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 Commentarie.r. Booíe IV. for in regard they found that they could noc ~revaHón G~i-onimo C,Hrbdno 1 not rnr- rupc him by rhe great Offers .they ·made to h1111; and rhat the S,eamcm and Soul- diets being Bifcajners were fa\thfoll to .~Herb rhetr Comma~der; t~e Judges rhen refolved to reduce chem by force: wh1Gh when cJie Capr.ams undt!tfüiod, rhey re- íblved ro 111ake fail out of che Port, and país their time? úpon cheCoafi, uncill his Majeíly's Orders carne to direél: foch coutfe as might timd ro a Se'crlérn€nc, ofchofe dillurbances. Farcher they confideted, ch:ir afwell in che City as oyer ali rhe Kiñg- dom theré was a Party well affeéted to che Vice-king¡ who had ñót' been coneerned jn his imprifonmenc: artd thac many of che true and loyál Sub;eé1s ~o his Majefiy ··carne daily in co cheir tide, and flocked aboard the Ships. · Thar Ehe Fleec was indifféremly well provided, having ten or cwdve rounds of IrortI5hot and four of Copper, and abové fourry quinmls of Gun-powdet: moreOl(er ~hey had four hundred quintals of Bisket, five hundred buíhels of M~yz, ancla -good fio ·k of falc Viél:u:ils, which Provifion ~ 1 ould fetve for a lbng ume; and then of"Water rhey could nor be hindred, rhat beil1g to be bad along ·che C0afi in al! parrs and places: bue then in regard their force was weakj not havingtábove cwemy five Souldiers on board, and thac the number of rhe.it Mafiners was not fufficient to m.anage ten fail of Ships, rhey fet fire to four of. the leífer Veífels, and alfo to rwo Fiíl1er-boacs which lay on the íhoar, and fo with the ftx remaining Ships they made fail into che Sea. The four Ships burned down ro die Water, be• caufe chere was no pollibilicy of going ouc .to qut!nch them ; btt li the two Boacs were in a nianner fa ved, for being taken in cime1t·he Fire was put ·Out, and rhey received no darnage bue what was eafie to be repaired. The fix Ships failed away, and made for Porc GHaura , abour eighreen leagues to che lee-ward of Lo1 Re;es , where they provided themfelves with Wood and Water, as cheir necelli- ties required; and wich them chey carried licenciadoVaca de Caftr-u_; and bein~ ac duaHrif they actended to hear the News 0f what had been che lffoe of the Vite- king's imprifonmenc. ~he J udges h~ving advir: hereof; a~d ctmfid~rin_g. dtaé it was not probable che Sh1ps fhoulcl fa1I ata far d1ílance wh1lll rhe V1ce-kmg was in fuch ·danger of his Life ; they refolved m fend forces borh by Sea and by Land t'o furprize che Fleet by fome way or orher ; in purfuance of which defign they gave ir in charge to Diego García de 11/f_nro, an Inhatfü"llnt of that Ciry, and \Vho • was well experienced in maritime Affairs, ro repair che Boacs which were faved Gn rhe lhoar: which being accorclingly ficred and lartched inro che Water, they armed chem with chirty Mufqueriers, and fu iled wich chem along rhe Coaft ro lee ward : and in rhe mean time rohn de Mendop1 ahd Venrura Ve!tran were fer.t away byLand wich anocher Decachment, and borh cheíe Parties having an eye · co each other , they obferved chat che Fleec was ac an Anchor in G11a1m1, which when Diego Garcia faw, he r rivacely in che nighr conveyed himfelf behind a rock in che Porr, noc far diílam from che Shíps , where chey could not be feen; in the mean time thoíe who were afhoar began ro fire fome Guns ; v,1hich rhey on board taking to be fome Signa! afhoar whic;h rhofe of the Vice-king's Parcy had made who were fled , and were defüous to embark with chem ; Vela NHnne'-0 was ordered in che Boar to go afhoar, co difcover whac che matter was; and being juíl ar che 'fhoar fide, but not landed , he was purfued in che rert by Dieg~ G11rcit! and his men ; fo thacbeing cut off from che reíl of che Fleet, Vela NHnne:t, was forced to yield hímfelf and Boat into rhe hands of the enemy ; afcer which they fent tó íummon Cuero , telling him, rhat unlefs he yielded, che Fleet into their hands, chey were refolved to kili both che Vice·king ¡md Vela NHm1e:i:., : which Ctt- ero fearing, furrendred úp his Ships againíl: che tonfent and opinion of Geronimo Clfrbano , who , with the {ingle Ship he had commanded, fer faíl and made to- wards che firm Land: for cba't two days before DiegoG11 rcia carne chicher, G1ero had eom'rtianded him to fail down che Coafi. and feize ali the Ships rhey mer, to pre- vent ¡hem from falling into ~he han'ds of che J udges : who, from che very rime that th'e Fleec deparced fr0m Los Reye1, refolved ro tranfport rhe Vice·king to a cenai 11 Hland ab'our hvo L.eagues tlillant frorn that Port, there t.o fecure him from rhe violeQcé of the Agent's kindred who had arcempted to kili him; and tberefore they fenr him away wich a Guard of cwency men upon a .fort of Boats rnade of dry Ruíhes, which the Jwdians Gal! Henca. And, having advices of caking rhe Fleer, they determined to fend the Vice-king to his Majefty, in che condic.ion of a Pri- f0ner, with all the lhforrnations and Depofirions rnade againíl: him which Lice11- cilldo Alvare:i:.,, one of rhe Juclges, was to carry; and for his reward, and ro bear hi.s charges,