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.

786 Royal Cnmmentarier,. BooK V. ==:o-===============~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nY g®d ,en~ in hi& Srobles, went oot ,of rus Tenr 'l ;Yith Sword and Cloak onely ~ ~m~ ihough be was a man of ,fixt-y . eigbt y.ears of a.ge , yet he walked ali that njgbc 1 tlJ)til he .<:ame to cercarn Cams ~r Oliers ab out t hree leaguesdiíl:am fmm the Sea, where the 8hips were a~ Aoehor, and ther~ ~ fecrerly abfconded hitñ- felf for that time : bue then feanng that the day followrng he fhould be purfoed ind taken by chein, or at l~~ll perifh t_here wi[h düríl: and famin~ ; hé carne from thence, qnd happily mee w1th an Jndsa», to whom he revealed che ·greac necefftty and da~r he was in~ Th~ poor JnaiAn compaffionacing his condicion (that Naci- tjO bBing'g<meFally of a mercifoll nacure} conduéled him to che Sea, where on che íh0ar he preíemly woallfe. · .a float of Rufbes in the manner we have befor-e defcri- ~ed 1 ancl wich wh ich 1:he /n4ian1 país over the Rlvers ; and thereupon boch of th<!1ri m0nncing, th~ indt.an brought him fafo to the Ships, though ilot without great danger of ~in~ dro wned, tl[pecialliy _Die$º Maldo11J1do, for whffi they carne ro the Ship¡, the Ruíhes ~gan ro be all untied, and for wanc of good cackle and work· m:m lhip the Veífel had like to have mifcarried. And chus the good man DiegtJ M.al ®11<Jdo tifaipe~ who was one of the firíl: Conquerours, and whom 1 Jefe living if\ Q pw1~ wh~n 1 dtp~rt!d from chence; oext day very early in the morning 'M11r- ri11 J,, B..oJ/eJ . ~enE to t'he T~nt of Diego Maldonado, to [oo what operation his advi- . ¡,:~s hae wo1ked io him : and un<lerfianding ~hat .he was gone from chence che 11ighc b~fore, he wenc immediately to P~Jarro, and f~igning much concemment for ~ús feuvif~. lle told him , Sir , Maidonado is fled ; and lince it is vifible how ycmv fotces diminiíh daily, my opinion is, thac ym\ fhould rai[e your Camp from iwnce, aad riiatid1 rowards Areqt1epa ; and farther ~ to prevenc Fugitives in cheir inumtions, 1 would advife you upon no ~rerence "' hatfoever ro permic any perfoo ro return to the Ciry. And as co my own Company, 1 am fecure enough of them, for chere is not one of chem who demands leave to goe ro the City, bue give- g,_ood examl'le unto otb_~~; onejy with your pexmiílion, I would goe w the 0- ty wich fome few of m~ Souldiers in whom 1 r~~íe the ~reacefr. confid~nce, and whom I know to ltand m wanc of feveral necefümes, w1th wh1ch havmg provi- ded themíel~es in my preí~nce, I fl.1aWql-ien muro wich them : and :vith che fame occaÍlon I w11l make fearch for Diego Mal~nado, who, as I hear, is fled to the Monaíl:ery of Sr. Domin_go 1 frorn whence 1 will endeavour to bring him ro you, by whvíe exe111plary punifhmenc men may for che fucure be afraid to fly, and aban- don your cauíe and interefi. Pifarro repofing greac confidence in the faithful neíS of .MnHin de Rokl~s, who was deeply engaged with him in ali matters ; for ic w.as he who had caken rhe Vice.king and profecured him to dearh, and performe d 0 • th~r pieees of notorlous fervke; he gave him his permiffion wi th ali readinefs to go~ ro rh<f Ci~y: hereupon Martín de Rob/u in the firíl place made bold \vich che }{Dríes belonging to Maldonado, as the confiícated goods of a Tray tor, and calli~ T!hofo to h{m of hls Company, for whom he had moít kindnefs and in whom he moíl confided, who wt¡>r~ about chir~y in ali, he immediacely wem to che Cicy of LoJ ~e.~J\, and tbeflrn cook the direét road ro T r.H. ..,illo ,· pu,blickly declaring;, chat they were g@lng ro che. ))reíldenc , and had ren ounc~d P ift1rro, who was a Tyranr. When this News C'am(! to che Camp no man wou.ld hardly believe it; chinking f t impoffible for Marti11 de Roble.i, who was a p erfon fo de,eply concemed with Pi'- ftJnxo in ali ma..erers, ro forfake hirn at che lafi. But: whea the crurh was confirmed ir ,,·as che c_o~mon oplnlo~, char thae very day r~e Camp would break up, :md ever)I man fhtfo for h1mfdf, or thac chey would k11l Pif11rro, aQ(i rnake aa end of c~e di f~me ar one. blo1.' : ?\Jt füch wa~ the genr!t1neíS and generofiry of Piprrro's d1f µofiqon , rhat H emred mro no man s rhoughrs ~o perpetrare [o execrable a vil. lany upon his períon, al! t~ir defigns bBing onely to leave and revolt from him. ltf"owíoever Pi farro pur a good cqnmt-nance upon a-11 his misfprtunes, preten- ding ro dlet?1n li~hrly of rhofo who ha~denyed him 1 and fay-ing, thac if he had onety ten good frítmds , who wou)d· fhck by him , lle íliould noc defpair of ma- kin~ a new O:mquell of atl F cm a~ A1le111ino fays ih the-lixry fourth Chapter of his.Boo~. CH A P.