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. Head was expo[ed ; or at leaíl: that he confemed thereumo : bue rhe truth is he was ttóubled at che aétion, and that fo foon as he was informed there- of he gave it'i1mediate order to have it remo~e~ j rhe which. is confirmed by the reíl:imony of Gomara: but flatrery and parttahty to a ftde is always preva- lent with Wrlters, who by adding or diminiíhing can make a íl:ory turn which way foever rhey pleafe. Gomara, fpeaking of che death of che Vice-king, faith 1 That .when Herna11do de Torres had with a blow íl:unned Blafco Nunne~ and knocked him from his Horfe, and (as rnany believe) unknown to himJ by reafon rhat he was under che difguife of an Indian habit, Herrera the Confeífour top¡_ yarro, carne to confefs'him ; and firíl: aske_d, who he was, to whic.h Bla(co Nunne'G replied, that rhat queíl:ion was nor 1~atenal; for he was to doe his Office, which he delired him without farcher quenes to perform ; far he was afraid of fome tormems and cruelties would be committed on his perfon. Thus far Gomara. Then carne rhe Execuüohers and cuff off h\s head and expofed it on che gallows; and fome rudé and infolent Souldiers drew out fome hairs from bis beard ; and in dífdain an<l triumph faid, Y our cruel and paflionate temper hath broughr you ro rhis : a certain Captain of my acquaintance carried fome hairs of his beard about him far feveral days, untill they were taken from him by arder. Thus did chis unfortunate Gentleman end his days, for infifüng too earneílly on chofe rnerhods, which were neither agreeabie to che coníl:imcion of the Kingdom, nor yet to che fe!vice of che King, whenc€ thar effufion of bloud enfued and cbofe many com- mocions as have been related in che preceding Hillary: and which proved fatal as well to Jndians as to Spaniards, as will alfo farther appear in rhe fequel of that Re• Jation which íl:ill remains. And though bis obfünacy in chis poim is much bla- med by many , yet cenainly he is in part to be excufed on accoum of chofe pre- ci[e and fevere commands he brought from Court, and which he was by rhe fu- preme power enjoined to execure j as will be proved by rhe reíl:imony of rhofe Aurhours whom we i1iall hereafter have occaGon to name:, and as he bimfelf did ofren fay, as befare rnentioned. CH A P. XXXV. The Funeral of the Vice-hng. The Atiio11s of Gon~alo p¡.. ~ar ro aft er the Battel. The P ardo11 he gave to Vela N unnez, aml of the good Laws he enaaed for the better Govemme11t of that líingdom. G Onfrdo Pifarro feeing that he had gained a clear Viétory, caufed rhe Trumpets ro found a recrear: for he perceived rhat his people were greatly difperfed in che purfuit , wbereby much bloud was unneceffurily fpilt: on che lide of che Vice-king rwo hundred men were ílain, and nor above feven of the Souldiers of Pip:irro, as Carate repares: becaufe the people of che Vice-king were fo ti.red and weary wirh rbeir long march rbe nigbt befare, that rhey feemed rarher to fuffer themfeh 1 es to be killed than to fight j and !1erein they íhewed cheir great zeal ro his Majeíly, and their readinefs to die in bis fervice. The bodies of rhe ílain were buried promifcuouíly togerher in rhe field where tbey died, lix or feven Corpfe being laid rogether in che Grave: bue the bodies of the Vice-king of Sancho .Sane he~ d' Avila, of Licenciado Gallego, and of Captain Cepeda , a Nativ~ of P~afencia, were brought. to. rhe City, and there folemnly imerred j and Gonf alo Pi farro, and the other ch1ef Commanders atcended che Corpfe, cloathed in mour- ning, and carrying fadnefs in their countenances. The perfons wounded were Don .Alonfo de Monte Mayor, Sebaftian Governour of Bel11!c111ar , Hernande~ Giron: but of Cacetes, Carate makes no mem¡on , though J?icgo Fm111nd~~ fpea~s of him in thefe words :, . é on¡alo