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. Royal Commentaries. heard him fay ~ for when I was a Boy, ora young Lad, he would always have .me with him, and ~pon a certain time Ca;vajal carne to fpeak co h~rn, and rhough rhere was none m che Room prefent wtth rhem beftdes my felf, yet Can;ajal not being willing that I íhould hear any thing which was between them whifpered him in the ear; whaE' it was I could not hear, but Pifarro anfwered in a few words, which were, Look you Father. . · 753 1 have feen him fometimes at Dinner, for he always ar.e in publick ; bis Table was very lqng, and hetd at leaíl: an .hundred people: at che upper end of whicb he fate' himfelf, and on each hand there was a void fpace left which mighc comain cwo perfons; at which diíl:ance all ' Souldiers fate clown as they pleafed 5 onely the Caprains and Cirizens did not dine with him, unlefs ic were in cheir own Houfes. I dined wich him twice at his own Table, ·by his cornmand and invitation; one of which was ·on Candlem&-day, and chen his Son Don Fernando; _ and Don Francifco his Nephew, who was Son to his Brocher che Marquis, apd I ate íl:anding at che void phce of his Table, and he carved ·for us ali, and gave from his own Piare; all which I faw, being rhen about che age of nine years, which 1compleared on the twelfrh d~y of April following, and do certifi~ che truth chereqf, having been an eye-witnefs of whac 1 have before memioned; fo thar Hiíl:orians may yield more credir to rrie her ein t?han to .thofe who fpéak -oUll of prej_udice, an9 with rancour and malice to h.is perfon. · fo lik.e maíme~ fhe:y,: á~;. cuíe h1m, and fay chat he took away all the Fifrhs and Revetll.le belong1ng tb thé King; with che Tributes which were paid by che' Jn!i'íans,,'·aµcJ ,tbe Eíl:ates ohhqfe , who took up Arms againíl: him, which cogether ·amou111re©•m abtwe cwo -tliird pares of al i che Income of Pcru; and yec fot á·U· tlíis lEhey fa;.l iihac his Sould'iers were unpaíd, at which they remained much unfatisfied; but we may eafily refute. this errour and this miíl:ake ofWriters, when it is coníidered, thac for certain h~ eft no hidden Treaíures at the time of bis death. They alfo accule hirn of Adul- tery and Incontinence, wirh rnany aggravating circumíl:ances, whicb are moíl: no· torious in che lives of Governours and me¡i in eminent places. But to rerurn to our Hiíl:ory :' We muíl: kno«c, .'tnac during the time that Gon-'. f alo Pifarro refided at Los Reyes ; it happened that 'Pela Nunnez,, Brother to the late Vice-k:ing, carne toan unformnate end .by means of Caprain {ohn de la Torre, who fome years before had married an Jndian Woman, wbo was Daughter to che Cu- raca of the Province of Puerto Viejo : The Jndians, pleaftng themfelves with tbe honourable alliance of a Spaniard, whom chey eíl:eeming and preferring before their Riches, diícovered unto him a Treafure of an hundred and fifty choufand Ducats in Gold and Emeralds, which were hidden witbin the Tombs of cheir Ancel1ours. {ohn de la Torre, having chus made bis fortune, had a mind to leave Gon- f.alo Pi1arro, and remrn into Spain, and there to enjoy his Riches : but then confi- aeriog with himfelf thac his Rebellion and Aél:ions againíl: the King were coo well koown (for he \~as one of chofe whó ·roré out the Hirii·s of the Vice-l<iñg"s Beard and put rhem into aMedall) he feared he íhould be called, in queíl:ion, and noc live fecurely :rnd in peace at home : wherefore to cake off this blemiíh from him, aod doe fome remarkable fervice, he perfuaded Vela Nunnez, to make his efcape wirh him, on one of che Ships then in Port, promiíing to affiíl: him there- in, in cafe he would engage his Relarions to favour and procetl: him, for che g9ód. fervices he had done in delivering him out of che hands of that Tyrant. Pela Nt1n11ez, hearkned to the propofals he had made him, but then íl:ories and rumours fl}!iog about that che King nad confirmed Gonyaló Pifarro in che Government, Vela Nunnez, preíemly changed his mind, and began to contrive in what manner he rnight fix himfelf in the gqod opioion of Gonfalo ·Pifam. {ohn de la Torre obfer- vj.¡lg. .thi§.@lterarion, and fearing leíl: he or fome otliers of nis Confidents íhould maf~tPa• difcovery to Pifarro of che Compatl: or Plot that was between chem, thoughc ir to be his beíl: courfe to be before-hand wich them in the difcovery ; and fo went to Pi farro and informed bim qf the defign of Vela Nunne'{, to maké bis efcape, for which chey cut off his Head, and hanged and quarcered anorher con- cerried in che fame Plot : howfoever, ié was the common calk that chis piece of cruelty was alted ar the perfua(ion oriely of Licenfiado Carvajal; for Pifarro hada kindnefs for Vela Nu:anez,, whom he loved.for his go0d ·nature and fiveec diípofiti- on, and never inclined ro put him to death. And chis was the face of chis poor · Gentleman, by che falfe accufation of a treacherous fellow, who was a Villain of tbe higheíl: nature. Francifco de Carvajal, having fome days before received in· D ·dd d d telligenee