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.

Royal Commentariés. could not be imagined that his Kinfmen could have aéted herein without his con- fenr, or at Jeaíl: without his lmowledge, in regard they ali lodged under rhe fame Roof, and onely had two different Doors _to each Apartment: but for better aí- furance ofwhat was fufpeéted, rhe Vice-king fent his Brotber Vela Nunne~ wirh a guard of Mufquetiers to bring the Agent befare him, and he beiog in Bed they ca~fed .him t.g J-jfe~nd dreíS hi!nfelf, ~nd fo carri~d him to_the Lotjging~ of rhe .Vice-krng, -wlw h<i.Y~ng not flept a:ll mghc, was la1d upon h1s Bed with h1s Arms on, to cake fo1iie·Jinle repofe;-1 And tbe Agenc being introduced by way of che · Courc-yard-gace; rhofe'who w_ere then prefeot report rhat rhe Vice-king prefent~ )y arofe ancJ-faid, Is ic fo, 'Traitour, thac thou haíl: fent away thy Kinfinen to ferve Gonfalo Pi far ro? To :v.vhich 1 the Agent made anfwer, I befeech your Lord- íhip not to call me Traitour; ,ior in reality I am not fo: chén replied che Vice- king, I fwear by God, that chou art a Traicour to che King. I fwear by God, faid the Agent, 1 amas good a Servant to che King as your Lordíhip. At which words rhe Vice-king became fo enraged, rhac coming in bis fury to him, he ílab- bed him in che breaft wirh his Dagger ; rhough che Vice-king de;nied to have done it himfelf, but chat bis Servams a~d Halbardiers of his Guard, hearing how infolently he anfwered, gave him fo many wounds wirh their Halberts and Par- tifans, thacbe dyed upon the place without fo much time as to confefs or fpeak • one word: And Jeíl, being a perfon generally well-beloved, the manner of bis death íhould caufe fome mutiny and difturbance amongft che Souldiers, of wbich an hundred every night kept watch within the yard of che Houfe ; che Vice-king · gave arder to have bis Corpfe conveyed away' by a certain privare Gallery leading w the Market-place, where forne few lnilians artd Negroes received ir, and buried it in a Church near thereunto, without orher Shroud or Winding-íheet than one- ly his own Scarlet Cloak which he ufually wbre. · Three days after whkh, when the Judges feifed on the perfon of the Vice-king (as we !hall relate hereafter) one of rhe firlt .things they laid to bis charge was che death of the Agent ;' and the Prearnble to· 1 their Procefs was, that being carried about midnight into the Houfe of the Vice;king, he never fince that time appea- ;·ed; and it was proved, that. they .1had wounded and buried him. So foon as this murther was made public~. it occafioned much talk and murrnuring in che ·Town; far every one was a ífured ·chat the Agent was a true Friend ro rhe Vice- king and his C:aufé, baving be.en the chief Iníl:rument to perfuade the Town of ús Reyes to receive him, againíl: che fenfe and opinion of the major pan of rhe Judges. Thefe matcers happened out upon Sunday at nighc, being die thirreemh day of Septemb~r, 1 5' .f.+. Thus far are the words of Carate, which are confüméd alfo by Diego Fernandei, who in rhe feveñteenth Chapter of his Book, adds chis farther; . . They conveyed, fays he, his Corpfe by a cercain Gallery, and buried them in a cornet or nook of the great Church near adjoining thereumo ; but fome few hours after that bis anger grew cool, and chat the Vice-king began to refletr with ' reafon upon what he had dc;me in bis paffion : it is moíl: certain rhac he repenced of chis rafh aét, and bewailed it with tears from his eyes. Howfoever fo foon as · the death of the Agent was ma:de publick in the Town, che Vice-king fent to call the principal Citizens to him, telling them, in excufe for what he had done, that the infolent words of the Agent had drawn bis death upon himfelf; adding, _ that none ought to take offence thereat, for whecher he had done well .or ill, he was accountable to none bue God and the King ; which words more angred and difpleafed the people than befare: fo that afcer the revolt of the feveral men be- fore-mentioned, which was followed by this bloudy Tragedy, which cannot be excufed (rom the imputation 0f arbitrary Tyranny without any ground or founda- tion for it, a refolution was taken to imprifon the Vice-king : though it is moíl: ce:·tain that he much lamented tbis unhappy fare, faying, that the remembrance of the death of Y/len Suarez. made him ofren diíl:raéted ; ánd therefore c urfed bis Bro- · ther Vela Nunne~, calling him fool and beaíl:, for that knowing bis c:hol.er and paf- fion, he had yec brought him to his prefence ata time when he knew that he was raving and inflamed therewich: for had he been, {aid he, a man of difcretion, he would have deferred the execution of chofe commands, and not have fu ffered S11arez. to appear umill he had feerr bis anger pacified. , Thus far Diego Fernande:t, to which Gomal'a ;_tdds, and fays, . · T t tt That