The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

Royal Commentaries. B OOK VII. Confider therefore your condition, and encouragc one the other, to confult your fafeties by a valiant purf\1ance of our firft Engagement: Our cafe is not defperate~ but hopeful ; for having 500 ·men on our 'fide, 2000 againíl: -0s can never hurt us, unlefs we prove falfe to ou~ felV'es: See then to the roain point, and cenfider what will become of .vou if I· mifcarry. Thefe and many other things to this purpofe, were f poken by Hernandez. to his Souldiers, who, notwithftanding all that was faid, could not bue b:: fenlible of the lofs they fuftained by the revote of Vaz.quez., &c. Thus far Palen- tino. That which Hernandez. faid concerning the Pardons, 'That they would be hanged with them about their Necks, was fulfilled wit~ m ore ce rtainty than all the Prediétions and Prophefies in which he trufted : for r.ho ' neither Vat.quez., nor Piedrahita were hanged, yet they were both frra ngled in the Prifon, nocwithftanding their Pardons, which they fued. out of Chaocery llnder the Great Seal, and notwithftanding the Pleas they made, that a Man having obtained his Pardon, and not committed any· offence afterwards, ought not to futfer ·Death or any other Puniíhment. Thus what Hernan~z. foretold of this matter was accompli!hed, which we having anticipated out · of ics due place, we fhall not need to repeat, or enlarge upon it hereafter. CH A P. XXVIII. Francifco Hernandez flyes away alone.His Lieutenant General witb a hundredmen tak._8 another way.They are purfuedhy Pau- lo de Menefcs; and ar~ tak._en, and hrought to Jujfice. & N Otwithftanding all that Hernandez. had faid to bis Souldiers, he was ' yet fo troubled and confofed 'within himfelf for the lofs of JTat.quez., that he refolved that very Night to run away, and leave his Souldiers; for fuf¡>ition and jealoufre had fo feiied on ali che faculties of bis 'Soul, as to affliél: him wich ali thofe torments, which the Divine Ario/fo defcribes in five Cantos of bis Poem; which caufed him to believe, that his own Souldiers would kill him,. . in hopes by fuch a piece of Service, to efcape the puni!hment they had deferved, by joyoing with him in ali his bludy Murd ersand Treafons againft his Majefty. As Palentinofaith, Chapter 55. in · the.fe words. ' In Fine, Hern1mdez. refolved to leave his· Men, and run away- that night, upon a fecret intimation given him, That his Captains were confpiring his Death, &c. And cho' in reality there was no fuch Plot or Defign, but that every man would certainly have died with him, had he trufted to their Fidelity, as will appear hereafcer: Yet fo violent was the Jealoufie he con- ceived of this matter, that he would not entruft chis fecret co his Wife, though a Woman both Noble. and Vertuous, nor to any of the moft faithful and intimare of all his Confidents: But fo foon as it was Night, telling his Wife, and thofe then pre:fent with him, chat he was going about fome bufinefs relating to the Army, he called for his Horfe Almaraz., .which he fu named from ·Almaraz. his Kinfman, from whom he had bought him; and mounted on him, faying to thofe ftanding by, that he would prefencly recurn; and fo part- ed from them, not knowing or defigning any place whereunto to repair ; for fo prevalen't was the fear which poffeffed him, that he could not be at reft or repofein his own mind, until he had quicted his Friends and Souldiers: Nor did any thing appcar comfortable or pleafant to him, but only foli- tude. Thus did this miferable Hernandei:.. waoder without a1'y Companion; onl.y two or three Friend$ followed him by che track, whom when he heard .coming, he ftole away from them, and bid hjmfelf in a hollow Cave: • And.