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fote·he ha8 fet fail he reteived aPacquet from his Majeíl:y which fdfonably carne
to
his han~s ,.and therein his Majefty's Royal Signacure,, to cake off the perfooal
Services. .. ,
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And now, whereas he was very.fenfible that the Countrey was much nnquief
and aifconrenced , and ful1 of ill affetted men, by ~eafon of the Divifions madé
. of
Gua;narima·;
and.becaufe many of the iJ{ing's true,and faithfuil Servants were
lefc deíl:itute and unrewarded·, whilft thofe who had taken ~art w!th
Gonf4lo
Pi–
fJtrro
hacd fuared amongfr themfelves the "richeft and
beíl:
of ali che Coüntrey :
:And,being riow refolved upon his deparrure, he publiíhed aProdamation where–
by
he
fuf~Hed the execucion of his M.aiefty's ~oyal_ Sigheé
fot'
taking off p_erfo-
11al ferviaes untill he had tendered arelauon to h1s Ma¡efiy of che true .fiace of
thaé
Co.rlntrey ·lánd ofavhat elfe he conceiv~d ·~ppercaining to·his M3jefiy's fervice,
al–
k:dgirig;his1powcr
fo
to doe, i~ regard,_his ~ommiffion a~d .A~tfiotlty did. no~
ceafe uncill he had p~rfona~ly ap_p_eared ·mthe prefen~e-of his Ma¡efiy_, and g1v~_
rum a verbal account of his Affairs, afid reei~ed h1s pleafurc therem. And
fo
on Monday following he made
fail ,
carrying alh he Gold and Silver wirh
him
which the had,been able to gather. :·Thús far
Palenrí»o:
'who th~réwith condndes
thc
Chapl er.·
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CH A P.
VIII.
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The cáu{e of
tli~
Stirrs
alul
l11fúrreffions in
Pé,tu.
Some'
Perfons condemned to the Ga!lits are entrufied to
Rodri--
. .go,Ninno
tó
co~.dutl them into
Spain :.
His
great
dif
· · ·
cretion and
wit,
wher/ by
he freed himfelf fron1 a Pyrate.
N
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OW
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~s
to
whac this Autl1d1:1r' mendons !qu~hing .
the
fufpe~fion
w~ich
the Prefident made of thac- Ad , whereby,hts Ma¡efiy -takes off the
_per–
fonal fervices, that is ~the fervices which
J11dian1
Jperform co the
Spaniards:
It
is
dear aód apparept that thofe lace Ordinances execuced , with the rigour and
ill
natúre-'.of the Vice-king
Blafao Nunne'l:. Vela,
were the caufe of all chofe
Commótions which haraíled the En:ipire , and took away the
life
of che
Vice•
king , and had been tire defirufüo9 of
fo
manr
Spani4rd1
and
Indians
as
haye
been rclated
in
chis Hifiory; Andrwhereas che ,Prefident himfelf brought tfi'e
revocation of thcfe Ordióances, and by means thereof and by his wife and
da:
creet management , the Empire was again recovered and refiored
to
the obedi–
ence ofhis Majefiy. lt' neither feemed juíl nor.decent for
his
Imperial Majdly,
oor agreeable to the particular honoor of che Prefident to intr@duce thofe new
Laws and Statutes again which were fonnerly rejeéted and made void, efpecially
thaé of freeing the
Indians
from perfonal Cervices towards their Lords, -which was
th<: chiéf caufe of all che complaints and troubles
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amongfi chem :, for which rea•
fon thé Prefident often faid to fev~rarof his friencls' that he was refolved
flot
to
put that
Law
in
execution untill he had
firfi
by word of mouch difcourfed with
bis MajeRy of the inconvenience thereof; well knowing by experience, that cha~
Law would never be dig~fied by the people, bue always prove a·scandal and Of.
fence, and perh'aps put all things agaip inro confuffon··and embroile, whenfoever
the fame were but moved, or intteat,y onely co be put in execution. But che
De·
vil ( as we have before mencioned ) defigning to iotermpc che peaceofthat Ceun–
trey, .t~a-t_ ch~reby he ~ight hinder the.wopagation of
~l:e
_Gofpel
ªº?
che increafe
ofChnfhamty , co~mved ali meaos ,t@ unfettle'and d1s1omt tl:iat Kingdom , and
in order Hi'ereunco líe fo blinded che unaerfiandiñg of che Lords ofche Privy-coun.
cil, that they perfuaded his Majefiy to take fuch meafüres as tended
to
the grcat
prejudice and confulion of that Kingdom ; a0d he.nce chofe Wars had their ort~·
ginal , which fucceeded to chofe lately 'fuppreífed, being carried on by
D~n
Seb4..
Jfian de
Cajli/Ja
and
Fi-lmcí[CfJ
Hernande~
Giron,
whofe pretence and quarrel was che·
fame good old Caufe, onely to free themfelve~ fr0m the uneafie burthen of chofe
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