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VI.

Royal

Commentaries.'

LIMA.

am the City

,Lime; ,'–

whocame thefirft in time;

All happine[s to bring

Vnto our Lord the King.

T ·R V X 1 L L

o:·

I'm

called the City

oJTruxillo,

who with true Loyalty

C11me

with

men to ferve

hú

Majefty.

like manner,

Pyura, f2!!.ito, Guanuco

and the

Chachapoya.;

alfo

Guamanca, Arequipa, Coz..co

and

the

Charcas,

preíenced themíelves before the Preftdenc with_Verfes to the fame

fubíl:ance as befare; which being all in Dogerel rithm , were fcarce worchy of a

Tranílation into

Englifh;

and indeed the Authour

of the fame opinion, for he

faith , that they were

dull and infipid, that they favoured more of

lndian

than

Spanifh

compofure.

But to recurn now to the Reafons which

Palentino

gives for the foundation of

the City of Peace, which ,we have already mencioned; we cannot allow that che

prevencion of R.obberies could be any motive or reafon fo¡¡ the building of that

City : for fuch hath been the generofity pf that Empire called

Peru,

of which

may be faid what cannot be faid of a[)y other Kingdom of the World , oamely ,

that from the Conqueíl: thereof, which was·in the year

Is- 31

to this very time,

which is towards the end of

161

it was nev~r known'or heard that either publick–

ly or privately any Robberies had been committed ; nor have any Merchancs and

Dealers ever been affaulted on the highway, , though they .have been known to

carry with them vaíl: quantities of Gold and Silver over Defarts and Moumains

for the fpace of three or four hun~red lea_gues ; and hav~ trav~lled with fuch fecu–

rity, thac they advencured to lye mche fields day and mght w1thouc other defence

or guard than their.mere Tenes, which is a thing

com,mendable, as is fpoken

of both in the

lndies

and

in.Spain

greatly to the honour and prai[e of this Empire.

e mean, thac fuch fecurity as this, is in time of Peace, and not in the time of

War; for then , as we have faid befare, there is nothing but fpoil and robbery

where Violence and arbitrary Power, and not Law, prevail.

CH A P.

VII.'

·rhe Car(?s and Troubles which the Prefident

Gaf~a

fuflaineJ.

How be . punijbed fome People that we>·e in a Mutiny.

With what P_atience he endured feveral infolent Speeches

oFthe Souldiers :

and how he pacified and Jatiófied the

Pretenders.

HE Cqurts of Judicature being

QOW

eíl:abliíhed in the Cicy of

Los Reyes

;

the Prefident applied himfelf to order . (uch matters as tended

the quiet

and fecurity of che Empire, and appointed that che .Gofpel and Chrifüan Doc–

trine íhould be tauclit and preached to the Natives. He commanded alfo, that.a ge–

neral furvey íhoulabe made of ali the Divifions which had been·made, and of the

Tributes which che

lndians

were to pay to their Lords , wh~ch were moderately

impofed and regiíl:red,

that it íhould

noJ.he-

in the power of the Lords at

any

time to raife that Rene or Tribute. lwwhich affair

Licenfiado Cianea,

one of his

Majeíl:y's Judges was employed, and

that purpoíe he was fent to the City of .

Los

Reyes,

having

firíl:

füppreifed a fmall mutiny c:mfed at

Co~,o

by che Divifions

lately