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.

660 BooK IV. reafon of his rough and obftinate hurnour, liad rendred hirnfelf uncapable of Of.. fice by not giving ear to the cornplaims and aggrievances which bis Majeíl:y's good Subjeéts offered to hirn ; íhewing nothing but fiercenefs ~n. the exec~tion of tnac- ters of the fmalleft moment, they were generally of opm10n thac ne íhould be rejeéted and not admitced có che Government; an<l thac in cafe Vaca de Cafiro would not concurr with 'rhem herein, they did not doubt but to fix upon anotber perfon who íhould j9in with them in the oppofüion which they incended to make. By rhis obfl:inacy and fiercenefs of the Vice-king ali Peru was put into a.flame, and che humours of che people into a fermentation : time was now no other talk or difcourfe ovet ali Peru chan of che new Laws, the contents of which rhe Mef- fengers of the Vice-kiog, whom he had fent before to take up his quarters, had openly divulged in al! places: and thereumo che rumour of che people, as is com- mon in fuch cafes, hati aggravated che fevericy thereof, the more to provoke and iñcenfe the people. Hereupon Vaca de·Caftro prepared himfe!f for his Journey to Los Reye1; and being upon .his departure from Cow, he was accompanied with a numerous Train of Cicizens and Souldiers; far being a perfon well beloved, there would not have remaihed fo much as one perfon in the City if he woold have ac- cepred of their atrendance; and, being on his way, he was met by Meífengers from che Vice-king giving him ro underíl:and, cbat his Commiffion for che Go- vernment was now íuperfeded by his arrivai in chofe parrs, and rhat he was ro re- ceive and acknowledge him far che chief Governour of rhat Coumrey ; to all which Vaca de Caflro chearfully fubmitted, and defiíl:ed from exercifing che power of his Office: bue befare chat time, by a Writi!1g under his hand, he had be- lfowed and feccled feveral Plamations of JndiMs on cercain perfons, who had by cheir fervices and fufferings well deferved che favour and reward of his Majeíl:y, being fuch of whofe merits he had been an eye-wimefs, or ac leaíl had received fufficient Tefümonials of their loyalry a.nd good Cervices before he carne to che adminiíl:racion of the Governmem. The Meífengers which che Vice-king fenc befare ro provide for his emertainment, gave a relacion in ali places in what man- ner the new Laws were put in praétice and how enforced; how he had freed rhe Jndians in Panama from their dury and vaffalage ro che Spaniards , againíl: whofe will, and in defpighc of whom, he had embarked and fent them away to Pern; how he had in Tumpi:¡;,, St. Michaefs and Trnxi/Lo bid a Tax upon fome Lands, and freed ochers, and feuled rhem ali in Capirc to be held of che King, according to che rules prefcribed by che new Laws, wichouc any confideration of diflerence or diíl:inétion of cafes, bue made ali chings egua! wirhouc admirring of provifoes, or refervarions, or hearing what any man had to alledge; bur with an unfhaken refolutioR pretended chat fo was his Majeíl:,y's pleafure. The which fo much en- raged che people who accompanied V"ca de Caforo, that moíl: of them returned back to Co:¡;,co wichout fo much as raking their leave of che Governour, precending chat they could noc appear befare a man fo fierce and arbitrary withouc danger of being by him condemned ro the Gallows : Howfoever chey gave out, thac when che Au- ditours and Jufüces carne, chey would chen appear to give in their plea and rea- fons againíl fuch proceedings ; yer in the mean time chey feemed to aét like dif. comented perfons, profeffmg openly cheir aggrievances and diffatisfaétion : for when chey carne to HuamMca chey took away ali che Anillery which had been lodged chere ever lince the defeac of Almagro and carried them away to Couo; che chief Authour of which emerprife was called Gllfpar RodriJ.rm:., who, by che help of great numbers of Jndians, carried chern away ro che diffarisfaétion of ali . thofe who either faw or heard of. che aétion. Vt«:a de Ca{lro, having intelligence he~eof, proceed~d on his Journey, and by che way ic was his forcuue ro rneet wich a cercain Prieft called Baltafar de Loayfa, who out of kindnefs rold him, that in che City of Lo1 Reyes the people fpake bardly of him ; and cherefore he advifed him to be wary and to go well auended both with Men and Arms. Vaca de Caflro making ufe of chis infarmation, defired chofe Genrlemen, who carne in his com- pany and entred into his attendance, chat they woHld oow be pleafed to leave him and recurn to their own homes: and chat fuch who were unwilling fo to doe, and were deíirous to contique wich him ; yet at leaíl, that chey íhould quir cheir Lances and Fire-arms; though it were the praéticl'! ac rhac rime, as well as many years afrer, to cravel bóth wich offeníive and defenfive Arms. Accordingly bis Friends chac accompanied him laid afiele cheir Weapons, and by 01orc journies arriyed