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·IV. R.oyal Commentaries.. . in the Gov<trnment of rhe people. It had been better for us to have been Thieves, Adulcerers, Homicides and Robbers rathm· than honeíl: men, lince thaulle lia w is ih force againíl: the latcer and not againíl: che former. With like liberty and freedoin of fpeech, did thofe who were comprehended under the fourth Law vent th~ir arlger;. narnely, thofe who had taken party w ith che two FaéHons of the Pi9arrifts and Alrriagriani; by virtue of whidi (as Diego Fernande~ obferves) no perfon in all Peru could be maíl:er of Jndians or Eíl:ates. What faulr 1 faid they, had we who obeyed tbe Governours ahd Magiíl:rates which his Majeíl:y had fent us, as both thofe were, and who attecl by Commif- {fon from his Majeíl:y : And if there arofe ptivate quarrels and anim0füies amongíl: th<irnfelves; by the iníl:igacion of the Devil, to which men diveríly adhered; ytlt ñeither of t1iefe Parties aéted againíl: th e C rown. And if one Party ,.,/as in the wrnng,, and was guilty o~D€linquency, Y.et the ocher aéted. for the K.ing? fer~ice 5 and why rhen íhc;mld they be eqµally pu mfh ed br confifcarmn of their GoocJs anl:i Efiates with th@fe wh0 have offended r which feems to be fucha pieoe of Injl:l- ílic'e as is n0t to be parallel'd by che tyranny 0f Nero~ _and feems rather ro proceéd from an. arbim~ry Coñíl:ituGion, co fatisfie 'rhe luíl: and inrereíl: of certairi perfons, ~han fmm a ddtfrn te1iding to the welfare and good of che Subjeét. To all which they added a thoufand curfes u¡J'0n chofe who had contrivéd rhefe t1ew Laws, or c0unfelled his Majeíl:y to pafs and fign chem, and to order che exe- '€titim11of them wich fm~h feverity, on pretence rhat in wa's for his fervice, and advair@111ent gf his Roya\,Oown. - If they (faid rhey) had been :i~ che Conqueíl: of Peru, and fuíl:ained thofe la- bouvs and haza: rds wfuic h we have done, they would have beeo of anorher miad trnaFI tdJ make f ~ch1.a.ws ' ; tla'}' rather, they would have b.een the firíl: to oppofe tliern. fo <i:©r lfirtnati0n whete©f, they qu0ted feveral paffages in HHlmy both an- lii<i!Iit and m'Gtlertt, whídi mighli be compared to the civil Wars between the Al- mag.rlañs and dre Pi¡ttrrifls ~ cmd partictilarly faid they in the Wars of Spain, bé- tween chofe two Kings, Don Pedro the. ~tud, alil'd lüs Brnther Don Henr.ique, co whofi~ ~a~ües aH dre-. Noblemen ·and1 ~rfuns of Eíliates in Spain adhered qn one ftde or ~he @~her, and á<fiually fetved untiH tfue death of one €lf rhern derermined 1be 9uarrel ; i.f a. fac<.\e"ed'ing King1. afre:, the Wars were ended, fhould have depri- :ved all ~füofe who \V'efé e~gagéd mchis quarrel both of one fide and the other, what troqbles wquld it have Cfeate<il, an'd how would it have moved che fp>irirs of a.11 the p@vverfüll mea in Spain? The like whicn hafppened l.Detweeh che H-0ufe oí éaftilé aml rliar of Portugal might be brought inro eNarnple; as aamely che Pat- t·Y whiGh Mld fot Beltftjneja, who was twice fworn Princefs of C.:aftile; and i:n fa.. veur M J:i~r rilany of che.chief LoFds of rhat Countrey appeared ;· whom when Qgeén Jfa11éllli Gailled Rebels and lh~tours, che Duke of Alva replied; pray God, M<rda.m, than we tf.l(lty G>Vercome them, for itwe do not, I arn fure chey will ca-11 bs Tr~~GOtiíS atid pfove 111·5 fo toO; To apply rhefe parti:rnlats in Hiíl:ory to thé ¡;ite.f~nt ~fe~ whiH~ _Will become of os, faid they, if the Succeífour to this King íh©ald feiü~ 011 tlie IUta:~es of chofe who were <toncerned in this War. Béfides aU Whkh, rl\~y mnerea many fcanda-iGJus andi fe~itious woEds, 'Whit h we purpofdy omit nc!lt- t0 o'ff€rtdl tfue eats of the heaters ; h'owfoever tne' contrary Pare.y was highty it11ceñféd tlí'erea:r, atid b0~h ficles put into a fennenrati©n, whence ali chofe' mifrhiefs wer~ detiv~d wfukh áfterwards happened. · But to return ro che Vice-king,who was now on his Journey to Los Reyes_; fo foon as the Meífengers from Vaca de Caftro carne to him, he received rhem to óUtward appearance kindly and with much refpeél:, and gave thern a fpeedy difpatch that they rnight retur~ freely again to Los Reyes; where being rerurned, they rendred a fad relation of che rigour and feveriry wherewith the new Laws were pUt in exe- . cution, and of che rude and morofe humour of the Vice-king; who admicted of no Pleas, or Petitions, or Appeals to che contrary ; which ferved .to add oew fue!, and blow ali into a flarne both in Los Reyes, Co~co, and in all thar King- dom. So ttac now they began generally to diftourfe, that they would neirher réceive this Vice-king, nor obey che new Laws which he was putting .into praél:ice ; for that they were well aífured, rhat the very day that he entred Vice-king into Lo1 Reyes, and bis Laws were publifhed, they fhould be no longer Mafiers of their ln- dians nor of their Eíl:ates ; and that befides the point of taking their lndians from' them, bis Laws and new regulations included fo many fevere things, that all rheir Qq q q . Efiates·