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 11. Royal Commentaries. " :Almagro being employed in bis Wars in Chili, 'f ohn de Herrada carne ro him (C with a Comr:nifficm for bis Government, which was btought from Spain by " Hernando l'ifarro, which, though it cofi him his Life, yet he more rejoiced and " rriumphed.rhan with all the Gold and Silver he had g4ined, for he was more " arnbitious of Honour rhan covetous of Riches. Hereupon he ent:red into con- " fu!tation 0f rhe courfe he was to fieer, whecher ro remain in Chi!i, or t.erurn ro « Coz.co; after fome debate chereupon, che latter was refolved, namely, to remm "' unto Ca.~o, to cake poffeffion tbereof, fince &he Government of thac place fell ". to his Forrune. It had been better for him if he had followed che A:dvice and '' Requefl: «nf nhofe who perfuaded him to rernain ifl Chili, or in the. Charcas, -" which is a ver~ rich and fruitfull Coumrey, and from thence to have fent and 1 " known the WiU and Pleafure of Francifco Pi farro, and his Affiílants ai Coz.co, be- " for.e he attempced ª' macter, which proved a bre4ch of their Aífociarion. The " Perfons wh0 ,perfuaded him ro return, were chiefly Gome:z. and Diego de Alvárado, -" and Rodrigo Orgonnos, bis familiar and intimare Friend. In fine, Almagro refolved ro' " remrn to Co :z.co , and aífume the Government thereof by force, in cale .che Pi- ." camfJ. íhoul d n ot eaíily render and reGgn che fame. Thus far are the Words of Go'mara. 1 • 533 The Mociv~s which incited _Almt!gr~ and his Captains tó remrn unto Peru, were' not the bare Cornmand and Jurifdiétion over a hundred Leagues of Lancl, for they poffeífed· thaE, and much more, already in Chili, wl-Íere the People received and creaced them wirh exceífes of Kindnefs and Service, and where the~r Domi- nions increafed , and. were daily enlarged with 11ew Conqu~íls over Coumries that abounded with Gold, and orher Riches; but the ambiéion of being Prince ·o~ the1lm¡Derial City of Couo, .over-balanced '<111 other confiderations; and was that Bome of Difiehti0n thrown in !,?y the Devil between .th0fe two Governours, from whence arofe the Civil Wars which il'lteurupted rhe ·propagation of rhe Gof.. pel; .and occaf1~med che Death ,ofmany Chrifl:ians, and was rhe Caufe rhat an innu- rner.able•compainy of others .dyed without the Sacrament of Baptifm; but che paf. ... ·Ú<Dlll 1which A!llJ~j¡ed and his..Companie>ns had for .the Imperial .City, tranfporred chem with a: deítue to ~tur.n rinto Peru, not b¡,r the way diey carne, for the Diffi- cofoy tttereG~ lmd their Sufferings wer.e íbiH freíh in Cheir memory , bue rakin~ tlaeir palfage. over a Sandy Ile.(ant, in whicm they endured extremity 0f Heat, ;witih iWant :Of ·Waner ., ithe -S~ifering~ wer'e as great as when the.y fufiained che mn.traries ofSn 0w, Frce>ft) and craggy Moumaü1s; as we íhall hereafter more pq,r- r:icmlariy 1! 'ela.te; ancl 1n .the 1 mean time we canaot bue cake notice of rhe different inanner t hat th eíe Hiftorians, Carate and Gomara relane thís Expedítion of AÍfnagro into Chili, for they fay thar he returned by rhe fame way, and that he made feve- ral Lecher Bottels, or Jacks, to carry Water, which w.as rnuch wanting in rhofe Qry Defarts, in which rhere is a plain rniílake; fpr where rhere is abundance of Snow, there can be no want of Water·: Bm thefe Authóurs.confound rhe going wich the return of Almagro, which were iwo different ways, fubíeét to concrary 1 - inconveniencies. And farrher they fay, rhat the Gold which PaHliH preíented to Almagro in Chili, was forced from the Indian.t of CharcM by Saavedra, as rhey were carrying it for a Prefent co their King ; for tha.t ev~r lince the beginning of che War between the two Brothers, Huafcar and Atahualpa, they had conferved cheir G9ld ., ,.aud .h.a_g_fiQppe_d a~l lotercour_(e a_nd ~9JJ.cl°pond~nc~s b_y that way. U, pon all which rnatcer; rhat anc1ent Conquerour, ( of whom we have rnade rnencion in. · che former part) caking notice in his Marginal. Notes on the Hiíl:ory of Gomara ot the confufed Relacion of chefe paífages ; in a kind of anger rnakes che Exceptions . following to che Chapter 135'· . " In the Relation which chis Authour gives of Co :z.co and Chile, there are rnany " ·things that rnight be added, and rnany things or nitte d ; for in writing his Hi_, '• fiory, he feems co have taken his inforrnarion from fuch as were a~ ignorant of -'' matters as himfelf; the which appears in this particular paífage ; the nuth of " which is chis : Almagro, as is evident, did not remrn frorn Chile, by che way rhat " he went thirher,_ wllich was by a paífag€ over thac Moumain , on which rhey ~~~end_fue~ l!e:i rrell}'ity of hunger ~nd cold , and by tlíac emrance into Copayapu, which 1s rl1e firíl: Valley of Chile on rhar fide, where fell fo much Snow, that " many Indians, Spaniards and Horfes were frozen to deach ; and rnany of rhofe " who efcaped, !oíl: their Toes and Fingers, benumbed by che Froíl, bue by ano- ~ ' cher way, as we íhall hereafrer declare. Five Momhs afm which, Ruy·diM; and ~ ' 'jahn