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 Commen·tariu.' BooK VI. ther trouble to •Friend.r to iNtercede in my behalj, which is lik!/J to be tU ineffrftual tU what hath alre~dy paj[ed. And having faid this, tfue Afs W<\S whipped forward, and he ran the gantlet according to the Sentenee, to the great ,difpleafure and regre~ borh pf Spaniards and !ndians; wh~ were troubled t~ fee .'a ~entle~an, on- fo .f1ight a caufe difhonoured by a pumíhmem not agreemg to h1s Qy_ahty : howfoever he avemied himfelf afterwards, according to the Law of I:Jonour praétifed in this World. · / CH A P. The reve11ge which Aguire took, for this alfront:· The 4ili7 gence ufed by the Governour of Cozco to tak._e 1 Agm.re .; the man1fer ho~ he made his efcap_e. , ¡ 1 ' . . . ¡' A Fter this Ag11ire could not be perfuaded to purfue his delign of tbe ~onquefi, . though die Inhabirams of I'ot9cfi offered to have afiiíl:ed him with al! things neceífary thereumo ; but he excuíed himfelf, faying, 'That efter fucha fhame as this, death was his onely remedy and confo!ation, which he wou!d endeavour to obtain as foon as püjfible ; under this -melancholy he remained in Peru untill the time in which ·the Office of Efquivel expired; and then he always, like a defperate man, purfued and followed him, watching an opporcunity to kill líim, and wipe off rht> íhame of the late affronr. Efquivel, being informed of this defperace refolution by his Friends, endeavoured to avoid his Enemy, and cook a journey of chree or four hundred leagues from him},(i.1ppoíing that Aguire would not purfue him at fuch a difiance : but rhe farther Efquivel fleó che more earneíl: ,was Aguire to follow him. 'fhe firíl: journey which Efquivel took was to che City of los Reyei, being tbree hm dred and twemy leagues diíl:ant; but in lefs.than fifteen days 4guire was · there with him: whereupon Efquivel cook anorher flighr, as far as to che Cicy of • !!l..!!.ito, being four hundred leagues diíl:ant from Lo1 Reyes, but in a lirrle more chan cwenty days Aguire was· again wich him: which being intimated.to Ffquivel, he cook another leap as far as Co.{.co, which is five hundred league from f¿¿tito; bu~ in a few days afier he arrived chere carne his old Friend Aguire, trave ling ali che way on foot, without Shoes or Scockins, faying, thac ir. became not che condici- · on of a whipped Rafea! to trável on Horfeb:ick or appe,ar amongft men. In chis manner did At,uire haunt and purfue Efquivel for three years and fou r monms : who being now tired and wearied with fo many long an~ tedious journies, which profited him little ; he refolved to fix bis abode at Couo, where he believed rhat Aguire would fcarce advencure to attempt any ching againll: him, for feqr of che Judge who governed chat Cicy, who was a fevere man,. imparcial arid inflexible in all his proceedings: and accordingly took a Lodging'in che middle bf che Srreet of the great Church, where he liv€d wirh great care and caucion, wearing aCoat of Mail under bis upper Coat, and went always armecl wich bis Sword and Dag- ger, which are Weapons not agreeable to bis profeílion. At chis time a cerrain Kinfman of my Fathers, che Sori of Gomez. de Tordoya, and of his na11)é, fpoke co P,fquive!, and told him, that fince he was bis Countrey-man of E.ftremenno; and hes -Friend, he ·could not but advife him (-as it was known over ali Peru) how · diligent Aguire had beeíl' ro dog and follow him with purpofe and. intent to kill him ; wherefore if you pleafe I will come and lodge by nighc in the fame Houfe with you, which perhaps will divert Aguire fr,om coiping tfürher. EfqHivel than- ked him, and told him tbat he always went well provided; for he never puc off bis Coat of Mail, nqr laid bis offeníive Arms a!ide ; and to be more .wary or cau- tious than rhis would be fcandalous to che Cicy, and fhew coo much fear of a poor fellow who was of a lirtleand a comemptible prefence: Howfoever the fury of bis mind, and che deflre of revenge had exalred him above his natural fiatute' ;md.proporcion, and rendred him as ,coniioerable as Diego Garfifl de Pt1redes, and [ohn de Yrbina, who were famous men in their time: in virtue and force of this- .. defired