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. dirion to deal wich che Enemy, feveral of his men being killed and left afhoar, he failed to Cartagena with his Ship and Frigats, attending an opportunity to incom- m.ode the Enerny : bue Doél:our Ribera and Pedro de Hinojo/a appeafed the people che beíl: they could ; and leaving fome force and Captains for fecurity anél defence of che City, they recurned to Panama. CH A P. XXXIII. Blafco Nunnez Vela its himfelf in Popayan. Gon- ~alo Pi~arro preten . ogoe for Qyitu, hoping by that means to caufe his removal from thence. The Vice-ldng goes in quefi of Pedro Fuelles. W. · E b~fore mentioned chac che Vice-king was in Popayan, where, to keep him- felf in aél:ion, he engroffed all che Iron of chat Province ; to work which he compelled che Smiths ro come in and fec up Forges, and in a fhort time made abóve two hundred Fire-arms, with Croílets and Armour proporcionable to thern, and rhen he wrore a Letcer to Sebaftian, Govemour of Bela!cafar, and ro a cenaln Capcain of his called '/ohn Cabrmu, who was chen by order of the faid Gover- nour emploied in a new Conqueíl: of the Indians, wherein he gave rhem a parricu- - lar imelligence of ali matters which had bappened to him fmce the rime of his firíl: emrance into Pem , in which was comprifed che Hiíl:ory· of che Inforreétion of Gonfa lo Pifarro, who had forced him to abandon the Countrey ; and thac now he refolved to recurn again upon him ; to which end, that he might have a cornpe- tenc Army, he defüed them to come and join with hirn , in which rhey would doe moíl: fignal fervice to his Majeíl:y: and that having overcorne and killed thac Tyranc, they might .largely fhare in che poífefTions of Per1t, which would be much better than ali the Conqueíls they were now emploied in. Beíides which p!'O- miíes, the better to encourage them, he told them thac Diego Centeno was aél:ually on che Confines of Pmt in his Majeíl:y's íervice; that every day his forces encrea- fed; fo that now, in caíe the Tyrant were but atracked on che other íide, ic would be impoffible for him to hold our. He alfo íem thern Warrams to cake out of his Majeíl:y's Exchequer in íeveral Towns and ViUages near them the fum of thircy thoufand Pefo1 of Gold, for payrnenc of che Souldiers. The Captains ha- ving received thefe Orders, obeyed them wirh ali readineís; and wirh a hundred Souldiers well armed, carne, and kiífed the Vice-king's hand; rhe wbich encou- raged bim to fend che like Orders to the new IGngdom of Granada, Cartagena and other pares, dernanding fuccour and affiílence from thern ; fo that in a lhort time he had got a Body of four hundred rnen, ali reafonable well armed ; bue chis fuc- cefs was again ternpered with the ill News of the !oís of his Brorher and..of his two Capta in~ [ohn de Guz:,man and [ohn de 11/ane:i:,; ar which he was much troubled, becauíe he had great expeél:ations from them. On che otber fide, Gonfalo Pi- f_arro had nothing to trouble him , bue onely rhe rhoaghts of rhe Vice-king , for he could not think himfe)f fecure, whilíl: he lived, and was at che head of an t\rmy : And becaufe he could not come at the Vice-king, or march into che Coumrey where he was for wanc of Proviíions, which were very fcarce in thofe pares; he gave out , that he would rnarch into che Chamu to fupprefs rhe Iníur- reél:ion of Diego Centeno; and to leave Captain Pedro de Puelles with rhree hundred meo to guard that fromier againíl: che Vice-King, in caíe he fhould rnake an at- tempt thereupon. And to put a better colour on rhi¡ feigned defign, and rnake ic more publick, he named his Captains and Souldiers who were to goe wirh hirn and thoíe who were co remain behind ; and rnade provifions for maimenance of one and che other. Accordingly he marched out of fl.!!_it11,, and took care chac information hereof fhould be diípatched to che Vice-king; to perform which, an ill-man, whorn che Vice-king had (ene for his Spy into chofe pares, was very inffru- rnencal ; for this Rogue had , in hopes of fome greac reward from Pifarro, di feo- . vered