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.

R~yal Coinmentaríer. Lic~11éiadp Cepe.da 'Carri~d with him a wh~le Li.brary of Law-books, o~t '0( .wh~ch, wich thé help of cercam La'vyy.~rs who hved m thofe parts, ~e drew u.p an En- diétment of High Treafon agamíl: the Prefident Gafca, and agamfl:.Pedrorde Hinojofa and ali rhe otheF Capt~ins, for having betrayed the Fleet· into the,hands of the Preftdent. And ro make che bufinefs more formal, Witneíles· w.eEe ldamiFled, and the rreachery and robbery made by the Capcains proved upion Oach:,, and thar Gafca h:id accepted of nhe Ships, and appropriated them to his dwn ufej which coíl: Pi1arro about a huodred thoufand pieces of Eight: upon this Proc€fsSentence of Deatli was paffed upon them all ro be hanged, drawn and quartered: Cepe'da. wa? the firíl: who figned tbe S~ntence, and defüed Gon9alo Pi9arro and aill his Offi- cers to fubícribe it in like manner; but 1when Cepeda carne to Francifco CaYrvajal for his hand, relling him tbat his firm was of grear con(equence, Can·ajal frniled and made a jeíl: of the Senrence. I warrant you, fa id he, fo foon as this .W.r.iting is figned by chis learned Council in che Law, execurion will immediately !foll0w rbereupon, and tbe condem.necd perfons dye upon the Í¡)Ot. No, .Sir, faid Cepada, bue it is good ro have them íentenced by courfe of Law, rhac when we cake chem executibn' may prefemly follow withouc delay or lofs of time. Ar whioh anfwer Can;ajaf laughéd aloud ; As I ama Souldier, faid he, I chought chat fo fo0n as I had figned rlíe Sentence, forne certain blow of Thunder-bolt would have knocked them áll dead on a fudden ;- bue if ir be not fo, for my pan I would not give a farthing for ali your Sentence nor Subfcripcions; for had 1 them bue here, wichouc fuch fonnalities, 1 would find a way t~. execnre your Senrence with more -expedi- tion; to which he added many orher pleafanc Sayings ro fhew tbe impertinence of fuch a Semence. , Licen,1iado Polo ( of whom we have former!y made menrion ) was preíenc at this Affembly, where he giwe fome reafons agamíl: che Semence: the firfr \;\.·as, Be- caufe Gafca was a Priefi, and in Holy Orders, and rherefore no Semence of Death could be paffed upom·him in chac namre, under pein of excommunicarion : ano- ther reafoo was, cbat chis Sentence oughr noc ro be pfecipicaced in fuch manner, becaufe ir might probably be hoped, tbac fome of chofe Captains, who for fear of Hi11ojofa bad becrayed rbeir Ships ro Gafca, mighc yet repent of rhis aétion, and i:etum again ro cheir duey; whereas on che conrrary, cbey will become. defperace if che Gloor be fhuc, and they . excluded from Pardon by a Senrence. ·upon ~befe reafons a íl:op 'wasigiven ro che Decree, and rhe Wricing figned by none qut Cepeda. CH A ·P. VIII. Gon~alo . Pi~arro fe~ds John de Acoíl:a againfl Loren\o de Aldana. Spyes are fent from both fides. The death .of Pedro .de PueJles. W Hilfi matters were rhus in confulcarion,, and the Lawyers bufied in draw- ing up cheir ridiculous and impercinent Procefs, Gonf alo Picarro received Advice, thac the four Ships under the command of Lorenfº de Atdana, and rhe ocher Captains were making cheir way towards rhe Cicy of Los Reyes, cbat rhey had already been at Truxi!lo, and were failing along rhe Coaíl: : whereup0n he de- t~ched fifcy Horfemen armed wich Carbines, under rhe command of Captain (olm de Acofta, to rparch to che Sea-fhore, and hinder chem from caking 'N ood, or Water, or landing in any of che Ports. (ohn de Acofta proceeded as far as Trnxillo, bue durfi not íl:ay above one day there, for fear of Diego de Mora, who was rhen in Cajfamarca; wherefore he returnoo again ro che Sea-coal1, and lay in wair ·ex- peéting to take fome of A!dana's men in caíe any of rhern íhould advemure ro come aíhore. Aldana on rhe other fide had Spyes abroad who gave him norice of all the motions of (ohn .de Acofta; upon knowledge of which he laid an ambuíh ofa huqdred iY¡tuskeciers in a cercain Wood rhrough which Acofta was ro .pafs: bue he receiving intelligen~e díereofi turned anorher way, and fell u~cm a pany of chofe which