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 Ill. Roy 1 al Commentaries. Thus did the ,Almagrians fuccour and afiift eacb othér, rejeéting al! fubfúlence and KincÍneís fromxhe Pi~árrifrs, rn;nwithftanding_ the urgenr, ~nd extreme necefii.- des w which theywere reéiuced. The which being o~ferv(1d, and confidered by che Mini '.lers anq <;:ounfellours of the Marquis, th!!y, like ill Inllrumenrs, advifed him, that íince chat party could not be won by_ fair means w any Terrns of Fríendfh ip, thá'~ .he íhould compell thern th~reunro by wanr and necefiity. ·: The Marquis (though much aga~nft his own nature) was perfaaded t0follow chis ri- gor0us and fevere Advice of bis Minifiers, aµd to take a"'._ay the Eíl:ate of Al- magro, by whic~, ali che .pa~ty . ry~d - their fubfiíl:ence, fo that not ~nding a fuppm; ~bey might be compellec:) to separt, from thence' an~ fee~, their livelyhood in other Countrie~ : . , ~ut thi~· w~~i.~u~h agaj~ª tp~ hm~ou~ of the Marq1:1is, who naturally abhorrea te? doe a~Uhwg of feve11cy, ,,or un~mdµefs, whatfoever. But this Aét, iníl:ead of.mollifying ~nd fubjeéting th~ füff aature .of Almagro, incenfed him to a highér degree of Rage ; for Tyranny, ·with unjuítdealings, operare littk pn che Mind~ 0~ ~en; w4~ 1 efteem themfelves mnocent. .' And k> ic was with the Almagrians "' ")'~9 , bfing--:; ~e41Jced to ~ -m:q:fiitous con~itiop, ref~l~ed 0 not to ~bandoh cbe Qi~}h l;i,ut mfü:i4~ ~h.fireofd\fpa~ched a Narraq\je m Wntmg, of>the ftate of thei.r cafe' to all p1aces where any of thofe lived' .:-vho ~ere incliped and devoted to che A fmagrian Parry , inviting them. to r~pair to the City ~f los Reyes, ro abet therr Parcy , and to affift them m their precenfions. This - Faél:ion was tbeo _become __yery_~nfideraWe, for beftdés th..Qfe who had been áétually engaged in the Battel , chere were divers ochers who had taken an Affeétion to that ftde , as · it commorily happens. in Civil and inteíl:ine Dif- 'ºtli>on thefe Summons abdve two-hundred'.'. Souldiers reforted to the Óty of' Los Reyes, from pares above three and four hundre<i Leagues remote, who bein~ joined .in fuch numbers together, took the Li~rty to talk boldly, .and in apuO.. fük 111anner to· ár.m themfelves ~· for untill then they .were not permitted ,co, Carry any, Weapons, living in the. nature of Prifoner~. Tbe g~11tle Treatmeqt which thé Marquis ufed towards them, encduraged them td higher Atcempts, and to treat of the rnanner how the Death of Don Diego de Almagro might be revenged by rhe Bloud of the Marquis ; for though Hernando Pifarro, after his return from .fpain,, was the .great lncendiary and che ,re~! Authour of ~11 thofe Evils chat liad hitherto enfued, yet che Revenge for all was to refund oh che Head of ilie Marquis. · Bút thefe privare Cabals and Confpiracies were not contrived anti" car'ried d,n fo focretly , ,but thát they' were made . known to the Coun- tel1búrs of che f\1arquis, who inffantly urged him to d~íl:urb chofe Meetings; and pQni!h tbe 'Male~ontents, by taking off Ehe Heads of the Chief Leaders, ana by báhiíhmeílt of the others, before tneir Ploc was ripe, and·become .too frroag to . be ÍUI;'pre,Ifed'. . Carate, in Dhe .fourth, fift~1, and fixth Books, declares che mátter to be thus. l. · , ' " The Marquis (faith he) rern·ained fo confident and fecure, being of a DifpO: ~' fition not inclil'léd to Jealoufie, that in Reply unto,wbat they ·advifed, hé " made Anfiver, that there was no need to fear or apprehend Danger from Men, " in.tbat poo~ .and forlorn ~ondition, who had Difficulties fufficient, in comen- " ding wich Poverty. Alm11gro·and hiSComplices growing more·confident by this ce Inadvertency and Goodnefs of ithe Marquis, proceeded at length to that degree... " as to lay afide ali refpeét towards his Perfon, and not fo much as to take off " their Caps, of make any other.'demoníl:rationofHonour, as he paífed by them. Thus far Carate. ' - And indeed fuch 0 was elle Wañt and indigency they fufiained, thai Alm11gr~ J!iáde a Conforcíhip with feven Souldiers, who lodged in the fame Chamber tógether; 'a'!1óng~ ·which ~hey had bue one Cloak, and fhát .not new, bue old -~nd patthed ; w1th th1s woríh1pfull Garmenc they took the1r turns to go abroad, the other.s (laying at borne, whilíl: .the Cloak \yas employed, and till it retuined; They ~~fo .rnad.~ a ~?tilmon Purfe, putting che Mo~ey whkh they gatneg,at play; or otherw1fe, mto tbe ·hands of '/ohn de Rada, whom they made the1r Treafureri1 and coinmón Stewardj to buy and drefs their Víétuáls. / ., I i i i