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 V. 1 1im rheir incli~ations were very well di[pofed chereumo ; and accordingly he conc~ived great hopes of fuccefs. In order to ~hich ~e wem wich all fpee9 pof- fible co Panama raking the Marefchall A/varado mto h1s company, and to his affi- ílance ( as Dieg~ Fernande:{, Pale~tino in ~he thircy Fighth Cha~ter of his B?ok af- t:irms) for whom. he had obtamed a Licence from the Council of the Ind1es, chat he might be !pared for fonie time frorn che Regi~er's O~ce to at~end unco che affa irs of Pcru and be an Affiíl:ent and a Compa01on to h1m. Th1s Gentleman having been i1; rhe fütre! of Chupas againíl: Don Diego de Almagro Junior, returned afrerwards into Spain ; aod by reafon rhat he was W(lll verfed in the tranfaél:ion of affairs becween che Pifr1rrifts and Alm11grians, he was emerrained in rhe fervice of rhe Couucil of rhe Jndies. But Jet us leave boch him and rhe Preíident in cheir journey; to relate what Pedro de Hi110jof~ a'éted in che mean c_ime ar Panama, upon rhe News, rhat Hermin Mex ia had rece1ved rhe Prefidenc w1ch figos and demon- ílralions of p eade an d friendfhip, rather than of enmicy and oppofüion : and he was che more diffi.ti fied, becau[e he was ignoranc of the Commiffion and Corr- tencs of che I nílruél:i ons whicb che Prefidenc brought; And becaufe he had con- cluded and agreed wirhom any communication or corre[pondence with him : wherefore Hi no1ofa wrote [o very ·angüly co bim upon that matter ; thac feveral friends of R eman de M exia advifed him not to go to Panama : Howfoever ( as A 11guftine Carate faith ) after fome conference had wich che Preftdent rhereupon i~ was concluded , d1at Hernan M exia fhould fpeedily depare for Panama , and lay- ing alide ali fears and jealoufies fhould boldly communicare che whole rilatter to Hino)ofa ; which M ex ia accordingly performed in confidence of the friendfhip which was becween rhem, aod rhe knowledge he had of his humour and difpofi- tion. Afrer fome conference cogerher M exia fo well acquirred himfelf and gave fuch reafons for receiving the Prefident ; fhe\' ing chac , let the bulinefs go how ir would, his afüons hirherco could bring flO p~ejuéice ro their cau[e; chat Hino- jofa appeared well fati fied : rhereupon Hmian M e."Cia returned to Nombre de Dios, and che Prefident wem tO Panama , ,, here he perfonally treaced wirb Hinojofa and wirh al1 bisCaptains, declaring to chem che cau[e and reafons of his coming; And managed matters wirh füch fecrecy and prudence, rhac none knew what he had communicated co tbe orher; which fo fecured their affeétions and good will towards him, rhac he advencured publickly t0 declare bis deíign, and ro affure them that his negotiations tended co .rhe publick welfare: and at the fame time took care to provide for che neceffiries and conveniences of the Souldiery; che wbich he afüd wich ¡fuch fweecnefs of behaviour and re[pe& towards ali, as feeds the vanicy of rhac Souldiery, and prevails moíl: in that Countrey, Thus far Auguftine de Carate in his feventh Chapter. ' So foon as Pedro de Hinojo/a had notice of the coming of rhe Prefidenr co Nombre de Dios , he gave immediate intelligence thereof to Gonyalo Pi9arro, as did ali bis Caprains, _giving hirn aífurance, rhac rhey would never füffer him to país inco Pe- ru. Bue nocwithíl:anding all their refolurions, after fome conferences which they held wich the Prefidenc ar Panama, they changed cheir minds, and chen wrote in a different matm!=r: for che Prefidenc · had fo dealt wirh every fingle perfon in pri- vare, as had much engaged chern and inclined rheir good-wills and affeétions to him. Whereupon they confented , and gave permiffion rhac he might fend one of chofe perfons whorn he brought frorn Caft ile wich Letters from Gonfalo Pi_fr1rro 1 to advife hirn of his arrival in thofe pares; che' Gentleman whom che Preíidem refolved to fend was called Pedro Hernande:{, Paniagua, who was an Inhabicanr and Governour of che City of Plafencia, a perfon ,well qualified for fuch a negociati- on ; for, befides chat he was a Gentleman of good extradion, he had left his Wife and Children a competent Efiate in Spain , for which he not onely' merited efieem and re[pelt of Pi farro, but alfo for his Countreys fake, and for che fake of his kindred and relarions, who were engaged in his faétion. Thus did Pania- gua fet fail for Per'u , upon a frigace appoimed for him; ali che Le_uers he carried wich him were one from che King to Gon9alo Pifarro, and another to bim from che Prefident, beíides fome other privare Letters co perfons of quality, as namely, ro the Bifhop of Lugo, and anocher ro Lice-11ciado Benito de Carvajt11l, to whom che Prefideot wrote amicably, 1 and as became a kinfman, diretl:ing him in 'what mán- ner to aa. fpr che forvice ·of his M~jelly . And ~ere . we· ~ill leav~ Paniagua ip hi~ voyag€, "and relate what Gon¡alo ftfmTo was aéhng·m the mean ume. · 1 • ,. 1 ,..,. Jf.; Whilíl: