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.

534 Royal Comr1:1entari~s. BooK II " '-/ohn. de Herrada, who were lefc in Peru far Agents to Almagro,_ páífed chaE \líray " with cheir people, and in like:manner endured much excrernity boch by húngé2 .i and cold ; for che paífage is long, and of a~ leaft five ór fix days continuance, " with hard cravel; during which time they wanced Provifions very much; be- ,, caufe the Jndians, which carried chem, were frozen to deach : And yet chey " paíled at a bercer feafon chan did Almagro i. che Snows not being fo deep, nor " che cold fo intenfe ; howfoever chey íuffered rnuch, and many died : Their - " chief relief and remedy againíl: Hunger they received from tl'le Fleíh of chofe " Horfes, which being frozen, were conferved from corrupcion. Bue Almagro " ( as is faid) remrned not by this way of che Moumain by which he carne, out " by che Plains, which run along by che Sea-coaíl, where che Countrey is de- " farr, and uninhabiced from Atacama, which is che moíl: remoce people of Peru, " untill you come to Copayapu, which is eighcy Leagues difiant from thence, and " in che way there are cercain Pools of fiagnated, or llanding Waters, which do ' ' noc run: For which reafon, and becaufe chey are not drawn, they fiink, and " are corrupced, and are about íix or feven Leagues dillant one from che ocher ; " wherefore for better Accommodacion of che whole Army, Almagro ordered, " chac che Horfe íl1ould lead che ~Van, and be che firíl: to P?ÍS che Defart in fmall • " Parties of five and fix. in a Company; fo that che Wells being drawn by che " firfi, che Wacers became fweec and wholfome for the ufe of chofe that follow- " ed, and were again filled wirb a new fupply of Water fufficient for a fmall " Company, by whicb means che wfaole Army ·paífed wirhour much inconveni- " ence; bue Almagro himfelf, to avoid che Defarc embarked on a fmall Veífel, " which was brought for him by Noguerol de V/loa, one of his Captains, who was " Son of che Afcayde, or chief Confiable of SimancM, whom che Biíl1op of Camura ' ' put to death. Gero,nimo de Alderetc, who many years afrer was Governour of " Chile, obferving when he was ar Copayapu, chat che paífa~e over the Mou~tains " was clear of Snow, refolved to país chat way ; and havmg man.y others m bis " company, chey mude fearch for che Remains and Relicks of chat great Morca- " liry which happened tq chofe who paífed wich Almagro; and chete they foulild a " Negro fianding againíl: a Rock on his feet bolt upright, as alfo a Horfe on his " feet, as if it had been a Figure fet up ofScraw, and cheN:gro holding the Reins " in his hands, which were rotten, che skin and flefh being fallen from che bones; " and chis was five or íix years after that Valdivi4 had been Governour there, " whom Ald&rete fucceeded. And chus far are che Words of that ancient Con- querour, who made Marginal Notes on the·Hifiory of Gomara, and farther ex- pi-eífes himfelf in che following Chapter. , ! ~·' ' 1 1 ¡, . !·· 'i ... ' ,,, .. f.'