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 Commentaríes.. BooK IV. ned afterwards to Pcru, where he declared the many hardfhips they -had fuíl:ained in tbat clifcovery. · ·.. , . - And upon chis occafion 1 take leave to report a íl:range accident, ·which befell a cercain Gencleman named Don 'fohn de Mendofa, of whom me made mention in a forrner .Chapter, and•whom 1 knew an Innabicam in Co~co; which fiory, be-. cauíe ic ¡ curious, and perhaps not rarely happening in che worldibefore, 'cis fit it fhould be known, and che memory tbereof conferved. This Gemlernan, I fay, !ir ar can~os u¡Don a íolemn Feíl:ival, throwing che Dart on Horfeback in the Markec-place of ~ ª. fporr 1 ~ Mexico, befare he paífed '. to Pcrn ; for he was one 9f thofe Gallancs w ho accom· ufe~'~n "J:o~fe- panied:the fan:ous Don P~d;o .de A/varado, and .rum:iing ~ith hi~ Horfe fu~I [peed, bacl¿, all(l iuíl: as he was nfing 9n h1s ,fürrups to rhrnw h1s Dan wnh all h1s force, h1s Horfe wbicb rbe on a íudden rnade a ful1' íl:op, and he being a tall and a ílimm man, and weak in f Pªº':Jds che knees, was caíl: over che Horíes head, wich his feet hanging in tbe fürrups, 1 ~;r':i 0 /:sºm and his hands on che ground to fave bis face; in which condicion he had ran great ufed alfo h; hazard-of his life, had not fome Friends who were near him, ( amongíl: which tbe Turks. my Lord :md Maíl:er Car f ilaf{o de la Vega was one) come timely ro bis afiiílance. Pardon chis fhorc digreffion for che íl:rangenefs of the accidenc ; and fo we fhall recuro again co our Hiíl:ory. • , During che time char, the Vice-king rernained a Prifoner at the líland, which is diílant about cwo leagnés from che Porr, Don Alonfo de Monte-mtryor (as Auguft ine de Carad repares in d1e, twelfrh Chapcer of his fifrh Book) togecher wich chofe who were fenc in purfuit ofFarher Loayfa recurned, fome of which rhe J udges feiíed upon and impriíoned, and ocbers of chem chey difat;med, and imprifoned . them wich íeveral Q[hers who carne from Co:uo in che Hou!es of Caprain Martin de Robles and of ocher Cicizens; and being rhus ill-treated, rhey laid a Plocto kill che Judges and íec che Vice-king a~ libercy, reíl:oring ' lüm to 'bis pO\~er and au- thoricy, which chey Gontrived in chis 'mantier: le was ordered chat in che night fome Muíquecs fhould be fired in che Houíe of Mttrtin de Robles, which íhould be a fignal co Serjeant Frdncü de Aguim, who chen kepc Guard in Licenciado Ce- peda's .E-{oufe co kili hirn, and immediacely to poífefs and keep che avenues and corners of every Sor~et wich Souldiers, and fend a Par;cy inco the Markec-placé, wbich giving an alarm co Doétour Texada and Licenciado A/vare~, 'cis probable they would come forch co relieve Cepeda, when chey would be ready to kili them, and then they would immediarel y raiíe tlie City and declare for the King; the which had certainly íucceeded accordingly, had noc one who was a Nacive of Madrid, and appoinced co aét in the Plot, difcovered ali ro Cfpeda, aboar an hour before che defign was to be put in execmion. Immediace\y hereupon Cepeda iífu- ed out Warrancs co feife the chief of rhofe who were concerned in che Plot, name- ly Don Alonfo de Monte-mayor, Ptmf de Menefes a Cicizen of-Talavera, Capcain Car- ccre1, Alonfo de Barrio;meuo,- with ochers, who were Servancs to the Vice-king; and having examined rhe maccer Barrionuevo was condemned to die, but upon farcher confideration, his Sencence was ro have his righr Hand cut off, having been che firíl: concriver in chis Conípiracy ; and rhus this infürreétion _was fuppref- fed. Thus far Carate. To which we may farcher add, That chough che Judges found divers ochers guilcy of chac muciny, whom cl~ey might juíl:ly have puni<hed wich deach, yec not to appear bloudy and cyrannical, which mighc be occafion of new Plocs and Con- fpiracies, and alfo upon the incercefiion of divers principal Perfons of che Cicy of Lo1 Rcyn, they alcered cheSencence againíl: Barriom1evo,' as we have befare declared, and banifhed Alonfo de Monte-mayor and ochers his Complices from che Ciry into divers pares Norchwards from thence. Ali which afterward joyned wich che Vice- king, and accompanied him in ali his misfortunes, which proved che ruine of ma- ny of chem. After which Carate proceeds on wirh che Hiíl:ory in chis manner, The news of cheíe paílages as rhey every day fucceeded were carried co Gon1alo PifllrYo, fupeofing chac upon ince!Jigence of thefe matcers he wou!d prefently aif- band bis Army : but he was far from chat intencion, becaufe he imagined that the rumour of the Vice-king's impriío nment was d ivulged wich defign ro difperfe his People, chat being abandoned and deferced.by ali, chey mighr diípoíe of his own Perfon at cheic pleafure; which c aufed him co keep his Forces cogecher, and to.mavch more orderly and cauciouíly than before. Bue Licenciado Alvam:., who was embarked wich che Vice-king, being confcious ·to himíelf that he had been a · chief promocer and aétour in che defigns againíl: him, and in the puniíl1menc of