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 Comme~taru~s. Boo·R. VII. ~way to Hernandez.., and gave an account of the Sta te and Condition of thc Royal Army; and how that forne few days before their coming to Pucara, the General Paulo de Mene/es, in difcontent, would have laid down bis Com- miilion, byteafon ofthe Faétions and Differences which were contiau:;illy a'- mongíl: the Officers, who wonld not obeybis Otders, but rather comradiéted, and oppofed them ; fo that he defired rather te;> bave no Cbarge, or Office at al!, tban one fo incumbred, by the refraétory hurnour ofSouldiers, whowould not obey, but pretend to Command: Aod accordingly Menefes would have ac- quitted himfelf of bis Ch~rge,had .he not been pcrí"'9a~ed to the contrary by Do- étor Saravia, wbo told h1m, that In the prefent Con1unéture he fhould ratber lofe bis Honour oy fuéh an Aétion, than gain Reputation. This was joyful news to Hernandez.. and bis Souldien,, who hoped by fucb DiflemioRs as tbefe,to make their Ben~fit,and fuch advantage as lhould with time facilitate tbeir Viétory. ·On occalion of thefe Skirmifhes, fome pleafant fayings were uttered by bóth · ' lides ; which being (as DiegoHernandez.. faith) t~e. Jefts of Sou.ldiers., they may come pertinently to be inferted in. this place; and which we fhafl explain more clearly than this Author, who, in the 5rft. of his Book, fpeaks confufedly, and darkly, as followetb. As forne Souldiers carne forth to skirmifh, it was the F ortune ofc-times for Friends and Acquaintance to meet, and they inftead of fighriag would enter in- to difcourfe, and expoíl:ulate the,1I1atter: Sci.pio Ferrara who was of the King's Party, met with Pavía, wh.o had been fellow Servant with him in the Family · of the good Vi~e-King, Don Antonio de Mendofa: and he began to ufeperfuafive Arguments unto him, to bring him over to the King's Party; to which Pavia made anfwer, that the Party with whom he wa·s e!1gaged, had ·honeftly wón him by War; and fo if they werc; defirous !o regain him, it muft be in like man- · ner by War, &c. • This Pavia faid in reference to the Battel of Chuquinca, where he was taken by the Rebels, and kindly ufed and treated by them, which made him t_o fay,that be could not deny tpem, but if the King's Party were defirous of him, they mufi: win him, as the others had done. In like manner, Captain Rodrigo Ninno en- tertained Difcourfe with ']ohn de Piedrahita, perfwading him t o come over to ·thc Service of the King, with Promifes of greaa Rt:lwards a.nd Promotions from the favour of the J uítices: to which Piedrahita. made anfw er, t hat he kdew.very ·we!I how the Juftices did ufe to reward thofe who deforved their favours, w~ich in ight incline him at another time to a different refolution~ but for't·he prefent he hada profpeét Qf the Game he intended to play. This was ,the reply cf Piedra. hita, Qepending with others of Hcrnandez.. his Confidems, on the vain Delufions andPrediétions, which Witcpes,and Men pretendíng to N~cromancy,hadinfa­ tuated them with, afiuring them•of Viétory over the King's Forces: tho' a few , days afterwards hewas undeceived, and changed his mind, as we !hall fee hereaf- . ter. And this Author procéeds, and farther fays, That the like Conferences : pafied between Dieg o Mt'ifd ez.. and f!ernandoGuillada, and alfo between Gaptain Ruyb11rba, and Berna:dino.de Robles his Son-in~Law: But no Benefit,or effeét,refol- ' t_ing ·fro_rn the fe Difc~urfes, the Ju~ices command~d f?r th~ future, that no Man, upon.pam ofDeath,fhould entertam any Commumcauon w1th tbe Enemies Party. However it was agreed between Captain R1rybt1rba, and Bernardino de Robles, to meet again the next <lay, and to finifh their Difcou¡fe; and the better to know ·each other, they appointed to wear their ·scarlet Cloaks. Ber-nardino de Robles carne atrended with 1 ~ or ~ 2 Officers, and Souldier~,~nd treacheroufly feized up- on Ruybarba, and carned h1m before Hernandez.., g1vmg out amongfr che Souldi- ers, that he carne in voluntarily, and of his own accord ; wbich when Rttybarba l1~ard , he denied it,. and faid, That wh?foeve~ rep~rted, that he carne~ wiih ' h1s own Coníent, d1d not fay true; wh1ch, wrth L1cenfe of.-Hernandez.. · he "1as ready to ~ake ~ood, e_ither a Foot, or Horfe- back, againft any Man wh~tfoever, unlefs agamft h1s Son-10-Law, by whofe Treachery he was betrayed into the ~and s of bis En~mie~ '. Fr~nc ifc~ Herniimdez.. was over-joyed to fee him brought in, and wen t w1~h J11m to h1s W ife Donna Mencia : Sce, Madam, fa id he, what a Prifoner 1 bring yon, looktohim rvell,for I commit hirmo your Ch.rerge. J accept, faid Donn11 Mencia, of the Truft , and fh 11ll tal~ care of hirn, as you req1tire. Afrer tbis Randona macka Sally abroad, and had fom-:: Difcourfe with ']obn deYllancs, Sar- jeant Major to Hem1mdez..: Randona thinking to take hi.m by the fwifmefs of