted with ten times
a;
much.
And thus prefurnptuous and boaíl:ing.they were of che
exploits they had done that they vali.Ied chemfelves müc:h.upon théin, and adven–
tured to utter theft¡ and mariy other bold Sayings on this matcer, .in prefence ofthe
Prefident hirnfelf, of whicb we íhall fpecifie fome few parciculars hereaftef,
and
omit others, which are not
fit
co
be here mentioned.
C
H.
A
P.
IVº
Práncifco
Hernandez
Giran,
without ány
reafon,
Jhew.s
himfelfgreatly dijpleafe.d
fer
the divifion which was allot–
ted
to
him: a Co11imiflidn
i5
given him to
mak.,e_a
new
Conquefl. The punífhment of
Francifcd
de
Efpinofa,
and
·
Diego
de
Carva
jaL
N, ·
Otwicpíl:anding thefe rich ancÍ large diíl~iburions oí
aboyé
cwo mi!Íions and
a half
of
yearly Reven~e; whidi one Authour fays was bué
a
millfon, and
another a milliort and forcy odd thoufand pieces ofEight; yec the_Pret~nders were
not fatisfied, and generally complainéd, fome becaufe they had no íhare allocced,
and
others were fcandalited td [ee thofe rewarded with füch excefs of pro8igalicy
yvho never had been _con{;:erned in the Conqµeíl: of the Coumrey; nór rerídred
other fervice
to
_his tv1ajeíl:y iban oriely to rife in, Rebellion againíl:
hím;
to
kill
~is Vice-king, ¡in~ aftefwards to fell ~nd ~eéray the Tyrant: unto che Prefl?enc,.
whom beforn they had fofüed and mamtamed : bue he
who
appéared publickly
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