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 11. Royal Comm~nt~riet. CH A P. XXXI. Of the di/ferences w.hich a~ofe hetween the Almagro's, and the Pic;arro's ;, and of the .Imprifonmffnt of Hemandó Pi<{arro. S O· foon as Almagro and Pipmo faw tha.~ tl'ie Inca had disbanded his Army 1 and , ·was fled, and had Jefe unt0 1 thetn free pó1*ffion of the Érnpire·5 they begart then openly to difcover their Paflions, and tum their Arrns eaeh againft che oEher; one affrtted to rule and goverq abfohuely alone, and che ©th~r fl(crpared ta pre- vent and difappoint him of tfue Poífeffion of that fupremé P()wet which neitner admius a Superioui: nor a Rival ' Tllus Almagro' reguired Hernando Pifart o t0' fur.1 render the.Cicy to him, and feavé him in free pofféflion theteof, pretending, tnac · ir was- the Part and Divifion whfa:h belonged to him, and not to his. ~rother; as not being comprehcmded wichin the tWo hunclred Leagues of Land belonging tó= die Marquis,,whkh we~e ~o bemeafured, and fec out fo0 m' tíl e Equinofüal Soutb.· \ ward 1 along the Sea-coafi, accorcling to che Capes, and P.ói <fltS·, and Bays, run... ning· by rhe Sea-íhore; but cercainly La ad wa:s never mea fme d in th:it manner, or by other Lines than by the High-wáys. Howfoever che party of Al111agro infüled on this p0i nt, a ndi would u~deríland n0 other Meafures tban by rhe Sea-rnaíl:, , which if Pir ¡ar.ro had granted alild t:ondefüende<.<11Unto, t&ough Mis l'vftajefi!y íh~mH have enlarg ed b is Jurifdifüon afl- ñundred Leagucs farnher, yet his Domioion would no~ have reached fo far as los Reyes, much lefs could it have extended untO' Couo. Howfoevei: theíe groundleís Reafons and Fancies had fu. far p011éífecl' thé · Mind of Almagro, and bis Party, thaé they_w0uld füffer no Contradill:ion, ot hearken to any Arguments to the cdntrary, but violent!y. refolved to abandon the Kingdom of Chili•, and return to Peru, and Co'Gco, from whence afterwards fo·ma- ny Ruines and Miíchiefs did enfue. · To this Deinand He~nandp Pi farro made Aníwer, ihac he did n0t! command thát Cicy by virme of bis own Authority, bue by a Power d€vived from rhe Gover- nour, who was his .Captain General, ~o\ whom having máde O~th never to fur- render ap rhat City inco any orher hanas, tban.his owfl,; he coukl fleit&er perforen tHe part of a Gentleman, nor 0f a Soulcl:ier, in Gafe he•n1buld betray his Truíl' by fuch a bafe furrender, which was an abfo!U:te Bteach of' bis Oach; out in cafe they would writ€ ro the Marquis, and obtain bis Qrder, he would imme&ately yield aU compliance to his Commands. Bue wa ving rhat1 parricular, he infüred, that the lmperial Gty bel0nged ro his Brorher, a.nd was comprehended within che Limits of bis Juriídittion; for thar the me afutes he propounded by Capes, and Gulfs, and Bays, along che Sea-coaíl:, w~re meré fancies, and fallacies; and fuch as never were admitted amongíl: .any rarion~l Geographers ; for che tur- nings and windiogs,of che Land will cake up above líalf:fthe excent o.f Ground, as is manifeíl:' by experience of the doubling of the Lands onely fr0m the füe of' ~· Palmes to tbe Cape·0f St. francu. Nor ought che Land to be meafured by the Fligh-ways , which often turn and wind, and are fteep, and oftenrimes a.fcend: three or four Leagues, and rhen again defcend as man y more· which upon a ftr eighc Line from oHe Hill to anocher , will noe make hailf. a1League. Bue che l'i ~anr.os did not approve of chis kind of Mea-ÍUFe', alleclgirtg, that the' teagues were• to be re ckoned according to che Degreesof the Equit:í<'.>ét1ail, asMariners mete out py their Comp~ffes che diílances at Sea, allowing to every IDegtee fevemeen Leagues.and a¡:¡ half, in failing plain North and Somh: Now wlteteas diere wete noc above eleven Dégreés of Souch-laticude from the Equinoélial to che City of los Reyes, which make not more chan an hundred ninety cwo Ji..eagues andan fulf 5 and chat to Com, which fiands in fourteen Degrees, it will not make above two· hun~red forty five L.eagues in ali' fo. that boehCities:of los Rcjw, ':l~cl Co:tro 7 wer'e' • C c cc.i. to>