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.

BboK IV. Royal Commen'ttJries. . At another rime it happened out, That Carrbajal fu unexpeétedly carne intci the Monaíl:ery t<;> make..another Jearch, Thát ·Gar9ifaj{o dt lfl Vega was ál'rogetber furprized, not knowiñg where ro retire; bue haitily ran inro an emptyiCell; whete was no Bed nor orher furnirure under whkh he rnight cbver hirnfelf; one- ly fome Shelves ofBooks covered ~· irb a Currairi.juíl: froñting to che Door;-•and a lictle diíl:am from rhe Wall, fo that a man might creep between rhe Shelves and thac; and there my Father thruíl: and crouaed himfelf. Two .or rhree of chofe who carne to fearch this Houfe carne imo rhis Cell; and obferving it be void .and ernpcy, and believing rhat rhe Sbelves were faíl:ned to the Wall, fo thac nethihg could enter berween, they wem out again, faying, he is ncit here : Many of thefe hazardous Adventm:es my Father ran, whilíl: Gon[afo Piyam was at Lo1 Reyes, during wbich time his Friends, (of which he had many) interceded for him with Gony_a!o P,ifarrº co obrain his pardon, and at lengrh prevailed ro have him pardoned as co his Life, opon condition chat he íhould not fee him nor come imo bis prefence ; fay- ing, chache oughc notro be admitted thereunro; who had vioJared ali the Laws of Friendíhip, Sociery and relation of Coumrey-men : bur having thus far obtained his Pardon, he carne out of rhe Monaíl:ery; and retired privarely imo a Chamber,; where he remained feveral days, umill rhe irnporruniry of Friends fo far prevailed ·wirh Pifarrº in his behalf to grant him a cómplete Pardon, and admittance ro his prefence; afcer which he kept him always in his company; under the notion of a Prifoner, noc fqffering him to go ouc of his Houfe1or eat from his Table, and when .in the Field, not to lie out of his Tent; and in this condirion he continued untill che day when the Barre! of Sacfahuana was foughr. And for this caufe, in regard he was always as a Prifoner wirh <;onfalo Pif arro, none of the three Aurhours niake any menrion ofhim in their Hifl:ories; but 1 who was fo nearly concerned, knew all chefe parriculars with rhe fufferiogs of rny Fathér, who being difpoffe[.. fed ofhis Eíl:ate for the fp:ice of three years, both he, and 1, and the refl: of my Brethren, being eight in number, were forced to live upon che Chariry and Alms of well-difpofed perfons. This nearneís which caufed Gonfalo Pifarro to keep my Father to him, was to fecure him that he íhould noc e[cape from him ; and che reafon why he entertained him at his Tabl e, -beca u[e he knew that he had noc wherewith to eat ar any other place, and he was.fo generous as not to fuffer him to have che obligation to any but himfelf. And fuc h was the neceffity and waoc which my Father laboured ,under at that time, that, afrer rhe death of the Vice- king, being in the CitY. of Peru, he bought a Horfe of a Souldier, who was called Salin1u, and therefore they called the Horfe Sa/ini!IM, which proved to be one of che finefl: Horfes in ali Peru, and cofl: eight hundred pieces of Eight, which makes nine hundred and íixty Ducars ; and though he had not one farrhing of bis own to pay for him, yet, trufl:ing to the kindnefs of his Friends, chat they would ei'- ther Jend or give him fo much money, he adventured ro buy him; co which end a Friend of his, who had not more in the whole world, lene him three hundred pieces ofEighr, but when Gonfafo Pir_arro underíl:ood that he had bought this Horfe, he immediarely gave order to pay rhe fame out of bis own Efl:ate, knowing that Garfilaf{o had nor wherewirh to make fatisfaétion. _ CH A P. XXI. How and in what manner an· irreverent impiety againfi the mofi Holy Sacrament, and other hlafphemous words were pun~fbed. Pi~arro and his Party 11omi11ate Me/fengers to be fent into Spain. I T remains now for os to relate the Judgment which befell PorrM, whkh was this; Three monrhs after che profanation he had made of the l:loly Alear, he \yas fent by Carvajal ro Huamanca upon fome certain occaíiGns, and pa{fmg a litcle füook ofWater not above nwo foot deep, he guided his, Horfe; being tired and X x x x thiríty