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.

BooK l. Roy~l Commentaries. - -- 43 1 ,. e HA P. Xt j . :.;r l Hr;w f'i~arro, . and bis trhirit,~en Comptfnions _, arrived bi Peru. , 1 • ,,, • ~ , ¿ r • . ¡ ·. . f ~ •• ; 1 ,..f ¡'J . r' r y . .A T the end of two years, afcér they bad quitted· thff Hland of Gorgona, for. ·fo long '-they had .been in making ~heir Difcover,ies on th€ .Oi)aíl:, noc knowing well whithc:ir rlney wenc , duting which time we will leave the Rea- . der ro confüier what Difitt.lfes and Har.clfhlps they· fuffained, all which other Hiíl:orians omit, not councing the fieps, and degrees by., which chefe Adven- rurers proceeded. At hmgth -I fay, tbey arrived ac Tumpiz ,-, where it pleafed God to work a Mirncle, cbat chofe peotJ}e migh~ receive and embrace che Ca- tholitk Faich, which was ~bis.; the Ship being here arrived, the Spaniards obfer- ·ved chat the Countrey was well peopled, aod 'aciorned wi:th many good Houfes, ·;md more frately Buildings, thai, any chey laad feen in other pares, becamé very .defirous to make a farther .dilCovery; bat now to contri ve it was yery difficult, for they were fearfull to foiid one·man fmgly, ,iefr he íh<Dtrld be killecLby the I¡tdi- ;~ns, nor d~ríl: they adventur.e ~n a ~dY,, fo~ fear .of ithe·ilike f~t~ ;. at length io .end che D1fpuce., Peter de candia bemg full of ~urage, and Ql;¡rdban-.conijdence, offered himfelf on .cpis Adv.enture, telling bis Comparrio!ils, that ,inJ<;aCe ·he were killed, cheir lofs would oot be much, confidering that he ..yas bue a fin$le p_erfon, and chat ifhe carne well off, che greate r would be" the W onder and the Víétory ; which havíng faicl, he immediate1y . cow.ér.ed h.is 6ody with a Coat .of Maí1, ·which reachea to his Knees, and put on .a Helm etlo f me .0eíl: and brav.efr. f0rr, he -girt his Sword by bis fide, took his )Tar.get of Steel •in bis ieft hand, and in ihe right he bore a wooden Crofs of about a yard and :a hálf ióng, whibfu being che fignal of his Redemption, he confided more 1therein rhan in bis Arms of Steel or Iron. This Peter of Candia was a very tal! Man, and though 1 did never fee him, · yet bis Son, with whom 1 went to School at Beaba, fhewed me che proportión of his Father in hirnfelf; for being a Boy, but of eleven or twelve years of age, was as bigas another of cw-ice that age. In chis drefs Pete.,. de Candia left his Com- p:mions, defiring their Prayers and Recomrnendations ofhim unto God, and then yvith a grave and ferious Countenance and Pace he walked towards the Inhabi- tams, with as much Majeíly as if he had been Lord Paramounc of ali chac Pro- vince. The Jndians, wbo were in great confufion ac the Arrival of.the Ship, , were much more affrighced when they faw a Man fo tal!, and of fo vaíl: a proportion, . covered ali witb !ron, witb .a Beard on bis Face, which bad never been known' or feen. befare amongíl them. Thofe who met him in the Fields ran away, and gave an Allarm to their People, and all taking Arms, ran into their Caíl:le or For- rrefs, which wás fpeedily hlled with crowds; bue Peter füll continued bis grave · Countenance, and Pace towards them, which when they faw, they were in great admiration, nene daring to hurt him, for they believéd that he was fome divine or beavenly Apparition ; but to p¿-ove what manner of ching he was, the CuracM,_ or Lords, agreed ro try him with tbe Lion and Tyger which Huayn11 Capac had re- commended ·ro their Cuílody, (as we have already related in the Hiílory of his Life,) which when tbey had lec loofe, they expeéted thac they fhould ·kill and cear him in pieces; bue this fl:ory is briefly related by Peter de Cier.a, in the Ac- count 'he gives of the Conqueíls and Aétions of Huayna Capac in this greac Pro- 'vince of Tumpi:<,, che which 1 thoughc fit ro cranfa-ibe word for word, that fo I mighc h¡ive the tefiimony of a Spanijh Authour, ~n confirmation of che truth of what I have wroce, and wirh the fame occafion deícribe che bea'uty of rhac pleafanc Valley of Tumbi::., for fd that Authour writes. " In regard, fairh he, " that che Inhabirarits of che Hle of Puna were always at variarn;e with che Na- . · · tives