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 Commentaries• BooK 11. • C H A P. XXI. ·' New Pretenfions obflruél the C onquefl of Chili. Almagro defigns to return unto Peru ; and the Reafons why. A Lmagro having repofed a while, and refrefhed himfelf, his Men, and his Horfes, afrer the Hardfhip fufl:ained in che late Conqueíls, he chen con- fulted of the Way and Method how to fübdue che other Vallies and Provinces 'of the Kingdom of Chili, which were not fübjeét ro the Dominion of the Inca; for chofe that were, upon appearance of Pau/lu, Brother of their King, needed no other force to rende!" them obedient; when~fore Almagro communicated unto Pau/lu his lntentions, who confiderin_g that fu h Conqueíls would be Enlargements of his Brothér's Bmpire, readily áílemed, a 'f.ld in order to rhat Defign drew out from elle Garrifons, arid place5" of Defonte, ali t he Forne that were in tbem, and i(fued out his Comtriand§· for máking Provifions, and bringing them to the Camp; whic;h having dmft .he accornpa:nied Almagro to the Conquefr of the Pro- vinc@S of Purumducd, Antulli, Pincu, CanquJ, ánd che PartS' adjaccmt, as far as to the Provinfe o~ Ara'úlm. In this Enterprife füey had many Skirmifhes with . th~ Natives 1 who be&aved thetnfelves valiantly, anti like Souldiers, being in a fignal rnannet dexterotls in .cheir Bows and At'ro\vs, with which they would íhooc wich admiraelé ciitn ; but ~he parti{'.ulars the~of we !hall not relace, nor yet che Battéls,..10Mly in genetiil, dltat they w€te verY, bloa~Ys and ftoudy füught, becaufo we tnU!t háíl:eb to our HHtory of Peru1 In •fhort @hetefnre, rhough che Enemies rnade good reÍlíl:eqce, yet ch_e S'pm1illrds gaitied upGJa thérn wich happySaccelS, by tn@ Affiíl:l!n€t;l atiél Good w1ll of Pllullit, ªºª i1ts 'fñ/Jh1n1, But diefe happy and p}'Of~rbrls p dc~dings were' foo~ obfüuéted by Diftbrd, which •always blowed tlie Flames ©f Feuds and Diífenubtt becweefi thefe tW© famous Brochers, whiéh were never quenched, untill both of rhern were ~nfümed, as will appe..ar in the fequel of this Hiíl:ory. Thas Almagro proceeding in a profperous courfe of Viétory, though at the ex- pence of Spanifh and Jndi11n Rloud; at che end of five Months, frorn the time that he emred Chili, Recruics of an hundred Men were brought ro him, under the Cornmand and Conduét of Ruu DiM, and ?ohn de Herrada, who (as we have faid) were appoinced to remain in Couo, ro make Levies of Men, and fend him Suc- cours. Their paífage was over the fame Moumains, and by the Carne waychat Al- magro had traverfed before ; and though ir happened ar a becrer feafon of che Year, that is, in che momh of November., which isSumrner in thar Climate, when the SnGws wer@ nGt-fo deep, nor the Colds [o i ren[e , yer many l t1diAns, and fome Spaniard1 were frozen to De:ith; and chofe thar efcaped had periíl1ed wirh Hunger, had rhey not been füílained by che Flefh of chofe Horfes which were found dead in che way, where having been frozen ever fince che rime that Alma- gro paffed char way, the Reíll chereof was as freíll and good, afrer five Momhs, as if they had been killed rhat very day. The Difficulties of chis Journey being overcome, (which were greater than we are able to exprefs , ) rhey were received by their General wich ali imaginable Joy and Comemment; and better was rheir wellcome, when it was known that Herrada brought wirh him His Majefiy's Commiflion, which inveíl:ed Almagro in the Governrnent and Jurifdiétion of an hundred Leagoes of Land, exempt and ditHnét trQllJ the Territories of Marqui ís Pir11rro. This Commiflion was brought M l!,~a,;'~oiPi.f~'llro, when he laíl: rnrur~~ · .Jj:01 Spain unto Peru, che which he fent from los Reyes to Herradtt by thel>ol tí., l&owmg rhat he was rhen upon his departure for Chili. This particular is relar~d by Gomara in the 1 35 th Chapter of his Book, the which Words we have extraéted verbatim in this manner. ·