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.

Bool{ V. Royal Commentaries._ . C ·H A P. XII. /Jojlages are mutua!Jy {ent fro1:1z · one fide to the other·, in w_hich muéh caution and . fubtilty · was pratlifed hy hoth. P artie's. Man y principal men · of f2.J!:ality abandon and' leave Gon~alo Pi~arro. T . W O days afcer this Oáth was adminifired , the four Ships under the com~ mand af Lorenfº de Aldana appeared in the Port of Los Reyes, upon which the ~iitiy ~as ifii ~ great Confierhation; and Pifarro ordered Jhe Souldiers to put tl~emfelv€S i.Tic0· Arrns , and appear in the M¡irket-place, being then about the nurnber of fuc· hundred men ; bt:u afcerwards caufed them ali to draw up in the fi<ilfü ~ when.f, l:5eiñ~ iai pablick view, it would be more difficult for a'ny perfon no r,evolt or fotfüke fuis ColoQrs : the Camp was pitched abouc a League from the City ,. ~nd a:p-9iu , rwo from ~he Port ; and, to pr.event al! eícapes, he lt~pt con- íhtllt <Guards :rnd Petrolls of Hoífe between the Carnp and the Se<t; tó inrercept ch©fe who inolined liowards the Enemy : but ro quiec the minds of the people, a-n~h n(I) ktloW artd UR'derfiand ~he pr:etenfions óf Ldren10 de Aldttna , an Inhabitan~ of LrJs Re;•eJ., na'med [ohn Fernande;:., was fent to remain with Aldána 1 in nature of a Hoíitage, with intcmt that he fhould fel'id an0Cher in the like quality to make krmwni tne clefigri of bis corniog int0 'tha:c Pbrc , and whac bis pretenfions were. Acc@rcdiog\.yl Capt<li~ Penhd wa:s feAt from the Ships, and carried to Gon1alo Pifar- r_Q) <L C py of cl;ie Pteíide0c'~ <::0tnmiffion frorn 'bis Majeíl:y, and the general Pardon of ali paíl: Crimes, with a Revocation .of the late Otdinances, wllich had c;au- folt ·a!il the ditturban'CC-s ; :And in reg~rd his Maj€íly was not pleaíed tO' commit lihe ú0wrnrhent int€i t~e batid& óf Piyarro , Penna h~d Orders to perfüade him by w0rd Ciif mouth t© obeiy hisKing, and fubmit to,his Commands. And here Pa- t!nr.irre relaces whac we formerly couched, abouc fending Commiffions ; but he is miíl:aken in his Difcburfe, for matters were now much altered, and it was too láEe CO' crea e of Commiíl6.om or Ddegation of Powers as they were called ; for th~re was notfuing now bue noife and confufion , and endeavours to eícape , as will appeat by che fequel of this Hiíl:ory. Piyarro anfwered fomething warmly to die Meffitge ·wh:ich Penna had brought him : and bid him tell Lorn110 de Aldana and Pedro· deHinojofa and the reíl: who had been fworn friends to him, that chey had fal11y hétráyed him, and been che occafion to have him branded with che in- famolls na:niTe o'f a TtaycoU'r, wheteas he had never deíerved to be fo eíl:eemed ; ba:ving feií1t Ambaiffadouts ro his Ma}efiy to render him an account of ali che cranf- ~dio111s of,chofe pares ; Ehac his imen,tions were never to offend che King, bue to .qulet and ·rnrn¡;ioíe the diíl:urbances of the Countrey, and order every ching for bis: Majefiy's btmer fervice. He add€d rnany other things like a troubled and an · angly man cornplaining of the falf€nefs of frier;ids and ingratitude of men whom he ltad rii.ifed and preferred to offices and places of Trufi, in requital .of which they had unjt!líl:ly and baíely fold bim ; He ordered chai: Captain Penna fhould be lodged in the Tent of Antrmio de Ribera, wichout liberty to converfe with ~ny per-. fon, chae fo the diípm:hes and orders he brought might not be divulged amongfr ehe peop\e.j fome Authours fay, that the fa me night Pifarro tryed if he could cor- nipt him with money to fhow him a way how Aldana s Ship might be betrayed to hi1n, afi© for that fervice, he proniifed a reward of a hundred thoufand ~ieces of Eight, bélieving, that if he could.gain that Ship, che others would of courfe fall inco his hands: but Penna made anfwer, that he was not the perfon chey took him for; for that atl the advantage and incereíl: in che world could never prevail with him to be guilty of a Treachery fo mean and manifefi as thac; and therefore ic wa,s an affiont to propofe it to him; che day fol!owing Pifarro ordered him to be returned fa fe to che Ships, which was ¡jerformed according to the faith and pledges which we1'e given: bát on the ocher fide, the Propofals made to rohn F~r­ nande~ had betcer effeét; for Loren10 de Aldana having underfiood from Captam Pefma, that Picarro concealed and finothered the Letters and Papei-s which were , fent