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.

.85_6 Royal Commentarier. BooK VI. to the Infanta or Princefs, fhe refufed the rnarriage, faying, rhat it \ as nor reafo- nable to marry che Daughcer of Huaynd Ciipac Inca with a Ciraca_mayo, chat is, in the Jndian Tangue, a Taylor; and though che Bifhop of Co~r:o, and Capcain Diego Centeno, and othér perfons ofQuality preífed rhe rnarriage, rhey could nor ~evail: wherefore rhey engaged her Brother Don Chriftoval Paullu to ufe bis intere!t, and perfuade her to ir, who accordingly, taking her afide into a corneñof che Room, cold her, chat it was not convenient for her to refufe thac marriage; for rhac íhé would fo difoblige the Spaniards that for ever afrer they would become morral enemies to their Royal Family and Lineage and never more be reconciled ro chem. At lengrh íhe, aíleming to che advice of her Brocher, though wirh a very ill will, was broughc befare the Bifhop, who was pleafe(J ro honour che marriage by cele~ brating che Office himfelf: and, asking the Bride by an Jndian Interprecer, whe- ther íhe would marry that man ; che Interpreter asked her wherher !he would be the Wornan of that Man, for in the Indian Tongue they ha\'e no word for Mar- tiage or Wife; ro which rhe Bride made anfwer in her own Language; Tchach Munani, rchach Manamunani; which is, Perhaps, l will have hirn, and perhaP,s l will not have him: howfoever the marriage went forward, and was celebraced irí the Houfe:of Diegode los Rios a Cirizen of Cow, and both che Husband and Wife were alive, and cohabited rogether when 1 left Couo. Many orher Marriages like this, were contraél:ed ali over che_Empire, being deGgned to give Efiates to Pre.; tenders, and to fatisfie them wirh the goods of ocher men: and yec chis way could noc give full concentment, for fome e!leemed che J;fiaces thac carne by 2heir Wives to be too fmall and inconGderable ; and others whofe luck it was ro have ugly Wornen loached chem, and complained of rheir fortune; and chus ic fared wirh chefe menas wich ochers in chis world, wherein is no encire fatisfaél:ion. The unequal divifion of che Land, as Authours fay, was rhe caufe and ground of all the enfuing croubles and mutinies ; for unto Pedro de Hinojofa chey gave ali che Jn- dians which belonged ro Gonfalo Pifarro il) che Charctu, which yielded an hundred thoulind pieces of Eighc every year, befides a rich Mine of Silver, which made rhe Re~enue of chis Gentleman to amount unto two hundred thoufánd pieces of Eighc a year: for it is incredible to think che vafi quantities of Silver chac are every year digged out of che Mines of Potocfi, which were fo grear, chat Iron was becorpe more valuable chan Silver. Tapacri fell to che loe of Gome~ de Solü, which was worth forty choafand Crowns yearly ; and M11rtin de Roblujiad an Eíl:ace of che like value given him. Bue DiegoCenteno, though he had füíl:amed ali che labours, and performed \the fervices before relaced, yec having not been concemed in che furrender of che Fleec ac Panama, he was excluded from all ocher Eíl:ace chan chat onely wirh which he had formerly been inve!led, called Puc1m11; nor were others of his Companions in che leaíl: conGdered: but Lorenfº de Al~11na hadan addition granted to his former Eíl:ate in che Cicy of'Arequep11, which both cogecher were valued at fifry chouíand pieces of Eight yearly rene. To Don Pedro de Cabrera a diviGon was made of fome Lands in the City of Cow called Cot11p11mpa, che Re- venue of which was reckoned ar fifty thoufand pieces of Eight yearlnenr. Ano- ther to che value of forty choufand in Gold was conferred on Don Ba!tafar de C11jfilla in che Province of Parihuanacocha, which yields moíl: Gold. 'lohn Alon{o P11/omino received an addirional increafe to his former Eíl:ace, which boch togerher mighc make up a rene of forty choufand Crowns. Licenciado C11rvaja( had a like Efiate given him, chough he enjoyed ir bue for a fhon rime; for being Recorder of Co~co, he was unformnately killed by a fall from a Window, from whence he rhrew himfelf headlong out of defpair and love coa cerrain Lady. I remember I faw bim buried on Sr. {ohn Baptijf's day : bue Hernan Bravo de Laguna was to content himfelf wirh a meaner loe of eighr choufand pieces of Eight Revenue, not having the i11erit of th(')fe ro pretend who furrendred up the Fle~t to che Prdident ar Pa- nama, who were all, fome more and fome lefs, very confiderably rewarded ; and1 ind.eed rhofe Gemlemen did ju!lly deferve a recompenfe, being the firíl: who gave a turn to che fcale, and che principal Iníl:ruments to reduce che Empire of Peru ro the obedience of his M2jeíl:y, which was emirely loíl: when rhe PreGdent at firfi: rr11tred imo it, as is apparenc to chofe who have read chis Hiíl:ory. Tbe Loes gi• yen to the reíl: in ocher Cities of Peru were not fo advamageous as thofe before memioned: for f ome which were poor were improved with che adjunél:ion of rhofe more rich ~ a.nd fome were divided and given to ochers ; bue how poor foever they were eíl:eerned, che meaneíl: of chem was.valued ar eighr, nine, and ten rhou- fand