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.

·Royal Gommentarier. Sorne ~vil-Gqunfellours which loved to make ~nd foment differeñces, advifed 41., magro to kili Eernando Pil(arro/, for , rhat ever fince the prll: time tliat he carne rróm· Sp~in: rthey had difGovered in ·him a füange ma!ie~ towards his Perfoi.;i, ha-. ving never mehtioned him .with any k~nd c:.haratl:er ;~ a11d that he was a Man of a violent 1 fpirj~? 'fevengefull, to the utmoíl, and o(.a differenr tei;nper: to his.Bro- thers; aqd Al\~refore that ir was d'!ngeroqs ro.fufter (uch a Man to hy,e. , . Almagro was ready to have executed this counfe~ bue that J)iego, agp' Gomez. de Alv.arado, roh(! de Saavedra, Bartolemeo de ,Terrlt_:c;,M, V4faP. . º.de Guevara, •(\<filq Geronimo Je Coftilla, ahd ·elthers, w.ho were all Gentlemc,¡n of No~Je· defcenr, and friends td pea~e and q,ui'~ir~efs, reíl:rained chis v.iolen,sit. ; telli~g ,~il,1}, rhat there w_a~ º?rea~ . fon 1h rha't opr:n manñe~, .~º break w1_t~ c.tilf,1:Marqms3 ~ho had been h1s fairhfull frfrmd and eoñ(ederate ·n <dl Enterprifes1MO.f perhap&:.~b1nepu~atiqn he had ble~ 1J1ifhed bY; br~ach, of t~~]r~te mighc be falve,d fJ;g<ün 1; ,ahg thd~iz~i;e be had_ mac;le: o~ che Q9yerm~e51~ m1g~c be acc;qnimodaced; hut t~eAífaffinq,t,1op·.of Her- f¡andoPiemo ,was a thmg.10 od1ous .ro tlw. vy @rld, and fq mfamous ro- h1s ~ame; tha.t the ll:aih thereof cbufd, never he 6lo~sed out; and .rherefore h€ would doe well to confuk wii:h Re~fRq , ~iid Priídé.Q~~" rath~5 .thaÍl.wirh his Angef. and Re- venge, wh~ch~youl~ ,cal(r~ ,qin:l to more c;langerou~ ex~_remities. . · , With rJi~f.~ -a~d ih~· }~~e;;Reafo~s th~fi;. GeQ~lemen pe¡fuaded Almagro to d~fifi: from chis cruel mrent1on, '.eonrenrmg huufelf w1rh the, Government of the Cny ; which haviñg ~a. ·~en . u~qh fhirrí~ the cauf~P. alt~he O~cers ?f.theCorporatio~, and tpe pe~¡> le .l . qu:idred .Lha~ues round , .aci;ordmg ~º - th~ 1 hm1ts prefix~~ .to hu~ .by· ljis Mafeíly·, .fü fwear fealty and AJ!eg1~nce - to hun. ,Where we w11l leave füm for a while, and paíS for~·ards to other ,,rnátters which-hapned at the farn~ time. ( . ~ ... ,L ,·, '· }; f.' · ¡_ J - CflAP~ ¡'-1 XXXII. o¡' the Hardfbips an:d Difficufties which G~r~ilaífo de 1 la . Vega, and h~ Companions, fu/fa!ned to Difcpver the. .Countrey of ~~ena-ventura, which }ignifies Gaolf. For- tune. .. , ; ! W E, have formerly - ~e.lated how that Don Franci/~ip:trro 6ndin~. hirnfelfbe­ fieged by the JndMns, who 1 had rnade a-general Infurreéhon , grearly .fearnd, that his ~rorhers . i? Coz.é~, .and Al.,,,dgrp i~ ~hifi, wer: deílroyed by them ; . and therefore w1th all d1hgence d1fpat,c~e<;I A'.dv.ices lioMexico, Nicaragua, P_ánama; St. Domingo, and che other .lílands of Barlovento, to denfantl fuccours and relief; he like 1~fe fent Orders to recall bis Caprains ; namely, Afonfo de A/varado, Sehaftian de Ee/akafar, Garf ifaf{o de la Vega, and {ohn Pó'rcetl;i:eqtiiring them to defüt from rheir Conqueíls, arid ro rerurn to'him wirh ali their for¡:y, havipg need of their Aid againíl: the power .of the Jndians. Alon[o de A/varado, wh\) \Vas the m~arefr of an)' to bis Qiatrers, was che firíl: thát;cá 111e in, blit not rirnely enougb to yi<?ld his a:ffiíl:ence before the Indiani began to Aag, ahd withdraw théir force froni rbe City of los Reyes, which they totally abarndoried, fo ( o.on as,he áppeared ; buc _nei- . ther Capcain Sehaftian de Belálcayar, nor Captai~ de los Éracamoros, nor {ohn Porcel/, were prefent at chis Attion, by .reafon chat the Jndians, who éarried tne Comrnand, were killed, by the Way , fo that the Order ór Sumrnc:ms never carne to rheir - hands: befides, Garfi laj{o de la Tiega arrived - no~ 1onp after the coming of Alonfo de ' Alvarado from the Bay, which is called Sr. Mathew s Bay, 'and Buena- ventura; the which .Countrey (as We have touch€ti bcfdre) was bad, and almofi uninhabira~ . ~ d