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.

\ . 520 Royal Comment4ries. .BooK II. . ' " he rnarched to f2!!itu, having in that Journey endured rnuch ,CQ.ld and hunger 5 " the news whereof affeél:ed the rninds of Pifarro and Almagro witl'r·j.ealouíie and ·" fear. k.t length he fold the Ships, Guns, &c. for two hundred thoUrancl-pieces ' ' of Eight; which having received, he returned rich and triumphant unto Hua- " timallán. Afrer which he built tenor twelve Ships, one Gally, and other Pin- " naces wbich were light, and rowed well with the Ore, with defign to make " a Voyage to the Efpemia, anda farcber difcovery towards the Cape ofVa!lenM, " called by 'fome California. In tbe year 15 38, Friar Marcos de Ni fa, and other " Francifcan Friars travelled by Land through the Countrey of Culhuácan, at lea-íl: " thrée hundred League's to the Weíl:ward, and mucb f~rtber tban tbe Spaniard.; " of Xalixco had as yet di(covered , and remrned with high commendarions oí "J! itihe Counrries, and of the Ricbes and good Air oí Sibola, and orber Ciries. ~fi Upon d1e relation oí theíe Friars, they refolved once to fend an Army by Sea " to thoíe ·pans under rhe Command oí Don Antonio de Mmdofa, Vice-king ofNew " Spain, and Don FcrfJando Cortes Marquis de Valle, who was Caprain-General of ''" New Spain, and firíl: . Diícoverer Gf the Coaíl: along the South-Sea ; but not a- ' ' gre<i!ing upon Anides, they quarrelled , and· fo Crrr~es returned into Spain, and ce A/varado was fent in his place wÍth the Ships before memioned ; for which the " Money, as afore(aid, was paid him.- A/varado failed, as I conceive, wirh his " Fleer to the Port of Navidad, and tbence travelled by Lánd to ,Mexico, where " he agreed with the Vice-king upon an adventure to Sibola, without any regard " to the gratitude he owed to Cortes, who was the Autbour of ali his fortune. " In his return from Mexico, he_paffed through Xalixco, to fubdue and reduce che " people of rhat Kingdom, who had rnade an Iníurreél:ion, and were in defiaoce " againíl: the Spaniards. At length he carne to Efatlan, where Diego de Lape:i:. was " making War againíl: the Rebels, and joyning his Forces with him, rhey Hormed " rhe Jndians, who ha4 forC'ified themfelves on the comer of a Rock with fucb " refolurion, that having killed thircy oí rhem, they pur che reíl: unto fligbr ; and " having climbed up· inro a high and narrow Rock, many of their Horfes carne _" tumbling down the Precipice: And whereas one of them carne íliding down " juíl: up0n the Horfe of A/varado, he, to avoid him, aligbted, intending t9 give " him way, and fave himfelf; bur_the Horfe in his fall íl:riking on che edge of a " Rock, turned his fall juíl: on..Alvarado, and carried him headlong wüh him " clown to die bottom; che whicb rnisfortune happened on Midíummer-day, in " the year 1 54'1, and in a few days afrer died ·of the bruiíes he had received at " E~fltlan¡ which is a place about three hundred Leagues dill:ant from Huatim11illfn; " he conferved his Senfes, and rhe judgment of a Cbrifüan, unrill rhe laíl: ; for " being asked .where1his cbief pain was, heanfwered, in his Soul: As to orher " maners, he was a Man of a free and chearfull remper. Thus far are che Words of Gomar'a ; and at the end of rhe fame Chapter he adds, " That he left no Eíl:are, ce nor did rhere remain 1any Memory or Relicks of him, unlefs what is befare re- " cired, and a Daughtei·' which he had by an lndian Woman, which was afrer- ce ,wards.Married to Don Francifco de la Cueva; and fo he concludes rhat Chaprer. This Relation is che very fame which is commonly currenr ·in Pera, with ali rhe circumíl:ances rhereof; onely they differ in this, that one fay,s it was a Horfe rhat .~umbled upan hirn; and rhe orher, tbat it was a Rock, which was thrown clown by the fall of a Horfe; 'ris probable tbat it rnight be the one as weH as the o- .ther, and tbat the Horfe and Srones migbt come all rowling down together. Beíides;- I was acquainted wirh bis Daughrer, and with one of bis Sons, who was a Mongrel or Me.fti:{,() ( as we call them ) born of an Jndit[ln Woman, narned lJon Diego ~e A /varada, a Son worthy, and not.degeneraring from a Farher of fuch great renown, for he refembled bis Fatber in all bis Verrues ; was a true partero of hirn in all circumíl:ances, nor did he differ from him in rhe very rnisfortune of bis Dearh ; for having wirh other Spaniards rnade bis eícape fi:om the Barre! of Che/qui Inca, he was afterwards killed by the JndianJ in rl~e purfuit, as we íllall here- ' after relate in irs due place. Tlms ended the Life of chis worrhy Cavalier Don Pedro de AL11ar11do, he was Knight .of rhe Habit oí St. rago, and one oí che moíl: dexterous wirh bis Lance of any rhat paffed into rhe New World. His unbappy Death was greatly lamented ar Co:cco by al! rhoíe who had been his followers in rhat Empire; many Maffes were-fa id for his Soul ar rhat tim~', and for feveral years afrerwards; I my felfhave · .been prefent ar fome, which were faid for him, when I was there. Whenfoever ' any