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.

768 · R oyal Commentaries. BooK V. the Governrnent ot Pmé. And the truch is, it was concluded in Spain by his Ma- jell:y's Council jufi at che departure of the Prefident, that, as che laíl: and ulcimate remedy of ali, he fhould have powe~ to confirm Pifarro io che qovernm~nt ; for it was faid.andconcluded, rhar prov1ded che Countrey were theEmperoars, twas no matter, rhough che Devil governed it. . Tbis fecrec, (íaid the Prefident to Paniagua) l entru ll: to you in as much confi- dence as it was commi tted to me, and in all things aet as becomes a Gemletnan, 1 and as one obliged in ducy to ferve the King. Afcer che Counrreywas quieced and fertled, and che Prefident remrned to Spain, Paniagua himfelf revealed chis íl:ory, .for. he rern~ined behi~d wich ~ good Eíl:ace, anda large proporcion of Lands and Ind1an1 wh1ch were given ro hirn. And he confeífed, chat he was often refolved to have revealed che fecre t ro Pifarro, whilll: he rernained in a doubrfull condicion amidll che various humours and opinions of che Comrnonalry ; and he fa id, that he often repenred rhar he had nor done ir. Bm to recuro to our Hiftory. Paniagua obt~ined an anfü·er to bis Meffage ; the di fpacch uneo which was chiefly procured by che inrereíl: and favour of Licen- ciadQCarvajal : whiwh was a matcer of high importance to him bei gin concinual fear and danger of his life ; fer had Pifarro known rhac he had fecrecly admicted acceís ro him, and Cabals in che nigh r, he would cenainly bave beeo as good as his word in purring him to death, as he rhreatned him ar his fuít coming to che Cicy. Paniagua, having received his difpacch, deparced from L o1 Reyes in che month of January, J > 47. being furnifhed with money fer his Journey, he carried onely a fingle Letter for che Prefident, of wh ich Auguftine Carate cakes no notice, bue Fernande:c. Palemino rehearfes it in chis manner, Moll: Honoured and mofl: Reverend Sir, Y OV R Letter dated from Paoama of the 161h oJ September of the year laft paft, I have received, and return you many thank¿, and kj(i your handJ for the advice1 you have given me therein, kfowing 'Well that they proceed f rom an a/feilionate a nd a fincere heart, agreea/J!e to the quality of yoHr Perfon, endrnved with much learning and confaience, A1 for my part, J dejire you would confider me tU a perfon nawrally inclined to the Service of hi1 Majefty, the which you feem to ackpowledge without tti1) teftimony of my own: And indeed tbofe onely can pr.operly be fa id to ferve hi1 Majefty whofe afl-ions and not their words declare their work¿. Men who ferve the King at hi1 chargc and coft, may be fa id to ferve- faim; yet howfoever, they are not to be compared and Jet in t/Jf b,11/ance with them, who, likf rr') Brothcrs and Reltttiom, and likf my {elf, who have for the [pace of jixtem yearJ fer- ved hiJ M ajefty in my Per(on witho1tt any charge or expence to the Croivn; to w hich J have ,sr,ained and acquired greater and better Count rin, t!nd a vafter qm111tity of Gold and Si/ver than ever ar:;• man hath done which wM born; and al/ thu ttt 11'!)' 01vn charge, without putting hú Majefty to the expence fo much ~ of Jive Shilling1 towards al/ my acq11ifirions and la- boun And now at laft there remain1 norhing either to me or to 111 Brothers b11t onely the bare and nak,cd repuwion of having ferved his M ajefty, in which 1ve have confomed al/ that we havc gained. Whex Bla fco Nunnez firft arrived in 1hú Co1111trey, there ¡vere then living of our ftock, the Sons of the M arqui.-, Hernando P1~arro and my [el[, amongft which there WM [caree the va/ue of a crown remaining either in Gn/d or Si/ver, norwith- ftanding a/l tho{e immcnfe Sums we had fent to hi1 Majefty ; nor had we one .Ae>·e of Land amongft m al!, notwithft.fnding that vaft traél: of Empire ve h d annc nd ro th e lmperittl Crown : and )'Ct notwirhfl anding al! thefe negleé/:1 wh1.ch have bcm pr!t upon ,,._., we remain firm and immovab(e in our A llegirmce, to which dttf) 1ve have no nccd to be incited f rom Ar- guments of his Power, or to be informed of his pro1vefs and p11if{ance of hú Armr, 1mlefs ir /;e to give m occafion to praife God who hath beftoired fuch a Prince upon P..o, who ú gratio 1 ~ to hú Subjeéts and fo formi dable to hió EnemieJ, that as we/l Chnftían Princcs M !nfidel.r fear and mvy hú greatnefs. And though 1 have not fpent fo much time in hú JL1.Jeft/ 1 Court tU l . have done in the War1 for hú Sen;ice, ) 'et J wo1dd ha ve )Ot$ to kz¡ow, rh,!t J h,we been 1u c11riom to hear and 1mderffand the A/fairs of hu Jkfaje/fy, efp'ecialry the fucceffe1 of the late Wars, M any perfon whatfocver that u converfant in hu Court, 1vho p r/Japs are not well acquainted with al! the ocet~rrences fo partícularly and f;-uly tU l am ; for thofe 1vho come from thence give me informationJ of wh:it hath paft, and fome Friends who live upon the place conjftUtt ÍJ wrire tome from the Camp, and give me ª' good intelligencc tu they t!re abl~ ; for they ~nowing me to be a mrtn of 1ru1h, ~nd delighted with a real t!r.d e:r:(/é/: ac- counL