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| CHAPTER VII. | |
| VICEROYS TORRES, ALVA, AND ALBARQUERQUE. | |
| 1648-1660. | |
| Bishop Torres Governor of New Spain — His Brief Rule — Epidemic — Government of the Audiencia — Viceroy Alva Arrives — His Quiet Rule — Alburquerque Appointed Viceroy — He Governs with Prudence — And Checks Abuses — Loss of Jamaica and the Influence thereof on New Spain — Yucatan Infested by Pirates — Attempt to Assassinate Alburquerque — The Swift Punishment that Followed — Public Rejoicings — Viceroy and Archbishop Recalled — Their Departure and Subsequent Career | 137 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| YUCATAN. | |
| 1601-1708. | |
| An Uneventful Period — Good Rulers — Marshal Cárlos de Luna y Arrellano — The Government of the Towns — The Monarch as a Mendicant — Governor Juan de Vergas — His Maleadministration — The Licentiate Carvajal Takes his Residencia — Indian Revolts — The Succession of Rulers — Campeche Fortified — Soberanis and Martin de Ursúa — More Dissensions — Excommunication of Soberanis — Concerning the Conquest of the Itzas. — Conduct of Ursua Justified, and his Subsequent Promotion — His Qualities as a Soldier the Cause of his Preferment | 152 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| FIVE MORE VICEROYS. | |
| 1660-1680. | |
| Count de Baños, the Twenty-third Viceroy — A New Order of Things — Indian Revolt at Tehuantepec — An Arbitrary Ruler — Character of the Man — He is Replaced by Archbishop Osorio — The Prelate’s Brief but Beneficent Government — A Native of Mexico Made Archbishop — Arrival of Marquis Mancera — His Efficient Rule — California Explorations — The Cathedral of Mexico — Its Dedication — Mancera's Wise Policy — Eruption of Popocatepetl and Other Calamities — Veraguas, Descendant of Columbus, as Viceroy — His Untimely Death — Archbishop Ribera Succeeds — His Character and Good Government — He Declines New Honors — His Retirement to Spain, and Death | 164 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| THE SACK OF VERA CRUZ, AND OTHER PIRATICAL RAIDS. | |
| 1680-1686. | |
| The Corsairs in Central America and New Spain — Laguna Appointed Viceroy — Van Horn the Sea Rover — The Pirates Resolve to Attack Vera Cruz — The Corsair Lorencillo — A Clever Stratagem — Vera Cruz Surprised by Buccaneers — The Inhabitants Imprisoned in the Churches — And Kept for Three Days without Food or Water — The Captives Taken to the Island of Sacrificios — Departure of the Corsairs — Division of the Booty — News of the Raid Received in Mexico — Further Operations of the Freebooters — Dampier and Others in the South Sea — End of Laguna’s Administration | 189 |
