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.

IÓJ 4 __ Royal Commentaries. B OOK· VIII. . told t~em~ 1 thac he wás glad to obtain the benefit of the Chriftian Ordinan~es, üpon the Teftimony and ·Aut~ority of h~s _Grand-father Hu111na C-apac, who _ declared, T'hat che . Law wh1ch the Chnlbans taught them, was better than their own ; and be~ng by Baptifme rece_ived int~ the Church o~ Chrift,,he would , be cálled Philip, after the name, as he faid,- of h1s Inca, and Kmg, Drm Philtp of Spa~n: But this F11nél:ion was .perf?r.med with as I?ucb Sadnefrand Sorrow ,~s that .0f bis Brother-'s wts celebrated w1th Joy and Tnumph, as befare dedared. - Though this Sentence againft the Prince was publiíhed every where, and tliat alli we have faid, ·and nmch more appearcd,(which we for brevity fake omit) .whfrh might perfwade the World, that che fame would be executed: yec the Spaniards of the City, as well Seculars as Religious, were of Opinion thac ,the V ice-King wo~ld not,proceed ~o ~n A0: fo unh~mane ~nd 'bar~arous, as ro .kíll a poor Prince ~epofeil, :and d1f._1nher1~e~ of hts Emptre; whtch -could ne- ver be .pleafing and acceptable to Kmg Phzllp, whofe Clemency would rather -have ordered his Tranfportation inro Spain, rhan paffed this Condemnation of him to death, which he had neverdeferved. But the Vice-King it feems was of ·anottier bprnio¡i, as wé íhaU fee prefently in the ·fo_llowing Chapter. CH A P. xix. ·· · The Sentence is executed upon the Prínce. The endeavours !'fed t.o··pre1Jenl it. The Vice-King refufes to heark..en there- ~ázt~. With .what Courage the Inca .recpived the ftroal{ of Deatb. • · · : J ! ~ · • ;.T· -, H ~ Vice-King,tefd1ving to etecut~ his Sent 1 értce; which he believed to be · · for th e Safety a nd Security of th;) Empire, caufed a Scaffold to be raifed ·ih tne éhiéf place.oí 'che City. This ~as fo new and ftrange a refolution ro ali PeoJ?le, tha t tne Ge rltlémen, Friers, and other grave Perfons were fo concerned ·for tt, that they menogether, an4 drew upa Pecition to the Vke-King, re:pre- :fenting _to him the Bá.rbarity of the F aét, which would be fcandalous to che :worJd, and difapprovedby his' Ma;d\:y. That it would be much better to fend him into Spain; for tl'lo' Baniíhment be a lingering Torment, yet it is a tokerl -of Glemency, mucp rather tbiin the Sentence of a fpeedy Death. A Peti- tion be.ing drawn up to _chis effeét, wit~ delign to be delivered with all the fup- ·plication · a~d interc~!fi\1,n; in P.e~alf of th~ Prince ; t_h~ . Vice-King, who had his fpyes abroad, ·and by them was tnformed of the Petmon which was preparing, wi~h rne Sub,Jcription qf ' triany hands thereunto, réfolving not to be troubled ·withfué:h lmportuniti¡:s, gave Order ro.havethe G~tes ofthe Court íhut, and . -not_Man{ufféred ~o carné to him UP.on p~in of Death : And then immediately he iffued.out a Warrant to have che In ca brought forth, and his Head c-ut off ·without farther d~lay .; ·th.at fo the dift_ur_banc; of the Town. migh.t be appeafed by a fpeedy executton ; wh ereas by.g1vmg time, aComb·uftton m1ght be raifed, 3nd ·rhe Prince refcued out of hi$ hands: , , A·c~ordingly the·poor Prin.ce was bro~ght out o( the Priron, and mounted ón aMule, with his- hands tyed, anda ·Halter about .his Neck, with aCryer be· fore ·hirn, · p~bli!hing and declaring, that he was a Rebel anda Traytor againfl: the ·<?rown of bis Catholick Maje~y. ; The P¡ ince n?t un?erfl:anding tlie Spanifo Language,, asked ofone of the Fnéi:s . who went w1th hufi, what tt was that the Cryer faid ? And wllen it was told l\im, that he proclairned hiin an Auca which was a Traytor, ' againíl: the Kfog ·his Lórd ; whi~h when he heard h; caufed ~h~ Cryer to be ~alled to.him, ~nd d.efire_d hirn to forbear to publi!h foch horr.1ble Lyes, 1 w~1ch . he_ k~~w _to.befo,, . fo_r that he never committed any: aét of Tre,afon, n·o~ ~ver had 1t m h~~ Hnag10at1om 1 as the World very well k""~ew : _B1 t; _fays ~e, ~ell:t~em, that t.heY,_ ~lt' fi? e. w 1thout other caufe, than º:'!y that tbe l 1ce_-Ktng wtit have tt fo; and I call God, "t.he Pachacamac of all, ro witnefs, that · · what