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 í;9n:zme)itaries. BooK V. fturbances ~ere caufed by the rigour of che new Laws, and the fevere and indif- creet manner of putting them in execution by the Vice-king, the remedy thereof ought to be by contrary applications; which was, chat the new Laws fhould be abfolutely .?brogared and declared inva\id, and that t? de':lare and publifh chem for.Ab1h, 'h~f~a l?~,~e.-~en~of ~ rw-l<k ge Pfle 'and 'affaqle rem~~ an~. or1e ~ expef'1e 11 c&of•th~ wotl< , ~t p(tl .dk<Í· pnEI 9 aqk.of <lovetnmetlt -~~ che1t1m€S ef PM'L'é, 'árré1 y-et·a ~tml · M· l<rio itrg ~ó\.Jlro r mrl'iagé' á War if occal'.ion· íhould re- quire. The Perfon eleél:ed for this employmem was Lice11f iado Pedro lie la Gafca, a Presbyter of che Church, and a Membe;r of che General Council of che lnquifiti- on, and one in whom ali the fore-memioned qualities did concnrr; and being chus eleéted;-he was offered- co his Majefiy fer hi · approba-tiefl : uf>On receipt 0f Ehefe Letcers of recommendarion, Orders were given in fuch manner as Gomara writes in tbe 17,ch Chapt!;J o.( his Book,_"·hich l have thought fit to repeat word for word, becauíe he fe ro.$' to be mor~plain , and ¡\ear lfere tharí apy orher Authour whatfoever. · · '·. ' When che Emperour, faith he, had received the news of che great diíl:urbances in Pe~u, an9 of th.~. irp_prifooment o( Blafco l(.tm11n, ,he highl~ r~íenced the info- lence oftfie Judges, who áuríl: attempc fo darmg a p1ece oíín¡ufüce againíl cheir allegiance, and alfo condemned che proceedings of Go119alo Pi9arro, as not tending to his fervice. Howfoever, when ir was confidered chat Appeal was rnade to him in reference to the new Uws, tlíft the Lefce'rs af·Jnílruétion which were gi- ven herein and (ent by Fra11éiflo MatJ011ad~ \\!ere tni(c'afried, and that Texada died ar Sea ; the fault was caíl upon che Vice-king, who witb roo much rigour execu- ted.~hsmew Laws,¡ w~iout ad\nicti1.1g of any Pet¡ic1.ónsl qr hearketiing ~o the Rea- fons wh1ch were offered tO the c;qncrairy,: put chen he foemed again tó be excufed by rhe poíicive commands in hi~ Itlíl:rnfüons' obt to adroit of ahy a:pp~a1 or delay, for rhat thoíe method s were looked upon as cercainly conducing to the fervice of 000; fS<b ~~w. ,dfar.er {tnd·. a~m(€rvat.ioQ- oF rhe~qp,Ji"1.1J i JG ~ qiíqhta· ~t-{<:1! a. good Qónfckooe, .a @ ~0 t be~ftwt:af~M>f ~be l{:ing's füivem1e ·:; when ch~ Mpings, á6 we f~diA\l,JrJt~ oonfider,qddh~~an~r . o( the ~{hpereui; muvl1 abacep,', \!~ his trouble Íl!)OVBá.tearby ,~his uqfeafona:ble-i~ews-, Wihidi caJile c0 him at ~ time when he wa~ engagá,Mn a<War ;.