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:oyal Commentarieri. Bo0K v. -- - ' -- ~ .... and prometed fo far untill he faw him nominaced and chofen Governour of Pme; che fame complaint he made againíl: all chofe who had been iníl:rumems of his ad- vancemenr, whom he hoped God would pm:üíh and avenge his caufe againíl: cheir falfenefs and treachery. Thefe and fuch like complaints Gonyalo Pi9arro often uccered in che prefence of hiS incimate Friends, thoúgh in publick he caFried· it wíth good courage, and a chearfull counrenance, as hct ever did in aU mis croubles afld difficulcies; which all Hiíl:orians coofeíS and report of him when they come to [peak of hismisforcunes. To thefe ill fucceífes Portune yet added worfe, for when fhe begins once to íhew her disfavours íhe a©ntents not her felf wich a fingle rnifchief. For now it happened in this unlucky conjunéture cbat Lorenyo de Aldana came wirh his four · Ships within fifteen Jeagaes of Los Reyes ; and though he was ill provided with Men and i\Jnmunition, and was in wanr of ali Provifions and things neceífary, yec he remained fecu1•e!yf e~ough and well· faci5fied> upon-rhe news he received that Pipmo bad· burnt a-11 Ms Sl.liips which were in tliat Pm : upon which affurance he took couragé, and witfi confidence eatue boldly to che Port of Los Ré:Ju, not with intentidn 1 to fight witft any, bue onely tg cake up fuch perfons who fh0uld efcape and r volt from Pif_arro an'd füs Party. The n'éws-of che arrival of tbefe four Ships at Hua11ra, from whentl:' there was fió meaos now Jefe to r,emove thern, was re- fencéá aLr comrnon difgraté áná difhonour to rliie'whole Towi"l: bu2 Gonfalo Pi- fjrro; confidering howhis ·people fell daily from him, and tbat there was a general defeé1ión in .a·ll parts, thoóght it nece!fary to fecure ~hem to him by way ofReligi- on ; 1Vhiclr counfel'was giV,en him by the Lawye'r Cepeda, who formed an Oath of Fl&lity 1 t be aarhiniffred o ali p'eople ; and chereupon rhe Citizens and Lords who had commands over che Jndian1, and tbe principal Inhabitants in ali Cities near, and Capcains a'nd Souldíers were ali fommoned to rake chis Oach: upon ad- minifl:ration of which the Lawyer made a fpeech to che People, telling them how great obligations tney had to Pí fa rro for having Cuíl:ained tr.ofe labours and difli- clilties;. and endured Famioe and Wars, and paíled through infinice dangers onely fbr cheir fakes, w fecure their Lives, Liberties and Eíl:ates to rhem, in which chey were inve]led, and now peaceably poffeffed byche favour of his Br0rher che Mar- quis FY1mcifco Pifarro. And to evidence unto the world che juíl:íce of his Caufe, he had dí(patched Meffengers to hisMajeíl:y with an imparcial Narra riv'e of all the cranfaétions in cnefe Co.umries, bue wete incercepted by comrivance of che Preli- den~ wHo con-upting the Cotnmanders of his Fleec, deprived him of his own pro- P~ ~hips , which had coíl: him an immeníe Treafure ; ahd laíl:ly, had éntred wirh- in hiS' Dominions, and difperfed fedirious Papers in ali pares of che Kingdom, ro qebauch rhe minds of che People, and feduce rhem from cheir affeltions towards llim, Mth inrem to raife Wars in che Empire: but chac Pif arro for his part refol- v'ed ro dppoíe rhem, and he hoped chat chey would all joyn with him in defence of cheir Privileges and Eíl:ates, well knowing, that notwit~flanding che fair pre- tences of che Prefident, he 1vill, fo foon as he ha ch gained poíleffion of rhe Coun- trey, follow che Exan:iple of Blafco Nunne:{, Vela in execution of che late Ordioan- ces, and feverely puniíl1 ali fuch who fh:ill oppofe him: wherefore to know and difcover che miad of évery man, how he íl:ood aff€él:ed to him, he defired every perfon freely and clearly to declare himfelf; affuring them that he would force no man, but leave chem ali 'to their own liberty, either to return to thelr own Pof.. feffions, or to go to che Prefident, asevery one inclined : bue as for thofe who re- folved ro íl:ay wich him, he expeéted an engagemenr from rhem never ro deferr or for fake hisCaufe ór lrítereíl:, upan the word of Genclemen, and under the fa- cred affurance of an Oath, which fhould be adminiíl:red to them according to the Chriíl:ian Rices. So foon as thefe words wet·e ended, rhey all cried our, chat chey were refolvetl to dye with Pifarro, and fuffer a hundred deachs r:ither than aban- , don hiin i in confirmation whereof they took che Oath, and figned an Engage- ·men ~ ro which a lon_g Roll of handswere underwritten ; che Subfcriptions were taken by Licenciado Cepeda, who was che fir íl: chat figned che Lift: but Francifco de Carvajal, who wasa wife anda lmowing man Í!) che affairs of che world, did ofcen laugh and jeft at chefe 111atters in príva te with hisFriends, and would fay, you fhall fee how chefe promifes 1 ill be performed, and what Ccnfcience will be made of chis fi lemn Oatl} ; :1hél dfrered likewife many other wirry Sayings, of which had a Colleétion been made, perhaps they would have been eíl:eemed che befr Apo~ rhegms, and che wife ll Sentences in che world. ' CHAR