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.

BooK V. - · Royal Commentaries. fue confidently cafi: herfelf upc;m her knees at his feet , and ~irh many tears asked che life of her Kinfman : Piy_arro, like.a Gentleman, -prefently lifted her frorn the ground ; and.though at firíl: he feerned averíe and hardly perfuaded to grane him m~rcy ; yet ac length fuífering himfelf to be overcome with che Prayers and Tears of che Lady, and with tbe Intreaties of thofe who íl:ood by.and ~oined in the Peti- tion, he granted . her requeíl: ; and as a ftgnal of che Pardon ( according as bis · cuíl:omwas in the likecafes) his took off his Ca[> with che Medal on it, and de- . livered it co her to be <hown to Caroajal; the which was brought to hirn juíl: at che moment of time when Hernando Bravo was at the foot ofche Tree with che halter abouc. his Neck and ready co be truíled up: the which fignal from G onfaló Pifa rro "ferved for a fufficient Warrant to Ftanr:ifco de Carvajal, ·who was alfo mollifi.ed by the Increaties of thqfe then preíent , who elleemed themfelves conc erned to p ro- mete and favour che Lady's Petition. And thus Hernan Bravo de Laguna eícaped death, whom 1 knew a long time, and Jeft him living in Cow; poífefsi:J·of a fmall PlanM·tion. . Augujline de Carate in che feventh Book of his Hiíl:ory Chapcer che ftxteenth ha- ving relaced chis Paílage, farther adds a particular which happened upon chis Par- don very r~rnarkable; -which was chis ; Acertain Captain called Alon(o de Carcere1, being chen prefent wben Gonfalo Pi farro p~rdoned Her~an Bravo, kiífed him upo1J che Cneek, .ancl cryed out w1th a loud vo1ce, Oh Pnnce of the World , curfed · be he who for fear of death _!hall deny thee: notwithíl:anding which, befare three hours were ended, both he and Hernan Bravo, and feveral others rev.olted, 'which was che more íl:range, in regard that an honeíl: and a confidering _perfon might be- , lieve chat a man who had the halter about bis Neck could oot in fo íhort a time have recovered from the agonies and ecíl:afies of death, &c. c ·H A · P. \XIU. Martín de Robles conÍrives a,Plot f~r hi5 _E[Cape. ·wHEN fo many noble and principal Perfons had deferted Gonfa lo Pifarro who had been che chief Infüuments to incite him to appear in defence of tbeir Lives at:td,Eíl:ates, a great murmuring and trouble was .raifed in ·che Camp: for as Caraie relaces, many perfons were amongíl: them, who had from the begin- ning follow~d Pifarro , and gi~·en !1im fuch aífurance ,of tbeir faith and fidelicy; that no man.could reafonably imagm that they could abandon ar betray him: at which Piftirro was fo enraged and puc into that ill humour, that no man durll to appeat in his prefence ; and in his paffion gave Orders to the Out-guards ro kill aay n:ian whorn they found without the Precin& of thé Camp : foon afrer which a poor Soaldier happened to fall into their hands, upon~ no other evidence, ar pre- fqmption racher, than becaufe he carried two Shirts with him. Bue nothing could be more infamous and di<honourable than what happened the night following j when Martin de Robles, pretending to be -fick, that he might have leave to recuro to the Cicy, fenc feáet intelligence.to Diego Maldonado,. who was a rich man, and a Cicizen, and the Hig h-coníl:able of C ouo, that Gon_ralo Pi~arro, by advice of his Captains intended to kill him ; and therefore out ofthe fenfe of friend<hip which was between "thern, he could not give him better Counfel than exhort him to cake can: of his own fafety. Diego Maidonad<1 gave entire creden~e tlíereunto, becaufe' he -rerneínbred thac he w¡is once under an ill. o_pinion with Pi;arro, when he fer- ved the Vice-king againíl: him, as hath been formerly mencioned. Afier which t'1,ey put hirn to the torture, upan certain Libells which were fcatcered in Picarro's Tem, at the time when che Battel at fl..t!.itu was ready ro begín ~ of all whicn though he was afcerwards found innocem, yet Che aétions of his friend Antoni1 Altamirano ferved afterwards to render him the more fufpeéted. Thefe imaginations and the apprehenfions of a tormenting deatn, which waS praétifed in thofe days, fo-operatéd on the miad of Diego Ma!donado, that believing every word chac Martin de Robles had tald hi!ll; he, withotit makin_g a difcovery co any of his Servants, ar giving arder to faddle his Horfes, of which he' had ma-. · . H h h h h ilY good