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. C H'A P. XXV. Don Sebaílian and his Officen fend Captaim and Souldi- ers to ki!J the Marefchal; 'John Ramon commands the Party, and difarms Don Garcia and thofe who fided witb him: upan which News the very Sou!diers who had ad- vanced Don Sebaíl:ian, did then murther him. T HE fame Authour Hernandez.. proceeding in the Hiílory, Chapter the fif- teemh, faich as follows. They chen took the Names, and made a Lifr of all chofe who were to goe , and fined and prepared them againíl: che next day, being Wednefday, fornHhing them wich Arms and mounting them on Beaíls to carry thern . On Wednefday before noon, they accordingly began rheir march, nameJy, {ohn Ramon , Don Garci Te/lo, Gomn Mogollon, Gonfalo de M ata, Francifao de Annana/co , Almanfa ( Hernando de Soria ) Pedro de Caftro, M ateo de Caftat¡neda, Campo Frío de Carvajal, {ohn Nieto, Pedro Francifco de So/u, Baltafar de Efcobedo, Di- ego Maldonado, Pedro de Marguia, Rodrigo de Arev11lo, .{Jntonio Altamirano, Lucena and Hermofilla ; who were no fooner out of Town, but Bafco GodineJ;, gave immediate advice to Ega1 de GuJ;,man of their departure; defiring him to fend fome recruits from che place of his aboad to {ohn Ramon and Don García. The ·Letter which he wrote was to this effeét. Brother of mine, and of my heart, Our General hath difpeeded our Brother Don Garcia and John Ramon to the new Colony or Píantation, to faifa on the perfon of the good M t>.- refchal ; who being tak!n or kj!led , there wi!L be an end of our Trouble1 , for we /ha!L then neither mret with EnemieJ nor Oppojition ; b11t the way wi/l be open and eajie to our Viól:orie 1• On thi1 dejign twenty ftve brave Cavalien are employed of fitch f/alour, that 1 dur.ft engage them again.ft ali m11nkjnd: Wherefore, Brother of mine, fit 11nd p;·epare JOUr falf with foch Arms aJ you can get, and fand fome Forcn from your quarter1 to join with thofa which are {ent from our General, ¡:riho told me, 11md fo 'tu my Opinion, that it wi/L he a very accepta- 6/e fervicc. l t iJ the general fanfe of all'men here, rhat you demonftrated great tendernefl of fpirit when )'OH [pared the fije of Gomez de Solis: the Clemency you /hewed was fonmhing extraordinaiy ' but nor fo v·:at, ti! common Jame would ma~ it to be. So foon as Ega1 de Guz..man had received chis Leccer, Orders were raken to dif- parch away fifty five rnen for che affiíl:ence of Ramon ; of which Gabriel de Pernitt was Captain, and Alonfo de Ariafª was Enfign, their Iníl:ruéhpns were to march as far as the newPlantation, diere to join with rohn Ramon: accordingly thefe Men were put imo a readinefs , and marched away with fl ying Colours : in the number of thefe were Ordonno de 'f!¡¡fencia , Diego de Tapia the Squint-eyed, Fran- cifcode Cha11e1 the Moor , {ohn de Cepeda , Francifco Pacheco, Pero Her11andez., , one of che Confpirators, Alonfo Marquina , Pedro de Penavides , rohn lWarq1tez., , L1tys de Eftrada, Melchor Pacho, Antonio de Avila, with ochers who completed the num- ber of fifry five Souldiers. Thus far are the words of Diego Hernandez.,. The Rebellion being now made publick and openly decbred, chofe very SouI- diers who plotced che DeGgn, and had m~de Don Sebaftian de Caftilla che Head an.d General thereof, did now confpire aga iníl: himand caballed and comrived to- gecher how they might kili and deíl:roy himwhom but the ocher day they haden- gaged in cheir Treafon , and as it were compelled him to be their General and Comrnander in Chief: but fo rhe Fare was, and ic was commonly praétifed by the Souldiers in tharEmpire ever Ítnce the Wars of Gonf'ilº Pi farro, to raife fome Tyrant or other to be their Leader , and then pre[emly ro renounce him and kill him, and pretend ali for his Majetly's fervice, and in recompence thereof to de- rnand fome great Eíl:ate and Lands to be given and fetrled upon them. lohn de Ra- mon, who wich Don G11rcia was appointed·cbief Captain of the Forces which were to march to che City of la Pat., there to kili (as harh been faid) the Ma- refchal Alon(o de A/varado ; was no fooner departed from the City of Plate, than he be-