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.

.BooK Vl Royal Commentariei, patience, for 1 ha\re not wherewiEJ1 to .doe ir~ all being already divided and di é tribut:ioo made. Sir , replied che So~ldier ; give me chen chac. Cap . of yours wirh which you have deceived fo many, and I íhall efieem my felf well .rewar: ded cherewich. The Prefident, looking.opon him, faid óo more than, . Go .your ways in God's name. · .. . -· ,. . .. _ Another perfon , who took. up9n himíelf the name and Tide of á Capcairi ; rhough in realicy he was noc, for 1 knew bim well : out he. had an Eftate giveri him-wich Service of lndianí .co che Value of feven or eighc choufand pieces of Eght a year : and he boldly·requited che Prefident co better his Efrate by fome: additions chereunto, as hé .had done to inany·otbers, who had noc >Hefeivéd half fo rpuch as _he; for I; faid ,he; háve been one of che full Difcoverers .. aoo Con-· queróurs of Chile. And there hach l!º 'aél:ion of moment p'aífed in all ·this Em- pire whereip I .have noc ~n.ooncerned for fervice of bis Majeíl:y; for wlñch 1 de,: ferve great rewatds; tQ which .he added .: many arroganc Speeches ·anCi lBravadoes full of Vanicy and Pride; atlebg che Prefident beirig over-tyred and wearied therewith, faid ·to him, GoochSir, be gone, you have enough for a·p'erfon of:foar ~\,lality, fqr l have heard taaqmu are the Son of.-·-· - . ....._in your own CouiF ·trey, naming his Father's Trade. The Captain, for fo I call him, pref~ntly re.; plyed, He Jyes who tald your Lordfhip fo, and fo doth he who beJieves him : and therewith he prefea!ly went'out of the room, fearing leíl: fome body íhould Ju hands upan him_for his taucy Speeches.: but che Prefident paciencly enoured-. all thefe affronts, faying, he was to fuffer and fufiain much ll)Ore for the fervice of the King bis Mafier; befides which gentleneíS, he ufed che Souldiers wich much ci.. vility, and encertained them with hopes and aílurance to provide for them'hereaf-: ter. As Piego Hernandez. confirms in the firíl Book of thé fecond Pare of his Hi- , ftory, Chap. 3. in thefe words: We are co obferv'e, fays he, 1chat d1,1ring aU·-the' time that the Ptefident remained in Lima , being abou~ fevenceen- monrh~ , greac numbers of People flocked thither co demand relief for fupply of the;rnecelhcies and reward of tlieir .fervic~: fo~, .as hath been faid, ma9y, of the K!n&~ fe1vams,. who were !efe out m lhe míl: d1v1fion , greatly complamed of cheir hard ufage. About chis time feveral Efiaces.fell co the King by che death of DiegoCenteno, Ga- briel de Roja1 , Licenciado C11rvajal, and others; and confequently there was fome ~ore mauer añd fubRance ·whe.rewith to anfwer che expeétation of"fome Preée11" ' ders ~ bue chis not being a full fupply, ferved onely to increafe che·troubles of.thC Prefidcnt, who by his gentle and civil Anf wers gave a general facisfafüon to ·aU people. Sorne o( the Pretenaers kepc a fecret correfp0ndence wich tbu Under_. derks to give them information, how Efiates Were difiribúted ; and chufe com_. municated all to the Captains and Souldiers wich whom the,y had friendlhip; and' fome had a fight of the Books chemfelves, wherein chey faw to whom!fúch.Lands· were given, and to whom füéh a Commandland Lordíbip : and it is rrow. com- monly believed cha e chofe .Books were falfified , and thatrtbe -Preíidenc hímfelf, who was a fubtile, underftanding perfon, did connive chereac, and give permiffion to have tlíe parciculars fecretly expofed ~ · fo claat every one mighc be che betcer fa~ tisfied with bis L0t,. efpecially wlien they faw chémfelves nominaced a'nd defigned· t-O fuch an EJlate : and it is certain thac chere are forne mfin, who to this day are· Qf opinion , ·that chey are deprived of the Lot .and Portioil which rhe Prefidenc appointed for them·; and one perfon fó encercained the ch©ught chereóf in his he(!d , that he became mad ~vhen he fou nd hi mfelf difappoimed. Bu( the Pre~. lj~ent Ga{ca's greac care and incumbence w. as to carry \vith him a good fum of (Jold and Silver w che Emperoqr , of which he had alreaciy amaífed a million: ;¡nd a half of Caftellano's, which being r~duced · to Spanifh Crowns, 0f three hundred and fifcy Maravedis_ co che Crown; made c~o millions and a hundred: thoufand Crowns, befides che J"reafüre which fiad been expended in che late Waf: And now che cime for che Prefidenc's departQre growing near ( which was a hap~· pineís greacly de[lred by him) he hafined wíth ali expedicion~offible fo be gone¡ leíl: Íome difpafch íhoald arrive to decein him longer in che Kingdom. . And ha- Ying finifhed and compleced che remaining pare·of che Diviíions, he folded and: fealed them up, wich order, chat .tbey íhould noc be opened and publifhed umill e_ighnlays after h~ had fet fail from che (o,aíl:-, and chat che Arcb-bifhop fboukf confirm che DivHions he ·had ínade, by Alt anci Deed from líimfel f: Afcer thi_s, opon che twenty fifch day of 'january che Prefidem wendrbm Lima to Collllo'¡ a Port about two leagues difiant from the Cicy ; and upon Súnday following¡ be- _5 f f f f font

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