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.

Rvyal CommenttJ¡ries. Bo-o·K 1l. forrnerly, to prevent furprize, met forne E~counters on tbe way; ·wítb certain Captains of Atahualpa o[ final! note, wbo hearing of tbe Imprifonment of their King, bad 'ráifed fome peopl~ in a confufed manner; .and being but few in nurn- ber, were Aed to t~e Mountams, to ,guard forne Paífes on tbe R~cks and Precipi- ces which were d1fficult to take. And though they had been mformed of che D;ath of Atahualpa, yet they Disbanded not tneir people in expeétation of Sum- mons from forne of the next '©Í BJoud, who miglit require tbeir affiflence to re- ve~ge the Murther of their Kin_g: Far w1?ich reafon feveral fmall Companies were fcattered over .the Countrey w1th0ut Gh1ef or Commander t0 Marfhal_or Con- duét thern , which had they been united together to guard and ~efend chofe diffi- cult Paffes, might have done the ·spaniardJ great mifchief. With this fort of Soul- diers Sebaflian de Bela!ca~ar, had feveral ílighr Skirmifhes, but they quickly deferted rile Fight, aocl ;gave •©ved!lefore ·muém hurt :was done; onely Cupay Tupanqui, which ,is ,as 1 mudh as t0 {ay, Yrupanqui ·the ·Devil. fought very ítoutly, havi~g killed five S,p11ni( lr.dr, and w0unded fourteen, and m1ght have out cbern al! to p1eces, had he beeFJ füpp1ied with force fuflficiemt. Lopcz- de Gdmara, who was one of his Catho- }jc¡k MajeCly's 1 Chaplains, writing @f nhefe Skirmifhes in ·the 1 z8th Chapter of his fümk, calls him..Caprain Zopo Copagui; and AugJtfoin Car11Pe, who was the Empe- . rour~ Accounran4 rin the 1 oth Glíapter of his fecond Book, narnes hirn Capa Co- pagui0 wbich cC!>Ines neareíl: to the true word; buc to give him bis true Name, we m,l!lfi call ,1 1im Cumac Yupanq11i, which fignifies the handfome :J'upanqui, becau[e rhat wben tffi.is Jndian "was young,, he was rof aornely features, and of a well fhaped and pr.oportiioned lbodly ;. for tbe word Cumac, as we have menrioned in tbe Poetry ufed by the JncM, fignifies handfome or beaucifull. He was a namral Son of one of the Royal Bloud, his Motber was of tbe King- d0m 0f fl.!!i1u-; ,loe ilvas bred up wirb Atahualpa ; and for his skilfulnefs in Martial affairs, merited the ho'nour to be one .of his Captains. After tbat Atahualpa had taken his Brother Huafcar Prifoner, and committed many cruelties; this Man was a chief iníhument in the execution of ali bis bloudy praétices, and invemed many exquifae itonnents to be infliéted on the Enemies of bis Maíl:er, which could ne- ver enrer into the head of che King, or any ochers to perform ; following berein trae cmRmne of wicked Servants, who having neither tbe fear of God, nor tbe füame of the World ~efore their eyes, P.erpecrate al! Villanie~ to gain the good will and favour of nheir M.aíters; for which reafon the Captams and Servanrs of , Atahualpa obferving his cruel and di:lbolical nat.ure, changed his Sir-hame of Cumac imt01that of Cupay, which Ggnifies the Devil. This lndian afrer he had made fome fürJe.oppoficion againít Sebaftian de Belalcafar, and done him whac hurt he was able, J:etired ·~nto fome ohfcure places unknown both to lndians ~nd Spaniards. How- foever it is believed, that being abhorred by che lndians for his wicked praétices and living in fear 0f the-SpaniardJ, not daring to cohabit with his own people no; truft ,Jümfelf with Srrangers, he fled to the craggy and wild Mounrains of rhd An- ti+, 1there to live and aílóciate w~th Tygers and Serpems, in fuch manner as other C'<ip~ail.lls -h,is Corn}"anions had done. Fr0m chis Enter.prize Bclalcafar ~roceeded, an~ cai:ie to 2..!!_itu, rhere to give a ílop-co nheCruelnes of Rumminav1, and to pumfh h1m ; Rumminavi (as we have faicl) fallied forth to meet and skirmifh wirh him ; but in ali Encounrers rhe In~ diAns, who were few in nurnber, and ill difciplined, were woríl:ed withou~ almofr any damage to tbe SpaniardJ, For this Captain, by reafon of the many a;uelties he iiacl executed on his own people, having Murrhered bis fellow Souldiers with í~he Brocber and Sons of füs own King, and buried che Seleé't Virgins aliv~ without any reafon or jufüce, he became fo haced and detelled by the Jndiam tharnone would appear on bis fide againíl: che Spaniards, though he.pretended t~ revenge che Death of cheir King Atahualpa. Thus noc being able to make head againft At11hualpa, he retlred wirh melancboly and defpair into che Mounrains . tlíe which place, according ro thefe Examples, became alfo a refuge to fome Spa~ niards, as we íhall hereafter declare. CH A P~