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 Commentaries. AFuneral Oration made by a Reiigious Perfon in Honour of Garfila/fo de la Vega) my Lord; .afcer bis Deach. R~~ . ' . T His Speech.or Oration is filled with fuch Doxologies, and Rodomontadoes, a/ter . the Spant!h manner, ar netther agree wuh the ftyle of an H iftorian, nor with the Englifh humour, · unlefs I intended to expofe my Spaniard, and render him 4s Jan- ' tafti~al as t?e .'Vaineft of ~is Count?.men• . I have therefore thought fit . to pafs it by, left in ftrammgour Engh!h above its ~y, it fhould bear no harmony in confort witb the Spani!h Langi1t1ge, and fo we Jl:all proceed unto C H·A .P. XIII. Wherein is · treated of thofe, wbo, f~r demanding a reward fer their Services;were banifbed into Spain; and what Favour and Grace his Majeffy bejfowed upon them. Don García de Mendo~a is fent Governour unt~ Chile ; and o/ the Skjrmifb be had there with the Ind1ans. B UT to return now tó the Petitioner·s, who, for demanding a Reward in Lands, for their paft Services, were (as we have faid) banilh'd into Spain; they at length arrived there poor, naked,and almoft familhed : And in this guife ' they prefented themf~lves in the Courc before che King, Don Philip the Second 7 which move<l great Compaffion in all thofe who were acquainted with their Story, and how they had been banilhed, and ill treated for doing their Duty ~ and demanding a Reward of their Services. But his Ma jefl:y was more gracious to them, giving a Penfion to as rnany of them, as .would return to the Indie1, out of his Royal Exchequer, that they rnighthave nothing to do with the Vice- King, nor need to make Addrelfes, or Petitions to him: And as many of thern as defired tt> remain in Spain, he gratified with A\lowances agreeable to their Condition, that is, with more or lefs, according to their Services; and fo I found them provided for, when 1carne into Sp<1in; which was fome lhorc time after theíe matters were tranfaéted. 'Jleir Money was affigned them upon the Cuíton'l-}1oufe at Sevile ;, the l~aft that any of thern.had, was 480 Du- cats of yearly Penlion ; and as the1r Ments were, fo were their Allowances to 6, Soo~ anda thoufand; to 1200 Ducats, to remain Annuities to them for ali the days of their Lives. A while afcerwards, rus Majefry being acquainted with . the Difcouríes which were commonly made in the City of Los Reyes, touching the hard ufage of the banilhed Souldiers; to prevent fartlier Mutinies there, and other Diforders which might arife, by reafon Qf the Severity, and Rigour of the Vice-King, bis Majefty was pleafed to provide himfélf with another Go- vernour for Pf:ru, named Don Dieg~ de Az:.euedo, a Gentleman endued with all gualities of V ercue and Goodneís, from whom the Counts of Fuentes are de- fcended. But whilft he was preparing for his Voyage, he died of a natural death to the great grief of ali thofe of Per:i, who upon the news thereof, much lamen~ed themfelves, faying, tbat they bad not deíerved ::¡ Vice-King fo good and fo qualified, and therefore Gcd had fnatched him away from them into Heaven : Ahd tb is was the common faying, as 1 have heard amongft the Grave and Wife Men of tbat Country. But in regard chis Gentleman did not pafs into Pem, we do not find his ~ame in the LiJl: of the V!ce-King.s, .which were tranfponed in to .cha~ great Kmgdom. .In che .mean. time w htl~ thefe matters were tranfaébng m che Courc of Spam,the V 1ce-Kmg of Peri~, d1fpatch- ed away his Son Don Gnrcia de Mendofa for Governour, and Captam General ·. Mmmmmm2 ~