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.

~~- -- ............ ---------~--~_.___,__ ____ '-'--"'~--~~.......:.~~~~~~~~ 1008 J!...oyal Commentaries. B o o K VIII. Baptifm and Death we have airead y givena Narrative: Sq that now we fhaU baíl:en to a conclufion of this Hiffory. . King Philip the Second having received advice of the unfortunate end of the Vite-King Don DiegrJ de Cunniga, was ' pleafed to appoint che Lawyer Lope . Garfia de Ca{fro, who was.Pre!idem of the Royal Council o~ the lndies, to fuc- ceed in that Office, of whom we have formerly made menuon, ,on occafion of che Pretenfions which 1had in Spain, on fcore of my Father's Merit, which he oppofed; Tbis Lope Garfia de Caftro being a Petfon of great Prudence, and of that Talen~ of Wifdom which was required to Govern tqat Empire~ was difpatched fuddenly away with Title of Prertdent, and Gener.al Governour of all that Empire, that fo by his ~ood Cond.uél, chofe many Confufions might he compofed, and unhappy Acc1aents n;ébfied, whtch had been caufed by fhe fudden Deaths of preceding Governours. And indeed hh Wifdom anfwered expeétation, · for .he governed thofe Kingdoms with fuch moderavon, . and gentlenefs, that he l!ved to return again into Spiin in peace and quietnefs, and to be placed in che fame Chair of the Council, in which he livea with much Honour, and afterwards dyed like agood Chriíl:ian. , . 'When my Friends underftood that this great Perfo11 was returned to his Seat in the Supreám Council of the lndi.er , they advifed me to reriew my Pre- tenfion$ to the right 1 had unto my Mother's Eftate, on fcore of my Father's Serv ices and Merit: Far the'y were of Opinion, chat Caftro baving now feen and been acquaint~d with Peru, which my Father had helped to Conquer, and in which my Mother's Anceftors hada right of inheritance,he might becomé my Advocate, and change bis mind in what he formerly argued againft me. , · But 1 having buried, and laid afide all my pretenrions, and loft my hopes, cquld not be perfwaded to leave my Cell, wherein 1 live with more Securicy Honour, and profit; and where 1 have with God's Affiftance had leifure to write this Hiftory; which thó' it prove· l.ittlc to my Honour and Profit 7 ye~ praifed be God for ali. · CH A P. XVI. bon F~ancif co de Toledo is chofen Vice- King of Peru. The C a~fes which wete alledged for profecution of the Prince Inca Tupac Amaru. Anr:/ the imprifonment o[ that poor Prince. D ·on Fra;1ci/co dlJ Toledo, fecond Son of the Family of Count de Oropeta fuccee- ded Lope Garfia de Caftro in the 6overnment of Peru, and was' eleéted , thereunto for his great Vertue and Chriftian Piety, being fo devout a Gentle· man, that every eighc days he received the mofh Holy Sacrament. He was font to.Peru, with the Title of Vice-King, . and received at Los Reyes with ~he Sr.ate and Solemnity agreeáble thereunco: and governed with that' Gen- tlenefs, and Moderation, that no m~n co~ld take occafion,,· either to mutiny or rebel i He had fcarce been two years m the Governrnent when he refol- ved to ~r~ng out fr?m the Mountai~s of V~l/c,1 pampa, che Pri~ce. Tupac Amaru, the Legmmate He1r to that Empire, bemg the Son of Manco Inca and Bro- ther of Don Diego Sayri T11pac, of whom we have given a lat¡ge Relation in thiseight Book; he was the lawful Heir, becaufe his Elder Brother Iefc no 5?n, but a D~ugh~r O?.ly, ~f whom we fhall fpeak in due place: The inten- tlon of the Vice· Krng m thts matter was fincere, and real, and with no other deÍlgn, (than aír,er the Example of bis Predecdfor Don Andres Hurtado de Men- dofa) to .ad'vance his cwn Honour. and Reputatio~, by aq attion fo generous and bcr?1~~· as.ro re~uce fuch a Pn~te t? the SerVtCe of hts Gatholick Mejefty, and to ov1life h1m as it were,by callrng h1m f~oru che Barbarity of thofe moun- _; cains,.