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. R~yal Commentaries. CH A P. XV. ' Of the great Hardfh,;ps the Spaniards 1 endured i~ iheir Voy- age fl'O!n Panama t~ Tumpi~. ~o· On Francifuo Pifarro with his four Brothers, togerher wirh his Men and Hqrfe, . whkh were .as many as his Ships could contain, fer Sail from Panama, with intention not to touch :my where umill they .carne to rl:ie Counfrey of Tumpi<:.. ; but the Sourherly Winds always blowing in that Sea, which were contrary to the courfe they .íl:eered, they were forced to land a Hundred Leagues fhort of Tumpi<:..; .fothat [ending th@ir Ships back again to Panama, they refolved to march ali the ' way by Land, eíl:eeming it much eafier than to turn to Windward for fo many ~~~ . Bur in rheir Journey by Land they foffered much more t-han they would have dQne by the comrary Winds by Sea ; . fór emring into a barren Counrrey, void of all 'Viéluals and Provifions, they endured hunger, and wam of all things ; and the vvay being long an<l tedious , ovet Moumains and Rocks , and their paífage fl:opped by wide Rivers, they c;on~rived to,¡_>afs then:i wirh Ffoats, .yvhich they made of Timber, and Canes, and Rufhes, which they faíl:ned cogether, and with large Goards which they bound one to the other. ' The chief Guide and Pilot over thefe Ferries was Don Francifco himfelf, wh_o was well acqu~inred, and experienced in matters of í:his nature ; the which he fu- íl:air:ied with fo much courage and patience, that for better example to his Com- p¡_mions, he would carry the .fick andi !ir~cl perfons on his own íhoul'ders over Brooks and Fords, · whkh rnight be waded over" ) '. After all thefe difficulties, they cam~ ,af lengt:h ~o that Province which th~y call Coaqyi, where.they found plenty of Pf<D,Vi\fi0ns, and many Emeralds of the fineíl: fort, of which they broke many; fd1 beimg not ·skHfull Jewellers, . they had án opiniQQ, ,that the true Emeralds would d· bre;i~, ; and therefore for a trial they proy~Sl - them with Hammers upon ~he AnviL . The like they afterwards did i,n Tumei<:.., where ,thejy broke marw Emeralds of three or four thóufand Ducats price: But not onely chef~ Spaniard.r fell it~to this errour, bue likewife others, who afterwards carne ro this Cou11crey under che Corumand of. the Lord.Lieutenant lJon Pedro qe, Álvarado, who1 cl~íl:royed many Eim~ralds and Turquoifes of an ine- fitímable value. Bur beí1G!es rhefe füfallures, the people of Pif arro were áffiiékd with a loathf9me dífeafe, whiéh at firíl: app.eared with a fwelling on their Heads and Faces, Fke \Vares, and on 'fev€ral pai;ts·of tpeir Body ; but afterwards, when they carue to a maturity, they werq of the tolour of ripe Figs, and about che big~ nefs of thpn, hanging clown as it were by a íking , fiom wh~nce .gFeat quantities of bloud i.LÍite:~ ; che which were lílQ!: onely Joathfome, but very fore ; and it was very ugly to behord íiwh filthy Wa1~ or Wens, appearing on their Foreheads> Eye-brows, Nofes and EaFs, for which tl'rey knew no remedy or cure. But this di[e~[e was not fo mortal, bi.1'.t that ma,ny of them who were feized With this di- {l:emper, recovered, though feveral dyed ; and though che difeafe w~pidemkal to rhe Natives of Peru, yet ir was not fo to the Spaniard'fl, many of w ich efcaped the Evil.. Many v,ears. after that ti1ne I faw three or four Spaniards at o<:..co, who lay ill of that diíl:ernper, but ,they recoveued ; and it may be attribute 1 • to fome bad influence whid1 was tra'nflcrnt, for fince tbat time, that fiéknefs hath not been known. With all thefe Labours, Difeafes, and Death of bis Companions, Don Francifc~ was .not difmayed, 'always fhewJng himfolf as forward to adventure him- (elf firíl: in' dang~rs, as ·he was carefoll in rhe cure of his Friends and Souldiers. To Panama he fent twenty four or twenry five thoufand Ducats of Gold to fupply Don·Diego de Almagro with Money, that fo he might be enabled to furnifh thofe r.Jeceffary fuccours of which tli11:y had occafion; part ofwhich Gold he gained by Warj and part bY. the ranfome of fuch whom he had taken Captive~. Thus . pro 0