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. be made fome great Lord or Prince, and to enjoy the fweetnefs ot other mens Eíl:aces : wich che fubíl:ance of what w~ have faid tñis Authour fills five Chapters; wherein is noching but quarrel and difpuce. But ch~s marriage laíl:ed not Iórig by reafon ofche inequalicy of age, for Paulo de Menefes died fome few years afrerwards, before he had confummaced che marriage; but che young L~dy, though notas yec twelve years old, inbericed che Efüne and Indians of .her H~band; and (a s th e Ladies of Don Pedro de A/varado did ufe to fay) íhe changeq her pld Ketcle f.or a new one; for fhe married wich a young Gentleman of about twenty years of áge, who was a Kinfm~n of che fame Paulo de Menefes, and ~hereby a kind of reilaura- tipn or compofttion- was made for chat Eíl:ate. Tbis paífage we have inferted a little out of its due place, in regard it fell in wich ocher fiories of che fam~ nature. For noc long before chis agreement was made, che General Pedro de Hinojofa arrived i[1 che CharcM wich che Office and charge of Governour, and chief Jufüce of che Cicy of P!ate, and che Provinc:ts chereunco belonging, where he found many of thofe Souldiers which he expeéted chere; who from the hopes they had received from che Promifes he had made them in confufed and general cerms, had made their rendezvous cbere, and inviced ochers to the fame place, and prmzed very · troublefome to hi111, becau(e che Coi.merey afforded neither convenient quaners, nor provilions neceífary for chem : for which reafon Hinojofa cook occafion to re- fleét upan Martin de Robles and Paulo de Menefes, as if cheir quarrels had drawn chofe numbers of Souldiers chicher; and fo cold chem plainly, chaefince cheir pri- vare difpuces had invited fuch Gueíls chey oughc ro provide neceífaries for them, and noc fuffer chem to die wich famine: to which M_artin de Rob!n rpa~e ;mfwer, chac many ochm were ,concerned in ~he encouragernent ~vhich was giveQ them to come thicher, and cherefore thac a general faulc ought noc to be am~bu~ed to,chem in particular ; meaning by General; bimfelf, and chat h~ was che caµíe of ~heir corning : for Mdrtin,,de Robles was ufed to fpeak finarcly, and often wich reflexion, as we íhall fee hereafcer. Thus did every man make ic his buGnefs to complain of ochers, and to lay th~ mifcarriages of Governrnenc to other mens charge, noching was quier in che Gity of Plate, or free from malevolent Tangues, fo chat che mofi fober Inhabitants re- tired frorn the precinéts of the City, and becook thernfelves to the Countrey, or to pares where cheir Eíl:aces lay, to free chemfelves from che infolence and bold praétices of che Souldiery ; who were come ac lengcq to chac pafs, as to hold pu- blick Meetings, and to own cheir Cabals, and to challenge the General wich che word and prornife he had given them to be their chief Leader and Cornmander, fo foon as he was come ro che CharcM, and that now chey offered thernfelves be- ing in a readinefs to make an Infurreétion, and would no longer be delayed. The General, to enterrain rhem wich new hopes, told them, thac he íhorcly expeéted a Comrniffion frorn rhe High Court of J ufüce to enlarge their Canqueíl:s by tll War, which would afford them a good occaíion ro rife in Arrns under .colour of Amhoricy. . Wich chefe and rhe líke vain excufes and precences he entertained che Souldiery, being far from any refolution of compliance wich chem.. And though 'tis true that, being ac J,os Reyes, he fomerimes lec fall fome dubious expreffions in general terms, which the Souldiers interpreced for promifes ; yec being now come into his Governmem, and becomeMaíl:er of cwo hundred choufand pieces of Eight a year, he was willing to íic quiec in che enjoymenc of that forcune which he had already acquired, and noc co advenmre again by a fecdnd Reb€llion che loíS of chofe riches, which, ac che coíl: and r.uine of another, h€ had gained by. che firft. . . The Souldiers obferving chis indifferency and coldnefs of che General, conful- red in what manner to carry on cheir Rebellion by anocher hand; and ac~ording­ Jy it was agreed to kili Hinojefa, and to fec up Don Seb¡¡,ftian de Cafti/l,:1. for their Comrnander in Chief, being ac that time che moíl: popular man of any : the wh ich delign was rreared fo publickly chac ic was che cornrnon difcourfe of che whole Town, and every one calked of it as a Ploc ready to be puc in execntion : wherefore feveral meo of Effates, :md perfons who were c.oncerned for che peace ~r1d quiernefs of che Councrey, informed che Governour Pedro de Hingjofa thereof, and adviíed him ro fecure his own perfon, and ro drive chefe péople out of che iimits of his Jurifdiétion befare th~y took away his life and deílroyed che King- ~om : and particularly one Polo Ondegardo a Lawyer was very urgeot wich him Xxxxx z Ul*l 89i