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patience, for I have not wherewi6h to doe ir~all being already divided and diC
tributioo
rilaae.
Sir , replied che So~ldier ; give me chen thac.Cap .of yours
with which you have deceived
fo
many, and
I
fhall efieem my felf well .rewar:
ded
cherewich. The Prefident, looking opon him, faid óo more than, .Go your
ways in God's name. .
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Another perfon,
who
took. up9n l:iimíelf che name and Tide
of
á·
Capcain ;
rhough in reality he was noc, for
I
knew bim well
:
bue he had
an
Eftate givert.
him-with Seryice of
lndianí
.to che V:alue of feven or eighc choufand pieces
of
Eighc a year : and he boldly requited che Prefident co beccer his Efrate by fome:
addicions thereunto, as he .had done to inany- ochers, who had
noc
c:fefervéd half
fo qmch
as
he;¡ for
I;
faid
,he; have been one of che
full
Difcovérers
~ánci
Con-'
queróurs of
Chité.
And
there hach
l!º
'afüon of moment p'aífed
in
all·chis Em–
pire wherein I .have noc been.c.oncerned for fervice of
bis
Majeíl:y; fonwlñch
I
de:.:
ferve greac rewards; to which he added :many árroganc Speeches'ancllBravadoes
full
of
Vanicy and Pride; atlebg
che Prefidenc beirig over-tyred aed wearied
therewith, faid to him, GoochSir, be gone, you have enough for a'p'erfon ofJoar
~µality, for
J
have heard thaq:ou
are
the Son of-·-·-· -, ....._in your awn
CouiR
trey, naming bis Father's Trade. The Captain,
for
fo
I
call him, pref~ntly re..
plyed,
He
Jyes who tald your Lordfhip
fo,
and fo doch he who believes
him :
and therewich he prefea!ly went' out of the room, fearing leíl: fome body íhould
lav
hands upan him.for bis íaucy Speeches.: but che Prefidenc paciencly enoured-.
all chefe affronts, faying, he was to fuffer and füíl:ain much ll)Ore for che fervice of
the King
his
Mafier; befides which gentleneís, he ufed che Souldiers wich much
ci~
vilicy, and encercained them wirh hopes and aflurance to provide for chemilereaf.;
ter.
As
))iego Hernandez.
confirms in che
firíl
Book of thé fecond Pare of bis Hi- ,
fiory, Chap.
3.
in thefe words : We are
to
obferv'e, fays he, (chat d1,1ring all che'
time chat che Ptefident remained in
Lima,
being abou~ fevenceen monchs, greac
nµmbers of People flocked thither co demand relief fot fupply of che;r. .necelhties
and reward oftlieir fervic~: for, as hach been faid, many of che King's fe1vams,–
who were lefc out in lhe
nrfi:
divifion , grearly complained of cheir hard ufage.
About this time feveral Efiaces-fell to the King by che death of
Diego Centeno, Ga–
briel de Roj.u
,
Licenciado C11rvajal,
and others; and confequently there was fome
mpre
maccer aód fu_bRance·where"'.ich to anfwer che expeétation of fome Pretenr '
ders
~
but chis not beiilg a full fu:pply, ferve.d onely to increafe che u:oubles ofthé
Prefidcnt, who by his gent\e and civil Anf
wers
gave a'general facisfafüon to ·aU
people. Sorne o( the Precenaers kept
a
fecrec correfpondence wich che Under_.
derks to give them informafüm,how Efiates were diílributed ; ánd chofe com_.
municated all co the Captains and Souldiers wich·whom they had friendíhip; and'
fome had a fight ofche Books. chemfelves, wherein chey
faw
to whom!fúah.Lands·
were given, ª-ºd to whom fucha Command~and Lordíhip: amd
it
is
rrow com–
·monly believed cha
e
chofe.Books were falfified , and chat'the Prefidenc himfelf,
who was a
fubtile, underfianding perfón, did connive thereac, and give permiffion
to have
the
p,arciculars fecrecly expofed
~
·
fo
dm
every one mighc be che beccer
fa.:
tisfied wich his
Loe,.
efpecially wnen they
faw
chérnfelves nominated a'nd defigned·
to
fuch an E
fiate: and it is cercáin chac chere are fome mfin, who to tHis day are·
ef
opinion,
ch.atthey are deprived of the Loe .and Portion.,vhich the Pn1fidenc
appointed for them ; and one perfon fó encercained che tMughc thereóf in his
h~c!d , chat he b.ecame mad .when he found himfelf difappoimed.
Bu(
che Pre..,
íj~ent
Ga(ca's
greac care and incumbencé was to carry ,vich him a good
fum
of
~old and Silver
m
the Emperour , of which he had alreaciy amaffed
a,
million:
~nd a half of
_Cafte/lano's,
which being r~duced · to
Spanifh
Crowns, @f threé
hundred and fifcy
Maravedís
co the Crown,· made
t½VO
millions and a lmnclred·
thoufand Crowns, befides che
r
reafüre which fiad been expended
'in
che late
Waf
.,
And
now che cime
for
che Prefident's departQre growing ne_ar ( which was a hap~·
pineís greatly defüed by hirn) he haíl:ned wíth all expedicion•poffible
to
be gone¡
leíl: Íome difpafch íhould arrive to decein
him
}onger
in
che Kingdoni. , And ha–
ving finifhed and compleced che remaining pare·of che D1viíions, he folded and:
fealed them up, wich order, chat _éhey füould not be opened and publiíhed umil(
e_ighnfays after h~ had fec
fail
from che (oaíl:·, and chat the Arcb-bifhop íbould–
confirm che Divifions he ·had tnade, by Alt anci Deed from himfel f:
After
chis,
upon che twenty fifch day of
¡anuary
the Pre.íident wendrbm
Lima
to
Coll,w'¡
a Port about two leagues difiant from the
Cicy :,
and upon Súnday following; be-
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