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.

1 BooK 11. Royal Commentarie!. CH A P. XXIV. The lnf urrefiion of · Prince Manco Inca ; and of the Two ' Miracles which were wrought in favour of the Chri- jlians. T. HE Plot being thus laid, the Inca gave Command that the·So1:ddiers nóW . , leavied, and in a P9fiure of Wat fhould march towards Couo, , and to the City of los Reyn; to kill, ílay artd defüoy the Spaniardi thetein; and alfó ás many <;>f them as they found fcattered and difperfea over the K.ingdom ~ fot by thé · great kindnefs and peaceable difpofition w~ch the Indians had fhewn to them' . hi~heno'° ihe SJ>.lt~_iar.ds b€Caf!le rec~re, and witfuout fear ~t jea)o~fie of any Mif:. chie[, mJploy~ themfelves- m d1ggmg Gold out of the Mines, w1th as much con 4 fi.dence as if rhey llad been in rheir own Counttey. The War having taken irs beginníng from the ílaughter of many Spaniards, that were labouring ih divers Rlaces, they marched to co..,co; wich áH the privacy they were able, and cáme thi 4 th€r oo. the d?Y appointed; and that very night folJowing they fuddenlJ fetl on the. Spaniatds with loud Noife aad Shouts, being two hundred thoufand in num 4 Q€r, t nany, of wfakh were ai:med with Bows ana·Arrows, whicltt they íhot with F.ke- baUs. foto cril the Houf~ ot the City, ndt fparing thé V.ery PalaGes óf their Jµhg s.,, nor any 0the11, excepting onely the Templ~ of the Sun, and ~he C,hámb€rs lJelongjng to it, and alfo the Convenli of the Sel'eét Virgjns , ami the Shops of the tour Stteets, where this Houfe was fituate;. and thoagh thefe Houfes·were de~ (poi1ed of tliieir Riches, and without.Inhabitants, yet their Reverence and DevÜ4 tion -towards tñofe facred place~; caufed thém to abfiain from all fort qf Sacri~ lege gr viok;ace . thereu¡i~o, They alfo thougliit fit to conferve frotn Fite thé three great Halls in the Market-place, where they ufoally celebrated their Fefü- váls in rainy Weather, Íf\cending to maincain them for the like ufe again, afcer they hacl freti:d thernfelves fr@m die Tyranny of the Spaniard1. One of thefe Halls w¡¡s fttuate m die higheíl pan of the City, adjoining to the Houfes of the firll: In- c.i,. Ma¡¡áJ'Capav-, .as,we haye defcribed in tme M©del of the City·: The otHer Hall appertairni:d, to the Houfes of J.nca Pachac~tec, called CaJ[-ana:. The third Half ·.was belonging tó· tfue Ealifice 0f Huajna .éapac, which tfuey éalled Arnarüc11nch-a, where now tbe Jefuite5 ha,ve d:teir College. And m0reó\rer they preferved a liancdforne round Cupolo, which was built on die Front o~ thefe Houíes; al! the pther .Buildings were burnt, and noc fo mnch as one left íl:anding. To bum the Houfe of the Inca Viraaocha, where che Spaniard1 were quartered, the froutell: and moll: valiant. .füdian 1 were c hofen, whe5Jlemned it wirh great Fury, and fhooting their Arrows at far , dift.am: e; fe~ it mi füe, and entitely cm:1famed it. The great Hall there0f:. whkh i;s,now the Cathedra1l, and then a; Chapd, where. che Chri- füans faid ivfufs, was by the Provid'ence of God defended from the Fire; and though innumei;able Arrows, carrying Fire,. we11e fuof into it, and oegan t9 bum it, in feveral pam, yet in a miraculous manner it quenched of it felf; as if Water üi Bouds had qeen thrown·upon ir: .A:ad this was one of the Miracles which God wrougflt for us, to make way for the' Propa.gation of the Gofpel, in thaf Cícy,, where certain\y, is now fettled th.e· moL'b clev©ut and religious fociety of Men that is in all the New World, bonh for 8fániar,d:s and indiam. . Remando Pir.arro, and his two Bronhers,, with their Souldiers, which in all did not make abóve nwo hundred, which was an ihconfiderable number agaiáll: fo might;¡ a Force;. kepr do[e ~o a Body·; . and' like good:Souldiers were always upon ~he Gua.rd, placiog their Cenúnels a~ everY, Avenue, and Watthmen upon. rhe Tower. As oft a5 the Noife of the lndians allarmd rhem, they íl:ood to th€ir Arms, and.bridled their Horfes, of whic:h ev~y night tbircy lfood ready f~dled, to mak~ Sallies on the Enemy, and furvey·their Force. When they had Mcovered therr · great