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 C ommentariú. BoaKVU. different íl:yle, fubfcribed Captain-General, direéti ng more magiíterially, that in cafe Sancho Duarte fhould not comply with every point commanded in che Letter, rh:it he fhould certifie che fame backto bim: bm ,Sancho Duar1e upon thefe fum- mons becarne very traétabl~, ·and remrned again wirhin 'the limits prefcribed him, though before fuch fummons he feemed to fe t up for bimfe lf, and in an arbirrary rnanner to followhis own humour and pretenfions. . · And hue we fhall leave him and fee what Hm1.1ndez.. Giron is doing whcm \Ye lately ]efe in Apurimac : Giron, proceaji'ng on his \Yay, underíl:ood in Atháuy!!a that all che Souldiers.and Citizens of Hu.amanea had declared rhemfelves for the King's party, and that {ohn Alonfo de Badajo~, \vho lnd called himfelf Lieutenam-Gen'eral of thofe Companies, was joyned with thoíe few Souldiers whi~b Ftancifco Nrm- nez.., had raifüd in Cot,co, and were gone together unto Huamanca: which He-mande~ much refemed, and complained thereof to his Friends, wcr¡dring that the Cities who at firíl: had owned his caufe and approved his proceedings, fhould with fo 1nuch facility abandon him and difown bis altions. Howfoever he proceeded on bis march to che River T(iUca, where his Scoucs difcovered feveral of his Majefiy's Army : for rhat che J uíl:ices being informed tbat Hm1and1:z.. was marching againíl: them, gave orders to Captain Lope Martín to advance with a par ty of thircy Soul- diers to inform thern of the enemy, and of che place where they were quarrered, and wítb all [peed to retm-n with the·asvice; accordingly Lope·Manin proceeded; and having difcovered the enemy, gave ·an accoum of rhe ir condirion and place w here tbey lodged. Bue Francifco Hanandez, prnceeded on his march to che City of Huamanca, where he íl:aid in expeétatio!'l epf.Thomru Va~que~ ; for when he fem him to Arequepa, he told him, that he would not pafs that City umíll bis return. Vav- que~, having made but one days (l:ay at Areqrtepa; marched thence by way of rhe coaíl:, unrill he overtook Francifco Hernandez, ; far he found that he had little to doe rhere; far though thar qcy, upon falfe report~ -and mifreprefemation of thing~, had underfl:ood, thac the City of Cot,co had unammouíly concurred to chufe Her - nandc~ for their Pro'curator-General, ro reprefeoc che caíe and Hate of their aggrie- vances to nis Majelly, and to lay thern before the Lord Juíl:ices, they then fent their Arnbaffadour to Couo (as we have faid) to fign ifie their concurrence wirh chern: but when they rightly underíl:ood, that ali this Infürreétion was norhing bue che Rebellion of a few defperate men, rhey rhen were afharned of their mef- fage; and che whole City declared themfelves refolved to fpend their lives and formnes in the fervice of hisMajeíl:y, fo that Thomtu VtRq1te~, finding none witb whom to treat, rem.rned withour effeéting any bufinefs ; bur that ir might not be faid buc he had done fomet hing, he ki lled Mmin de Lez..crmo upon che way, who had been his grear Friend and old Comrade, to be befo1·e-hand wi h him, and to prevent his killing hirn ; for he fufpeéted that he had a defign to declare fur his Majelly. He alfo hanged up anorher Souldier of good el:teem and note, called A lon{o deMur, becau[e he fa nfied that he had a mind m elcape, having receh 1 ed botn Horfe, and Arms, and Money from He111andez:,: when Hmiandez, heard rhar Vat,quez.. was near rhe City,. he went forth to meet him with bis own Equlpage and Recinue, and they emred both rngerher wirhout much arder or ceremony ; which was [o comrived not to fhew the fmall numbers which Vaz.quez, broughr with hiin. Captain Fnmcifco Nmme~, who carne om of C1Jz.co wich forty Souldiers, wi th de- fitl to cake poífeffion of Huamanca, and to p rform al l oth.er thing which he was. commanded to doe, found matters rhere in the fa me poíl:ure rhat Vaz,qucz, had done at Arequepa; that is, rhat ali the Inhabitanrs were fled and gone to the fervice of his Majeíl:y; onely 'fohn Alonfo de B11da;o-:::., , and Sm1cho de Tudel.1, an old fellow of eigh~y fix years of age remained bel¡ind, who followed the fortune of Hern.mde-:::- umill the ene! of bis Tyranny and Reb llion 1 and chen he was killed ~mongíl: rhe reft. Wirh thefe two and forne fewSouldiers more·francifco Ntmnez, went fonh to re- ceive rheir General, whom they found much our of humour ro find thofe who ac the firft feemed to abete his caule and his imereft, now to deny and revok from him : but to comfort and cheer him up a little, tn-o Souldiers of good elleem and n~te, belonging fo Lope /11ar1i11, revolted to him, one of which was afterwards rnade Enfign-bearer to hisLieurenant-Genera-1 rhe bwyer A/varado ; by whom·he \.vas fu\ly informed of che fiare of che Camp which appeared for his Majeíl.y. Af-. ter which he marched Out of Hu.amanea with above feven hundred Souldiers , to- wa~ds che Valley, of Saufa, from whence .he fem rwo Caprnins witb tbeir Squa- drons