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.

R.vyal Commentaries. Sallies, forcing them to recreac to whac place, and as far as they pleafed ; wi[h which:aé length t~y· becmre fu amazed aA d aff rrgbted; that diey \v.<Duld make no Defence, 'Íothattwencydive·or tlútry Spani' ar.ds were able to.deal with·gteat Squa- droAS-df the l11di10J1, .andkill. and puc them to füghc, as if they had been 1 fo rnany lnfancs or Crulclven. •For if Gód be for m, who can be againft m ? -lo chis manner 'the•Ina'ii:m.'.rllefocheSiege of the CiGy, beimg driven from che Fields, afld all che <®arters chereaboms; andl not one appearing, 1.mlefs in the Rocks and MounMin~, . .wllere cheJfor.fu<.rould doe buc'little fervice: And yec the Rocks .were n0c a fuffi. rient fufe-guard anti protefüon for them, .lnfoaufe the Horfe trotced over th~m like fo many 1 Goars:: This, I fay, isca compaiJfon of my own, bue l ihav.e·heard another, much more apc to this purpofe, from oJ:ilf of the Conquernurs ef chofe times, caUed 'Rodrigue<::. d1 Pií!afuerte, who .was'one of thofe chircfC:n who remain- ed .with..francifco Pifarro, when all .bis ocher companions deíerced and abandoned him, as we ha:ve formerly relaced. . Tbis Cavalier, :wich divers ochers, going one day to bring feveral Gentlemen on tbeir way, chat were travelling into Spain, I alfo remember to have been wirh them, thé>ugh bue a Y ourh,. lt being then towards che end of che year 1 55 2 ; and beiog on che Road which leads to Arequepa, Rodriguez. de Villa{uerte, during all the time that be was travelling fro;n. Cou-o to f2.!!_ejjecancha, wbich are threé Leagues, relaced che many fucceffes which occurred in che lace Siege; poimingwith his finger at che places ,where fuch and1iieh Aétions had paffed, telling that rhere fucli a perfon performed-fuch an Exploit, at fuch a place another aéled fuch a piece of bravery ; and, amongíl: ochers, whioh were very firange and wonderfull, he re- coumed one of Gonfalo Pifarro on che very ground where it was performed; tbe which we íhall mention in its due place. And having rnc¡de us a Narrative of rnany firange Atchievements, he added, thac we oughc noc to disbelieve chefe rnarcers as incredible, for thc¡t God was pleafed vifibly to affiíl:, and favour us with his Miracles ; arnongíl: which it was none of che leaíl:, rhat our Horfes were nim- ble, and tripped over che Rocks and Precipices of chofeMoumains with füch eafe and afüvicy, as if chey had been Doves or Pigeons 5· an d yec ch ofe Moumains, which ;are to 1the<f..al.lilide 0f ~he way, are ver.y íl:eep a,nd crag.gy. I wiíh I f.iad aoc forgot many particulars which he,relared to us cfou day., for they would have furniíhed me with fuffident maccer to have filled mal)y leaves of Paper -couching ~he maaf Explq>its ,perforn:ied by che Spaniar1U in that Siege,: tlowfqev:er; in gene-- raJ, ,ic is worthy ,out admir;ttion that' a hundred and .fovemy Men ·onely fhoqld be able1tO <0ppof~ ·tw0 ,hundrnd rhoufand fighcing Men, qpd comend with them un- der r~he marw fuíf~Fings 0f lfunger, Watchings by continua! Allarurns, tired out M)ich .Labc:JUrs, wmm~d withcyut che help and cure of Chin,ngeons; an~ many o- ~er .inc;on~en~a<¡es whi~h ammd firaitned a:nd difüeífed, Sieges : And m0!'é dian«.all mhis, the íR~a~er m:w {anlie in bis imaginat.ion, cm1íidering that it is irn- . '.PO{Ii~le ·to def011ibe ~H thf ¡;>!lttitular difliculties which the Spaniards endured, .and JPVeFCarne .by the iinviacible Valour of cheir Spirits, which Ví;'ere fupporced by che {ole :Pow.er ·OÍ Gocl' wh@ .wªs pleafed to rnake choic€ of chis people, for chofe who were to preach and planc che ({ofpel in. that Empir~. · The Indians having now quitted the Siege, the Span/11r~1 jqdged it ~o complete Viétory, unleís chey rnade chemfelves in Hke 'manner Maíl:ers of the Fortrefs: W.hfilefQre havmg !efe a fufficient Guard in che Cicy, tbey ~ou11ced the Hilho- wards che Fort, wbicn was valiantly defended by che 1-ndians for five or fix· Days together: At Iafl: one night after they had fought íl:outly che whole dzy, :(o thac the SpAni1trd1 were retired ro cheir Q!arters, and that Don (ohn Piqarro, who fome · ' .days·before had been wounded, had for his bercer eafe raken off bis ftelmet; it bappened, chat a Srone thrown at randorn frotn a Sling íl:rook -hirn on che hea.d 1 of which unhappy wound he died in rhree days afterwar<ls. " This was a lofs ( ANgstftine Carate reports) which fenfibly touche~ all chofe ;' Spttniards, ~vho w~e A~vencurers in that Countr~J, .fo¡;· that ~his. Piear,-o had .' the reputat1o.o of a vah¡mt P~rfon, and ~O exper\enc,ed Sóuld1er ¡p ·the Wars " againíl: the Jndians,. and was generally b~lov~Q and ~fieemeQ by al!. Thus far me the Wor-ds of Carate.. , 549