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.
J?o-oK IV·. R..óyal Commentfl,ries. · .. - -- ~ight g~ve an alann chat nighr co Loff_Me:idºfª in whá~ place f~ever ~e fouoe:i lú!11, pemg refolved fo to hum and. purfue h1m, that havmg,no nme g1v;~,Q, )iim ejt~er for fleep or refreíhrnent, he íhould :Pe.rifh in the chafe. The lndian~ '.gaye nouce of tqe Houfe where Mendofa. and h1s Cornrades were lodged, to which he ' reqt .with greater aífurance and feifed on both che doors of t~~ ·wqm; 1 which .was a grear Hall belongíng to che Cacique or Lord o( that Village ; and then to' rnake them l;>elieve tqat ali his Caprains an<l Forces were with him, he would call out tp t,hem by the;~r narnes, faying, You, fu~p a ope,, go cM~,h~r, and fuch a one., I<eep ~h is doo,r., ,and you chis; ,and then h~ , cal-~ed to anontle~ by bis narne ~o .fet<• fue to rbe Hall: with chis noife Carvajal, callingouc ln t~is_maqner, had charmed ali wichin cJ:ie H0ufe to a kind_qf afionHluJlent, .fo cha~ . he ,ent¡ed into· ic .•yirh th.ree perfo¡:¡s onely, and di(aun,ed, ·and bournhhem ali, excqpting Loje de •Menqo- 1 ~fhª' to whom, in conGderat~on of his Office and Title of Cap~a-i.n-Genera(, ;{hey .ewed a greater refpetl:; and then tpey brought them out.. of !he ~oqf~; ~hac clley migbt fee . rb~ (mall number \t9 which they w~re, become Prifoners, l a thi s , # nner ~º1?.C .lcilfendo~fl was ,ta~~n ; che ,which 1 ,Hiíl:orians relate in general µw.it~ r. Q,ut·the c~r~9rnll.a.nces of tp~ 1 feveraJ _firategems l)fed by Cf1r11~jal. Lope t.Íf{# ent , áopt was Ifül\l,€P1ª~ely íl:r¡rngle,d and his m~acj,.~ut off, as alfo N1cholM de Eredifl a~d . tb!ee ot~er-s,2 ;~qupl;¡e reíl: were all pardoned, pswere all others (of the lnvfjfpn .a'!, tbey called , t.~em9 t9 whorn h~· reftored cheir .Hpr.fes and Anps and what(q_ev~r Wf.?.. taken (~qinchem j and gave Money and Horfes to.fudi.a§ wanted them_,i' eA- deav9uring'.·RY ,all fair means tQ; gain tpem. tQ hi~ Parcy. Jn,Jike lllanner h~ ,par-' á0qed¡Len¡is f,_ar¡qomo ~nd 4tonf2 <:;amargo, who)}jtd i.o~ped w~~h !Wfndo f4 ~ter th~~ ~e~· I;3i,ego C,nfenp : che wl¡1ch Pardon was granted m. gonGder~~1©n of a d1~qv~r}! ~bey, m<!il~ 1 9(. fi,fty thoufand pi~c~ of Eight in Silver? which. '!l'~re burled RM bim 11). a. ce¡ta111 .p,i1s:¡¡ 1 , ,After-, th;sV1tl:ory, no od}er ~~ h_sm_ re m~Jn~ng¡ : ~o . be perfqr.1 med~ pe n!W:~J}~p into the Ch~rcM with intent~on to reci.ae f P,Ir¡e 1 ~4ys ~n ~be ,qicy: qf, 'P(4 e,, al!dít~ ,amafs wb4t S1lver·he <;oµld frorn t he Mm~s Qf Pot,_ofi, :vh1cp ;..W~r.e yifcovered¡,~~at,.year. And ,tpen he ~onfifcated ali ~he lnqf.¡t,ns, 1 ~np ·Plamatioris pf thbfe v.;np }V-ere c,iead; arn;i of thofe who: ~ood out and w~e fled,, unto t~~ µfo pf Gonfalo Pif.flrro, in recompen,fe (or tp e grea t charge ~nd 'exP,enc~, .he ~ad béen,at· for maintenance ofche War. Wh~n he w.as c~rne nea~to ~hepcy C?Í P,late, ,a4 1 the Inhabitants:there_o.f carne fouh to meet h1m, m hopes w1tg fhat 1 complement'to appeafe and fqfr_en ,his angry. ¡mg fierce pumpur :· amojlgíl: díe,refi carne Aloijj Ra:.. mire;:; \vith h_is white Rod in,his hand, having been made chiefGóvernour of thac. Town by DiegoCenteno. C~rvajal at fight hereof grew angry, and faid to,hjm, Mr. Ramirei:,, Take off che ~,ro fs from tne top of thar white Staff, and th~n íhar• pen it at the.ppint, and dart.jt ata Dog, and I prote,íl: tq~t if 1 you do not hit him.. in the righ.t eye l. will hang y ou for if j meaning thereby to dtclare his foil y and , indif<;retion)n.coming to mee~ him with that fignal of Au~hority in bis hand, yvhich he nad re¡;eived 1 from a Party which ftood in defiance of him, and w·hofe Power he would not own. Hereupon Ramirei:, chrew away his Staft, noc reflec- iing in dmi füne on che indifcretion and imprudence of this Atl:. · · . . .. ·e H A P. XXXIX? /. ¡ . ·- • ' ' . rl Carvajal fends· th~ 'Head ofLope de Mendo~ a.to Are"que.: pa, and what :was the j aying of a Wom~n , ther e11-pon_._, Of a Mutiny which .was made againft Carvajal, and how the Authours thereof w_ere pilnijhell. T l; ' •. HE .next.day after c~~j~t ,e,ntred into the bey of Plai;, he f~nt ~he Head of Lope de Mendofa .to the City of Arequepa by· Dionyfio de Bobadilla, who was .~fcerwards rnade Serjeanc. tyfajor .to Gonfal~ Pifarro, and with whom 1 was ~cqu~i~~ ~ed; and h~ inffrufüons were.to fet i~ ,up UP,on the cornrnon Gallows of ~hat C1~ ty, thát the Inhabitants might cake notice and example thereby; fgr in thatTown ' · Ceceé. lJiege 745 ,, !
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