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 VIII. Royal Com_mentaries. CH A P. VII. In ffJhat maner the Yice-líing treated thofe who ?nade demanils for.reward of their late Se.rvices ; ttnd how by t~e Advice of tm¡uft and ill-n'!tured Counfe!lours he bani/hed thirty feven o[ them into Spam. . · ' · • 1 P A_lemino in an~tbet _patt o_f the Sécond Chapter befare mentioned, fpeak· ing of the Vice· Krng, ·fa1th as follows, ·AJl the Cannon, Mufquers, and other Arfils which were in the City he go~, and lodged in his own P.loufe, up- 011 pt~ence é>f Fefüval~, and octafion of•Rejoicings . After he had done this, and fecur~ othet mattérs, he repealed all the Commiffions and Párdons which • the Juftites had given; which ftru!k a terror and awe upon the minds .of di- vers. Cáptaíns and Souldiers ; and with fome inconfiderable .gr;nification he re"' warded bthers for · th~ir Services : Howfoever, underftanding that many of thefe roen wer~ piqued, and fpoke fome Words which founded not well, he ap- prehel1ded feveral of them within tbe Precinél:s of his own Court, and imme- diately f ent th em a:way _to Lim,a under 11 fafe Guard ·~ givi11g· out, that he fent fotile of th.em for Spain, t~ the ~intent that they might be réV9ardéd there by his Majefty ; fince füat Perll could not .. confer Gratifications on them agreeable to their Merirs: and tt\at Íle feilt others of them, that they migbt receive puniíh- Ihent für theit Info1ence : And when fome advifed hifn to feod the Informations . againfi: th~rrl, and tire Proc~ffes judic ially m ade in their caufe, togetber with their petfons iflto Spain: Me refofed to.do it, _faying, that he intended to in- tercede with bis Majefty ii1 their beha'lf, fo that they.might receive rewards and Honouts, tathet titan bé the Atto'tney General to.imPiead them. . · Büt in regard tMs _Auth&r hath expreffed féveral palfa,ges of.this ~iftorf in a dark, bbfcute, and confuféd manner, we íhall endeav'5ur to eluc1date them more tle!irly, íihº ifi an Hifrorical manner declar~ éve~y thing m'ethQdichlly as it p~ffed. And firft, as w that pdint which this Author rnen'tions about taking away Arios by the Více-kirrg: we muft know, that before the coming of the Vice-king, ·thé ju'ftices bad given orders fo the Governours in their re.o fpeél:ive' Jurílcliél:jons to feize on all che Arms they could find; and according- ly my Father publiíhed_this their Commai¡d by common oritcry; and1in obedi- ence thereunto, many, Gentlemen aQd Souldiers of good Reputa'tion, who were Loya1 to bis Majefty, brought in their Mufquers and other Arm·s ; but che com- inon Peóple, and futh as were ill affeéted would not bring them in, unlefs they were putcnafed ~ith Mony, or for fome coñfideratiob, ~ither of themfelves or Friends: for wh1ch rea:fon tily Maíl:er Garftla/fo acquainted che Lords of the Royal Chancéry with chis particular, giving them to underffand;' that this courfe was tather prejudicial than advantagious to his Majefty, for that bis Ftiends would by that mt_ans be difarmed, and bis Enemies guarded witn tneir Weapoíls by them. Andupon this confidetation .it: was 1 that the Juíl:ice~ gave orders privately, to have the ~r!l!s reftorcd to their refpeaive owners ;_ wbic_h • accordingly was dotre: And th1s is ~hat patred ab~ut the Arms, of wh1~h th1s Author f peaks. And. as to Repeahng, and Revoking thofe Pardo'DS wh1ch the Jllftices gave to thofe wh<;> had followed the Fafüon of Hemandá:., it was done . in order to bring thofe perfons to J uftic-, in the manner befare fpedfied. And as t() the fatisfaétion he Ípe'aks of, ·which the V ice-King gave .to divers petíons, as well Captains asSouldiers, for a gratuity and rewarfd of theif paft_ Services: The truth was this, He did make offer to fome of thofe pretenders of a Gra- tification but in a mean kind, an~ much infériour to their ~alities and Me- rits; and with. condition, and under provifo, thai; they íhould immediately marry, and take Wives of thofe ~panijh Womén, who -were lately come over ; i~ being accordi~g to hi~ Majefti~s Inftruttions, and fo orda~ned for conferva- tlon of the pubhck peac~ and qmetnefs 0f the Land: And rn orde~ hereunto •heVice·King affigned to feveral of the Pretenders, fuch and fuch W <;>me~ for W1ves,