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 Commentariet. who always cried aloud, rnay he live who overcornes: fo when they carne ro meet wich Baltafar Vel~quez.,; the EnGgn who carried the Colours, wich Pedro Xuam, and rwo orher Souldiers, puc rhernfelves in the Front of ali the refr, aud loaring their Coloars three times, reGgned tbem up inco thé hands of Velat.quet, ; who irnrnediately from thence difpatched Riba Martin and Martin M oneja to the Ciry of Peace to Ggnifie unco the Marfhal, that in regard the Ciry of Piare was in quietnefs and peace, and reduced to the obedience of his Majeíly, he wa's re- turning thither, and carried wich him Prifoners¡ Alonfo de Ariafa; Fran fifco Arnao, Pero Xuaret,, Alonfo de Marquina, Francifco Chava the Moor, and (ohn Peret,: and when he carne within a league and a halfof the place, he caufed Francifco de Arnai:f to be execuced, and cut . inco four quarcers ; and as he entred into che Town, Alonfo de Marquin..e was by his order drawn and quárcered. And che farne nighc he entred inco the Monallery of cheMerceds, and from chence drew out Pedro del Corro, and caufed him to be hanged, chough upon his repencance; for having had a hand in the death of che General, he had admicted himfelf in the Convenc and turned Friar. Thus far Diego Hernande:;:;,. Bue co abbreviare chac which ne difcourfes rnuch more at large, we fay, thac Balta{ar Ve!az..que:;:;, delivered up che ocher Prifoners to Bafeo Godinez.,, chac fo he, who had made tiimfelf Chiet Jufüce, rnighc bring thern to cheir Tria!, or difpofe of rhem as he íhould think fit ; chat is, rhac he mighc kill and deílroy ali fuch as had been privy ro bis plots and deGgns ; which he accordiogly did, and banifhed maoy inco parts far remoce from che Cicy of Piare, namely four, five and Gx hun- dred leagues from thence: he caufed alfo Garci Tri/o de Vegarn be quartered, whp was one of Don Sebaftiar/s Captains, and had been commiffionaced thereun~o by Bafco Godinet. himfelf: he alfo condemhed anocher Souldier called l)iego Perez. to be difabled in both his Feet, and afrerwards to ferve in the Galleys ; for a Galley- flave hach not much afe of his Feet: chus did they comrive and meditare new ·ways of cruelty. Then he difpatd1ed Balfllfar PellfU]Het,, wich anocher Souldier of note called Pedro del Ca.fti/lo, to go to Lima, there to publiíh and excoll the greac fervices which Bafco Godinn and chey had done: which are the words of PalentinrJ, who therewith concludes chat Chapter. Though Baltafar Ve!at.quez., by being abfent in the Charcat, efcaped the puni{h. rnent which Alonfo de A/varado had defigned for him, yet he coula not avoid a more fevere judgmenc which Heaven had prepared to _bring him to his end. The news of che Iofurreétion of Don Sebaftian. de Ca.ftillia ran like lightning through the whole Kingdom~ to the greac rrouble and coníl:ernation of chofe who had Elbtes in the Q>untrey, for rhefe were they who were likely to fuffer by all wars and confufions which arife : for not onely being Lords of Manors holding many I11di- 11n1 in vaífalage they were upon ali occafions 'of this nacure put to a vaíl: expence; but likewife díey held their lives by a hair or thread, being ever in danger of be- ing killed in thofe rebellious tumults by che Souldiers, who gaped and longed ·af- rer che eojoyment of rheir poífeffions. So foon as this news carne to che Ciry of Coz.co, rhey put themfelves into a poílure of defence againíl: the enemy ; and by confent of rhe Corpora.tion, rhey eleéted Diego Maldonado, furnamed the Rich, to be their General, having formerly been the moíl: ancient Governour of any in chac Ciry. • Garfilaj[o de la Vega, and (ohn de Saavedra were ma'de Capcains ofHorfe; and {ohn [ulio de Hojeda, ThomM V ~quez., and Antonio de fl.t!.innones, and another Cirizen, whofe narne I have forgot, were made Captaios of Foor : who prefenr- ly applied themfelves wich all.diligence to raife Souldiers, and herein [ohn [ulio de Hojeda was fo aétive chat in five days time he marched into che .Markec-place wirh three hundred Souldiers afrer him ali very well armed and accoutred, which feem- ed füange in [o íhort a time: Three.days afcer chis (making eight days in all with the former five) news carne·of rhe death of Don Seba.ftian, which put an end to che 'Nar for che prefent. The like happened in che Cicy of Los Reyes, as Diegr; Hernand1~ mentions, Chap. : 2. iR thefe words : The Coúrt of J ufüce received in- telligence of ali che revolurions and cempeíls which were arifen : for ac che end of March news came of che death of che General, and of che rebellion of Don Sebafli- an: fix days afcer which carne news that EgM Gut.man was up in Arms in che quar- ters of P~rocfi: and in four days more advices were brought of che deach and deíl:ruc- tion of rhofe rebellious Tyrams, for which greac rejoycing was made in the City of Lima. ·Thus far Diego Hernandez. We íhall now in the following Chapter rela re, whac courfe and methods were ufed to bring thefe men to condigo puniíhment. Zzzzz CH AP.