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 Commentaries. Book IV. the Judges for his fecurity and difcharge; che which .tbey readily granted, and gave order to have it drawn up and ,kept as a SecreG, umill che deGgn was ready co be·pur in execucion. And farther, chey forbad che Citizens.and lnhabirams·ro ' obey che Vice-king in any of his Con;imands, or to deliver up their Wives and . Children to be tranfporred, or to leave and abandon their Houfes, requiring all perfons of what qualicy or condicion foever, 10 be aiding and afiiíl:ing to Marti11 de Rob/p in feizing che perfon of che Vice· king, and deteining bim prifoner ; for fo his Majeíl:y's frrvice required it, and che common good and welfare of che publick. .But whilíl: thefe Matters were contriving, the people were diíl:raél:ed r. and in confufion, noc knowing whicb íide or whac courfe to cake; che duty and obedience wh1'"11 cbey owed to their Sovereign Lord che King inclined to cake pare ·wich the Vlce:fdng · bue when chey conftdered rheir Incereíl:s and Eíl:aces of w.h{ch they !hoqld b&-deprived in cafe the Vice-king fbould prevail, chey then refolved to adHerouio che Judges who oppofed B!afco N11nnet in execucion of che new Laws. Thus did che people remajn a whole day in fufpence : and the Vice·king, co fecure himfelf againfl: che attempcs which che Judges might make againfl: him, ordered bis Captains and Souldiers to puc themfelves in a pofl:ure of defence, in which they remained untill mid-nigbt. The Judges, on che other fida underíl:anding that che Vice-king hadordered his Soulqiers to fiand to their Arrns, and chat he had above four hundred men wich him ; and fearing chac it was wich inrnn~ion to feize and fecure thern , chey called rnany of their particular friends to rheir afiifl:ence , bue fo few appeared, chac chey eíl:eerned cheir force unable to avail againíl: tbe Vice·king, and cherefore they forrified themfelves as well as they co..,uJd in the Hou[e of Judge Cepeda, wich intemion to defend thernfelves if rhey wére aífaulted. Amidíl: chis fear anal conílernation, a certain perfon whorn Gomara calls Francz'.- fco de ,E(cobar , a Native of Sahagµn, made a Speech ro thern, and faid ; what mak§ we hére ? Let 1.u goe oHt in a body into the open StreetJ, where we may dye fighting lik..e men, (Jnd not cooped r.ep lik§ hens, &c. ' To ohis bold Propofal they al! agreed, and the Judges in a defperate manner fal)yeduforrh into the Markec-place, racber with deíign to deliver up thernfelves, tban r~ith hopes to prevail : howfoew:r matters fucceeded rnuch contrary to their expeélation. For rhe Vice-king who had for a long time, umill the night carne 'on, rebiained in tbe Márket-place, was perfuaded by his Friends and Captaihs to ·retire to bis Lcdgiogs: which he had no fooner done, bue the Souldiers and Cal!>tains finding chemfelves freed from that awe and refpeét which his prefence obliged them unto; •revolted wich cheir Cornpanies to cake part with che Judges, the firíl: of which, wbo led the way were Martin de Rob/u and Pedro de rergara who were followed by others, and fo by ochers~ umill there was not one perfon rernaining to keep guard ac che gate of che Vice·king; unlefs abouc a hundred Souldiers who remained wirhin che houfe and of whom he had made choice for the Guard of his perfon. CH A P. XV. The lmprifonment of the fice-/ d.ng , ami the variolV5 Succe/fes •. which happened thereupon both by Sea and Land." T Hough the Judges had che good fortune to have the people revolt to their íide , and that every hour more carne in to join wich them : yec howfo- ever they wer.e fq111ewhat wary how chey made feizure of che perfon of the Vice~king ; for it was told thern, that he was aétually in the Market-plac::e, · wirh a good force, :m9 rhat he refolved to afiail thern. Notwirhíl:anding whieh they fallied out imo che Market-place, there to defend cheir caufe, and che be~cer to . fumrnon people to their affiíl:ence ; they cau[ed the Cornrn\fiion given to .Marrin de Robzes to be proclaimed,. though by reafon of che noiíe and cumule of the people lirtle was underfiood. e arate in che elevench Chapeer of hiS fifch Book reoorn, that ~ · be