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VI.
Royal
Commentarfes.
be made fome great Lord or Prince, and to enjoy the fweemefs
ot
other mens
Eíl:aces : wich che fubíl:ance of what w~ have faid chis Authour fills five Chapters;
wherein is noching bue quarrel and diípute. But ch~s marriage laíl:ed not lórig by
reafon ofche inequality of age, for
Paulo de Menefes
died fome few years afrerwards,
before he had confummaced che marriage; bue che young L~dy, though notas yec
twelve years old, inherited che Efürce and
Indians
of _her Husband; and (as che
Ladies of
Don Pedro de A/varado
did ufe
to
fay)
íhe changeq her pld l(ettle for a
new one; for fhe married with a young Gentleman of about cwency years ofáge,
who was aKiním~n of che fame
Paulo de Menefes,
and rhereby a kind of rellaura–
tipn- or compofüion- was made for thac Eíl:ace. This paífage we have inferted a
Jittle out of ics due place, in regard it fell in with ocher fiories of che fame nacure.
For noc long befare chis agreemenc was made, che General
Pedro de Hinojofa
arrived
i[1
che
Charca1
wich che Office and charge of Governour, and chief Jufüce of che
Cicy of
Plate,
and che Provinq!s chereunco belonging, where he found many of
thoíe Souldiers which he expeéted chere; who from che hopes they had received
fromche Promiíes he had made rhem
in
confufed and general terms, had made
their rendezvous chere, and inviced ochers to the fame place, and proi,zed very ·
croubleíome to hin1, becaufe che Coumrey afforded neicher convenient quarcers, .
nor provilions neceífary for chem: far which reafon
Hinojofa
took occafion to re–
fleét upon
M artin de Robles
and
Paulo de Menefes,
as if cheir quarrels had drawn
chofe numbers of Souldiers chicher; and
fo
cold chem plainly, chaefince cheir prí–
vate difpuces had inviced fuch Gueíls they ought co provide neceífaries for them,
and noc füffer chem to die wich famine:
to
which
M_artin de Rob!n
mage ;mfw~r,
chat many othm were ,concerned in ~he encouragement ~vhich was giveQ rhem to
come chicher, and éherefore that a general fault oughc not
to
be am~bu~ed
to,
rhem
in particular ; meaning by General; bimfelf, and that he was che caµ[e of ~heir
corning: for
.Mdrtin ,de Robles
was ufed to [peak finarcly, and ofcen with reflexion,
as we íhall fee hereafcer.
Thus did every man make it bis buGnefs to complain of others, and to lay th~
mifcarriages of Govermnenc
to
other mens charge, noching was quiec in the (;icy
of
Plate,
or free from malevolent Tangues,
fo
rhat the mofi fober Inhabicants re–
tired from che precinéts of che Cicy, and betook thernfelves to che Countrey, or
to pares where their Eíl:aces lay,
to
free chemfelves from che infolence and bold
praétices of the Souldiery ; who were come at lengcq to thac pafs, as to hold pu–
blick Meetings, and ro own their Cabals, and to challenge the General wich che
word and promife he had given chem to be their chief Leader and Commander,
fo
foon as he was come to che
Chamu,
and that now chey offered themfelves be–
ing in a readinefs to make an Infurreétion, and would no longer be delayed. The
General,
to
entertain rhem wich new hopes, cold chem, chac he íhortly expeéted
a Commiffion from rhe High Court of
J
ufüce to enlarge their Canquefis by
tll
War, which would afford them a good occafion to rife in Arms under .co!our
of
Authority.
.
Wich chefe and che líke vain excu[es and precences he encertained che Souldiery,
being far from any refolution of compliance with them.. And though 'cis true
thac, being ac
Ios
Reyes,
he fometimes lec fall fome dubious expreffions in general
rerms, which che Souldiers interpreced for promifes ; yet being now come inco
his Governmem, and becorneMaíl:er of cwo hundred thoufand pieces of Eight a
year, he was willing
to
fit
quiec in che enjoyment of that fortune which he had
already acquired, and not
to
advenmre again by a fecdnd Rebtdlion the loís
of chofe riches, which, ac che coíl and r_uine of another, he had gained by.che
firft.
.
.
The Souldiers obferving chis indifferency and coldnefs of che General, conful–
red in whacmarmer to carry on cheir Rebellion by anocher hand; and acrnrding–
Jy
ic was agreed to kili
Hinojefa,
and to [ec up
Don Seb¡¡,ftian de Caftilla.
for ~heir
Comrnander in Chief, being ac that time rhe moíl: popular man of any : the
which defigo was treated
fo
publickly chac it was the comrnon difcourfe of
che
whole Town, and every one calked of it as a Plot ready to be put in execution :
wherefore feveral meo of Effates, :md perfons who were c_oncerned for che peace
and qoiemefs of che Councrey, informed che Governour
Pedr~de Hinajofa
thereof,
and adviíed him to fecure his own perfon, and
to
drive chefe people out of che
limics of his Jurifdiétion before th~y took away bis life and deílroyed che IGng–
~om: and parcicularly one
Polo Ondegardo
a Lawyer was very urgeoc with him
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