536 / 1070
Royal
Co1:1mentarieJ~
BooK
Il.
f
ortune, i:md never offered injury or violence to his Neighbour ; Thac he was de~
firous
to
be
informed of dnac wJnich was cbe true .Law of Mankind, for chac his
own ,Law clid noc anfwer .or ,facisEe che many notions. he had conceived in his
mitild of a beccer and a more fubHme Religion.
Hereupon che
Spaniard
endea~
' v0t;1red in che beíl: manner
he
could to infüuél: him in che Principies of che Ca~
tholick Faich, -whidh mue Faith was, Thac he fhould worfhip God in che Trinicy;
and the Trinity in .Unity:
Ancl
becaufe ('as we have incimaced befare) chac
there wanted words in che
Indian
Llng~age"tO exprefs rhat Myíl:ery, he advifed
him t0 keep che word
Triniry,
and che word
Credo
in his rnemory , for that chofe
words woald lec líim in unto that füith, which rhe
Roman
Church, which
is
che
Mocher of ali goo,d.Chrifüans, doch believe and embrace. · And ·having repea–
t~d c,foe(e w0rds .ofcen, and having to feveral queíl:ions made to hirn, anfwered,
Yes
in the Affirrnative ; a Prieíl: was called, .who heing fatisfied in what had paífed,
and that che
Indidn
delired to be a Chrifüan, he was baptized to che greac fatis–
fadion of ali three
0
that
is,
of the Prieíl:, che Perfon baptized, and of
Alrmfo Ruy~,
who was his Godfather ; in a íhort time afi:er which, the
Indian
ended his days
with much ,joy and cornfort, that he died aChriítian. Afterwards
Alonfo RU.J~
re–
turned inco
Spain
with fifty choufand pieces of Eighc in his Pur(e,, che ,which he
had gained in
Caffamam,, Co.:.co,
and ocher pares; bue being troubled wich fcru–
ples of Confcience for having gained his
1
Wealth unjuíl:ly, he applie<l himfelf to
the Emperour wich words
to
chis purpofe:
Moft Sacred Majefty,
1
amone of thofa ConqHeroHYJ
of
Peru,
to whom afhare or pro–
portion of the fpoi/J thereof have been divided to the Import of
fifiJ
tho11fand pieces of Eight,
which 1 h11ve brought with me into
Spain ;
but being tro11ble~ in Confcience for thefe ill-got–
¡engood1, I come here to makt reftitution thereof unto your Majefty, who
i.
SH¡reme Sove–
reign of that Empire.
Jf
yo11r Majefly will be fo boHntifull
M
to grant
me
any fb11re thereof,
/
fha/J receive it
M
from the true Lord and Mafter, who hath pow,r to makt me a juft and
/awfull titl:C thereunto; and
if
not, I /hall remain contented, and believe
m;
falf ,mwort~
of
your Majeft/1 Grace and Bounty.
· The Emperour accepted che Reíl:itution as an effeél: of an boneíl: and a confcien–
tious rnind ; and in lieu thereof, beíl:owed upon hirn a Revenue in fee of four
hundred thoufand
Maravedí.
o[
yearly Rene, togecher with che Command or
Lordfhip of a fmall Village called
Marta,
fituate near che Cicy of
Truxillo;
whkh
now a Nephew of chis
Alonfo
Ru;~
dorh poífefs and inheric ; and befides che qui–
etnefs of confcience which chis
Ruy~
reaped by chis reíl:icution, he alfo increafed
and irhproved
his
Eíl:ate thereby, having obcained a greater¡arcel of Land rhan
his rnoney could have pur-chafed, given in fee
to
himfelf an his Heirs for ever,
and which ac prefent is clefcended and poífeffed by bis own kindred; whereas che
Divifions rnade in che
lndieJ
were not to continue longer chan for cwo Lives, which
are almofi all extiaél: at chis time. And it is very remarkable, thac whac Eftace
hath been broughc from che
Jndie1,
(
chough noc arifing by che Divifion of Lands,
bue by other ways) harh nor contiriued to che tlürd Heir; whereas chis Eíl:ate of
Rui~
wears like Iron, and defcends intailed
to
the righc poífe{four, and his Heirs
for ever. Aod fo lec us return to the thread ofour Hiílory.
CH A P.