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VI.
Royal
Commentarie.r:._
Howfoever. ch~ Sc;ry was quickly carried into che oucward ro~m, -wher~
¡;
occa–
fioned much laughrer.
Sorne few days afcer chis, a cercain Capcain whom we
have formerly mencione9 in chis Hiíl:ory carne
co
che Vice-king , pretending to
give him fome Informanons for .beccer Government of che Empire; and amonglt
?che~ thiµgs, he faid, chere "Yªs one Abufe ~ecdfary to be remeqiefi.~ che ching
1S-th1s, Tl}ere ,a~e nyo Sould1~rs w~o lodge
m
fucha place, and goe always
a–
mongíl: che
Indi,1¡1S
v..:1th Guqs
m
their hands, and eac_wllat t~ey kili , and d~íl:roy
the
whole Game of che Councrey; they alfo n:iake P.qwder and Bullécs , '\-\lhich
is
of
ill
example co che Kingdom ;· for many times Troubles and lnfurreétions have
enfued
frorn
füch begin\'}ings ; and therefore fuch men
as
tQefe are to be puni–
füed, oracleaíl: banifued from
Peru.
The V,ice-king asked him.whecher chefe men
did treat che·
Indi'tms
ill,
or whfüher they fold cheíljl J?owder and Bullecs, or com–
micced any ocher O~crages?
No, faid che.Captaia, Noching more chao whac
I
tell your Lord(hip. Then, fa.id che Vice-kiog, t~efe are not f.aults, bue ~&ions
rather to ·be encouraged; for it is no,offonce for
Spania1;~1
~olive amongíl:, éhe
In–
dians,
and to eat what they get themfelves by huncing, and
tq
make Powder for
their own ufe, and noc to fell; bue 'tis rather commendable; and fuch attions
as are
fit
fo1; ocher men to imitace. Go .your ways, Sir, in che n~mf:! of
Goq
;
for
I
delire, thac neicher you nor ochers fuould bring
n:i~
(uch Tales as chefe; for
thefe meo you complain of 111uíl: be Saints, f~eing they Hve fuch innocent lives as,
you inform me. And in chis ~anner, was che impertine_ncy of chjs Capcain re-
quited.
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Wich chis gencle and eaíie manner di.d fhis Prince govern l'h~ Empire; bue,my
Countrey .was not worthy
fo
mgch gopdnefs , and therefore Heaven called him
thither; During the time of his Sicknefs, the Juíl:ices commanded chac che per–
fonal fervices of che
Indians
íhould_ be caken off, and accordingly ic was prcJclai–
rned in the Cicy of
Los Reyes,
in
Cozco
and ocher pares, under fuch penalcies and
rigorous claufes as gave greac offence, and caufed new feditions and mutinies a–
rnongíl: the People: for which a chief Incendiary, one
Luys de VargM
was éondem–
ned and execuced: bue che Exami.nations and Tryals proceeded no farcher, becauíe
it was found, chac feveral principal meo were concerned therein ; and
ic
was be–
lieved chat the General
Pedro de Hinojo{a
would have be~n impeached , becaufe
rhree Wicneífes were ready
to
have fworn feveral words which he had faid,
rhough not fufficient to have condemned him ; hut the
J
uíl:ices (as
Pa/entino
faith)
being deíirous
to
make an honeíl: man of a chief, made choice of him to go chief
Governour and Lord High Jufüce
to
che
CharcM;
for chat in chofe Countries
there were many Souldiers who lived diílolucely, and wichout any rule or fub–
jeétion whatfoever : And though at firíl: he refufed
to
accepc the Cliarge,
yec
he
was perfuaded chereunto by Doétor
Saravia,
who was one of che moíl: anciedc
J
ufiices : but as to his Crime, .there was rather a fufpicion of ir, chao any cer–
rain proof againíl: him; and che Souldiers themfelves faid, chac the hopes he gave
them were racher doubtfull than certain; foral! he 'faid to them was, that when.
he was
in
che
CharcM,
he would doe for them according to their delire, chat they
íhould goe thicher before him ; and chat when he carne éhither, he would doe for
them to che utmoíl: of his power. Though thefe words imponed no more chan
general terms, yet Souldiers, who were defirous of Rebellion and Novelcy, weue
ápt to interprec chem according
to
cheir own humour and inclinations : but whe–
ther che .intention of che General was to rebell or not, he did not declare at that
time; though his aétions feemed rather to cend towards
ill
chao good defignt On
thefe hopes the Souldiers who were in che City of
Los Reyes
;
that is, as many as
could goe, went
to
the
Ch11rcas
,
and wrote to cheir friends in divers pares , thac
they alfo íhould goe thicher.
.
The news hereof carried many Souldiers loto che
Charcas,
and amonglt them
a
Gentleman parcicularly called
Don Sebaftian de Caftilla,
Son of Counc
de la Gome–
ra,
Brocher of
Don Ba!rafar de Caftilla,
of whom chis Hifiory hath made mention
ac large. This Gentleman, ·wich fix ocher Souldiers of eíl:eem and honoar, went
out of
Co;:,co:
for
Vi1fco Godines,
who was the.chief Promoter of chis Rebeliion, had
wroce him a Leccer in Cyphers, giving him an accounc of
·all
macters then in agi–
tation , and chac
Pedro de Hinojofa
had promifed to be t'.meir General : Upon chis
advice
Don Sebaftian
and bis Companions wenc ouc of
Couo
by night, without diP
coveriqg che place
co
which chey 'were defigned : And leíl: the Governour fhould.
purfue afier thern, they
went
through by-ways, out
0f
the cornrnoo
road, <lnd
through
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