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 I. R:oyal Corrimentariú. cheíe Ainbaífadours· was drowned going pver a River; and thar the n~·o orher5 dyed of natural fitkneífes, t,o whith ·chat Climáte is vety rubjeét, and uQq~alt)1foll to the bbdiés óf thanger5; for it is not probable thát the l ñdi,ans; ;vh0 hád obfer- "V'ed wíth what fubmiffion the Lion atíd tiherT1get harl ti"QU<::hed in" a t!Jfra(Úlous ·mannéi· ro Pedro de Candia, íhould flay, or facrifiCe diém; ' wnorn 'they efl:eemed for Deitiés. · Pi fa'rro in his paífage· over tbe Waters on Floats and R:afts~ ·was in - grea~ dang€r, as wére· all his peo~lé, óf beii~g 'caíl: away 'by ,che fiteaqis; - whi'cp in tho[e P?rts are very fierce and rap1d, for their Floats wete very unruly; anch1Mafie to be governed; howfoever in defpight ofall, they leaped on íhore, and marched boldly towards the people, with whom, after many Battels, the Spaniards remained ~onquerours 2 ?nd therebx the Enemy beLn_g bec<?me cowed and difmay_ed by the many flaughters which were made of them, they entirely yielded: . And ÍÚppo- fing that thefe deíl:ruétions were Jildgments of rhe Suh inHiéted for their Síns , they endeavoured to plea[e and.pa_cifie their Enernies by Prefents of Gold, Silver, and Jewels, which they l)aclj6bferved to .~he Oomrnódities.pleafing to them, and the Motives which had iñciteárnem tó' aRtheir laOóllrs 'and dangers ; and more- over, the Curaca carne with a'll humillty to fübmit and furrender his Eíl:a te and Perfon into tbeir hands; , . _ , The Spaniards confülering how profperouíly_their áffairs fucceeded by ·che·'for- · tune of ibis one Battel, refolved to fetde their firíl: Colony in rhéfe parts, which they called St Michael, being founded on the day of his Feíl:iVal ; and in tbis firíl: and ancient Colony tbey planted feveral df their Compani0ns in the year 1 5' 3 1 , to receive and give enterrainment unto all fuch who were íhortly expelted from Pan_ama an.d Nicaragua. · , . . . . ' .. · ' " ·, - . .J .From rhis place Pi farrq_ diípatched bis_. thr~e Ships back again to Panama, to .bring hím more recruits of Men, and fupply ci t Provifions ; ·ami to give:mú e life. fo rhe defign, he. fent above thirty thoufand(Ducars .in Gold and Silver, befides .Emeralds, as the fruits\>f bis Labours, and as an evidence of the vaíl: .Ríches ·of , tharCoumrey. Eut we íhould have told'you before, ·rhat Pi~arro (ahicmgíl: rhe -n;iany ar.her favours which he received from hi~ Majeíl:y in Spain) had d'!e ·honour :;¡pd,privilege granted him to entenam a Guard df twenty four Halbardiers, for _proteél:ion of bis Perfon, and· greater autl¿ority of his Office and Government : Wherefore havi_ng fubdued and- rr,aílered Tumpiz,, he defigned to make ·d10ice of {uch a Guard wherewith he might with mor~ oílentatiOQ and pomp, than he had fór)t)edy íliewn, make' his e~rry into rhat ,Couliltrey. Bue be,_could not with all the promi fes 'he·c0uld make, perfüade any1. ofall bis company ~o fübmit fo low, -as .~o ~ccepr of rhat Office; for ic is not onely inciclent.'tO ·the hllmour of .rhe Spa11iatds to be haughty, ánd fanfie 1 know not what high and fublime matters, l;pt 'even thoíe who are humble, and w ould a ccept of any mean ;¡ nd l ow.employ- mep\: in other parts, do no fO!*Jer entet'.Í.mo rhefe Counwies, :but a.re i'rF!medi<ire- ly elevated with a.new generofüy and greatne[s of Soul, chát they fcorn .ro accept of ~frdinary preferrnents : .But 1 rbus much I íhould hm . have adventureCf,1to. lk!ve faid; nad I.nót received tbis report from Spai;iartJs, who fintl the like indinatións wirihin tbemfelves. Howfoe\(er~ there were cwo ofali the •rmmber who accepted the Halberts, with whoin .I v,.;as atqua~nced; wbo both in. the Conqueíl: of that Cóumrey, and afterwards in che Civil· Wars behaved rhemfelves like brave Soul- dim , and jn ,¡-eward thereof the honour of Military Comma:nds were beíl:owed up9n th~m,. with a íhare -of Lands and Jurifdiétion over the.Jndians; they were both killed in the War, though their Names 1 have thought fit t6 conceal for fe- yeral refpefu. After Pifarro rhe G6vernour had quieted and fetled Tumpiz,, and ~he dependencies. thereunto belonging, and poíleíled hirnfelf of the Riches, he re- folved .to pr9ceed to Caj{amarca; and·make a viút to King 4tahualpa, the farne of w~o[e treafur~ was e~tremely. inyíting ~ iln.d the report thereof the more proba- ble, by the apwarent Riches "vhich wer e fou nd in Tumph. In .their March rhitber they paífed a Countrey uninhabited, a.nd of dead an<l barren Sands, extremely hot and di."{, withour Water-; wjrh whieh, for want .of knowkdge of che Coun- q,ey, they liad not provided. rhemfelves; b ut (lt leng th they carne ro certain plea- fant and.fnütfull Vallies, where they vvere reliev.ed vvirh ali things necelláry for . i.~eir refreíhment; At this place the Goverh.our received an Embaffy from the unfoi:tunat~ Huf!fcar Inca, btit hovv and vvbíéh vvay it ca1ne from him, is doubr- {ull, in regard (as vve have faid ) he vvas kept a clofe Prifoner under fevere cu- f ody : Bur it is probable that this Meífage might be fent by fome C11r11ca m1t of mm- 439