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.

BooK VII. Royal pom,mentaries. and fo fucha blind manner <lid he wander all nighr, not knowing whcre he went. that upon break o(day in the Morning, he fou nd himfelf near to his own Forti ~ ficatioo; which when he perceived, he prefcntly drew froén thence, and defpe- rately enterd into the Wildernefs of a Snowy Mounrain, not knowiog which way to come otlt from thence; though at laft by the goodnefsof his Horfe, he made a fhift to get thorough, tho' not without much danger ©f being drowned or fwallowed up inthe Snow. This was au tbe noi(e, ·or Gerernony chat was made at the departure of Hern;mdez. from his Army; tho' Palenti'!/o. tells us a long ftory of the Difcourfe which paffed between hfm .and his W:ife, wicti the Tears and Sorrows with which they parted; wl)icn in reality never was,' for fuch was the Violence of his.Jealoulie, that he would entruft none wíth the Sccret. The Lieutenant General who rernained in the Camp, refolved with fuch as w:ould follow him, to go in queft of Hernanfiez., of which a hundred of thofe the moft Guilty, an9. deepeft.engaged in the .Rebellion followed hlm; howfoever feveral o.f the Chíef Leaders, and who had been as Crimin.al, as any in the. Rebellion, namely Piedrahita, Alonfo Diaz., Captain Diego Gavilan, with his Brother 'John G4vila11, Captain Diego Mendez., and Enfign Marco , del Sauz., wíth.feveral others of the fa me (¿uality, who were as black in theír , wickednefs as any . whatfoeve.r, knowing that Hern11ndez. had deferted his Camp, carne all over to the J¡.¡ftices, and claimed bis Majefties gracious Pardon; che which was accordingly given to them, and paffed una~r tht; Great Seal; and all of the mwere received with great fatisfaétion, and a kind welcome by th·e Juftices, who notwíthftanding ..rem~ined all the night drawn out in pofture of Battel, expeél:ing the event of thefe matters, for they feemed not to truft to the repor~s ,of thofe Fugitives. The day fol- lowing the Ju:!l:ices being well affured. o[ the flight of Francifco f-!ernandez. and his Sould1ers, gave ,orders to the Gen~ral Paulo de Menefes w1~h a, de- tachment of about á.. hundred and fifty meo, to make purfoit after them, and to tak~, and punifh them according to their demerit. The GeJ l~ral was in fo much ha!l:e, that he could not ftay to get together above a huadre.ct ·ánd thirty Souldiers, wíth which he íollowed the. Path arid Track of Diego de A/varado Lieutenant General to Hernandez., who havíng about a hun- dred Spaniards, and twenty Negers in his company, could país no way, but Tídings were given of the places ' where they quartered and lodged: SB that after baving been in purfuit of them for che fpace of eight or nine days, he overtook them ; and tho' they were fewer in. number than the Ene- my, by reafon that ma!l~ Souldiers, .who were ill ínounnted, and whofe Beafts could not endure fuch long marc~es, wet'e lefE · behind, yet the Re.. beis yiel_ded themfelves without making any refiftance or defence. T~e Gene- ral prefently did jufrice on the Ghief Leaders, namely Diego de A/varado; 1ohn Cobo-, Diego de Vil~alva, de. Lugones, . .Albertos de Ordumna, Bernardino di¡ Robles, Pedro de Satelo, Francifco Rodrigue:i:., and ']abn Henriquez.. de 0;;. rellana; the laft of which, whofe name was honourable, yet he availed himfelf much on the Office he had to be the Executioner and Common Cryer; this man was he, who, as we ~ave faid, hangeél Francifco de Car- vajal, and was now made the ~xecuuoner of A/varado and others, by order of the General Paulo de Menefes; who faid to him, fince .thou art fo skilfúl in this Office, 1 woulél have thee· hang thefe Gentlemen thy Friends, and the Juftices will give thee a. reward for thy pains. This Hangman hereupon whifpered in the Ear of a certain Souldier, whom he knew, and told him with a low voice, l beli~v.e that my reward will be to be hanged my felf, after l have executed· the Sentence of Juftice upon thefe. And indeed the matter flappened juft as he faid, for after he bad done bis Office in hanging his Companions, and had cut off their Heads, who wer~ about eleven or twelve ·SouHiiers, he was himfelf ftrarp gled by. two Negers. Paulo de Menefts fent the Pri[oners he had caken to Coi..co, under a fecure Guard~ with nine Heads of thofe whom he had killed. I faw them al1 in the Houfe of .('llanfo de Hinojo{a, where Diego de Alvar4do lodged when he aéted the rart of Lieutenant General to Hernandez. ; and to imitare Francifco de Carva;al; he always rode upón a Mule, for I never fa~ him on Horfe back. And now fince we are almo.íl: at ari end of che Vio- lences and bloody Tragedies aéted .by the Rebels: I cannot ornit one Story, . Hhhhh h which