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 Comin.entaries. BooK n. Rere; decached two ~aptains of. Hor.íe for ihe fuccour ·and relief of chem, 0 füp- ·.pofing cha.t ch~ lndian~ t1pon fight .ofohe Horfe would immediacely .run, and be .put .to, füghr, as formérly .they had i "done in Caf{amarca, where.rhey abandoned and forfo0k their King. - So 'foon as Che Hórfe carne up to the Sration of ~i:c, . ,1¡ui:c,j, he made a feigned recrear to · cer.rarn Rocks .and Moumains, .where che Hmfe could noc pafs, nor.. ·doe :any fervi~e, continuing íl:ill a defenfive Fighr, as they re(ifods encercaining che Spani117-d1 wirh a .Skirq¡iíh for che fpace .of chree .hours , by·which time their Horfes became fainc and tited ; of which che: Indilms taking advancage, fallied forth wich thac ·whole Body, which by the Command' and Conduél: of f2!!i:c,qui;;:, were lodged wirhin che Rocks and Mouncains ; and aífailed che Spaniardt with fuch fury, thar chey killed fevemeen of chem ; though a cercain Hiíl:orian mencions onely five or fix, befides fome chac were wounded, and orhers caken Prifoners, and rhe reíl: efcaped by che fwifrnefs of cheir Horfes: Of the lndians fevency were ílain ; chofe thar were caken, were Francifco de Cha- ves, who was one of the Chief Commanders; PedroGonfala , who was afrer- wards an lnhabicanc of Truxillo, Alonfo d~ Alarcon, Hernando de Haro, A fonfo de Hojeda, who fome years afrerwards fell into fo deep a melancholy, that he !oíl: his fenfes and underíl:anding, and died in Truxillo ; alfo Chriftopher de Horo>:.co, a , Nacive of Seville ; 'lohn Diaz, a Gencleman of Portugal, beíides feveral orhers of lelS accounc, whoíé Names time hach aboliíhed. Alonfo de Alarcon was taken by che fall of his Horfe, with which his Leg was broke fhorc off at rbe Knee z and though che bone was afcerwards fet by the Indians, who took great care of hin;i, and of the ochers who were wounded , yet he remained lame for ever afcer. fJ.!!h.qui:{. l;iaviilg gaio~d chis advamage, like an experienced Caprai n, wmild noc íl:ay ,uncill tbe re¡naiAder of the Spanifh Forces were come up, bur recreared wich his people cowards .G:afT11mam1, to meet wich T itu Arauchi, Brothet of tlie lace King, who ( as he had ·heard) was on his march : And to cur his way as íhort as he,could, he paífed a great Rjver, and rhen burnt che Bridge, becauíe it was made of ÜÍ!ers, chac fo che Spaniards might not be able to foJlow in rhc purfuic of chem. . Having met with the Inca Atauchi, they both agr.eed to recuro to Caf{t1marca, there to confider of Affiürs, and to treac of chofe tbings which mighr conduce to che common good, and welfare of che people ;. and fo accord ingly rhey pro· ceeded. ' •' ¡ ' ! ( 1 ,- f. 1. CH A P.