~ fl~rrvt1?JJ, and tfil ·thoíb di,f\urbanc:es which were cauf~d by ché Lkinenlmi. , m~wto~v~ r. fQ n6clerrngJ ~w mucb !,e cqmcerne~ him to .relieve bis Subjd~cia PurH, and 1 ~r0.vt ~e IJ.€rnerdittsJ• herctwitl;i íto Píli:ifie che commotions rai-' fr~ in tfuiiíl!.Kh'lgdbm3 'whi ch riftJ<ded ,liim; a.v.aíl Iric0me and Revenu~; he con· Cl,lh~.in ·Ebe o~ieioo .ofrt.'l!i · CbunGil, ~,, hich, was to,fend a perfon Gf a geml~ artd ~aé~ablé diípelicíon a0d of1 e~peri~nGe and prafüG~ in affitirsi, an~ difforem c0; the11ln.Hn0;1llr, •©LJJlefco l/lunn~~, who was .~.H:ilenc, ~p€n in:: !)i;s 1 C011nfels 1 • and neithei: ®-d€11fl:andJ.ingi 1 MewJ!l.(Í)V B.llílnefs: and .!aft!y, confidering t.hac fióce- a .Lion wuld ~ P!év.riH. che gentlé; fl1'i ~ it 10E a Lamb ~ighr .~.mu.~h[JJ10re moJf¡Cyi¡;¡~ -¡rnd •vinL· rnmf!¡ Qf tibe p>e@li'la i tfut~'t á per(ol) as 1~h1s •was J,tee11c1~4o Pedrq Ga/§á éfieerrreti tó1 be; .atnahrof ar linUC'h1 hict~ rntrie~{l:ánd ':.lilg than rb~ mher, a,nd one w~ had ga:i- nec l <f. rn¡i>.ttfilrtioo fo hi\árlag@m<:mti of thG'tCommoGiG>nS)Qd 1 'f.reaties w¡Eh t:he Moors ir.ir § :tl~11t1'ii\t ~hd a'ciio~diB§]y a Com~iffiot'l was give\} ·Qirn, \\ irh Lett~s andrQi¡; dt11 s1·.ifi Blánk; ·tG> infett 1 ~ha&, IJÑ¡mles- he- fuoulcl chil'lk ~ca aad ali che l~re Ordi- na1.1ceS ai\dnew L'aws: ~.ene cancelhid and iepeale d -; a nd Leners were. wrore to Gón,911!0 Pwarro arlJ.dltl!:chf !{ie1ma in G(!rvrtPJifJ in dw ye.ar ' t'>46. . , · , . Thús G>fifr!a was)difpard~ed a~:-,my., an~rrhoug"1 :h e dep arted with a frnall number· of Ptlrfqns, and á mean Rceümie, ap ~ith ~he Ticte nely of PreGdel,'lt., yer he wa& bügfyihl,<2Lleem¡¡ anti great h'opés ·w~~~ aonce»ved oCthe fucrnfs of his aegotia- ti0n~ l 1Th€ 1 flµpping. v.. ftioh , a~rei;¡détl 1 lúm ~las .mea1'ily provided with Ma:riaers, aocl onely ·whar. wa~ necteiiiu~~'> ' that h.e mighc·put rhe EmperQur to as_little charge a~ \V as po ffible.¡r'anéi íhew, !i)l11ir¡rntifs-.~ ~he · people of Pe(u without affeétation of fiare in.al ! bis proc<2edings; tbe Jt:Jdges he carried With him were Andreo de Cim1ca and ~nter Pa¡ being ·períons,in ·whom m'e ·gte~dy confided. 1 Whe.n ~~ arrived at Nomb;e d'1 Yios, ,he.coúmnmitareg his .MGn6fs to no man, but treated· with 6Very ~an11¡1 fúch manner cµ; .agreed w1rh tbe Chai:aél:er vlhich was given ofhim, fay. mg, nhí?t be was to g© to Pi'yarró, and rhat in caíe he would not receive him he \;\10.uld recurn again H> tbe Emperour ; for tbae. his profelf!on was oot e e a Soul- dier,' nor wa.s he acqúa-imed wíth th~Art, ofWar, his bufinefs being onely to recall rhe late Ordmances, and to prefid~ 1h the Council. And whereas Melchior Vedugo forit to kt him know) , ~hart he was coming to forve him w1th fome other Compa- , nions,