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 III. Royal Commentarie.r. CH A P. XI. - U~i. ,-., tfhat ib~.J11~ahita11ts of Cozco alled in order to the Ki11g's S~i~'e,. ·•. What alfo wap done in favaur of Don Diego. Vaca de íGLaíl:ro nominated in Spain for Judge to.deter- 1(lÍ1ij' f..h.e'.. qúañrel/ '.a# di/[enences in Peru:· ' ' /" • { I "1:. :_ 'I · .. ;IJ G Omet. de.Tor4oJa, yvh~ ' was ~ princip~l <;:it~ell:, ~nd Chief of the q>mmon ' Coundl of that C6rporat1on, was not then prefent, when the Orders and Commiffion bf Al1J1agro were brought to Coz.co, having been in che Countrey far ftx: or (eyen da~s to divertife hirrifelf with 1-lawkihg &nd other fports; fo foon as <he had read rHe Letrers which'crdvifed him of the Tragical E>eath of the Marquis, for wlíom 'Be conceived·a pai:ticular eíl:eem, being hi~ parcícular Friend and Con- 'fident, he was qnk~ grieved, apd fhrinking U,P 'bis ilioulders, turneél his head to- \Vard ·rhe Hawk he carried, faying, lt is now more feafonable fo; us to prepare fora War, with 'Fite and Sword, rhan to attend to our fports, and our Coumrey req:eations ; for being a judiCious Man, he well forefaw all thofe miferies and ca- lamities, cruel deaths and revolutions, which would be the 'Cércain confequence5 t>f the late fuccerfes. flereupon 'he immediately returned 'to the Ci:ty, and not to give 'any occafiori of jealoufte 0r offence to 'the contrary party, he carne fd by !light ; and having. difcourfed wicp feveral of the Corpo¡atiop, he told them, chac 1t was necdfary tO'convene the ~eople of Am¡uepa~ ·or.the Chkmu, and of the pares 'ly;ng Southwarcl fi:om Cou:o, ~nd to affernble the Spaniards, which were dit perfed about the Countries : To which enp he advifed them to di(peed fvfeíien- gers, of which he offered himfelf for one. This refolutiorí being taken, he de- parted that very night fi:om Cow, and went in fearch of <'.:aptain Nunno d.e Oaftro, Who theR .reíide.d at his Plantation, which was about fifteen or twenty Leagues úom the Cicy, w'Jme being arrived, they both di{patched Meflengers to Ptdro ~ Anflrf'es, and to Garf!,laj{o de la Vega; and having informed them of the late fuccef- fes, they r.equired chem .as good and loyal Subje&~ to, repair to Couo, there ta perform füch Servl.ces as their duty to bis Majeíly requfred. After thefe Meífages were difpatthed~ Gomez. de Tordqa went in all hafl:e to ·feek óut for Captain P-e- dro Alv~rez. Holguin, who with a hundred. Spaniards was marched to che Eaíl: of 'Callao .to conquer t:he Indians of thofe parts, who as yet had not been fubdued; and travelling with :i.11 diligence and haíl:e, at length he over-took him, and gave him a relation of che Death of the Marquis, and how Don Diego de Almagro pretended to govern the Empire. Whertfore he deGred him cq take this bufinefs to heart, and to interefl: himfelf fo far in this fervice of God and rhe King, as to become Captain and Chief Leader of the people, who had joyned in this League and Af- fociation together ; and farther to oblige him, he offered to ferve under him in qualicy of the meaneíl: of his Souldiers. . Pedro Alvarez. being fenfibly touched with the Juíl:ice of che caufe, and pleafed wit:h che Honour fo fi;eely offered to him, accepted che Command and Charge; and irnmediarely (et upa Standard for his Majeíl:y, fending Meffengers·to che Char- c<U, and ro Arequepa, to publiíh his Declaration, contairüng bis Reafons and Imen- cion ofchis War ; farcher giving rhem to underíl:and, tna.t he wou!d march fair and fofi:ly with the people that were with him towards Co~co, that fo thofe who were in the rere míght have time to come up and joyn with him before he entred the City. The Countrey was by this time aU in an uproar upon che confufed reporr of the Death of che Marquis ; fo thac che Meífengers fem to Arequepa, and the Charc.u met che peoplc already on the way comiLlg to joya with Pedro A/1111- m, Holguin, and accordingly the fevetal Bodies being united, their Numbers a- mounted unto almoíl: cwo hundredMen. The news of their March being known at Co~co, allarum'd che AlmP.grian Faétion in.Juch inanner, that about fifcy of them fearing