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Commentar.iet._
Boox VL
applied themfelves to their Captain, defiring lüm noc to fuffer them to
be
tram-'
pled upon by rhofe who had no ~uthority over them : For thac the Preftdcnt '
Gafca
having given hlm a O>mm1ffion
t9
make a new Conquefi:, and that che,
were his Souldiers, they knew no other power nor authority
bue
his ;
and
that
they eíl:eemed rhemfelves free and independent oo the Jurifdiaion
of
the
Mayor
or ochers.
· And
fo
far 9id this mutiny P,t:0€ttd, that the .Souldiers affembled together with
their Arms in che houfe of
Flancifco Hernande~ :·
arni on che othcr fide, the
Mayor
and Citizens crye4 out to a~ín; upon which t~e Inhabi~ants and their Relati905;
wich divers Souldiers who were noc ofche Faéhon, and nch Merdiants, and others
ofQuality, mee in the Market-place with their A:ms, ~nd dre~ up in a fo~ed
body :
In
like manner che concrary Party drew up m thell' Captams Street,
bemg
noc far from che Markec-place , in which pofture both fides continued two days
and
cwo nighcs ,
being
every moment ready to attack each ocher: which
had
moft certainly happened, had not fome more moderare meo, w}¡o were
f~ble
.of
. the late ruinous difirafüons, interpofed hftween them, and addrdled to
the
May.–
or and
Hm1and,-x, Giran,
defiring them to enter into a Treaty, that things
mi~
be
brought to a right underfianding. The clüef meo employed herein were
Di–
ego deSiti:a, Diego de Maldonado
che rich,
Gar¡iklf{a de la Yeg.a, Yafto de G11e11ar11,
A,ii.
tonio de fJ.i!.innoneJ, 'john de Berrio, 'Jer-onimo
df
Loayfa, MArtin
de
Menefos,
ancd
Fr11n–
eifco Roariguet. de Villa fuerte,
who was the
firfi
of the thirteen that paffed over
che Line which
Francifco
Pi
farro
drew with the point of hls Sword. With
thdc
feveral other Cidzens joyned ,·
to
perfuade the Mayor to quiet chis difturbance •
which would prove the deftrufüon of che City and the whc..le Kingdom.
The
like was alledged to
Francifco Hernandet.
,
defüing hjm to confider that
thereby
he would forfeit the meric of all his former Services, that he would
defiroy
hís
i:ietign of Conqaeft, whereby he was to gain honour and make bis fortuoe.
At
Jengch
it was agreed, that he and che Mayor íhould meet
in
the great Church ;
bue the Souldiers of
Hernande~
G
iron
oppofed ir, unlefs Hoftages were
firft
givea
for bis fafe recuro; which was affented unto, and four Otizens were dellvered for
fecuricy·; namely,
Garfilaf{a
my Maíl:er,
Die¡_o Maldonado, Antonio de fl.!!inn4u1
and
Diego Si/va.
On thefe Conditi9ns che two Chiefs mee in the great Church, where ·
Pr:ancifco Hernande;¡;,
carried him(elf fo infolent and proud, thac che Mayor had
laid
hands on him had he noc been refirained with che confideration of his friends
who remained Hofl:ages in che power of the Souldiers :
fo
that fuppreffing lüs an.
ger whac he could , he fuffered
Francifco Hernandtt.
to retum to his Houfe, from
whence he carne again , and cowatds che Evening met on che former
Cautlons
g_iven. . By which tirne
Hernandet.
having better confidered the unhappy
confe-
9uences of that mutiny, and having confulted with divers friends Ul)Oll che
cafe,
lie becaq,e much more gentle, and in amore flexible temper than before : and
in
this good humour they broke up and adjourned
-µntil
che day following,
by whicb
time ~bey íhould be enabled more deliberately
to
difcufs their affairs.
Being
ac–
cordingly mee; che ufual forms of Proteíl:s and A& were drawn up, and thePre–
amble was agreed to che following Arrides: Namely, Thac for che publick
pea~e and {!Uiec of che Land ,
Francifco Hernande~
íhould remove
bis
Sou)diers
ftqm
che Town, and íhould deliver up eighc of thofe who had been the moft
infolent and mutinous amongíl: rhem into the hands of the Mayor ; of which
nurnber ~er
e chofewho had _fired upon his Maje~y's Troop without any caufe or
provocauon.
A.ndthat he h1mfelf fhould goe mperfon to the Court of Jufüce,
to render an
accounc of this late fcandalous Mutiny and Rior.
This Agreemenn was folemnly fworn unto by boch Parties and drawn up
in
Writing; and the Mayor was to permit
Hermmde~
to depare freely upon his own
Paroll and Oach of Fealcy to che King: After chis
Francifco Hernandet.
returned to
his own Houfe, where he acquaimed bis Souldiers with the Agreement he had
qiac{e , bue chey were noc pleafed therewith , bac began to mutiny ; and if he had
nm appeafed chern wich good \fOrds and promifes, they had fallen in upoo che
Kings party; che confequence df which would have
been
very deftruétive
to
che
whole Kiogdom ; for they were two hundred e.ffeétive meo, defperate and of no
formnes, haviog nqching to lofe : and on che otber fide, chere were above Eigh,.
ty perfons of O!!_atity who ha<d Lands and Efiaces; and the reíl: were Merchants
of greac Riches. Bue God was pleafed to diverc thls fatal Mifchref at che Prayers
íUld Y,ows of religious Friar~ and kcular Priefis, and devout Wornen : for thouJdi
.
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