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Bd'oK

VI.

Royal

Commentarin.

CH ·A

XIV.

~rancifco Hernandez Giron

p~oclaims

his C

ommilfton anJ

"f?efign fer makjnf. a new Conqueft, upon which many Soul-,

diers flock.. to hilll; which caufes great Diflurhance

and

Mutinies in

Cozco,

but

fuppre/fed by

the

Prudence and

.·

Moderation-

fome Citi'z,ens.

•

Eaving now the Prelident

Ga[ca,

Bi!hop of

Ciguenfa

entombed with Enligris.

and,&utchions ofhonour and fame; we muít in che nexc place make a long

and .fpeedy crariíicion from

Ciguenfa

Coz:.co,

where we íhall find many fudden

altéracions ; for fo foon as che Prelidenc

Gafca

was deparced for

Spain,

all che In·

habicants of divers Cicies recurned

cheir refpeétive homes and places of aboad,

every·one to look afoer -his párticular' concerrtmencs : amongíl: which ~eneral

Pe..

dro de Hinojofa

was one , and Captain

Francifco Ffernande-z:, Gir1Jn

went to

Cateo,

pti.,

bliíhin

g on his

·way thicher cheCommiffion hehad received to make a new·Con..

queíl:;

ahd.in

order chereumo he appoioced feveral Capcains to liíl: men in

Hst1ts

manca

and Ar

equepa

;

and in che new Plancation: whilíl: he himfelf, with greac

folemnicy , by found of Trumpet and beac of Drum proclaimed bis Defign. and

Commillion in

Coz:,co;

upqn which publicacion above uvo hundred. Souldiers

flocked to him from al! pares, for he was a popular man , anci

well

beloved

by_

the Souldiery. Such a number being got cogether, took a liberty

fpeakof the

Jare Tranfafüons according to their humours, and to vilifie and comemn the Pre•

fidenr and che Governours he had lefc in che Empire ; and fo ptiblickly fcand~~

lous,and impudem was their difcourfe;

thac .the Governours ofche City thought

ir rime'to fiñd ways

fuppreís it: and

rohn

de Saavedra,

who was then. Mayor of

rheTown, defired

Hernande:i::, de Giron

to expedice bis departure as foon as poffible,

that they mighc be freed from che infolence of the Souldiers. For though che

Ca tain himfelf encertained feveral of them in his own Family; yec die reíl:

were quarcered on che Citizens in their prívate Houfes: which chough i~ were an

aggrievance

rhem; yet, as

Palentino

faich, chey were unwilling co part wich

/them, becaufe this expedicion deprived them of their People;

that in cafe bis

Majeíl:y íhould impofe any thing on them to their farcher prejudice, chey fpould

pe difenabled from making oppofüion co enqoachmems on their Efrates and Pri~

vileges, ns chey had formerly done,with good fuccefs,

&c.

. ·F9r my pare,I know noc whence chis relation íhould proceed; for it is well known

thac ithad been n1'Uch beGter for che Citizens to have,the Souldiers employed in di–

fiant and remate enterprifes, than to ,Jye ar free quarcer upon them ; being obliged

.to·maincain fome four or five, fome'iix or feven, in their houfes; and to a_fford

;ehem mear, drink and lodging, wich cloachs and ocher conveniences : and how

·t

en it can be as 'tlüs Authout faith, I know not , fince it is plain and evident;

that che Inhabicancs were confumed and andone by chofe chargeable Gueíl:~. Bue

we muíl: excufe chis Hiíl:orian in many paífages relaced by him, for he was not

perfonally prefent when they were aéted, bue received his informacions from

orhers which are often doubtfull and concradiétory, and fo full of mutinies, that

eyery page is filled wich them, whereby ali the Inhabicancs, as well as Souldiers

are rendred Traycors and diíloyal to the Government: All which we {hall lay

afide,.as not pertinent to this Hiíl:ory, and- íhall onely infül: on the moíl: material

paífages, of which I my felf was a Witnefs, having been prefent in

Coz:.co;

when

Frltncífco Hern1111dez:.

and his Souldiers made their

firft

diíl:urbance : And I w;:¡s alfo

-prefonc at che fecond rnu

ciny w

hich paífed about three years afterwards

ali which

I obferved, wirhout any

noti.

ce taken of me; for I was a very hoy, and haéi .not

artained che age of a youog man ; howfoever, I had fo much underíl:anding as to

fee and obíerve che difcourfes which my Father made of che fev~ral affairs which

paífed in that Empire. And cherefore I can truly aver, that thefe Souldiers carri–

ed themfelves

proud and infolenc, that che Government was forced .to ~ake nob

tice of it, ·and confulc a remedy : which when che Souldiers underOood , the~

appliea

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