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.

Boo .K V. , Royal Commentaries.~ CH A P. XI. The Prefident arrives at Tumpiz; the O~·ders he i/fued out , th~re. Gon~alo Pi~arro fends J ohn ·de Acoíl:a againfl Diego Centeno. Loren~o de Aldana ,comes near to Los Reyes; -anrl _Gon~alo Pi~arro adminiflers an Oath of Fidelity to bis Souldiers. ,,, T HE Prefident having overcome many difficulties,.in his Voyag~ at lengrh .arrived .fafe in the Port of Tlfmpi:¡;, with al! his Fle~t, excepting one Ship, \Yhich being .a dull failor upon a wi1,1d, was lefr behind ; tl;ie name of the Captain was Pedro Cabrera,: who finding it impoflible- to turq ' to -windward .with líis lee. wardly Ship, he entred into Pon Buena Ventura, and uravelled over Land wich his fmall Company, and carne to the Prelident at Tumpiz., whqm he found chere em. ploy.ed in giving o.ut Orders, and rnaking neceífary provilions for 1 the fubfiflence of t\is Army,, which confül:ed now ofabouc five hundred rnen. At this place ,he re- ceived ·rnany Letters from co11fiderable perfons, as wejl .Cicizens a~ Captains and SOl~ldier:s,, tp al! which he remrned civil and obliging anfwers, promifing them re· compence, a.nd rew¡¡rds in the name of his Majefiy. He gave Orders to Pedro de Himjofa, : }V{lprn be. had made Captain-General, ro march befare with che Forces to Caffama¡i;ca, and to joyn wich ti-le Party which was there. Pa11lo de Menefes was app,ointec! w¡ch the Fleet to coa(l: all along by the fhore; aod he hirnfelf with a C-Ol }V.en \ent 'Guard for the [ecurity of his perfon travelled by way of the Plafos, as · 1 far as TrHxijlo~ where he received fhe ne~s. of chofe Captains and Souldiers, who had declared for his Majeíly, and 1 !n what places and Co.umries ihey remained in expell:ation of his coming,, he ~difp{ltched ,JY.leífengers in~o all pares, with direll:i- ons1to pafs by way of the :Oefart uncill they carne to che Valley of Caffamarca, wheue they were to attend farther Orde~s. After which he travel)ed ·b.y way of the Plains, and fent Scoucs befare co [ee tbat the way was clear befare bim. Whilíl: rhjngs fücceeded chus wich the Prelident and his Army, Pipirro received news from Couo of the Vi4tory,obtained there by Die;r,o Centeno, of che death of Antonio de Robles; and of rhe irnpi;ifonrnent of LucM Martin Vegaffo, at which he ~as very much troubled, and feei9g chat fabrick ofEmpire which he had ereéted for bimfelf, to fa!! and become dail1' ruinous; for want of a good foundation, he began to doubt his condition, and fear that he {l;lould never attain to that height of Go:vemfnent which he had long fanli~d ro himfelf. H~reupon in all halle he ·fent to reca1l:Captain {ohn de Acoftfl, whom., {as we bave faid befare) he had [ent with fo!Jle ·Souldiers to Truxillo to fupprefs forne difiurbanc~s which began to ap. pear in chofe parts. At. thisftitpe alfo Fr/¡¡cifco de Carvajt!.J :cut off the Head of Antonio Altamirano, who.carried 1 the Scandarq in Pir.arro's Army, forno other rea· fon than·chat he fanfied, that Altamirano was pleafed with the news of Centeno's foccefs, and that he of late carried himíelf coldly and uncróncerned in the fervice of Rifarrg, which was caqfe epough for Cai:vajal to take; away,any ,rnan's life; the Standard was afterwards conferred on Antonio de Ribera. So foon as Acofta was re· mrned, be·prdered him wich three hundred men t ó fall upón Diego Centeno: Mar- tin de Olmos was appointed to cornmapd the Horfe, and Diego Gumiel the Foot, · with b~:)(h which perfons I was acquainted : Martin de AlmendrM comrnanded the Pjkes, Martín de Alarcon carrie9 the Standard, Pae:¡;, de Sotomayor was.Lieutenant- General, and [ohn de Acofta was Cqrnmander in Chief. Thefe Forces were orde- red to march to Couo by way of the Mountains, and in a few days afrerwards ro defcend into che .Plains, and on all fides to make W ar uppn Diego Centéno ; for abov~ all men living he refented liis carriage towards hirn, and haámofi caufo to complain of him, becau[e he had been the firfi and rhe mo11 impormnate of any to advife and perfüade him ro accepc and take upan hirn the Tirle and Office of Procuraror-General of rhat Kingdom; and afrerwards upan a report onely of a general Paidon, and repeal of che lace Ordinances ( whether true or falfe no man 'knows) he poorly and ineanly deíerted rhat cau[e which he himfelf had owned ·:: • , . and