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.

B .ÓOK ·VII . R0J 1 al Commentaries. of bis Ho'.·fe , l~t loofe his Rcin, and fpu rred after him in full fp eed ; but li is Horfe bemg fa111r, and low, he wa¡¡ too far engaged w get olf, and fo was him- felf taken: As they ~erecarryinghim :a~ay Pri!Oner, he told them, t ba t ht: l,lad prom1 fe d the Juíl:Ices not to return w1thout a Prifo,rier of the bdt qualit y amongft the Enemy, and for that reafon he had gi ven chafe to che Sa1 jeant Majar. At which faying f omeofth e prouddl: ofthem were fo offended, that ~hey protefted n?t to fi&ht, unle.fs Randona was·firft pm to Death, for that fuch rnfolent and danng Perlons as thefe, ough t no.e co be !Uftered to li ve. Here.upon they imO)ediately committed him to the Tent of A/varado the Lawyer, andad- vifed him to~ake his C:onfellion ; and !n the mean time Alonfo Gon¡alez,, kept the door, to adv1fe them m cafe H ernandez,, fhould pafs by, that they might kill him be fort~ he could come to interpofe bis Authority : Toledo the Law- yer, Advocate Genéral to Hernandez. , and Captain Ruybarba prevailed with Hernandez,, to fpare Randona, and grant him his Life. To which he alfented, and in token thereof fent his Gloves by che Meffenger, who cari·ied che Pa rdon. Alonfo Gon¡alez,, having intimation, that the Aét of Grace was coming, he en- ter'd in to the Tent, and charged che Prieft to make an end of his Work, for he would not ftay longer ; whereupon rhe Father haíl:oing che Abfolutioh, fo foon as it was ended, Gon¡a/ez.. cut offhis Head with a great Knife; whicl1 baving · done, he wentout of the Tenc, faying, That he had rnade good che word of this Jittle Marquefs, who had promifed the Juftices, to bring che Head of an E- nemy, or to leave his own with them : and caufing his Body to be drawn out, it was expofed to publick vie\V, to th:: great trnubk ofmany of the. Spe.étators, but moreefpecially to the forrow of his Friends in the King'sCamp, when the news thereof was made known to them. This Randona, as we have faid, was a rafh Souldier, more Couragious than Wife : his Horfo was very good, but he ufed him ill, being always on bis back, fhewing how well he could prance, and carvet ; . which was the reafon, as Pa- lentino fait~, that he fail'd him, when he had mofl: ufe of his Service. W e may fee alfo how wife he was to tell the Enemy wha~ he had promifed to the Jufü- c;es ; upon 'which the Executioner General Aionfo Go~¡ alez,, took occafion to exer-:- cife bis Cruelty. Palentino on thefe paífages proceeds and fays, Tha~ the Jn- ftices fent feveral Pardons to particular Perfons, by the hands of Negers, and Indian Domeftick Servants.; who continuaUy palfed between both Camps, qir- rying.int!elligence from one to the other, all which were brought to Hernandez., who ca:ufed them to be publickly cryed, and with Scorn añd Contempt declared as infignificant and of no value: Moreover they cuí: off the Hands and N ofes of chofe whe brought them, and cyeCl them abone their N ecks, and in that manner returned them to the King's Camp again. Thus far thi!! Author, and therewith heJ:oncludes tbis Chapter. · .. CH A P. XXVI. The t~eacherous prafüces of fome faÍfe SozÍldiers. Piedrahita gives an Allarm ·to the K~ng' s Ar'm~. Hernandez r~fo!ves to give Battel "to the Juflices, and zn what manner zt was prevented by them. . S Uch Affron.ts as thefe were daily offc:red to his Majeíl:ies Camp, during all che time that Francifco Hernandez,, was lodged in Pucara ! F or fcarce a day paffed without fome remarkable difadvantage to the 'King's Forces, who con~ rinually loft Men, Horfes, and Arms: F or many of th~ Soul_diers _being _of ~ Mutinous and Seditious temper, and falfe and perfid10us rn the1r, deahng.s, G g g g g,g 2 · d1d