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Commentariei.
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VI.
the moíl: difconcenced of any was
Franeifco Hernande~ Giron,
who having noc férved
formerly
in
Peru,
butin
Pafto
on_ely, wher~(as
Palentino
faith) he neVfr had more
chan an Efiate of fix hundred p1eces of faghc a year ; And now there being a
propoi-tion fet out
to
him of about ten thoufand pieces of Eighc a year , called
Sacfahuana
,
which was
in
Couo
,
and for~erly belonged
to
Gonfalo Pifarro;
chis
Gentleman
fo
difdained the meannefs of
1t ,
cbat he could noc forbear publickly
coexprefs his diflike; and, conceiving a high efieem of his own merit, he.
grew
angry chat any man íhould be preferred or rewarded above himfelf: and to chat
excefs and diforder <lid his pafiion lead hirn , and cranfport
to
chofe ihdecenc ex–
prefiions , chat his words were eíl-eemed feditious, and not lefs chan favouring
of
Treafon : in chis hurnour he asked leave of che Arch-bifhdp to goe unco che Pre–
fidenc and complain of his hard-ufage; for thac he, who had ferved che befi of
any, and cherefore deferved che befi _{hare, w_as_ mrned offwich che meanefi allot–
ment. The Arch-biíhop reproved h1m for h1s mfolenc language, and denyed him
leave. Bue
Francifco Hernande~
made bold ro rake thac which was refufed him ,
giving out abroad, char he vvas going to che Cicy of
Los Reyes ,
ro make bis com–
plaims unto bim, who ought to confider them : which being made known to
Li–
cenciado Cianea,
who was by joinc Cornmifiion with che Arch-bifhop rnade Gover–
nour and chie
f.
Julliciary of
Couo ;
he wrote him a Lacter, ádviftng him to recuro,
and not augment che Troublés and Mutinies which were in che Kingdom , and
which were
apc
to be ínflarned by che Difconcents of rnany perfons , who had
much more reafon
to
cornplain than himfelf; that he would doe well to conftder
and cake care how· he forfeiced al! ocher his former Services by fuch rnutinous
praétices as chis, which would render birn odious to all his Majefiy's Officers
and Miniílers. The Meílenger who carried this Letter, overcook him
inSacfahu–
ana ,
being abouc four leagues difiant fromche Cicy, which when
Hernande~
had
read, he made 'chis Anfwer, ;rhat he thought
fit
to
be abfent in that conjunéture,
not to be concerned in che Mutinies and Troubles which he faw were coming;
for
he knew chac che Souldiers would prefs him
to
be their Leader and Comrnander
in chief ;, and moreover, chat he was going
to
communicace many ocher macters
unto che Preíidenc for his Majefiy's Services; to which he added divers other
im–
pertinences, difpleaíing to
Cianea :
at which the Judge being greatly moved, he
prefently difpatched Letters to Captain
LopeMartín,
(
whom
Palentino
calls
Alovfa
de
Mendofa )
and wbo, as we faid before, wasfent
to
the
Charca1 ,
to fupprefs
In–
furreétions, chat wich halfa dozen of his rnofi faithfull Souldiers he fhould inter–
cept
Hernandez.,
in his journey or caufe him to retum back again
to
Couo.
The
day following
Lope Martín
With his fixSouldiersaccordingly fet out, and
taking
the 0rdinary journeysof four or five leagues
a
day, he overtook
Hernande~
in
cu–
rampa,
about cwency leagues frorn che Cicy, who intended now to play a double
game; for on one ftde, he was willing to fhew his readineís
to
ferve his Majefiy;
and on che other fide, he deíigned
to
give concencment
to
che Souldiers, by whom
he was defaous
to
be efieemed a Favourer of cheir precenGons and reafons of
complainc; as will appear by che Anfwer he gave achls retum
to
t-he Judge
Cian–
ea
when he was brought before him. For in excufe he alledged, that he abfen–
ced himfelf from che Cicy, chac che Souldiers mighr nocengage hirn in che Mu–
tinies they incended, and force him to be cheir General ; Upon which Allegati–
on the Judge comrnitted him to prifon in che Houfe of
7ohn de Saavedra,
who was
one of che principal Citizens of
Co~eo
;
and having made Procefs againfi him
he rernitted him
to
che farther cenfure
of
che Preftdent, and fuffered hirn
to
g~
upon
~is
paroll, and ~pon O~th caken ; chac_he would proceed direétly and pre–
fenc b1míelf before h1s Supenours. Accordmgly
Hernande~
wenc to che Cicy of
Los
_Reye1,
bue was detained chree monchs on the way , becau[e che Prefident
ac
fufi would not fee him, nor give him admittance inco che City , uncill aclength
he received licence and che favour to kifs che Preftdenc's hand: fome days afcer
which, che.Prefidenc, being defirous
to
cornply with his Marcial Spirit, and co
clear
che Kingdom of
a
forc ofinfolent and rnutinous Souldiers , conferred rhe ho–
nour of aCommiffion on him , impouring him
to
make a Conquefi of che
ChP.11-
ch,,,.J
,
wich the Title of Governour ,and Captain General of all chat Countrey
which he íhould conguer ac his own cofi and hazard, excepcing ouc of bis Com:
mifiion chofe Fronciers_which bordered on his Conqueíl-,·narnely,
c~co,
che Cicv
o[
La PIR.
,
and the City of Place :
Francifco lfernanrfn
was much pleafed with
hís
Commillion, intending thereby to ga_in an opporcunity to rebell againfi his Ma-
jeíly;