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 Commentariu. BooK Vli. Party; though in truth fear, rather than all his favours, induced him thereunto; and with him {ohn Gavilan was Cent with fourty orher Souldiers, whofe Orders and Infüuétions were the fame with thofe of ThomtU Vazquez; and thac rporeover ·rhey fhould tell the City, that though they had affured him already by their Am~ b'aíladours, that they would join and correfpond wid1 him in all his deilgns, yec: for farcber confirmarion tnereof, he required them to cal! a Court, to racify their former engageme.m, and to own and acknowledge him in that Sphere and Station wherein he aél:ed. The truth is, Hernandez., fent and employed rhefe rwo Cap- tains out of a defign ro give repuration to his cauíe by che fpecious colour of uni- Qn berween him and two Ciries, rather than from any expeltation he had of bringing them over to his fide and party ; for he was not ignoram thar they had , already retraél:ed their former aífurances, and repented of the Offers they forrner- ly rnade him. Befides the Commiffions and Inílruél:ions given to theíe Capea~,. he delivered lerters to them for particular perfons, who were men of power and' inrereíl: in their Councrey, alfo Letters from himfelf, and from the City of c~co to rhe Corporarions of chofe Cit.ies , defüing them to join with chem in chis caufe , which was for the common good and welfa~e of the whole Empire: He alfo cauíed che Ciry of Cozco to write unto the Cicy of Piare in the fame mtnner, and to che fame effeél: , as to che other Cicies : and Htrnandez., himfelf wrore Letters to many Planters in the Charw, and to the Marfhal Alon(o de A/varado -:rnd to bis Wife Donna Anna de Ve/afeo, the fubíl:ance and Contents of which was fo ridiculous, as [erved onely for fport, and laughter ; and were not rhoughc worrhy ofan Anfwer. He rhat hath the Curiofity co reade them, may find tnem in the Hiíl:ory ~f Diego de Hernand1z, Chap. i.7. - G H· A P. VII. · ' · The Juflices nominate Olficers for the War. The {everal Pretenders to the C ommand of C aptain General. Fran- cifco Hernandez leaves Cozco, and marches againfl the Jufiices. N E W S .coming to Lo1 .Roes, rhar Fr~ncifco Hernand:z ~ncreafed dail~ in men, · reputar10n and authonry , che Julhces thoughc lt time to appomt their Caprains and Officers for the War. Paulo de M enefas was named for Lieutenanc General, :md Don Antonio de Ribera, Diego de Mora, Mefchior Verdugo, a Knjght of che habit of Sr. '[ames , and Don Pedro de Cabrera were made Caprains of Horfe; bút the two laíl: refufed chis Prefern1ent, as too mean for meo who had fo good an opinioo of themfelves , as to believe they deíerved to be made Generals of Armies greater chan this. The Captains of Foot were Rodrigo Ninno, once con- demned to the Gallies ; Lewú de Ava/01, Diego Lopez, de Cenniga, Lope Martin Lu- fitano, Antonio de Luxan, and Ba/ta'<,,ar Vdafquez.,, who in the lafi rebellion ·of Don Sebriftian de Cafti.!la., efcaped fromi the Juíl:ice of che Marfhal Alorifo de A/varado; as·haEh been alr-0ády mentioned. .. Lope de Guafº was made 8tandard-bearer Gene- rál ; and the Gon mand of Horfe refufed by Melchior Verd11go was beílowed up- OÍl-'Pelliro -de Carate ; And Alonfo deCarare, aCitizen of .Arequepa, was alfo made Cap- tain of Hor[e. Franci{cr>-de Pinna wa s made Serjeant Major, and Nicho/a& de Ribera Juni0r, was made Captain·of e.he Guards to che Jufüces, wich Title of Cap- cain of the Guard t0· che Roya l Se al, which was, as Pa/entino faith, to difguife the Prefumption of raiíing a Guard for themfelves. Bue when they carrie to matm choice ofL.-a Captain General, a greac Tumulc and Sedition arofe by three Pret~nders ., ~ wh0 .1were all.men of Eftates and Intereíl: , and each abetted by a coníldernbl€ Par.~y. · The'Perfqns ira nomination were, Sm1til!an, one of bis Ma- jefiy~s Juíl:ices , who had the beíl: reputation of them ali , and was allyed to· many of ·th~ Nooility who had gainecl tbe Empire , and who -appeared in favout of