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.

666 Royal Commeptariu. BooK IV. Eítaces were confifcated ·and their Lives endangered: for by the fame rule rhat rhey took away rheir üdi11ns from them, becaufe they had been engaged on one ftde or rhe other, with the'Almagrians or the Pifarrifts, they might al[o take off rheir heads ; which was a caí~ intolerable and not to be endured, tho1:1gh rhey were reduced to the cond ition and lived under the notion of Slaves. 1 · To fucha pitch of mutindus humour the.whole Cicy of Los Reye1 was inceníed rl1at they had almoíl: taken a refolution n?t to receive che Více-king; which they had certainly puríued, had noc tl:e ~ece1ver General, named S~arn de Carvajal, and Diego de Llgu:ro, who were pnnc1pal _men of t~at Corporat1on, and greatly eíl:eemed fer their prudence and moderat10n, prevatled upon che people, and dif- fuaded them from that rafh delign : fo.chat at length it was refolved to receive him in Hace, and with much folemnity, in hopes chat by their Cervices and humi• lity, they might indine bis mind to fome fort of fle_xibiliry a~d good nacure; ac leaíl: rhac he might lend a gentle €'ar to the Pleas wh1ch they made for themíelves and in favour of chofe La\~S which che Catholick Kings, and che Emperour him~ felf had made in favour of the Conquerours and of thoíe >vho had gained and fub:. dued. this n~w .World, .wich partirnfai· refpe~ to the people o[ Peru, who having acquired th1s nch Empir.e, oughc more efpecially to be cheníhed and favoured, as períons of highefl ment and deferr. lt being chas dmrmined to receive the Vice-king, :ill the people decked them- felves with dieir beíl ornaments and array, preparing themíelves againfi the day of his entry into chis City s when in the mean time Y/len Suare:{. de Carvajal, and Captain Ditgo de Aguero were fcandalouíly .rreated by the people, who always mu- tinied againíl: them, whenfoever as any chrng went crofs, or comrary to their hu'- mour ; faying, rhat for cheir own imereíl: they had foliciteq and perfuaded chem to receive die Vice-king ~ namely on e of them being Receiver General of the King's Treafury, and the other having been.in the late Wars; and both of chem being Juílices little eíl:eemed the !oís of their Jndiam, more in regard to their own íntereíl: than to the íerv!ce of che Emperour. In che mean rime che Vice-king purfuing his Journey, put che new Laws in execution in ali places wherefoever he arrived, wich his ufual feverity and rigour wirhour admitting any plea to che contrary ; giving them to underíl:and, chat he íl:ood in fear of none, bue as a good Miniíl:er and Servanc to his Maíl:er, he w:is to obey his commands without reípeét or regard unto any, . At length he carne to the Valley called Hlfatira, where ac che Inn he neither found Jndian nor Provifions, nor any accommodation whacfoever; che which though in reality was caafed by the de faulr and omiffion of che Inhabitants of Los Reys, whoíe dury it vyas to t~ke care o~ the Provifions in the way for che Vice-king; yet he otherw1fe cook ir, and atrnbured the wanc thereof to Antonio de Solar, who was a Narive of Medina del Cttmp~, and a Citizen, becauíe he was the chief Proprietor of that Valley; for whICh reafon he was highly inceníed againíl: him, and more vehememly, when upon a whice Wall of that Inn, whicb, as the faying goes, is che paper of bold and angry men, he faw this Moceo wric- cen, He that will drivc me from my HoHfe and Lands, 1 wi/l drive him ollt of thi 1 world if J can. The which Sentence being fuppo[ed ro be written by Antonio Solar, or fome other by his order, he conceived a morral hatred againfi him, which though he concealed for a while, yet ar length it burft ouc, as herea.frer will be declared. 1 ~ CHAP.