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 Commentartes. BooK VIII. ·main Land, ~hom, asPalentino fa ith, he found very ·poor, and neceilitous: but he could not beftow on them Lands,with vaífallage of Jndians,becau fe che Nati ves of thatCountry had been all d eftroy~; but he ga ~e them Moncy ,and fome Officc s ;f benefir. ,He made a Proviíion for Pedro de Orfua, who was a· very Noble Gen- tleman, a great Souldier, and Captain.in the r.ew Kingdom, wbere he had performed man y great exploits, and Peopled a City•named Pamplona : but by the Sevedry, and lnjufiice of a Judge, whofeized upan all his Eft ate, Orf 11a was forced to fly, and (as ']ohn de C11ftallanos wrices) to 'take refoge in Nombre de Dios, where che Vice-King Don Andres Hurtado de Mendopa met him, and gave him a Commi.llion .to fe ek, and ~upprefs the h gitive Neg~rs , call ed Cimarrones, whO' hved Jn the Mounta1nes, and robbed ,. and p1llaged all Merchants, and Travell ers who pafled thoíe ways, murdering and wound ing .jn a manner not fofferable, fo that th ~ re was no ·palling in lefs than cwen- ty in a Company. The number .of thefo Negers increafed daily, for when an y of them received rhe Jeaft . hard word from bis Ma.fter, he prefe.)lt!y fo rfook his Service, having fo good a Sanétuary, and Receptad e to fly unto. Fer chis Enterprife, and Ddign, ar. d to fopprefs thefe N egers, Pedro de Orfua raifed Men ; they were called Cimarrones, which is a word pJoper to the Language of the líle of Barlo v,ento, •<l to thefe Robbers feveral of the Souldiers of Flernandel.. Giron joynecf0>eing fuch as were banilhed and lled, ali which, or as many of them as were conc<rned in this ma_tter, weri:; pardoned by the' Vi ce- King. Th~ N egers finding themfelves hardly befe¡; and difl:rdfed, ,offered to treat and accept Articles of Accommodation; which for quietnefs fa ke and for peace were granted to them; an9 accor- ding ly it was concluded, T ha t ali thoíe, who had unto that time fled from their Mafürs, fhould pe Free-men, and continue in their ftateof Freedom; but for chofe, who lhould far the foture efcape from their Mafters, the Ci- marrones fhould be obliged to furrender them up ,again to their Patrons, ' or pay che price demanded for them. That a N cger Man, or' Woman, be- ing ill treated by their Mafter, he, or they paying the price, w~ich he, or lhe, ·or they cofr, the Mafter, or Malters, !hall be obliged to fet them at liberty. That the Negers íhall People, and Inhabit that Countrey, which they at .prefent poilefs, and lhall live peaceably as good Common-wealths- men, or Natives of the Country, and not diíperfed within the Mouncains; as formerly ; and that they íhall have free Trade .and Commerce with the Spaniards : All which, in order to P1.1ace and Quietnefs, was agreed, and con firmed on one fide, ar.d the other; and the N egers gave Pledges and Ho- ft ages for fecurity of the.P eace. Their King, called Ba/lano, delivered bis own Perfon for a fi ofr agc, and bis Subjeél:s never redeeming him, be was tranfported into Spain , where he dk d. · Now in rcgard a Jittle before the Vice- King began his Voyage, a fatal ac- cident happened to a Sbip· in the Ocean, l have thought fit to infert it in thi ~ plac e, as not altogether imperrinent to thi s Hiíl:ory. . 'Jcronimo de Alderete, was fe ~t from Chile into Spain, on occaÍlon of bufinefs in behal f of the Governour Pedro de Valdivia ; and dnring his R efidence at th~ Court, ad vice coming of the death of the Governour, he Petiti- oned his l\1ajeíl:y for the place, and obtaincd it. And being ready to depart fo r Chile, he took his Sifi:er-in-Law with him, an honell Vertuous perfon, and one of chofe, who are calkd Dev out Women, and with her he .embarked on a G;il eon , where were 8 00 Perfons, and whi ch'was Admira! óf íixotlier Ships, ;:i ;;<l foi led from Sp,ún 'two Months before the Vice-King. . Thi s ReligiGus iftoman be ing verydevout, deíired leave from the fy! after of the Ship, to kee p a Candi<: in her Cabin by Night,for reading her office,to which the Mafl:er rondeftended, conlidenng it V>'.:J s for her Devotion, and that ihe might pray fo r the whole Ship, anú alfo was Daughter-in-L:iw to the Governour; Being at Sea, ar d failing with a fa ir 1·vind , it happened that a Phyíitian bet'onging to another Ship, carne aboard the Galeon to vi lit a Friend of his, who was chere; and bc ing old .Acquai ntance rejoyced to íee eac h ocher: T owards Eveoi ñg the Phylitian defi rops to return aboard bis ownShip, was períw<lded by bis Friend t o ft ay thacNi ght with hi m, fer that the W al11er was ver y fair, and likt:: ly to continue ; and fo the Boat was towe<l cha t night at the Stern of the Ship, inten- d ing nexc morniug to rnaki; u r~ of it, a1;d n:tqrn . Bu e it happenccl , tha t th¡:¡ t nighc th is