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.

558 Royal Commenta,riet. BooKU. the 1 35 th Chapter of his Book, hath thefe Words, which we have extraéted verbatim. " This unhappy \Y°retch confeg ,ed.at the ti~e of his death, .that he.had given ~' falfe Evidence agamíl: tbe guod Kmg A~aba[1b.a, tqat h~í m1ght en1oy one of ' ' his Wives with fecurity. This PhilipiUio de Pohechos was an ill Man treache- ' ' rous, inconílant, falfe, defüous. of Mucinies, bloudy, and had little o'r a Chri- " füan, though he had been qapt12ed. •. , . thus far are che Words of Gomara, whence.we may confider, how lamen- table a thing it is, that the firíl: Interpret ~r ~hac was chofen t~ preach t~e Gof- pel ÍI) rhofe pares, fhould prove fuch a V11lam: But .Alma$rº httle regardmg che Flight of Villac Vmu, fo long as Pa~llu r~ma~ed· w1th h1m, procee~ed in bis March towards Couo; when he rece1ved mtelhgence of the lnfürreéhon which che Jndians had made, of which thou_gh formerly he entertained fome fufpicions, y et he was not fo inguili.rive as.was fit, becauf~ he depended for thefe A~Mces, on that Fidelity ·and Service wh1ch PAullu and h1S People profeífed towards\tiiem. Thf! way which he took in his March was by Cql/ao, where che Countrey Heing open, and plam, was not fo dangerous for Ambuíbes, as the way between Co~co and los Reyes. Wben he arrived near Co.uo, he found chat che Prince Manco Jnc-:i had quitted che Siege; for not knowing the Delign againíl: che Pifanw, he lmagined, chat die lntention of Almagro was to relieve and Succour hís Friends. Almagro rook chis occalion to fee and crear With the Inca; for having had former acquaintance with him , be believed that he might be able to draw him to his Parcy. The Inca, who hoped to take this opportunicy to kill Almagro, and ali' his Followers, confented to an Interview; bue.fgch was che Prudence and Cautio"n of Almagro, that he was always fo well guarded W·~th his Souldiers, both Horfe. and Foot that the l ndians duríl: Mt attempt any thmg upon chern. Nor wou1d rhe Inca Í1earken to che Propofitioq. that was made, to take pare with Almagro, bue told him plainly, That his lntention was ~o re\;'over che Empire for himfelf, and cherefore was refolved not to be concerned, e.ither for one fide, or the otber: Howfoever when he and Alma¡,ro were parted, tbe ll'ldia~s. would 1have perfua- ded him to accept the Propofal, and to foment the Civil War between 'tlie Spaniards , faying, That when they had killed and weakned each other, · he might then be better able to fubdue and maíler the pre.vailing Parcy. To which the Prince made chis Reply , That it becarne not che Honour of an Inca to differnble, or fail in bis Word , unto chofe <to whom it was given , and chat he would rather lofe his Empire, chan maintain it with Falficy, or Trea· chery , to chofe whom he had received into his Favour, and under his Pro- ceéhon. . Whilíl: Almagro was chus in treaty with the 11:cll, Hernándo Pi2arro fent privare· ly to try che Pulfe of Saavedra, who was then with Alm11gro, promifing, rhat if he would revolt unto his Party, he fhould neither wanc Honours nor Bene- fits. But chis {ohn de Saavedra, who was of as Noble Bloud as any that owns rhat Name in Seville, rejeéted the Propofals chat were made him of Advancage, rather than íl:ain his Honour with che leall blemiíh. And chus thefe three Par- ties íl:ood ac a Gaze, without any Attempt made by one or other. At length the Inca confidering that Almagro was returned from Chili, and had broughc wich him four hundred and fifty Spaniards, though he had loíl: two hundred, or rhere- abm~t, in bis Paífage over che Snowy Mountains, in che Wars, and by other Accidems; and that if. in many Months he was not able to fubdue che Sfani11rds, when they vvere not more than one hundred and fevemy , hovv much more vvould chey prove an unequal match to them, at this time, vvhen chey vvere encreafed to fix hundred : And though they vvere divided by privare Quar- rels, and Civil Di~ntions, yet they vvould quickly unite, and be cemenced again, fo foon as che Indians, vvho are their common Enemy, íhould appear in a formidable manner againíl: them. And as to the matter of carrying 00 che War, Experience had caught them already, that it vvould prove fatal and of moíl: ruinous Confequence; for that in the fpace of one Year, fine~ this lnfurreétion firíl: began , they had loíl: above fourty thoufand Men, whicH had periíhed.. . ~Y che Svvords of che Enemy , by Famine, and ocher Calamicies 1 _ which