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 Commentdries. Camp on his way roward che Prefidenr, paffing by Are9u~pa where his Wife and Children were. When Pi1arro received the news of the flight of Vof{o, he won- dred much at it, and whifper~d !t to Ca·rv-:jal, ?nd told him, rhat he did not now think ir ftrange rhat rnany bl;fhgf~ who ~ad gteati .obligatfons fhould defert him lince Vof{o, who was hisServanr, and ried to him in duty and wirh ali che bonds o f bumanity, had denied him. Carvajfl f anf1Vered,. that it was no íl:range thi.ng co him, for chat he looked on Voffo to be in the number of chofe fainr-hearced rnen who, bein11 afraid, refolv~d , ró fecure rhernfelves by a Pardon, which was.che con: dirion ofmoíl: of chofe whó'had followed his Party; and on che conrrary, ic plain- ly appeared that fuch as were courageous and had been che l'eaíl: obliged were füll fixed and conftant to rheir Party : And chat ic was one of che miferies of chis world, chat no man refpe~s or honours another bue for ~is own inréreíl:, and·that fo foon as 1 he finds he hath fio farther need of his affiíl:ence and favour, h~ prefenc~ ly forgets ,all former ties of benefics received. , 1 • • • And now che falftcy :ind tre:ichery of Vof{o being clea,r at}d apparenr; and che 1 agreemenc;bet\r een him and Centeno being difcovered, Pi1arro cornplainéd of his misfortune in conferring his favours on chofe who had proved moíl: ungracefull' 5 and, being ful\ of anger and defpair, he refolved ( fince there ~'-as no place Jefe for Treary); to vemure alLupon che fuccefs of a Barcel, and eicher over,come or dye. · / The Preli9en,t, whom we lefc on bis way from Truxi!lo .tQ Los Reyes, had by this timq .rec.~íved news of ali macters w}:iich G.onfalo Pi1arro had atled ín chat City.? and how'his people had deferced and fled,froin him. And whereas he unde11íl:ood from chofe very perfons who we,re come in to him that P! farro was marched along the Coaíl: towards Arequepa; he fent Orde;rs to the Captams who were qu:mered io Caj[amarc~ to march wich cheir ',Troops in.good arder to'the Valley of Saufa, becaufe he ullderíl:ood that chat wa~ ,a good C,nuntrey and a good quarcer Jor plenty of Provifions, anda coovenient füuacion for pe 6ple to come in, and for receiving fuch who fled frorn Pi farro. Having, giv.en thefe Orde~s he marched forwards, and as he travelled intelligence was brought him of che ruinous condition of Gon· fª'º Pi;arro, chat of ali his Army he had .not two ~undred men remaining, who alfo expe.5ted an opportunity to efcape; that Acofta was in no better a condirion for chac of che cht~e hundred men wich whicq he marched out of Los Reyes ,abov~ two hundred had deíerted him with their Capc~ins , and bfficers; that the City of Los Reyes had declared for th~ King, and that .(.ore!1fº 4e AldanA was poífelfed of 79~ the Governmenr, and lay in rh~ Port wit~ his Ships. i , • , The Prefident being much encoaraged with this good news, difparched· freíh advices thereof to his Capcain-General Pedro de Hinojofa; ordering him to march with ali poflible fµeed to Saufa; which he accord~ngly did, and not to lofe time , he paífed by ios Reyes, and cook che íhortefl cut by way of the Moum.ains and came to Saufa, where, meeting wirh his former C~ptains, they ali rejoyced co fee and meet eacli other. And here che Prefi.dent remained fome days, during which time he fer up Smichs Forges for making and repairing Arms, and. appointed fe- veral Officers: and in fhorc, did all that became an aqle_:¡¡nd a diligem Caprain ; and co forward him in this work his O.fficers and Minifters were as diligent and as afüve as he, omitting nothing which rnight tend co the defüuétion of cheir Ene- my, Ielt rhey fhould fall again inco bis power whom they had denied. , · Thefe good fucceífes and tlrofperous proceedings were increafed by the happy news which Vof{o broughc, declaring the low and mean condicion of Pifarro's Ar~ my, and rhe welfare and numerous incr,eafe of that of Centeno's, of which Voj[o af- fured the Prefidenr, having feen both Armies, and been an eye-wicnefS of che fiare and condition of both. Voj[o delivered his Letters rogecher with the Grant which Centeno had given him of a cerrain Plamation, which che .Prelident readily confirmed; and indeed it ~as his m~sfor~une .that the Gift was of nó gr~ter value, for had it been one ofche beíl: Baroqi~, in Peru, there would have b¡¡en no fcruple in the conveyance of it, in reward of ~he good news h~ broughc.;. which was fo confiderable and fo well regarded, chat Orders were thereupon jf(1:1ed to fe.ve- ra} Captains ro give a íl:op ro che!r fart~~r; Leavies of men, -Gnce tháfo .Q!~o Centeno had force íufficient wirhout orher , alli,fia,Q,C~ to fubdue and defiroy Pi.f.arfo. And here we will leave them in their confultations and rejoycings ar Arequepa, to re- ,count the cruel Bactel of H11arina, .which ,happened ~chofe da}(s. . I i i i i CHAP.