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.. Rgyal .Commentaries. beyondrecovery, th~t within a year and a half's time all the t.hree dyed. Howfoever the·.whole Royal Line wasno~ a~ yettotally extinél:; for the faid Don Carlo.r leh a Son, who, as we bave.faid m the laft Ch¡¡pt~r of the firft Part came into Spain with expeétation to receive great Rewards an~ Preferments a~ he was promifed in Peru ; but he died at A/cala de Hennares, apQlJt ~he year i 61 0 by a Me\ancbolly he conceived to fee himfelf, upon a qua.rrt1l he hacl with on~ who was .a Knight as he was, of the Order of St. ]ago, ,io be 1hQt 1,1p within the·Walls of a Convent ; and afterwards to be removed to a·nother Con- vent ; w~ere, upon more difcontent far bis lmprifonment, he dyed. fo (he fpace of e1ght Monchs. He left a Son of three or four Months old, which was made Legitimate, that it might be rendered th~reby p¡1pable to inherit, in rightofhisFather, thefame favour ofhisMajefty, which, bywayof Pention, was affigned to him on the Cuftoms of $eville : But the ' Clíild dying in a year aflierwards, the Allowance ceafed: And tben. was fulfilled the Propbe- fie, which the Great Hnayna Capac made conccrning the Blood..Royal, and that Empire. - · . In the Kingdom of Mexico, though the Kings were very powerful in the t~es of their Gentilifme (as Francifoo Lopez. de Gomara writes in bis ge- neral Hiftory of the Indies) yet no Wrong or Injury was done to them in matter of their due Inheritance, or Right to the Succeffion; becaufe the Kings being Eleétive, and chofen by the Grandees, or GreaE Meo, according to their Vertue, ot Meria tothe Government. There was not thefame Jealoufy t¡1pon any in that Kingdom, as was of the Heirs of Peru, whoq:¡ Sufpition only brought to Deftruétion, rather than any Faults, or Confpiracy of their own, as may appear by the Fate of this poor Prince, who was fentenced to have his Head cut off. . . . But tbat bis Condemnation migbt appear with fome colour of Juftice, bis Crimes were publilhed by the Common Cryer, namely, That he inten<led t~ Rebel ; and that he had drawn in to the PloE with him feveral Indians, who were bis Creatures., together with thofe, who were the Sons of fipaniartls born of Indian Mothers, defigning thereby to deprive and difpoffefs bis Catholick Ma- jefty, K!ng Philip the Second, who was Emperoúr of tbeNew World, of his Crown and Digni ty within Ebe Kingdom of Peru. This Sentence to have bis Head cut off, was fignifi.ed to the poor· 1nc11, witbout telling him the Reafons, or Caufes of it. To w hich he innocently made anfwer,.Thatheknew no,f ault he was guilty of, which could merit Oiath; but in cafe the Vice-King had any Jealoufie of him, or bis People; lle might eafily feq.1re himfelf from thofe fears, by fending him under a fecure Guard in to Spain, where he 1hould be very glad to kifs the hands of Don Philip, llist.ord and Mafter. He farther argued, that h was impoilible that any fuch imagination could enter into bis Under- ftanding ; for if his F ather with 200000 Souldiers could not overcomé 200 Spa- niards, whom they had betieged within the City of Coz.co, how then could itt be imagined, that he coulcl think to rebel with a fmall number, againíl: fuch multitudes of Chriftians, who were now increafed, and difperfed over all parts ofthe Empire. Thatif he had conceived, or complotted anyevildefignagainll: the Spaniards, he would never have fuffi:red himfelf to have been tak~n, but .would have fled, and retired from ·thein ; but knowing himfelf to be innocent, and without any Guilt, he voluntarily yielded himfelf, and accompanied them, believiñg that they called him from th:e Mountains, to confer the fame Favours and Bounty on him, as they had done on bis Brother Drm Diego S11yri Tupac. Wberefore be appealed to t~e Ki~g ef C aftilr:, hjs Lord, and to the ~ achac;imac, from thisSentenceofthe V1ce-K1ng, who was no~ content to deprive b1m of bis Empire, with all the enjoyments thereín, unlefs alfo therewith he took away bis Life, without any fault, or colour of offence ; fo that now he could wel- come Oeath, which was given hitn, -as the value and price of his Empire: J3e.. fides thiS he faid many other things, which moved pity in the Hearts of ali the, ftand~rs by, as well Spaniards aslndians, who were inwardly affeél:ed with fuch pallionate expreffions. · Up'on Notice of chis Sentence, the Friers of the~ity of Coz.co flocked t<? · lhe · Prifon to inftrué}: the Prince in the ChriftianDoétrine, and to perfwade h1m t~ be Baptized after the example ofhis Brother Don Diego Sayri Tupac, and h1s Uncle,.Atahu~lpa: The Prihcereadilyacceptedofthe oifertobeBaptlzed, and told ·IOJ3