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.

B OOK VII. R;oyal Comme1ttarie:s. been i_n c~nfu fion , and lubjeéted t? ril e Arbil: rary Luft of Tyrannical Rebe Js 1 bywh1ch lt was rednced to fu ch m1fery , as ca nnot be ex pr dléd . Captain '}ohr1 Ramon was made Governour of th e City of la Paz.. , wherc bis Efb;te lay and bis Juri fdi él:i on over l ndians: And Captain Don ']ohn de Sandov,¡/ was f~ n t t the City"of Plare, and to Command t ha t, and the Provincesthcr unto belong- ing: And Garcila!fo de la Veg a was rnade Chief J uíl:ice and Governoor ~f t hc Cjty o_ f q o.z:.co_; a:n_d' the Lawyer, I?oél:~r Mo]tmr. .z:. , was appo inted D pu ty, and Co- a!ldlor wul~ h1m, and to conuque 10 that Office . durin.g the W ill and Plea - fure of the Jufüces; but tne Governour not being pleafrd to have bis D:!puty at the difpo'fal of another Power, and not at his own, defired to have that Claufe amended, which the Juftices accordingly ordere d : ,An.d Doétor Moja - ra.z:. , by the good and traétabk difpofüion of the Governour, and by the good . Correfpondence which palfed between them 1 fo well acquitted himfel f, that af- ter the fpace of three years, which de rnrmi ncd his OfEce, he was promoted to another place, not inferiour to the former; which was much diffe re n~ to the Lot and Fortune of his Succeffour, as will appear bereafter. Duringthofefew daysthat the Juíl:ices made their R~ fide n ce in the Cit y ot Co.:::.co,feveral Captains,and Souldiers grew ver y importunare wi tb them, to gram , them Lands, and Commands over l ndians> in reward of t he man y Serviccs t he y had done his Majefty, both in the[e prefent Wars, as in thofe preced ing. To which the Juftices made anfwer, that asyet the Wars were not at an end, fince the Chief Rebel of ali was notas yet ta ken, and that man y of his Sould! - ers werefüll aétually in. Arms, and difperfed over all the Kingdom: and t b;it fo foon as things were a- little fettled in peace and quietnefs, that they would then take careto reward them in t.hename and behalf of bis Maje fl:y. And in the mean time, they advifed themnot to hold Cabals, or prívate Confoltations together, left.thereby they fhould give occafion to fca ndalous Tongues to. re- port matters tending to their dílhonour and prejudice. The Juíl:ices being by .this anfwer freed from the Moleftarion of thefe I::nportunities, N ews carne, that Francifco H ernandez- was taken, which caufed them to hafi:en a difpatch of thei r bufinefs, that they migbt come fpeedily to L ofs Reyes , to pafs JudgmenlI on this Arch -Rebel. Doétor Saravia depa rted fix or feven days befare Santillan and M ercado, bis Brethren of t he Bench. . The Captains; ']-ohn T ello, and Michael d• la Serna, who brought H ernandez., Prifoner;· Committed bim to the Royal Prifon, belonging to the Chanéery .¡ and took . fro¡n the Keeper a formal Receipt and Acknowledgment of his being delivered to his Cu/:tody, 1 which was· drawn up in fu\I and ample manner. · Two or three days afterwards, Doétor Saravia carne to. Town, having made great hafte to be prefent at paffing the fentence of Death on tbe Priforier, whkh was executed eight days afo:r the Doél:or's arrival, as Palentino deciares, Chapter 58, in thefe words. . His Examination being taken ,_ at the conclufion thereof;¡ he declared, •· That all Men, Women, and Children, Friers, Church-men, and Lawyers; of tbat Kingdom , had ali generally been of his Opinion. In fi ne, he was brought forth EO Jufüce a¡¡ Noon day, and drawn upan· a Hurdle faftned to the T ail of a poor lean Jade, with the Cryer going before , and wi.th a loud V'oice faid, This is the J uftice which his M aj efty , and t he Right H onou- rable Don Pedro Portocarrero, M n;or General , command t o be extcuted.. on · this M an, who hath been a Traytor to the Roynl Crorvn and Dignity , and a Difturber of this -Kingdom' ; by vertue of which A uthori ty his H ea.d is to be cut off, and fixed on the Gallows of this Ciry; his Houfes . are to be de- ' molijhed, and t he Gronnd Jowed with Salt ; and a Pillar of M arble there- on erelled; declaring the many Crimes of which he was Guilty. How- foever he died in a Chrifhan µ:¡ann er , expreíling great Sorrow and Repentance for his Sins ,. and the Evils, and Mifchiefs of" which he had been the Amhor. Thus far Palentino, with which · he Concludes t his , Cha pte~. . In fine 1 . -F~ancifco Hernande~ ended his Life, as we ha ve faid, bi s Head was fi xed upon an lr on Sp ike , _and fet on che Gallows, on the right hand of that of Gonftdo Pirarro, and Franqifao de Carvajal ; .' hi s. Hou[es ar Coz.co, wh'ere he contrived his Rebell ion, were not demolifhed 7 the· Rebeliion of H ernandez.., from 97