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.

1616 Rryal Commentaries. B OOK VIII. due place, to make room at tbe end of this our Work for fo forr_owful a Tra- gédy, wbicb is tbe ultimate Scene of tbe fe~ond part of thefe our Commenta-: ries. Praifed be God for all things. · · .e a A .P. ·xx.· Don Francifco. de Toledo returns to Spain.· !lis Ca1iho- lick.. Majefiy gives him a fevere reprehenfion : His End and Death: As· alfo of the Governour Ma~tin Garcia Loyola. I T is not fit to conciude ottr Hiftory with the Death of Don Philip Tupac .Amane alone, and therefore we íhall acco~_pany it with a fhort Relation of the Death, ami End of the Vice-King Don Francijco de Toledo: Who after he had compleaEed the time of bis Government,which was very long,and as fome fay 1 6 years,he re- turned into Spain with great Riches and Profperity, being reported by common Fame to have brought with him above;: the value of 500 thoufand pieces of Eigblt in Gold and Sil ver: up·on the Reputation of which,he procured admittance into the Court, and lxpeél:ed to be madeone of the great Miniftersof State,in reward of the fpecial Services he had done in CQtting off, and extirpating the Royal Line of the Incas, by whicb a way was made to the Kings of Spain to· claim a Rightof Inberitance to the Empire of Pern, without otbet Competitor. He alío imagined, that he had highly merited of his Majefty by the many good 1 . Laws and Rules he bad Eftablifhed in thofe Kingdoms, whereby his Majefties· Revenue was improved,and che Mines of Plate, and Quickfilver, well governed~ by the orderly Regulations he bad made therein; baving ordained and direél:ed that the lndians of feveral Provinces, fhould by their turns come in, and work in thofe Mines, with the fame pay for a days labour, as the Spaniards who are Planters in thofe Countries are by late Laws obliged to pay them for their work. And moreover that tbe Indians being employed in G~rdning,or doing .ªºY thing for the pleafure, or benefit of the Owner, !hall rece1ve a pay propornonable ta tbe value of the thing : The which Regulations and Rules being many and long, we lhall omit to rehearfe the particulars of them. . . U pon fuch grounds, and with1 fo ch expeél:ations as thefe, Don Francifco de Toledo obtained admittance to the Prefence of King Philip che Second, and to kifs bis Royal Hand: Bnt bis Catholick Majefty having been duly informed of all Macters which had fucceeded in that Empire,and particµlarly of the Death of the Inca T1tp11c .Amaru, and of the Banifhment of bis neareft Relations and Kin- dred,to a l'láce where they all perifhed,did n?t f?ew that kind an~ graciousaccep- tance of bis Perfon,as he expeél:ed:,but told h1m rn lhort,That he fhould go home to bis own houfe; for that the King had not fent bim to kill Kings, but to ferve them: With whicb Reproof he went home much dejeél:ed, and under that Cloud of disfavour which he never expeél:ed. In this difgrace,(as it is ufual formen who are going down the Hill, to be helpt forwardin their way) fo certaín Informers brought an accufation againft him : That he ordered the Salaries of bis Servants and Officers to be paid in Pieces of Eight, in!tead of.Ducats, fo that for every 40 thoufand Ducats 40 thoufand pieces of Eight were made good,whkh was áninju- ry and damage to tbe Royal Treafury,during tbe time he affifted in the Govern- rnent wbich amounte~ to the value of 12odoo ducats : To make which good, ad Order was frnt frorn the Council of State to lay a Sequeftration upon all the. Gold and Silver he had brought frorn Pene, and to rernain in fuch manner fe- cured, Until the account was audited and cleared, how mu ch was OWÍIJg on that fc~.r~ to the Royal Exchequer: Do~ F,rancifco de Toledo being a man of a baughty Spmt, was nou able to refift tb1s fecond blow of his Majefties disfavour, bue