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Booi<
VI.
Royal Commentarier:.
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in ché
Prifon at
Yalladolid,
bis
Caufe was
ae:ve-r:
e€termlned.
l
had once in .my
poífeffion che reafons he produced in his
owt1
defence, which indeed
a~e
fQ
ílrong
that whofoever reads them muíl: neceífarily acqúi~ hitn, and
allow
him to have
.been a true
ariél
faithfull fervant to
his
Majeíl:y : He
was
more.happy in
the
goods
of mind chao in chofe
óf
fortune; for chough he had amaífed vaíl Riches and ac–
quired great Honours, yet
l
have
fe~n
him m9ch
affiiéted,
and necefiitefüs in
pri-
fon.
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Thus far
th1s
Doaour, whó giving álfü a relation
of
the d~áth of Coimt
PeJr,
Navarro,
one G>f che mo!l famáus Captains of his time, fays almoft the·fa),ne that
we have·done of che death of
Cepeda,
viz. Thac the Offi<:er
in
whofe cuR:ody
hé
was , being bis great Friend , did firangle him in prifon to prevent an
Attaindet ·•
baving gained
all
the Kingdom of
Naples,
&c. Tlius forrune produces
0
ca~sof
éhe
like nature over
all
che World, that mea comparing che miferies
of
Gltlíers
with
their own , may
learn
to compaffionace each ochers forrqws.
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The Prefident
Ga[ca
arrived in fafety at the Cicy of
p
ankma,
wifR
tñbre
than
a million and a half of Gold and Silver, which he carried into
Spai,i
for accoimt
of his Majefly ; ·befides as much more for privare men, who were paífengers with
him. At that place a
,ílrange
acxident happened which Hifiorians mention : but
in
regard
.AugH/fine
de
Cttr11te
is more Particular cherein than any other Amhour1
we
ffiall
make ufe ofhis relation, toncfiing che Execution ofone ofthófe new Or–
-dmanées or l.aws which have made fuali a noife in the World, and
1
raifi:d Muti–
nil:!s
and
Rebellions
'in
all quarters : and cherefore we
fhaU
in-che
firll
placé repeat
whac
he fays of che beginning
of
chis rebellion, and th~n as
to
th~ Pró~eedings
thereof,
w.e
iliáll
refer our felves to che other Authours ; as alfo
for
'Uíe· quanci.;
ties
of
Gold
and
Silver which were robbed•by the
Contrerai ;
who,
if
they had
contented themfelves _with che
prey
they had rnken, ancl had known how to fecure
it,.
chey had revenged the jnjuries
tbey
fu~aine~ wich greac advantage ,: __but thc
heac of
youch tranfported
them
beyond che cerros of modéracion ; and being
uri~
~ienced in the are
oí
War,
they
loíl:
all
again togéthef with chejr lives: all
wtíich is fpecified by
A11j.11ftine
Ca,-,,tt
in·che feventh Book
&f
•bis 1-Jifiory of
PerH~
, Chap.
12.
the
Tlde
of
wliich
ihs
follo¡yeth, and whkh -
we
make the eleverith
of
thefe
0111:·
Commentaries.
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l
t' ...
,._
·e
•• l
é
HA
P.
~
_Of what
happened _to ,
Hernmdo
a,id
Peoro
de
Contreta~ ;
who·
·were at
Nicaragua ,
and
went
in queft
a11d
purfuit
of the Prefident.
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111
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.
1
!L·
A
T
that
time,
when
Pearó .Ari~
DavÍÚ
gove;ned ~nd difcove~~¿' the
Prd~
.n.
vince of
Nicaragud,
he
married ooe of his Daughcers called
Do»na
Marili
Pcn1111l0/a to.Rodrigo de Conmn:u
a
Native of the Ciry of
Segovla ,
a principal per–
fün, and
one of a great
Eflace
there : By che death of
Pedro
AriM-
the Govern:.
· mene of
that Proviqce fell
to
Rodrigo
4t
Coñtrmu
5
who
having
been
nominaced
thereunto by his Fat~et-in=law
Pedro 1,rilÚ
'.
and having.deferve~ well for,his Lq.y•
:dty
to the Crown, h1s MaJefty was pleafed co confirm hun there1n
by
Ípécial Com–
miffion; and acc0rdingly he govetned for fome years, imtill
a
new Court ofJudi–
cature was erc6ted in the Gil\y of
Gracidi
de
Dior·,
which borders on che confines
of
(luat-imala;
and then the riew Jufüces did not onely deprive
Rbdrigo
de Contrmti
of
his
Government ; bue likewife putting
in
execution Qne Qf che new Laws be–
fore mentioned , they acquirted all
bis·
Indi,fns;
as.well tliofe which belongea
to
himfelf as chofe which carne
ro
him by his Wife from their ducy and Cervices;
as
alfo chofe
lndian1
which he had fetled updn his Childrén during the time of his
Office : of which hard ufage
Rodrigo
Complaining petitioned for a redre~ in confi•
deration
of che
many fervi,es
w.hi,b botH his Father-in-law and
ali
his
family had
·
performfci