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.

•' I :, ·~.,;o -.. '• BooK II. Royal Commentariu. . A certain Souldier; na:ned (ohn de Samahieg~, who had formetÍy beerl affionted1 by Pedro de Lerma, made enquiry afi:er hill), that' he might take a revenge f~r th~ affiom : Two days afcer the Batee! he was informed thar he lay wounded m th~ Houfe of Pedro de los Rios ; and going thither with the infolence of a viél:oriou~ Souldier, he found free enrrance inro che Houfe, for in this time of War there was none co oppofe him ; fo that he went from Ghamber to Chamber, untill he carne to a poor Bed on which de Lerma was laid ; fictilig thereupon ~ he began to difcoQrfe wich much fobriety and phlegm : . · · ' ' ' Senior Pedro de lmna, faid he, I am come in fatisfaétion t0 my Honour, td « 'kili you, for a box o'th' Ear which you once gave me: Sir, anfwered Pedro dé " Lerma, you may well remember, that you were the fuft Aggreífour, and thac by " your infolendes you gave me juíl: provocation. lt can oe little or no fatisfac-' " cion to your Honour to kili a Man that is wounded, and dying in bis bed. If " God íhall fpare my life, Ido here Vow, and engage my Fairh to give you all i.c che fatisfaétion you íhall requ'ire either by_word of mouth, or in writing, with " ali ihe formalities and circumftances whích the Rules of Souldiers can require ' 1 in reparation ofHonour. No, Zounds, faid Samaniego, I will not fiay fo long; " out I will kill you prefently, for my Honour requires it. I deny that, replied " Lerma, for you muft rather lofe than gain Honour by killing a Man wlio is " half dead already : but if 1 li~e; 1 wi~ give you entire fatisfaétion. Theíe were the preci[e Words bo'th _ pf one 'and the other, whlch were &pea~ red three or four times , the one tbreatriidg death, and the other promifin"g fatiS* faétion. At length when Pedro de Lerma. imagined that bis Adveríary was conreo· ted with bis promife, and with the fatisfaétiop he had offered him according to the formalities and rules of aSouldier ; Samaniego arofe, and laying his hand up- on his Dagger, gave him many ftabs therewith i:mtill he died; afterwards going out into tne Market-place, he boafted, how in fatisfaétion ofhis Honour he had ·fiabbed Captain Pedro de·Lerma : And farther to magnifie the glory ofhis Exploir, he recounred word for word ali the difcourfe which had paífed betweerJ tnem ~ and how often the fame words were repeated ; with whiclt he was troublefome to all that heard him, for he would admit of no othe~ difcourfe wherefoever he' was, than onely the vapours and boafis he made of chis Aétion ; in whích imper• tinency he continued, untill bis infolence effeéted bis ruine ; and that as he was aurhour of his crime, fo he brought the punifhment of it on his own head. The manner whereof we íhall relate in this place ; for though it be out of the order of time ; yet not to lofe the opportunity of affeét.ing the rninds of the Readers wirh a deteítation of the mercilefs bowels of this Samaniego, whofe villany was abominated in all pares of Perse, it will be moíl: feafonable ~o deliver a Narrative · of it, as follows. Five years after this villany was perpetrated, when che Kingdom was quiet, and in peace, and fréed from the DHfentions between rhe Pifarrifts and Almagrians: {ohn de Samaniego was chen an lnhabitant in Puerto Viejó, where, accordfug to his_ ufual praétice, he fiill coótinued tQ magnifie the glory of his Exploits, vapouring· at every turn, that he had in fatisfaétion of his Honour killed a Captain with his Dagger, who had been Lieutenant-General -Of the Governoilr Don Erancifco Pi• ' farro, and that none duríl: ever quefüon him for'it, adding moreover rnatiy thir¡g~ of intolerable infolences. The ,Governour, who was chief J uíl:iciary óf this place._ oeing tired out with .the inceífant repeticlon of thefü matters, gave Samaniego to underíl:and by a certain friend of bis, that it were be'tter, and more agreeable to" his Honour, to bury thefe matcers in .filence, than to make farchet talk of thení i for chat lince he had revenged che injury, he fuould remain comenced; and en~ large no farther on that unpleafant ful]jeét, _ Samanieg11, inftead of taking this kind admonition in. good part, was v'iolently enraged ; and going into the Market~ place, efpied the Governour wich about fifteen or twenty Sp_aniards, ( for ther¿ were very few more Inhabitants in that Town) and as they were difcour.: fing pleafantly togecher, he füoíl:ed rhe cornpany, and wich an angry Look faid; :F r f é,,