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VI.
Royal_
Comment4ries.
chat che Liveries of my Father.and his Cori1panions weré made of black Velver
and upon che upper Caífockwere cwo -bórders of yellow Velvec, abouc a
f
pan di~
fiance -from each ocher, with chis Moftb becween;
P!r:u
Vitra;
ahd adjoining
hereunto wéte rhree Pillars wich Ctowns uport chem, ,made cif yellow Velver, as
were ~he Bo!'de'rs, and all incerwoven wich a cwiíl: of <50ld arid blue 'Silk, which
looked very handfomely. Other Liveries chere were very rich and chargeable;
which I cannoc remember
fo
well as ro defcribe chem, bue rheíe of my Fachers
having been made iq che Houfe, remain fiill in my memory. The accendancs of
]ohn lu!io de Hogt_da,
ánd
Th.9mM Vafq,m:.,,
and
rohn de Pancorvo,
and
Fran_ci/co Rodri–
gun de Villa-fuerte,
who were all four Conquerours in che firíl: Advenmre, were
cloched in Liveries of black Velver, firiped wirh divers flowers and leaves máde
of crimfon 'and whice Velve,t; On _their-J-leads chey wore Turbams embroidered
wich Pearls and ECmerods, and otner prerious Stones, valued ac chree hundred chou–
fand pieces ofEíghc, which amounc co above chree hundred and fevency choufand
Ducats of
Caftile,
and all rhe ocher Li\Teries were rich like chefe.
Don Fr..ancifco
be–
held chis Gallamry, and Sports from a Balcony belonging
to
my Facher's Hóufe,
where I had opporcunicy
to
cake nocrce
of
his per(on : from hence ·he' proceeded
to che ·Cities of
La Pa:G,
and
La Piara;,
and to
Potocfi,
where he received a full re–
la~ion of chofe Mines of Silver, and,of all ocher marcers which were \ÍVorchy his
Majeíl:y's infon;nacion.'
In
bis recurn he came by che Cicy 9f
Arequepa,
ánd a–
long the Sea-coaíl: as far as che City of
Los Reyes,
in all which progrefs, he éravel–
led above fix hundred anq fifcy leagues : and-brought wich him che Mouncain of
Potocfi
delineaced, and exaérly drawn, ahd p~in~ed wich che Mines of Silver, as al~ ,
fo
ocher Mouncains, Valleys and immenfe,Cavicies whicli are found in chac Coun~
érey of a Hrange forrn and figure.
,·
Being recumed
to
che Cicy of
Los Reyes,
his Fáther' dif¡:mched him away for
Spain
wich rhefe Draughcs of che Councrey, and a true relacion of che íl:ace of af–
fairs chere.
He
departed from
Los Reyes,
as
Palentino
faich, ·in
May
'!
5
p.
where
we will leave hirn,
to
recounc a particular accident which happened ac -chac time
in
Co~co,
when
Alonfa 2/e A/varado
was Mayor, or chief Governour chereof, and
known to be a bold man, and an impartial Jufüciary; che maccer was·chis : About
four years oefore chis time a party of Souldiers cdnfüHng of two hundred meo
.marched out of che Cicy of
Potocji
cowards che Kingdom of
THcman,
which che
Spaniard1
call
Tucuman,
¡noíl:
ofwhich, comrary
to
che 'pofitive Orders of che Juíl:~~
ces, were ferved by
Indians
to carry their burrhens and baggag\:!
fot
cHem. The
chief Governour of chac place, called
Licenfiad9 Efquivr:I,
wicn whom I was ac–
quainced, wenc out of che Town to view che feveral Companies of Souldiers as
they marched; and having fuffered all of c.bem to país wich the
Indians,
who car~
ried their luggage, he feifed on tbe laíl: man, called
Aguire,
becaufe< he had cwo
Jndians
laden with his goods ; and for chis fault fome few days afc~rwards he fen–
i:enced him ro receive cwo hundred íl:ripes, becaufe he had neicher Gold nor Sil–
ver to redeém che penalty ·Jaid on hirn by bis Sencence. Hereupon
At,uire
made
ali
the Friends he could
to
che Governour to have his puniíhrne11t'temicced, but
being not able to prevail, he defüed diat he might rather be hanged chan whip:
ped; faying, that though hewere a Gentleman, and might íl:and upon chac privi–
lege, yec he would wave chac alfo: howfoever he choughc
fit
to let him know,
that he was che Brocher ofa Gentleman, who in his Countrey had an Efiace wich
Vaililage of
Jndiam.
Bue all this availed lict!e with che Judge; for chough being
óut of Office he was a man of an eafie temper, and a traétable difpofition, yec of.
éencimes Honours and places of Power change che humour of fome rnen ; and
fo
ic did wich
mis
Judge, who became more fevere by chefe applications,
fo
thac 'he
· imrnedi?tely comrnanded che Execucioner to bring che Afs, and execuce che Sen–
tence,. whlch accordingly was done, and
Aguire
mounced thereupon. The prin–
éipal men of che Town, confidering the unreafonable feverity of che
]
udge, Went
and increaced him to.{emic or füfpend che Sencence, and'prevailed on him ra:cher
by imporcunicy chan argumenc to deferr che execucion for eight days. Bue when
they carne to che Prifon with chis Warranc, chey found
Aguire
already ílripc and
rnounred on his Afs; who, when he underíl:ood chac che Sentence was onely
fü.
[pended for eighc d1ys, he rejeéted ·che favour, and faid,
All
my
endeavours have
'heen
tó
~eep
my
Jelffrom mounting this Beaft.., and from the fhame of being Jeen nakfd; hui
ftnce things are come.thm far, /et the Sentence proceed, which will be lefs than the fear¡
ivid
apprchenjion1I
fh:i!t
have
in thefe
eight d1ty1 enfuing, beftdes
1
jha!t
mt need
to
give
far-'
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