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.

954 Royal ~~mmentaries. B OOK VII. of the Tribute which they owed to their Mafters, and of other thiogs, which , · amounted ro an iocredible fum, as Palentino Chap. 49. declares, in thefe words, . . . . . Amonio Camilo took the Colleétofs cf the Mames belongmg to Men · who had Ell:ates in that Country, wirh all the Caciques, and kept them Prifo- ners threatning them with Punifbment and Death, unlefs they delivered up the Moneys and Tr.iqutes belon&ing .to their Mafters; from whom, and from many Jlits where ~1lver wa~ buned m the Mona~ery of St .Francts, and other parts within the C1ty and w1thout, they robbed in the fpace of five days above the value of five hundred thoufand pie.ces of Eight in Gold and Silver, befides Wine and other things, &c. 'fhus far this Author. All which was effeéted by the Direétions and Contrivance of Francifco Bolo- nam, who was well acquainted wíth ali the fecret concealments of thof~ things; and t his Plunder and Robbery hád proceeded farther, had not the d1fcoverer .thereof, by the checks of his .?wn Con~éience, ª?d by the perfwafion of 'John Baz.quei:. Governour of Chuc~tw, been mítrume ntal to reftore all the Plunder back again to the tru~ Propr.1etors : far he and oth.er ~omrades of his killed poor Amonio G_arríllo wHh th~Ir Swo~ds a~d Dagg ers m h1s ?WD Chamber, and reduced the C1ty to the fer v1ce of h1s MaJefty, as formerly lt had been: Aad in this ma.nner tbe unfortunate Carrillo ended his days. · But the Majar General ']~hn Piedrahi!a fucceeded better in Arequr:pa than the Sargeant Majar Carrillo had done, by reaíon of .che diípme and difference between the·Governout of .Areq11cpa, and Captain Go'!'eZ-_. d~ Solis, whom the J~ftices had fent thither ~ith Commiffion to Cornmand rn Ch1ef all the Forces ·wh1ch were ra1íed there againft Hermmdez.. : At which the Governour took great offence, efteeming himfelf a better Souldier, and more experienced in the War than Gomez.. de Solú. '. As , p iego Hern(:lndez. relates, Chap. 5 l. in thefe words, . When Gomez. de Sdlis was departed from bis Majefties Camp with his own éommiffion, and another for his Enfign Vicencio de Monte, the news of his coming was brought toºthe City befor~ h~s arrival, which caufed many tO pre- pare themfelves to go forth and meet h1m; .but the Gov,i:rnour Gonfa/o de Torre, highly ref~ntin_g to ~a~e,~nother fet over htm, declared, That the Ju.ftices had no power u;i h1s Junfd1éhon; and confrquently, that Gomez. de So/u was not autlioriied by fufficient warrant; nor was any perfon capable of fuch Command whilfl: he was Governour in that City ; and thus publickly profeffiog his diflike of thismatter, . wou14 not confent that any perfon íhould go forth to meet, and r cceive him, & c. Thus far Diegode Hernandez., Whilft thefe matters were in debate, news was brought, That <john de Pie- drahit a was marching thither with a hundred aod fifcy · Men, of which a hun- dred were the moft expert Muíquetiers of any ~mongft all the Forces of Her- nandtz.. ; with affriglltment of which, all thc Inhabitants ran into the Great Church, carrying. their W~ves an? Cbildren, a~d Houlholdftuff along with t hem, and fen ced lt about wnh a h1gh Wall, to hmder the entrance of che E- ncmy thereinto : and at the comer of every Street they placed thofe few Muf- quet iers whích they. had in t~e Town, to fire on the ~nemy from the Windows. and Loop-hales, w1thout be10g feen by .them. But m a Country where Civil- wars are, thef'e are alway~ Fa~ions, ª?d Parties, and falfe. Brethren, by whof..: means Ptedrahita rece1ved rnformauonof the Ambu!h wh1clrwas laid for him :, , wherefore altering his courfe? he encered by another Street, by way of the Bi lhop's Houfe, w~:re ~e met w1th .ª _fmall r~ fifrance, but nothing coníide- rable. ln the mean ume carne a Domm1can Fner fent from Piedr11hita who ;ifli.Jred tbem, That Piedrahit1t would not break with them, bue defired to'main- tain a Frierrdlhip, and good Correfpondence·with them, leaving the Souldiers of one fide and t he othei: free, and at their own choice, either to ferve the Ki og, or to joyo with Hernandez:. , as tl'.ey were guided by their lnclinations, onl y rhe forplufag~ of t ~ e A rrn s, of wh1ch they had no ufe, he defired rnight be fo t-r~ndre ~ up 1~to h1s_Hands. Go.m&'Z.. de ~o/is wc;n~ld not accept of thefe Condit1oos 1 1t feernrng an rnfamous afüon f ?r Ium to religo Arms to an Enerny,. though fuc h as were fuper_fluous; howfoever the nexcday he condefcended ro tbe Articles, and even begg~d for them, bccauíe that night they had burnc fome Houres of bis, ( thongh bis Eftate was chiefly in the Chm:cas) with other princi- pal [-] oufrs of that City. And though they madc a Truce for three days, yet· th~