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. BoóK I. Now as to thefe n~·o Opinions, I leave every one free ta follow rhat which feems befr ro him. for I being a parry, and biaífed by affeétion to my own ·coumrey, dare neirher prerend tó fav?U:r rhat which applauds the grandeur and gloty which Per11 harh bro~ghr ro Spam, nor yet oppofe rhe orher, leíl I íhould feem p:irtial, artd roo affeéhonate ro my own Caufe. And fo we (hall proceed and rake rhe thread of our Hiíl:ory, paffing by divine favour through the beginning, middle and end of rhis farnous Triu,mvirate. We [ay then, rhat thefe three great Mer¡ hav!ng -entred into.an Agre:ement and Sociery rogerher, and afligned to ekh .orher his íeveral a nd difü nét Charge and Ornee. The firít thing rhey <lid was to build cwo Ships, uport ,one of which Fran- cü Pi farro, in the Yeat 1 p.). departed from Panama wirh an hundred and four- teen Men, by licen[e and permiffióri of the Governour Peter AritU de Avila, and having failed about an hundt·ed Leagqes, they arrived ar a Counrrey very moun- tainous, and fubjeét co Rairts : The •Narives were as fierce add rugged as che Countrey they inhabited, and in· great nulnbers fallied forrh to join Batee! wim che Spa11iards, of which they ki\1~8 fome; and in four Skitrniíhes Pifarro received feven wounds with Arrows, bue he beitJg vvell armed, none of chern proved mor- tal; howfoever they were forced to lea.ve the Countrey, ro their greac difcourage- mem, tepenting now of rhe defig n they bad undertaken. Almagyo foon afrer- wards departed from Panama, in queíl of Pifª"°, al)d Co~ing to che fame Land which was atipointed for their Rehdcimous, were emertfüned with the like treac~ mene; for che Jndian1 being Ae01ed by the fücceíS of the late Skirmiíhes, fallied out againíl che Sp1mi.ird1 with like courage, ánd há.ving killed many of them, and beateh out one of the Eyes of Almagro, he was forcéd likewife to;leave rhe Coun- trey; but what land or part rhis was, rhe Spanifo Hiíl:orians do nbt tell us: At length Almagro going in fearch of Pi far ro, joined 1 wirh him at Chinchama, vvhere they agreed agq,in to land cheir Men, but chis Cour1trey proving as mountainous~ and as fubjeét to Rain as che orher, -and che People no lefs fierce and warlike, fallying out upon chem in gre:ic numb~rs, forced rhem again to retre:ic unto their Ships, beíl:owing on them a thoufand Cur[es and Reproaches ar their de- parcure. All wbich is. related at large by Lopez. de Gomara, ro whorn 1 refer tbe Reader, in cafe he defires to know more particulars of that Expedition. · t 1 C H A- P. VIII. How dlmagro retitrned twice to Paó-ama far S1tccour and · R.ecr'ldts. ; A l. A F~er this i\l fu~tefs. Almagro 1·emrned to Pa'Htf"!ª. for new R-ecmirs, an8 orought wlth lurn eighty Men; and yec for all chis force the two Captains durft noc attempt the Conqueft of any Coumrey, by reafon rh?tth¡:: Natives made a bold tind ftout refiílence; howfqever failing ato11g by the SeaGoaíl, they cáme át leQ'.gd~ to a Couhtrey called C.:1t·mne~, which \~as- µfüü1 :ind l~vel, . \virhouc mbl1!,l- rains, -anCI abtmnding wich füch t¡'üá-l'lfül~ 0f"P1'0viílons, tl1at füg~Pfurni'íhed thém- félves With al!' .rhíngs neceffiry ror 1~füriane· fuíleriancze~ and tl-iere l:lbfe~ing char the Jnditt111 wore great Smds and Plcltes of ·Gold on their Fa és, with fihe Bne- ralds Md Turquolres, the Spmli-ard1 "beca~ne again 'e!evaced in 1:'heit ho~s , .not doubt i'ng now bue tb inake a good l\Z0yage, and to --gain 'R.id1es and Wealtb to ~heir.fi: ill [ac.is( a-é~ibn. .Bue foo11 ~ F~r nhe Spania~dt lofi: rhe: ·lmpP; 'and expeétarion of ali thell " 1m agrnary Wealch, ,(9 fbo~1 as t11ey {aw t!he lndians come down .up:on the1n in great nu.mbers, with g0bd Oréle1·s, and wirh deGre aA~ ·~9urage ro fight. 'with which che StwiiaYds i\!iewüe lfO itlifc01:1raged, tbat rhey dutfl: ' not engage wich _thetn; and thoMgh t:bey were ar Jeafrtw0 hund1·ed ánd fifty Men, yet by common con-