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rhrough defarcs and unpeopled places, untill they carne to
:Pot;cji~·-'where
they
were·C01meoufly received. So that though the Governour fent 'ímrilediately af-'
ter rhém an Hue and Cry
to
che
S'paniards,
to
íl:op and feize them ; yet che Sou!–
diers with them were
fo
skilfull in che ways, and knew che turnings and windings
of the Commey
fo
wel), thac the diligence ufed by the Governour availed no-'
thing
1
but as to
~on Sebaftian
hi_rnfelf, be_was mo:e
fic
for a Courtier ; chan ro
be made the Ge~eral ofa_ Rebelhon, as tbey made h1rn at)a_íl:, and which b~oughr
a f¡::,eedy defiruéhon on h1rn ; for_he,. popr ~en~leman, ~emg of_a tender nature,
a'r"ld not inured to-tbofe bloudy Crueleies wh1ch h1s S0uld1ers reqmred him ro com–
mit, ¡md which we-re néceífary in the fiare of Rebellion, became a Sacrifice co
the fury of his own S0uldiers; as chis Hilfory will declare to us.
' During chefe.Revoluti_óns, che Vice-king
Don _Antonio ~e Mendofa
_happened to
dye, coche great unhappmefs of that whole Ernpll"e. H1s _Funeral ntes were ce–
lebrated with all che forrowfull Pornp that could b~ cqncnved ; and hi~ Corpfe
were intetted in che ~athedral C~urch of
Los Reyes,
on the right ~and ofche high
Altar, ,and inclofed 111 ahollow mck of che Wall; and on che nght fide of him
lay che body
éf
che Marquis
Don Francifco de Pip1rro,
who was Conquerour of chat
Empire and Founder of-tbat City; for which caufe he had reafon t_o clairn a nea–
rer pbficion to che high Altar than the Vice-king. After which the Juftices made
choice of a Gentleman to be made Governour of che
Ciry
called
Gil Ramircz.,
d'é
.Avalo1,
who had been a Servanc
to
the Vice-king: And the Mareíchal himfel(
was fent
to
the Cicy of Peace, ot~erwife called the New-city, where his E-
- fiare was, :md
the·fndian1
he commanded.
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CH A P.
XX.
lhe I11furreElion aud Troubles which happened in the Provínce
of the
Charcas,
with many fingle Duels., one of which is
related at large.
I
N
thofe days all tbe·brav~ Souldiers an_d marcial Spirits in
Peru
employed rhem~
felves m the
Charcas
and m
Potocji
and mche pares thereaboucs: arnongíl: which
there daily arofe quarrels and jarrings, not onely between che Souldiers and princi–
pal perfons of note, but even che Merchancs themrelves were ar enrnicy, and ped–
ling Dealm, rnrnmonly called by chern
Pu/pones,
or Pudding-makers, becau{e one
of them was found
to
fell Paddings in his Shop :· And
fo
common and continua}
were che fquabbles and fcuffies arnongíl: thern , that they were too many for che
Juíl:ice
to
prevent and compofe: at lengch ic was judged
fic,
as a remedy of
thefe maccers, to put out an Order, that whenfoever any two fe!! out , thar no
Standers-by lhould meddle or interpo{e
to
make peace b~tween them" on penalty
of incurring che fame punifhmenc with chofe who were principals in che quarrel:
bue tbis remedy availed nothing, nor whatfoever the Preachers could fay from their
Pulpits : for diífenGons daily arofe, as if chis Countrey had been che place where
Difcord made its aboad, or prefaged and fore-rao thofe Infurreérions and Wars
which fome few momhs afterwards enfued : thefe quarrels ofren produced chaJ–
knges and fingle duels: . forne of which were fought in f.hirt and drawers, orhers
naked from rhe waíl:e upwards, fome in breeches a-nd waíl:rnats ofcrirnfon Taffaty,
tha·t che btoud running, from cheir wounds rnight nbt affright them : befides feve–
ral other forms of duel very ridiculous, which che Cornbat:ints direél:ed according
to
their fancies, and would often qúarrel with their own Se'conds; a-nd rhat they
mightnot be hindred or parted, the placeappoinced wasfomewhere omofTown,
in the open field.
Palentino,
in che fourth Chapter of his fecond Book, tells as
the íl:ory of a rernarkable duel; but in reguard bis relacion is fomething íhort and
confuíed, we íhall enlarge thereupon, becaufe I knew dne ofche Duelliíl:s ar
,Ma.
ahJ,
·
in ·the yeat
15
ó-3.
by
a gooq tokeQ-of chofe Marks and Scarrs whid1 he
·
brought