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·Royal

Comnzentaries.

BOOK

VIII.

Baptifm and Death we have already

g1v

arrative; So that no

we ihall

haften to a conclufion of this Hiftory.

King

Philip

the Second having received advice of the unfortunate end of

the Vice-King

Don

Diego

Cunmga,

was

pleafed to apJ?oim the Lawyer

Lope

Gar

de Ca(tro,

who was

Prefid nt of the Ro a l Council of t he

Indies,

to fuc–

ceed in that Office., of whom

have formerly made mention, on occafion of

the Pretenfions whi h I had in

Spain,

on fcore of

Father's Merit

which he

oppofed. This·

Lope

Garfia

C11.jlro

being a P rfon of great Prudence,

and

that

Tal nt

of VJifdom

which

was required to Govern that Empire, was

8ifpatched fuddenly away with Title of Prefident, and General Governour

of all that Empire,

that

his good Conduct, thofe

mahy

Confufions

might he compo d, and unhappy Accidents reetified, which had beeo caufed

the

fudd

ath of preceding Governours. And indeed his Wifdom

an[wered expeCl:ation, for he governed thofe Kingdoms with fuch moderation,

and gentlenefs., that

lived to return again into

Spain

in peace and quietnefs,

and to be placed in the faro Chair of the Council, in which

lived with

mu~h

Honour, and a terwards dyed like a good Chriftian.

Whe(\n1Y Friends underftood that this great Perfon was

returned

to his

Seat in the Supreatn Council of the

Ind ·

they

advifed me to renew

Pre–

tenfions to the

right

I had unto

Mother's Eftate, on fcore of

Fa~her

Services and

Ment:

For

they

were of Opinion, that

Caftro

having now feen

and been acquainted with

Per1J,

which

father had helped to

Conquer,

and

which

Mother's Anceftors

l1ad a

right of inheritance.,he might

becom

Advocate, and change his mind in what he formerly argued againft

me.

But I having buried, and laid afide all

pretenfions, and loft

hopes,

could not be perfwaded to leave

Cell, wherein I live with more

Security

· Honour, and Profit ; and where I have with God's Affiftance hatl leifure to

write this Hiftory;

which

tho'

prove little to

Honour and Profit ;

yet

praifed b God for al1.

I-1

P. XVI.

bon

Francifco

Toledo

chofen Vice-King of

Peru.

The

Caufes which were alledged for profecution of the

Prince

Inca Tupac

Amaru.

And the imprifonment of

that poor Prince.

Franc1fco

de Toi

do,

tecond

Son of the

Family

Count de

Oropeta,

fuccee-

ded

l./Jpe Garf ia de Caftro

in the 6overnment of

Peru,

and was eleCted

thereunto for his

great

Vertue.and hriftian Piety, being

devout a Gentle,

man,

that

every eight days he receiv

the

mo.ft

Holy Sacrament. He was

tent to

Peru.,

with the Title of Vice-King,

and

received at

Los

Reyes,

with

t he State and Solemnity agre able thereunto: and governed

wi~h

that Gen–

tlenef, and Moderation, that no man could take occafion, either to mutiny

or rebel. He had fcarce been two years in the Government, when he refol–

ved

bring out from the Mountains of

Vi/lc,;i

pampa,

the Prince

Tupac

.Amaru,

Legitimate Heir to that Empire, being the Son of

Manco Inca,

and Bro–

ther

Don Diego Sayri T11pac,

of whom we have given a large · Relation in

this eight Book; he was th 1 wful Heir, becaufe his .Elder ·Brother Iefc no

oo, but a Daughter only, of whom we ihall fpeak in due place

The inten–

tion of the

Vicer

King in this matter was fiocer ,

and

real, and with no other

d fign, (than afrer the Example of his Predec ffor

Don Andres

H11rtado

de Men–

dof1l )

to advance hi own Honour

and

Reputation,

an all:ion fo generous

and

h ~ roi

a tor duce fuch a Prince to the Servi"ce of his Catholick Mejefty,

and to ci vilifi him a

were,by ·calling him from the Barbarity of thofe moun-

tains"