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 Commentaries. BOOK VIU. of the Kingdom of Chile, which was become vacant by the Oeath of Geronimus de Alderete who died oo bis way thither of grief, to think that 800 Perfons perifhed in'the ~a~eon b,y bis _faulc., and· the fa~lt of h~s Sifter-in-Law ; for he knew weU, that if It had. not oeen rn conli~e~at1on of h1m, the Mafter of che Ship would not have g1ven L1cenfe to that Rel1g10us Woman to keep a Candle ¡ 11 her Cabin by nigbt, which was.the deftruétion of.the Veífel, and of ali chofe therein. The advancement of Don Garcia de Mendofa, to that Charge and iruft, was pleafing to all thofe of Pent; fo tbat many Souldiets, and Perfons bf Eftates offered themfelves freely .to accompany him in that Ex pedition knowing ~hat it woul~ be a Service acceptable to bis Maje_fty, and.to the V ice~ King.$aniillian the Ch1ef Judge of thc C~anc~ry,was appomte d Oepur y Gover- nour to Don Garcia, and todireél: and gmde h1m; and he was earneftly intrcated [o accept of thís Office. Grearpreparations~ere made over all the Kingdom for this Journey, of Armes, Horfes, Cloaths, and other Ornaments, which coft very dear in this C~untrY:, whereall t~e Commodities of Spain are raifed to a vaft price. The Vtce-Krn.g alfo app?m.ted three other Gentlemen ofQua- licy for three fever~l parts, wh1ch were w1~hm .t~at Conquefl: ,; namely, Gomez.. Aria1, ']ohn de Salinas, and .Anton de Awayo, every one ofwh1ch was vety ftudi- ousto difcharge his Duty in bis Office refpeétively. Don Garcia de Mendof11 being gbne to bis Governmenr, atteiided, as we haV'e faid, with a great number of Choice and Seleét Perfons: So foon as he was in the poífefiion thereof, he ~peedily deligned the Conq_ue1:t of.the lf!dim .Arau- i:o.1, who were become very rnfolent and proud by thofe V1étones wb1ch they had gained over the Spaniards : The firft was thac over Don Pedro de Valdivia, which was followed by fome others afcerwards, which are written in Verfe by the Poecs of chofe times, which had been much more properly delivered in · Profe, for then we might.have_given Credic thereunto, more than we can to che Fiél:ions of Poctry. . . · The Governour having in a íbort time provided himfelf with all things ne- ce{fary for che·War, ent~~ed in to the. rebelled Provinces with a . number of brave Men, Arms, .,t\munmon and Prov1fions, for .the Enemy had carried away every thing, leavmg the Country naked, and wuhout any Suftenance foran Army. They had not entcred very far in to thefe pares, but the lndi1111.s had fit- ted an Ambulh for them, and had compofed a Vanguard of 5000 lndi11ns, wich orders not to fight, nor come within any danger of being forced by the Enerny toan engagement. The Spaniards, being infü,rmed by their Scouts and Spyes fent abroad,that the lndians fled before them, wuhout any ftop or fray in a fetled place ; gave order to puríue chem with all con.venient fpeed, and yet wich fuch Caution, as not to be entrapped by thelf Ambulhes, or Surprifals . for the Governour, at che time he firft en~ered in~o that Country, had bee~ fore -warned by chofe who had been acquarnted wtth the Stratagems which thoíe People uíe in the War, by, kirmifhing, and flying, to be always drcum- lpeét, and doub~ful of them. Howfoever fo eager was the Governour to pur· fue the Enemy, m hopes totally to defl:~oy them, and by a ?loody flaughter of them to difcourage the reí!: from makmg farther oppofit100, that he made . litcle ufe of the Caution which was given him ; for. leaving his Camp, and T enes, he followed the Enemy a whole day, anda mght; and being remo. ved at a good diftailce from thence, out carne the Indians from their boles and places, where t~ey had been hi~den, and feized on t~e Camp w!thour any oppofition. and plundered ª?d carmd away ali the Baggage, and Necelfaries belonging to the Army. W1th the News h~reof the Goveroour was forced to give over his chafe,and fee to recover what che ~nemy had plundered from him; but it was too late,for they w~re reru.rned to thelf fecret Holds,and to the places where they hadconcealed rhelf booty paf!: ali recovery. Thenews ofthis fuccefs tame toPerie,almoft as foon as that of theGovernours arrival in the feat of hisGo· vernment, fo that ali the World wondered at this fudden accident, aud how in fo Ihort a time the Jndians fhonld be fuch Gainers, and the Sp;miards fuch Lofcrs for they had loft all theirBagg~ge,e~en to their very Shircs,and wearingCloath;. To t epair this difafter, the V1ce-Krng fent away with all fpeed new Recruits ofali th i ngs i:hat were ~eceffary ,in.which he expended out of the .King'sTreafury van:· füms ofGold andStl ver ,at whichPeople much murmured,asPalentino faitb meaning the firft expence which was made,when Don Garcia went to his Gover~ment of Chili,