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. Royal Commentaries. had been treated by 'thoíe who had jo111éd wí.th Gonralo Pifar.ro, and how he had been employed by the Vice~king Vela Nunrte<:, to feize on cerrain perfons; and how ill he was treared by them, becaufe he would not cake their party; as we have ar large memioned i11 che elevehth Chaprer of rhe fourrh Book, and fecond Parr. They alfo relared r:he Trick he plaid rhe Pyrareat Sea, how tbe Gally-ílaves efca~ ped from him, and how he releafed the laíl: of them, anti what words he faid ro him. All He 1 the Prince heard with his ufual fav'our and clemeney, and was feofible rhat the efcape of the condernhed men was caufed by c"fault and omiffi- on of thoíe whofe buíineís ,ir was to provide fufficient Guards, and rhat Ni1mo lay at the merey of the Slaves, to whom he was beholding for not killing him. Wherl the Agems obferyed how gratiouíly the Prince underíl:ood ~he .caufe of Ninno; they begged the favour that the Offenders might be admitted to the preíence of his HighneCs, which being granred, and that Ninno made bis appearance accor~ dingly,. rhe Prince put fuch percinem quefüons to him as any Leamed Lawyer or Counfellour could have done : Are thou, faid he, the man to whom eighty fix Gally-ílaves were emruíled ? and that they al! fled from ¡you, and made their ef>. cape excepting ~ne? and did not you beat that fingle fellow from you, and caufed him alfo to run away. MoO: Serene Prince, aníwered Rodrigo Ninno, I could no.t dóé _more chao what I did, fqr they did not furniíh me with Meo and Guards fuffici- ent to fecure fo many men; God knows my hearr, and che World hath received fufficient teíl:imonies óf my duty and fervice towards his Majeíl:y. And as to the Gally-ílave, whorñ I drove from me, I had compaffion of hirn, for, methoughrs; it was pity to cornmit thac poor Rafea! alone ro the Gallies, and force hirn to la~ bour for all the others who were fled from me: nor was I willing to have his Curfes, or rew.ard him fo il1 as to put him into che Gallies ; becaufe he had beén more true and faithfull tq me than ali his other companions. And·now I refer my felf to the jufüce of your .Highnefs , to be puniíhed in cafe my ·crime5 or fau!ts deferve your royal difpleafure. No, anfwered th~ Prince,, it is they whó. are co be blamed , aod are accordingly to be puniíhed, and not you : for as to. your pare, you have done like a.Gentleman, and cherefore I ácquit you from che. fentenc;e , fo that you have·free liberty to return to Perú , when you pleafe. Ro- dn"go Ninno kiífed his hands, and gave humble thanks tb his' Highnefs, and forne years afterwar9s, he remmed to Perú, wher~ he more at large related rhefe mat- ters which we onely c9uéh upon in brief: and openly profdfed, that in all Spahi he found no foiend to· fpeak in his behalf and favour, but onely the good Priilcé bídximilian de Au.ftria., whom God preferve and maintain with increafe of Ho:: nour and Dominion. Amen. CHAPÓ X. . fhe focond Divifion of Lands is publi/bed. The P;efident · departs fer Spain. The death of Licenciado Cepeda. The coming of the Prefident to Panama. T HE Prefident Gafca with fuch i!llpari.ence defire~ to ácquit. himfelf of the Governmenc chat every hour feemed a year, wh1líl: he remamed m chat Of- fice, and therefore ufed all poffible endeávours to quicken his difpatch. And rhac he might not be longer detained, he left order ( as Pa/entino before faith ) witli the Arch-biíhop of Los Reyes to publifh after bis departure the fecond divifioil he had made , figned with his own hand : and having (as he fuppofed) made a fufficient provifion for al! things and diípofed rnatters in cheir dae form and man- ner; he embarked with ali fpeed, and failed from the Port cal!ed Callaó, making his Crofs upon Peru, vowing with paffion riever more to fee it again ~ And afre( eight days were paft, pubfü:ation was made of rhé riew diíl:ribution 5 which Pnfen· tino mentions in thefe words 1 in Chap. 4. Lib. 1. Part. 2. , .. The time being come which the Prefident Gafca had allotted for publicatiofi' of the fecond Divifion, and whi<;h was imp1tEiently expeéted by t'he Pretenders j . . the-f