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 ll. of che Spaniards, and chere ~ith. a loud Voice cried out, That ifany Viracocha had Courage to engage with h1m m a fii:_¡gle. Due~, tha~ he fhould come forth and fight with him, for he there attendea h1m w1th .hIS Arms: But the Spaniardr eíl:eeming it a condefcenfion too mean, and no Honour to kili a ftlly Indian, fcor- ned to accept che Challenge. Bue ac Iength a Noble Jndian-, of che Nation of Cannari, who from his Infan- cy had been bred up a Page in the Court c:if the great H~ayna ~apac, .and then profeffed himfelf a Seryan~ to the Marquifs _Do~ Franci{co Psfarro; for ha- ving yielded himfelf ro him mone of the late Skirm1fhes, he ever afcer acknow- ledged him far his Mafier; with this- Perfon 1 ha~ an Ac9uaimance, and lefc him alive in Cozco , when 1 carne thence far Spam. ThlS Cannarian, 1 fay, asked leave of Hernando, and 'fohn, and Gonfalo Pifarro, Brothers of his Lord, to anfwer the Challenge, faying, That fince that rellow had the boldnefs to de- fie the Vi.racochM, that he, who was a Servam of theirs, would undertake the Duel, not doubting bue, by virtue of their propitious Fortune, to return viéto- rious. Hernando Pifarro, and his Brother, applauding his Courage and Refola- tion, granted him licence; upon which he took che like Arms which the other carried, and wenc farth to meet him: And having fought cogether a long while, they clofed chree or faur times, and wreíl:led, bue being noc able to throw one the other, chey loofed, and again .returned to che managemenc of cheir Armsi with which che Cannarian being mofi dextrous, thrufi his Enemy into che Breaíl: with his Lance, and then cucring off his Head, he carried ic by che Hairs thereof unto che Spaniards, with which cefümony of Conqueíl: he was received wich chac Triumph which his Viétory deíerved. · The Inca, and his People, were much aíbamed of che Viétory which che Can- nm·ian had gained; far had it been a Spaniard, the Difhonour had been much lefs, but to be overcome by one of their own Indian Vaffals, was an Affront and Difgrace which could portend notming but ill fortune; and being a People natu- rally fuperíl:itious, and terrified wich rhe apprehenfion of fuch Omens,. they never afrerwards actempted any thing of Moment, during che remainder of the Siege; nor did any thing remarkable fucceed, unlefs the unfortunate Deach of chat wor- chy 'fohn Pi farro, as we fhall hereafcer relate. So often as I call co mind chefe Miracles, and feveral others, which God was pleafed to work in favour of the Chrifüans, boch at the Siege of Couo, and of los Re;es, as we fhall fee hereafcer, l cannot but wonder chat the Hiltorians fhould be fo filent therein, efpecially fince chey were fo clear and evidenc to ali tbe World, having in my youth heard them reported both by IndiAns and Sp11niardf with grear admiracion; in memory of which, after the Siege, chey dedicatecÍ unto our Lady thac Gallery whereih che Spani11rds were quarrered, and where now che Cuhedral Church is builr, called by che Name of St. Mary of che Af.. fumption and Advocatior;; aqd the City it felf chey dedicated co St. 'fames of Spain ; to both which Saines Anniverfary Days of Feaíls are appointed, in rhank- full remembrance for che gracious Benefits received; che which Feíl:ivals begin in che morning with a folemn Procefiion, and Sermon, and then High Mafs is celebrated; and laíl:ly, che Day is concluded wirh che Sport of Bulls, and'other Recreations. In che Porch of chis Church, which leads to che Market-place, che Piélure of Se. '/ames is painted, mounted on aWhite Horfe, wich his Buckler on his Arme and a Serpentine Sword in his Hand, wich many Indians dead and wounded unde; his Feet ; which Piéture when che Indi11ns beheld, chey faid that a Viracocha like chis, was· he c1m deílroyed us in che Market-place. In che Year 1 )60. when I deparred from Cozco, ro go into Spain, che Piétare was chen frefh; che Infurreétion of the Inca began in che .Year 1535. and ended in 1 5 36. and I was born in che Year 1539. fo rhar I might well be acquainted borh with Indians and Spani- ards, who had been aélua.lly in chofe Wars, and Wicneífes of chofe Apparirions which we have declared; and I my felf, for five Years cogecher, have alway~ been prefent ar the Sports and Paíl:imes of chofe Fefüvals; · for which Reafons from plain dernoníl:ration, 1 cannot but wonder why Hifiorians have been filenc in thefe particulars, unlefs ic be, chat chey would accribuce unto che valour of the Sp11niard1 ali che H.onour of chofe Days, wirhout rnaking due return of rhankfull :icknowledg~ent unto God for che Viétories fo miraculouíly obcained. Man y