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 IV. made anfwer, No, Gemlemen, faid h~; the Heads of onr Enernies.cut offwith our own hands do never fünk, but rather ftnell fweer, by which he fhewed himfelf a true Scholar and Servanc to Carvajal, for al! his Difciples were of che {ame íl:amp. . . ' . . .,, .. . · · ' . · Francifeo de Carvajal having chus defeated .C_aptaiñ Di~go Centeno,' and kil!tld Lo- pe de Mendofa , Nlcho!ao de Eredia , ;md mhers ; and having refreíhed his Souldiers and gratifie'l chofe who r~volred to hirn ac cHe·River of'Plate, wirh Horfes · A.ttns and Money ; the bec'ter to oblige cherrt co hirn , he kept his head-quúcets at che Ci'ty of Piare , making what Morley he was able to fend co Picart'd. Abouc chis rime the Souldiers C of che Invafion) who were rnany of chem noble by birch, being :1fhattied tb have been fo eafily overcome, and -angry ac che deach o~ Nicholao de J?redid cheir chief Comman.der, anc:l ochet cheir Companiuns; encered meo aConfpiracy co revenge the fa me w1cl1 che bloud of Carvaj11f.: and chat cruly in pure revenge , and noc ouc of covetotifnefs , as fome reporc; b~c chat is not probal).Ie, becaufe noc long before they were fo generous as to refufe money which wasioffered rhenl for c~éir Pay. The principal Confpiracours \ivere Lewis Pardomo, Alonfo CamarJ.o, and orhers who had formerly been patdoned by Carvajal, as we have rnehrioned befaré ; and with thefe thircy others were engaged in che Plor: whofe names are not known, artd agreed to kili him on füch a day, and ali ofthem cook an Oath ofSecrecy, laying their hands on a Crucifix. Bue Carvajal, who was a fufpicious man, and carefull of his own perfon, ! had rnany friends who were very true to him caine co a difcovery of che wh Confpiracy, ro. pre· venc which, he feized uµon the principal Aétours therein, al,1 with great fory and rnadnefs utcered in a ravihg manner thefe wbtds, as DiegoFern'ande'z, reports; Senior Balmafeda , and orher Cavaliers of che Invaficm have confpired to kill me, noc- withíl:anding rny kind treatment of chem , and the refpeét I íhewed them above the true and loyal Se!'vants of my Govern0ur alid Lord Pifarro, &c. And chus having puc fix or feven of che principal Plotters to deach, he pardo- ned ali che reíl: ; bue co fecure hirnfelf fróm chern , knowing them to .be defpe- race men ; he fenc chem in che nacure of baniq1ment tp Goiifalo Pifarro by diffe- rent ways, ro whom he had lately wrote a relanon nf ali paffages, and how .his Enemies were tocally routed aryd defeated ; and a~ouc che fame time Francifco de Carvajal received in exchange of bis relation an accouqt of che Baccel at ~tu, wherein che Vice-king was ílain, with what elfe he had done afcer chis füccefs; and how he intended to goe to the.C\<y of Los Reyes , where he delired to rneec Carvajal, that they might there confült, and agree upon fuch meafures and methods as were co be takeo for che fucute. · , CH A P. XL. The fubflance of Frartcifco de Carvajar s Lettet to Gor1\a.. lo Pi~arro, ·and of his Difeourfe by word of mouth, per- fuading him to proclaim himfelf King of · Peru. And how others encouraged him thereunto. T H IS fort~nate,New~ put Car~a~al ipto ª· cho.ufand choughts conc~rning che fiare of PI farros affairs, contnvmg how ic m1ght be poffible for h1m to per- petuare bis power and rule; not meaning undet che Emperout, bue by virme of bis own abfoluce and independenc auchority, having wirh affiíl:ence of hís own Brother and his own Arms, won and gained chat Ernpire. Diego Fcrnande:c in the fourty nirlch Chapter, of bis ,Book recites che whole Letter, wherein he advifes him to cake on hi.mfelf che Title of King: · Arid w·nen afierwards he and Pifllrro li1et at Rimac , he then rnade chis :Difcourfe to him , which we thil)k fit to ant~­ cipate and r~peat out of its due place. Cecee i. Sir,