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IldyaJCOmmentaries.
B O .O K
VII.
CH A P.
l.
News being fpread of the fe·vere Proceedings
of Juf/.ic~
i~
the
Charcas, francifco
Htr.nandez
Giron:confpires
with
the Planters and·Souldiers to -raife a.~e~ellion.
C
Omm~n Fame publi{hed in all,parts ofÍ:he Em~i~e , with what Severity
they proceeded·
io
the
CharcM
againíl: chofe wno had been concérned in
the Rebellion of
Tíafco Godixez..
and
Don Sebajtian
de
Cafli/íia
,
arfd .their
Adherencs: -in like manner it was reponed, (whether true or falfe it mar–
ters not much ) thac the Mar.fbal was preparing farther procefs againfl:
fuch
Of–
fenders as lived wichouc che :t:>recinéts of his Jurifdifüog. . And chac by
a
Letter
which was written from'
Coz..co,
ic was advifed ( as
Palentino
relates, Ch_ap.
z-4.
in
thefe words.) Thac in
Potoji
they had lopt off the branches , bue tha~ in
Co~co,
they would extirpate themJromthe very·roGts:
rhe
whjcn Letter, chouglo1Writ–
ten,
as
is
fai'd, by
rohn de la Arreynaga
withou_c malice or,de(lgn, yec it fervecl
to
awaken
Francifco Hernande~ Gir~~
·,
_and cau(€d him with rnore ,vigilance to plaa€ a
wacch on che road ,
co bnng·
hnn mformat10n Gf all people chac paíred; ·Ieíl: the
Marfüal íhoulp furprize him unawares: and moreover, .he advifed his Fritnds
to
difcover, if poffible, che corref¡oondence whiGh pafled becween
Guil.
Ramim:,,
( who wasat chat time Governour )
and
the Maríhal :
theíe-
~re the very wmds
of rhac Autliour who farcher fays, thac all the Inhabitants
wern in
an uproar up–
on Proclamation rnade, chace-very one was,to acquit and d,-ifcharge che
lndíans
of
their perfonal fervices , and chat the Gov~rnour had reje&edi and, corn
-a
Peti!rion
which was.tendertd
to
him in che name of
al-1
the Inh'abim1Js, reprefeming chis
aggi;ievaoce.
·
, -
,.
-
:
1"he truth
is,
I,ca1.mot bu.t much admire h.o?J it is po{Jible f@r men
to
re·pG11t
tHiñgs
fo
different'from all r.eaíon and probabi!ity, as to
fa.y,
chat none bfahe1In–
babitants of tb¡¡.c City w_ere difccncemed and lc;ap9alizecl at
rrhe
fevere proceeclings
againfr the RebeJs, bue onely
Fr11ncifco Hmiande'<, Giran·,
wbo had been engaged
in che two lare·Rebellions, as¡chis Hiílory ma~es mentioq.,;· Nor is ir
t©
be be–
lieved, chat che Governour, ~J;i,o was a Gencle,man of QtjaJity, amd one educated
under
fo
religious and good
-,a'
Prince as th.e Vice-king
J,~_on Antonio de
Mendoj.a,
fhould perforn,1 -an..ad:ion
fo
odious and unpolitick, as
to
tear.a P~tition fübfori!Ded
by above eigrh,c}) I:,.ords ofVaffals and Inhabitants of a City iWhich was
1be
Me–fropolis of ali thac Empire. ,For if focha tpi¡;¡g had be~n1dol1le, íc had,n0ti
be.cmfüange ( be ic faid wich all
r.efP.eét
to his Royctl Ma]efiy) if
they
ha(d
glv~
,bímfifry