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 C ommentaries. BooK VI. Jor your fávir'e aiul advant11g_e, than wkat 1 have. already done, 1 earneft/y entreat y on to f ollow the examp!e of God h1mfelf herem, that u, to accept of the real endeavourJ aml 'good-Will of the perfon : and on thi1 conjideration !et evtry one fatiifie himfalf with hi1 lot, 'which though not fo /arge pcrhaps as he expeéled, yet 'it i1 M great M the divifron and thing would bear, and !efs than the Diftributor dejired, and which he·will increafe when enabled by any forttmate opportunity. And now after all my trave/J 11nd ü1bour1 both Í7J Sea aud Land which I ,have fuftained in thiJ laft period of my life, 1 pYetend to no other rewa.,-d th.in the fiftisfaétion of having aéled acco.,-ding to that Talent which God hath giveñ m-e, by which J hav~ difcharged my confcience toward1 God M a Chri.ftian, toward1 _the ](ifJg 'M afaithfull Subjeét , imd rowards your fe/ves M becarrie a good neighbo11r and a true fervant. And in- deed, if you takf not things, and nnderftand them in the {ame manner, yÓH i/l requite tlie /ove and affeé!:ion J bear )9U, and the care and labours I have {uftained for your intereft~ conjidering that on .my part there hath been no failure ar omiffion to advance the [ame. And fince, far the better fettlemcnt ef the CourtJ of '/udicature and the Ajfairs of Lima, it i1 ne- cef[ary for me to be thert pre(ent, I have.dejired the mojf Reverend Father in God, the Arch- bifhop to fop.ply rny prefance withyou in the Citj, and in my name to offer to )'OU what I can doe at prefent , and what 1 fhatl be able to doe for' the future. And having not fart her to at/d; 1 befeech God, that 1 may live to fee you ali in great profperity and plenty, and em~ plOJ·ed in hi1 holy {ervice M fully and M hap['ily M yoit your felvn dejire, Given ac Guaynarima, on che i 8cn day of Auguft, i 548.- Subfcribc:d, Your Servant, che Licenciado Gafca. BeÍides chis Letcer and Inflruétions given to rhe ArchbHhop , he gave ic in charge to che Father Provincial, Frier ThomtU de San Martin, that he íhould rnake a Sermon on che day of che Publication, and therein exhort the Precenders to be contented every man wich his portien allotted; and to deal wich them in privare~ and perfüade thern thereunto. All which Her"nande:{. Palentino writes more ac large, which we have abbreviaced , to ~oid prolixicy and tedioufoefs to uhe Reader; and is as followech : · When it was known in Co:{.co chat the Prefident was recired ptivately to avoid che croubleforne irnporcunicies of the People; one Captain Pardaue, being in dif- courfe with ocher Capcains; on my Confcience faid he, chis M adalena de la Cm:t is recired fome where privacely to put an Har¡¡na upon us, for in Peru they call that Harana, when a man who hath !oíl: his rnoney at garning plays forne Trick or Sharn to avoid paymenc. And arnongíl: ocher Nick-narnes given che Prefident, they called him Madalena de la Cru:t, which was as muchas Cheater or Sorcerer, and was the narne of that Wornan who was punííhed by che Officers of che In- quifüion in Cordoua : And che truth is , the Prefident , not to hear füch infolent Speeches as thefe, retired from Couo that he rnight have l ibercy to rnake che Difl:riburions , and removed farcher from it when they we.re publifhed, as Palen- t ino faith in the fecond Pare, and Chapcer che firíl: ofhi s Hiíl ory, in chefé words: It was well known thac che Prefident abfented hirnfelf from Couo, that he might not be prefent ac che time when che Difhibucion of Lands was publiíhed; for he was prudent and fubtile, and underíl:ood by good experience che nacure of che Countrey ; and feared rnuch che Infolences of che Souldiers, and co hear cheir Complaints, Oachs and Curfes : And indeed herein he was not deceived ; for when che Arch-bifhop was arrived ac Couo, where alrnoíl: all che Inhabicants and Souldiers were affernbled , expeéting to receive greac proportions of L:mds and Governrnent : chey appeared quiet and orderly, : bue fo foon as the publicatioa was rnade, on the ~4th of Auguft, being che Fefüval of Saint Bartholome-w, where- by fo)ding thernfelves rnuch difappoinced of cheir hopes, rhey began to curfe and :f\vear, and to ucrer rnany feditious expreffions · againfr rhe Preíident and his Go- vernrnent , to that high degree , that ali chings feerned to cend to muciny and a new rebellion. Hereupon chey began to emer into Cabals and fecrec Confultaci- ons, h?w in che firíl: place they might.kill che Judge Andm de Cianea , and the. Arch-b1íhop,. whorn rhey eíl:eerned the Authoars of che Diflributions. Tl1e· caufe and ground of their fury and rage chey alledged to be the allotrnem made of priru:ipal Places and Lands to chofe who had beeo the Followers and Abmors - of