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.

Royal Commentaries. wllo haye wrore ch~ Lhres of fo many mea, ro relate fome few paffiges of my owm m1sfortunes. ' , · · · 11 ~· r ,JBuc to recurn ro what the af~refaid Authours have written concerning my fa!..' tlm 1 I muít rnnfefs rhat chere 1s no reafon for me to rnntradiét che reílimorly of- tllree fqch irnpo1' tant Wimeífes , nor is ir reafonable for me ro· expeét , that añy one·íhould yield ehtire credence to me who am a party in che cafe. Fot"rny owu pare, I am fatisfied within my felf, día l have declared n0ching hrnr. ·~he ttuth, and let @ther men judge .as they pleafc: : ,J am fufficieml:y comented, that che _€haraétev which they have given of my Father íhould pafs for true: andl l .d() mu ch avú l an9 val ue my felf on the onour of being che Son of fo cmurageorrs., . refolute and valiant a Souldier, as he ; who in the heat of a Battel fo crud iand bfomdy as is before repeated., •duríl: adventure- ( as Hifl:0rians write) to alight from his Horfe' and fpare him for 1' s füend; . aoo• am~ . a ofl mu ch daager CO lil Id bear chac prefence of miod, as to help ro fet him on Horfe-b ck. And i.fl• tHis aétion gave a rurn to the forcune of che day, and obtaiaed· che Viétovy for,.,Fi, ~m-· ro , cerraiúly- cbere have beea aone, or at leaft few of thefo examples in\ che World. . · .. .-J , · '1 ,..ti The(e Trophies of Honour archieved by my Farher, I gladly aífume unro ·my felf: for t Je de(re of hon()Ur is fo natural to ali men, thaG reven1tbofe "iho have. no vertue or worchinefs ro boaíl: of, yec rath'er than want fome little glitterings of: imaginary honour, will glory in chat which is cheir íhame: but fome may ob:jeét, aud fay, that my fJther aéted againít his· Majeíty's ferviGe: To whkh 1 make anfü er, rhac layiñg chat matter afide; rhe Aétion in it felfwas brave and meritsla clue honour and renown. Bur to return to chofe who fled from che Batrel; a.: mQngíl which che Biíhoµ of Co"~co was one; aod he, having deparced fiiom Cen- teno without any regard to eicher fide, or concerniog himfelf farther wirh them, , remrned to his Garhedral Church, but he was in too much ·haíl:e to viÍtt ir, ©ll ·to make any ílay there. In compaay with1hini were Alonfo de Hinojofa, fohn ''Ju!i·d de Hojeda , wi(h about fourcy other principal Cirizens and S6uldiers, wbom J'faw in;rhat City , but yer cannot rem~mber ~heir Names, ex<i:epb chofe· nhree former. ly imen.rioned: The Biíhop (as 1 have intimated · in andther-place,) foBged ' in my Fa ther's houfe with abour fourteen or fiifceeM11ore, and next morhing early they mer in the lfífer Sqtiare of the Cicy near to tne Conv:eritof our Lady of che M erceds; and thence tbey travelled , and -took che direét way co Lo; Reye1 ~ be- can(e they underíl:ood that 'f.ohn de la Torre purfued hatd afcev cheni ; of w.hofe fue~ cefs we íhall fpeak in the following Chapcer. . ·<; ' • : · · , · · . . ' 1 . ¡- ' ,¡ • JJ i -. 1 \ 1 . C H A P. , XXIV~ J •, !. ( The Proceedings of J ohn de la Torre in Cozco ; º· and what Wü S afJúl by. other evil ·Minifiers in other parts. C Aptain rohn de.Ja To~re p~rfuing thofe wh~ were fled from the Battdcame to the Ci ty of Co~o ; where he executed his Juíl:ice on {ohn Yafque~ de Tapia, .who 1 ad heen MJyor of the City for tpe King: he likewife hanged his Collegue . or Coaífeflour named Licenciado Marte!. Thefe men loít their lives for want of due rega d to thernfelves: for they reíl:iog confident of Centeno's fuccefs againíl: Pir:arro, aéted with great zeal in the King's fervice againfl fuch as were of the dif- aifeéted Party: and yet they took thefe matters into fo little coofiderati00, that thongh they faw the Biíl1op fly away, yet rhey refolved to íl:ay by it, and nor quit rhe City, unrill {ohn de la Tor re carne, who made them pay for their errour and in- t ogirancy with the lofs of rheir lives: but as to the common Souldiers he iílued a Proclamation of Pardon to a\l thofe who would liít themfelves in his Compaoy. Then he gatheredali rhe Arms he could, and ereéted niumphal Arches, and prepa- red a\l thi ngs with magnificence and oílentation for che recept~on of Pi farro, who, as he pretended, 1\·as coming to chat City, to enfoy the frmrs an~ happy confe- quences of hisViétory: And bere be leavied money for paymem of the Army, and