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.

BooK lV. Royal Commentariet. engaged io the conquell of thae IGogdoi;ni their ·mutliJi.(ll, 'º»c~~!ll<rÍlt1 Í<Dt each other was fuEh ¡is to favour m1e rhe oth~r tQ tpcir u.uno~ p0wec ; bl(lt;olbets. who would not truíl: themfelves ,in c.~e T ow~ ~~~9vem far frnm it, and li~c;d amongfl: ' ~fie Jndians, che w.hich proved the,m0re feq_ure four(e,. fo~ theyeby the:yrf.i"Viéd théir {ives, whil~ inany ~ther& we~e put EO dea&h by. che q~JtY 1 0f thei adv~rs.Parfy. Aricl iqdeed this/.~as che C11isfor~une of Lrniú, i~ /?.ibera, 1i~d ¡0f.¡.1ntoJ'tio..· 41P.4r~~, apd ofcwemy four'onwemy fiveGentleme!il)rnore, whe, ~ICF~J~lnhabi~¡mt~ '~Íi rhe .City of P/t¡te ·, which is abcrmcí t~ircy Leagues·qillanc ~om Zqs Reye.i' , \Mh.o Caj!Jile _with defign coJerve che K\ng_ :- and ha11ing paífed and ~i;idur~q gr~a( h;irdfhips in tqeir travails and diffÍculties ro.¡¡void falling into the .hands of Pipm;o ¡¡.ndrbis 'peo- ple, chey cam~ c¡c length ne¡¡¡¡. to I:os R._eyes ~. where th~y FS~~jyed ~he unwekorne News of the m1sforcunes of che VICe-kmg; how, arid m ~hat manner, he.was im- JJrifoned, embarked a~d fonc to Sea s with chis f~d. intellige~ce chey gave them- felves for !oíl:; for neHher duríl: they adv~ncure meo thg Cuy , beqQ(e a)L the Countrey had declared for Pip,rro , nor did ~h~y tbink it Prude1,:ice1> \folunnarily ca cruíl: themfelves in che power of che enerI}y : Wher~fore ever;¡ one.co0k bis proper courfe and fhifted for hirnfelf. Th e like mcmy, other·Geiitlemeo did, who carne to ferve bis Majefty under the V¡ce- ~i.ng , fo tqat theM w~re fcarterecl and difgerfed over all che Councrey. And fo~ e qo t ~ftr:eming t'tlemfelves ·fufo in rhe Pares of feru, ~ed to che Moul'lta{ns of A!Í.!&·¡ where tln~ were famiíhed ror de-+ vo4 red by 'lígen ; others were taken by tqe faly<1ge Indians, n9,t as y. e~ C.0nquered ;i.nd facr.ificed to their ldols. Thus m~n <?U~,i 9f. fe(\r o((alling inco the roánds of t hei r Enernies precipitated thernfelves mto.defperate Courfes, efieeming llarbari- ans and y.rild l3eaíl:s to have more Bowels of CO[Dpaffion tl\aji J)¡¡anc~. This. dire- f ull effeét had the immodei;ate <1nd ungoveme~ P¡dqon Qf H~e 'Vice'~ing, for.biad he been a man of any temper, he had furm0;11ned all ~is , difficuluies, arld. had been defended by the powerfull fuccours of tb~ füc;h, Nq~ltJAJ a:_n¡j; Pe;:(Qn"smf .che greaceíl: Incereíl:, who were the.Flower of Co~qo, apd .dw Ch;.t111Jt!<f 1; when an th~ comra~y, both he apd his party were loft, beio§e:i.::pofed to the Q-ueltits 'ofWar- and to che merey of their Ene1,nifls, who Pll~ many of t-bemi to deadii. ,·¡ . C H A P. XVIII. Gon~alo Pi~arro comes to the C ity , of Los Reyes. Sezm·al Citi'Z!ns of note ar<: put to death, b~caufe the J-udges, delayed to proclai111 Pi~arro G~vernour. A ND now Pifarro , taking íboré marc.hes towards the Cicy of Los Reyes, by· reafon of che great Incurnbrance of Cannon which he had wich him, carne' at length to che Province falled Pa.riacaca, where Auguftin Carate ·was lateJy ílop- ped anQ deceined; and there called him befare him _to r,elate the Meífage whicb he brought to him ; which Carate , ip the thirteenth Chapt~r of his fifrh Jfook ,- declares ip chefe words, I, faid_hei -~qowing__ tp.e dan. ger I wa~ in· of my lifo, did in che firíl: place commimicate the bµfinefs , ~ had in charge tQ Pi farro in privare; who afterwards caufed me to be inti:oduced into :cqe Tent, where all bis Capcains were aífembled, and chere commanded me~ declare that whlch 1 had before im~ parted Unto him. And Cara.te faith farther, that -being in.fqnned of the \l)Ípd of Pifarro, he rnade ufe of his Letters of Credence frorn t})e·Jadges, to declare in their behalf and in th<ilir names many things tending to bis Majeíl:y's Service and for the good and benefit of che Countrey: particularly, chac lince che Vice-king was embarked, and fent away , whereby their deftres were allowed and g~amed; Thac chey íhould make good unto his Majeíl:y che Treafure which Qlafcp Y11n71~~ Yela. had confumed and fpent , as they had alreadf rnaqe known by thei,r Letters : that a Pardon íhould be granted to che Cirizens of Cq¡;,co, who had r~v,olted from bis Camp to ferve the Vice-king, which mighc eafily be granted, confidt1ring che Jufüce of their Caufe: And that Meífengers íhould be fent to his Maiefiy, to in· · Uuuu i. form