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 o o K VIII. .· Royal C,o'!171!tlltar:ies. Chili, bue mentions not this fecond charge, occafioned by the Robbery which the Indians had rnade upon him, whic~ was .more Cii fpleafing than the former, and moved People to fay, That the Vice-Krng, for the fake of his Son, had ex haufr- ed the. Kings Exchequer of all the Treafore. But as to what fucceeded after- wards in the Kiogdo~ of C::hile, we !hall ~eave to other Writers; and confine our· felves to the Ter.ntones of Pene, havrng expatiated our felves from thence . rto farther, than only to touch on the 9epartur: of che Vic;e-Kings Son frorr: thence? and thed:ath of L?yola. Thole who th10k fit to write the Hifi:ory of that K10gdom, w1ll find fubJett enough whereon to enlarge theit Difcourf es ori a War, whicb hath continued already for fifcy eight years between the Jndians and Spanim-ds; that is, The Araúcans rebelled towards the end of the year i 553, andnow we are in the year 16u, and the Wars notas yet ended. We m!ght here re~ount the unhappy death of the Gover.nour Francifco deVillagra, w1th 200 Spamard-s more ; wh1ch happened on that ndge of Mountains, which hath ever fin ce had the name of Vil/agra. We might here alfo tell of the death of Major General .'John Rodulfo with 20.0 men ~ith him, whom they killed on the Bogg or Marfrt of Puren. 1 could w1/h to .have been inforined of the feve- . r~l particular fucceffi:s of thefe Atfairs, and many greater which happened in this warlike Kingdom, that 1 might have added them to this Hiftory. But I do not doubt, where Pe?ple have ~een born with fuch Martial Spirits, bue· that the fame Countrey wtll produce m future Ages, Sons of her own, endued with a Spirit and Genius of Learning capable to write their own Hiíl:ory : A nd it íhall be my Prayer to God, That Knowledge and Learning may flourifrt in all .tbat famous Kingdom. CH A P. XIV~ The Heirs of tho{e who were put to 'veath for fiding with Fran:: . cifco Hernandez Giron in his Rehellions, are reflored to their Eflates and Plantations. Pedro de Orfua attempts ,the Con.quefl of t~e Amazons. His End and Death, with manJ" oth~rs with him. · T HE Vice-K,ing Don .Andres de Hartado, feeing chofe men whom he had ba- . nifhed from Peru, .for demanding a Reward oftheir paft Services, now a- gain returned with Penfions alligned on the Treafure of bis Majefty, aod on the Cheft of the three Keys, he wondered much at che fuccefs, not imagin ing by what intereft it could have been procured for them : but more ft:range it feemed to him to hear of the comiog of a new Vice-King to fucceed him in thát O ffice, This change of Fortunúaufed him to cbaoge bis Humour, and <;onvert rn uch of that haughty and fe.vere Spirit which was natur~l. to him, in~o a ~entlenefs and Lenit:y more becommg the O!fic~ of a g.reat Mmlfl:er: an~ in th1s good temper he continued to the end of h1s hfe, wh1ch was fo extraordmary, that thofe who obferved it, would fay, That if he had begun as he ended, he would have proved the moft admirable Governour that ever had been in the World. Thus when the Kingdom obferved this greac change in the Vice-King, the Coun try in peace and quietnefs, and the rigour of che Juftices converted info an affable and complying Humour; thofe who had been late.ly o~prefü:d by th~ heavy Hand of Juftice, a{fümcd che courage to demand fausfafüon for the ev!l s and ~ damages they had fuftained. Accordingly che Sons and Heirs of chofe Cic izens, who .had been·executed for being engaged in the Rebellion of Hernandez., made claims of their Eftates, laying before the Juftices the Inft:ruments of P ardon, which had been given to their Fa~hers: and fo folloy.7ed the fuit, that after f~­ veral hearings and reviews of the1r Cauíe, they obtamed Senteoce to have their Lands, and Commands over l ndians reftored to them, together with all o~her · Confifcat10Rs 1005