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·Vi. fote.he haé! fet fail he received aPacquet from his Majeíly which feafonably carne to bis h an~s , .and therern his Majefty's Royal Signacure,, to take off the perfoaal Services. J· , • h . . . And now, whereas he was very fenfible that t e Countrey was much unquief and cifconrented 7 and ful1 of ill affetted m~n" by ~eafon o~ the Divifions madé . óf Gua;narima'; and. becaufe many of the ;i{mg s true\and fauhfuil Servancs were lefc defütóte and unrewarded·, whilft thofe who had taken ~art w!th Gonf~lo Pi- fllrrº hacd fu~red . amongfr them~elves che "richeft an~ ooíl: of ali che 9'üntrey : :And.being now refolveCl upon h1s deparrure, he pubhíhed a Proclamat1on where- by he fufpenHed che execution of his M.aiefty's ~ofal ..Sighet for.taking off perfo- nal ferviaes uncill he had render ed arelauo n to h1s Ma¡efty of che true .fiate of that C<i>rlntre:y Jbtnd of.what el fe he conceivf.ld '~ppettaiñing to'bis M~jefiy's ferviee, al- k:dgirig;ihis. pow~r fo te doe , i~ regard~ bis Co.mmiffion a~d .A~tfiotity did. not teafe untill he had p~rfona~ly ap_p.eared ·m the prefen~e-of hiS Maiefiy_, and given bim a verbal account of bis Affairs, and re~•ed h1s pleafutc therem. And fo on Monday following he made fail , carrying alh he Gold and Stlver witb him which 'he had1been able to gather. ·Thús far Palen!1itb who th~réwith condndes thc Cha~l~. J, ' e,, i .. 1 1 1 ) • 1 .\ 1 •• ·.. -, ,r¡ r·i· · ~ ....r, 1 C H A P. Vfll. l' ' 1 • The cáu{e of th~ Stirrs aiul l11furre{-lions in Pe.tu. Some· Perfons condemned to .the Ga!lirs are entrufied to Rodri· < • .go,Ninno tó co~.dutl ' t!mn int~ Spain :. His great Jifa · · ' cretion ami wit, whér:eby he freeJ himfelf fronz. a Pyrate. N. OW · ~s to what this Autl1~ur ' mendons ~ou~bing .the- fufpe~fion which the Prefident made of that· Ad ., whereby .bis Ma¡efiy .takes off the per- fonal fervices, that is ~ the fervices which J11dian1 perform to che Spaniards: It is alear arid apparept thac thofe late Ordinances execuced ,. with the rigour and il1 nature of the Vice-king Blafao Nunne~ Vela, were the caufe of all chofe Commótions which hara{fod the En:ipire, and took away the life of che Vice• king , and had been tire defirafüo~ of fo manr SpaniKrds and lndians as haye been rclate-d in this Hifióry; Andrwhereas che Prefident himfelf brought d\'e revocarion of rhcfe Ordinances, and by means thereof and by bis wife and dij: creet management , the Empire was again recovered and reftored to the obedi- ence ofhis Majefty. lt ' neither feemed jufi nor.decent for bis Imperial Majdly. oor agreeable to the particular honour of tbe Prefident to inn:oouce thofe new Laws and Statutes again which were fonnerly rejeéted and made vóid, efpecially thaé of freeing the Indians from perfonal fetvices towards their Lords, which was thc: chief caufe of ali the complaints and troubles1amongfi them :· for which rea· fon rhé Prefident often fa id to feveral of bis friencls, that he was refolved Rot to put ~hat Law in execution untill he had firfi by word of moúth difcourfed with bis Majefty of the incQnvenience thereof; well knowing by experience, that thac Law would never be dig~fied by the people, but alw.ays prove a Scandal and OC: fence, and pernaps puc ali things agai,n inro confuffon· and embroile, whenfoever the fame were bue moved, or inrreaty onely to be put in execution. Bue the De· vil ( as we have before mentioned ) defrgning to iocenupc che peaceofchat Ceun- trey, .t~at. ch~reby he ~ight hinder che.P,ropagation of ~h.e .Gofpel ·an? che increafe of Chnlh~mcy , contrLved ali means to' unfectle ánd d1s1omt tli!at Kingdom , and in order H?ereunco he fo ~linded the underfiandiñg of che Lords ofthe Privy-coun- cil, thac they perfuaded bis Majefiy to take fuch meafures as tended to the great preíudice and confulion of that Kirigdom ; aAd file.nce chofe Wars had their or¡~· ginal , which fucceeded to chofe lately fuppreífed, being carried on by D~n Se6a"' jfian de Cajli/Ja and ñ11ncífCQ HmMrlde~ Giron, whofe precence and quarrel was che· fame good old Caufe, onely to free themfelve-s frQm the uneafie burchen of chofe , - ~m~