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 Commentaries.' BooK VI. . they all Aocked to th.e publick Hall of Judicature: and the Judges being fer up- on the Bench, the Seí!ls of the Infhument were broken up, and the writing read in publick ; The iífue of \vl1ich was this: Thofe who had the 1eaíl: expeétation ,yere favoured 1Yith good allotments; and thofe who had rnoíl: were emirely !efe out, and remained vv irhomany difüibution. It was plea fam to fee and hear che diverlity of mens behaviour and fayings; fome carne out with pleafant countenan- ces, and orhers frowned, and fwore and curfed the Prefidenr, being now become deíperate and withouc any hope, &c. Thus fa r Palentino. · The Prefident with ali [peed lefr the Countrey, not to hear and underHand the Repr 0 aches and Curfes which would be given him; and haílned as faíl: as was pof- íible to Pt!mama ;• nor 1vould he enter into Port by che way to take refrefhment., having a 1 perfeét barred and abhorrence to the Coumrey : with him he carried 'Li- cenciado Cepeda prifoner, who formerly had been one of bis Majeíl:y's Jufüces in rhofe Kingdoms and Provinces; :md though che Prefident hada fufficiem power to hear and jud_ge bis cauíe ; yet, in regard he b~d promulged a.n Acl: of Pardon toall people, he v1.;as unwilling to call chofe faults into quefüon which he had for- merly forgiven ; and therefore remitted his cafe to che fuprei;n~ Royal Council of the Indies. And being come to Valladolid, where che Court rhen refided; his-caufe was re-aífumed and his faults opened, with many aggrava ting circumfiancesof che Attorney General : And though Cepeda, in defence of himfelf alledged that the other Judges and he had aéted ali things with intention ro ferve bis Majefiy and with deÍlgn to qualifiq and abate the [ury of feditious and mucinous men, whofe fpirits were healed and put into fennenr~.tion by that ipdiícreet rigour which the Vice-king Blafco Nunnez::, u[ed in execution of chofe ' new Laws which were the cau(e of all tho[e Troubles which enfaed :. bue thefe Allegations avail~d little in bis favour, · nor was ir poílible to prevent che fentence wbich was paífed upon him, · to dye as a Traycor. And tj1ough bis fri ends and relations ufed al! the imereíl: they were ab]e t9 gain his pardon ; yet, Jee~ng they could no~ .avail. for his Ji[e, they then endeavo11red to moderare the fentence, tbat he might not dye as a Traytor, and fo his bloud be attaint~d : to av.oid which a comrjvance was made with a do[e of poifon,. whereby he paífed more eafily and quier ' imo che next world óefore fentence was pronounced formally againíl: him ac ·the Tribunal of Juíl:ice. All which was che cornmon and publick difcourfe in Peru, and wbICh I heard afterwards confirmed in Spain by fome Indians w_ho happ_e11ed tQ enter before me imo difcótif(e abóut the death of Licenciado Cepeda. Ánd it isfard1er faid of Ce;. peda, that he difcourfing after che deé!th of Gonyalo Pi9m-ro ofthe fucceífes of the lace_ Affairs, and of che fentence of demh which paífed upon himfdf; and that he was condemned as a Trayror, to have his Houíes demoli!hed, and the ground thereof to be fowed with Salt, and his Head to be fixed on a Spike oflron; cbat he fhould fay , he would maintain che cau(e of Gonyalo Pif arro to have oeen jUíl: and legal , . and that he was no i:;raytor to his Majeíl:y ; and that he aéted emirely for confer- vacion of che Empire ; and thar if he did not make this good, he would pawn bis Life, •and 0ffer bis Throat to the Knife ; provided he rnight have che Parliameni: of Parú or the Univerfüy of Bolonia for his Judges, or any other Court of Juíl:ice, not fubjeéted to che Imperial Dominion. Dr. Gonfalo Yllefcas , in his Pontifical Hifl:ory fpeaks almofl: the fame thing of Cepeda, as before menrioned, whofe vvords are as followeth : ' Amongíl: che many famous and renowned perfons who were éóñcerned in the Troubles of P~ru, theré1.was one Licenci11dP Cepeda, who aéted a confiderable pan; l;~ wa~ a Nauve of Tor;dejillas, and one oí.che Judges who G1me;'pver ,wirh che VKe-kmg Blafco Nunne>:. Vela: It were not iufl: to conceal bis Name, having been very aétive in .his Majeíl:y's (ervice, whilíl: he employed himfelf in.tbat duty: and afcer~ards, b~1~g engaged wHh Gonfalo Pifarro, he íl1are. d a gt•eát pát't in bis illegal praétlces. Th1s Cepeda, at che conclufion of ali, when both Armies were drawn up in the Fi~l d. to give Battel , revolted over to the Imperial Camp , with fome danger of h!s hf~, for Pifkrro fent to purfue bim, and be was lefr for dead upon a wet m_oonfh p1ece of ground. Though G11fca received him chen with great figos of affeétion and good-will; yet afrerwards he broughc him into Spain and caufed him to be clapt up in the King's prifon, and was afterwards arraign~d of High- treafon. Ceped11. made fo good a defence for himfelf, and with fo much reafon , (_for he knew very well the man~er to ~efend his Canfe) thar it was genera lly be- heved he would have been acqu1tted wtth much honour : bur dying of a ficknefs , in che