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.

1 , Royal .Commentaries. BooK VII. A Relation .of th~ Lofs and Deflruétion of the City of Val- divia in Chili, which happened on Wednefday the . 24th .of November, 1599... · A:Bout break of day five thoufand Jndians, belonging to the pares adjacent; " ·and to the DiviGons of the Tmperial, Pica and Purem, whereof three " thoufand wet~ Horfe, and the reíl: Foor, havirig (as was faid) feventy fire- " Arm~, and above cwo hundred Men armed with Coats of Male, aílaulted " the City, furpriGng fe without che leaíl: allarm·, by the guidance of creache• " rous Spi€S belonging to che fame ¡:ilace. They divided themfelves imo frnall " Bodi€S'pf twenry four or twenry five in a Conipany, for they knew that rhe " Spaz#ards lay {ecure, and fleeping in their Houfes 5 and that their Corps of ' ' Guard were but four Centirlels, and that two onely went che rounds: They " conGdered alfo that the Spaniards "vere elevated w~nh the fuccefs they had " had in the two .lnturftons lately' made, when in che fpace of cwenry days they , " q4d che fortune to také and demolifü a Fortrefs whioh the Jndiam had ereéted " on che fide óf the máriíh Grounds of Papar/en, wich fo great a ílaughter of " the~h, that the Spaniards believed, rhar in che compafs of eight Leagues round, " ther~ was non an Jnf/ian that could appear. Howfoever having bribed che ' ' Spies which che Spanidrds entercained amongíl: them , they fucceeded in the " moíl: notable Plot thac ever was defigned by filly Barbarians; for rhey wirh ce grear quiet and filence encompaífed every Houfe ·with people fufficient to deal " with thofe which ;were within, for they w.ere well ádvifed of 'the num- " bers which dwelt in it; and fetting Guards at che entrance ro every Street, ce rbey affailed the unhapp'y City, giving fire to the Houfes, and having feized on t: the Gates, che Inhabirnnts could .neither relieve one the other , nor yet make " théir-efcape by füght ; fo tbat in the.,fpace of rwo hours, they had defüoyed aU " the people by Fire and Sword, and poífeffed themfelves of the Fort, and Guhs ''. in it, there being no peopl~ wirhin .to defend it. Thofe that were killed a(nd ': taken, were about four htmdred Spaniards, of Men, Women and Childteh .' " T)1t:y filcked and.plondered to che value of three hundred rhoufand Pieces of '; Ei'ght, nor <lid any rfoing remain which was not either bumr, or l'aid defolare_, '~ . T~i;; Ships of 'flallava, "f/illarroef_, and of one D. Drego de .f?OJm, were lec rul1 a: ce .dnft dbwn the Stream., to whICh fome people made thei.r efcape by rhe·means ,( of Canoes which lay, by che water {ide, otherwiíe none had remained ro havé ' ~ . been: the Mdfengers of chis fatal News. The Jndi11ns had been provoked ·co " this ~ruelty in revenge:, of chofe people whom rfué Spa'niards had flaifi in tWo ·" lat~ Incurfions; baving fold their 'Wives and Children to Merchants, who ' '. - t)_~n~cmed them,.1 ihrl0i foreign Countries; and fo fénfib1e were they óf the· " . Oa.v~rt• rhey hid élil.dru;~d for fifcy years paíl:, tHat thoagh rhey had been báp- " -t-i~d, ,and entenaine~ Prieíl:s to iníhuél: rhem in• the Chriíl:ian Doétrine, yé~ '~ die füíl: rbing -they. di4 was ro búrn cheir TempleS; and wirh 'facrilegious hands " io rhrow che Images of Saints from the Altars. : rn;" , ·• i ce Ten days afrer d1is unhappy fate the good Colonel Francifco del Campo ar- '!. !Ü\'e9. ín tfae R0tt .of ch.is Giry wit!Ythé füccour o three hunalred.-M@n, ·which "~ , t'ht~.,9ov'érnour .of M,u had fent thither; for the 11elief of that, -and che other di- "~ :;fü~tted Gities ':" 1 iJt. .vms bis fortl.me o recover a Són and a Q¡¡ughter of_his " which were borh Children, which being committed to che charge ofrbis Siíler- " in~Jaw, had been taken, and carried away captives, when che City was facked ' ' and laid defolate; the mi(erable State of which, when he faw, he with great ' ' Rage and Refolution landed his Men, marching wich all expedition to relieve ' ' the Cities of Oforno, Yillarrica, and che unhappy Ymperial; from which places ' ' they had received no news in the fpace of a whole year, bur tbat rhey haden- " dUFed .,a Siege of fo long a time, and ·were almoíl: all famiíhed and dead, ha-. ~ ·ving rlb other fuíl:enance than the Fleíh of their dead Horfes, and when chofe · failed