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 Commentar~es. BooK V. ded imo :it, chat he could not get out one of his Armes, h~ was fo penned wichin; fo rhat chéy were forced to carry him to che foot of che Gallows, which was erecied on chis occafion. Ali che way he went he faid his prayers in Latin, which che Souldier, who gave me chis relation, did not underíl:and; che two Prieíl:s who wem along with him did ever and anon puc hjm \n rnind to recommend his Soul, unto God; to which Carvajal rnade anfwer, So 1 do, Sir, and faid no more: in chis manner being come to the place of execucion, he fubrnitted with ali hurnili- cy to his death, withouc fpeaking a word, or íhewing any mi[demeanour. Thus dyed the brave Francifco de Carvajal, o[ whom a:t his death Gomara, Chap. 187. gives chis Charalter: .. : . . :. , · : · , . . . . He was eighty four. years of age when he died, he had been án Enftgn at che Batee! of Ravepnd; and So.uldiér under a very great Captain ~ h~ was che rnoíl fa- mous.W.arriout qf ali che Spaniards, who had paífed imo the lttdies,. though he had 00 great parrs, nor great experience. But I know ·not whac Gomara rneans in fo fay ing; for what greater tefümonies can a chief Officer give of his abilities and experience chan ro overcorne in Barre!, and know how to gain Viétories over his enernies. Some Hiíl:orians fay of him, that he was born in a certain Village of Arevalo, called Ragama; it is not known of what Family he was, onely tha·ehe had been a Souldier ali his life, and .was an Enftgn ac the Batee! of Ravenna; and, ás hath been faid, he was p~e[em wheri che King of France was taken prifoner ac Pavia: he was alfo at the facking of Rome, bue got nothing there; it happening ro him, as to other good Souldiers, that whilíl: they are fighting che Cowards run away \J\.'ith the ·bo0ty. Three or four days after the Town was taken ancl facked, Carvajal finding that no fhare of the prey fell ro hirn, he enri·eclimo a Notary's or Scrivener's Shop, where he found great numbers of Writings, Bilis, and Bonds, :rnd Conveyances of Eíl:ates, ali which Carvajal feifed upon, and carried away four or five Mules lading thereof, and lodged chem at his own Qu:mers: fo foon as the fury of che plunder was over; and rhát things began to bP. quiet; the Scrivener remrning.to his Houfe perceived rhat al! bis Writings wm: c~rried away, and con- ftdering tha.t no man coüld make any benefit thereby, he hunted up' and down all che Town fot them, and at length finding them in Carvajats hands, he agreed for a thgufand Ducats to have chem reíl:ored; which enaqle.d him ro rnake aVoyage to Mexico, with his ;Wifc Don.na Catalina Leyton; though fome, as we havé faid 1 will noc allow her to,be his Wife: howfoever ic is.cercain he was married ro her, and 1he was generally eíl:eemed for his Wife over .ali Peru, and for a vertuous Wo- man of noble extra~ion 1 fo¡' the Family of the Le.J!bns is very ancient in che King- dom of Portugal. Prom Mexico ~as we have faid) Carvajal paífed ro Peru; and in ali che courfe of his life che War was bis delight, and the thing w.hich he loved and adored, availing himfelf more on the reputation of a Souldíer than of a good ~hriíl:ian : and chis is the charaél:er whicli all Auchours give of him; though ge- nerally fpeaking, he was not fo bad as is reponed, for he eíl:eemed it the principie of a good Souldier to be a man of his word, and he was 'ver,y gracefull for ,any be- nefir, gramity, or ~indnefs given or fhewn to him. Aúguftine Carate, fpeaking of Carvajal, Book 5. Chap. 14. hath thefe word~ ; . , . He was a man of a middle llature, very corpuJenc, and,of a ruddy and fanguine complexion; he was very skilfull in military affairs, having always been praél:i(ed in War : he was very patient of labour and hardfbip, rnuch more chan was agree- able ,to bis age : for it is íl:range to conJider, thar neither day nor night be puc off his Arms, nor qid he lie on a Bed when it was neceffary for hirn to take his na- tural reíl:, bur onely repo(ed himíelf on a Chair wich his Arrn under his Head. He was fo greac a lover of Wine, chat when he found no Spanijh Winé he would drink of that Liquor which the Jndians u(e, which never any S¡aniard, that I .hav~ feen, did ever delight in. He was very cruel in·his naturé; for he put many people to death 1:1pon very ílight cauíes, and fome wichout any faulc or caufe at ali ; onely for reafons of S(ace, or confervarion of the military Difcipline : and when he pu~ them to deacfi he did it wi~hout .any remor(e or compaílion, paffing upa¡;¡ them 1et;rs and farcafrns, and fhewrng hunfelf pleafaot and facerious.at chat ~~(eafonable time. In fhorc, he was a very bad Chrifüan,, as he fhewed bo~h by Bis words and aél:ions. Thus far Auguftine Car11te,