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.

556 Royal Commentarie'1. BooK: II. ~hem fl:ill watchfull, and tired them out with conftaht laoour: :Mo~edver, they fuffered much for want of. Prov~ons ; though they receíved fome ~üpp1ies ~bm the 1ndian1 who were their Mema! Servants , and would evety N1~ht ( as they had praétl[ed at the Siege of Cozco) go forth imo the Enemy's Camp, where pre- tending rhat they had revolted from their Mafiers, would recum hack widf Pr~ vifions 'and with incelligence of ali che deGgns and intentions of the Enemy ~ vvhich 'was of great ufe to them, for that when the Jnd#an1 made any Attack'Upon rhem, rhey were always in a readinefs to receive them; añd it was by advice from them rhat Diego de Aguero, and many others Who had Plantatioils near los Reyes were not forprized, before rhey had time, by h'elp of théir Horfes, to fecure their recrear within the Walls of che City. But befidesChefe humane Affiíl:ences, God was pleafed to work Mi.racles at that Siege in favdur of the Chriíl:ians, as he had formerly done in rhat of Cow , for that the River to which they trufieq much for cheir fafery, and was their beíl: defence, was che occafion of ruine, and tamed to their encíre defüuétion; for during the time of che Siege, che Waters fwelled above rhe banks, fo thac whenfoever they paífed over to the Spnniard1, or were forced to remrn, they reeeived a lofs; for that being often put co flighc, many wich fear caíl: chemfelves imo cheWaters, and were drowned ; and yet chis River was not fo deep as many ochers are in that Counrrey, being commonly íhallow,, unlefs in the Winter, when the falls ofche Land-watets make great Flouds; h9W- foever, che Spaniards ma~e noching to pafs and re-pafs it at cheir pleafure; which. when che Indians obferved, they concluded that che very Elemencs fought agaiñft rhem, and were n;conciled to che parry of the Viracochar ; and thac rhe Pachaca- mac, who is the God which füfiains che Univerfe, had forfaken their Caufe, and. favoured rhe Enemy. Farther they é_onfidered, that fo foon as they faw the VirJ- cocha; drawn up in che Field, thtir hearts failed chem ; and that though they weré a rhoufand to one, yet rhey duríl: not engage with chem; ali which were clear evidences, chat che greac Creacour of the World did incerefi himfelf in favour of che Gaufe and quarrel of the Spaniardr. The Jndians being affetted with thefe Apprehenfions, and with a clear mani- feílation of che Miracles of God, chey every day abated in their Courage and became ' fu cowed and diíhearmed, that from thac time afcerwards they atté~pted noching of any momenc ; aad though chey continued their Camp on the fide dt the River, ' it was rather in obediente to their Cor;nmanders, than in hopes of pér- forming any rhing to the ruine of their Enemies, and che good of themfelves 1 In nhe mean tiPJlle the Jnditfn Domeílick Servants gave inrelligence ro their Maílérs of al! that was difcourfed and defigned in the Camp of che Indians; and che S¡a- 11iards being fenfible of che great Mi racles which Gocl wrought for chem, and chat cheir Enemies obíerved che fame, they recurned chanks for al! chofe Wonders comparing cheir deliverance by means of chis River, to thac which the Childr~ of lfrael received from che Egyp_tians at che Red Sea. And in regard cheir greateíl¡ Battels and Viétorie~ facceeded on che banks of chis River, they conceived a moa eípecial devocion for the Blelfed Sr. Chriftopher, calling unto remembtance all the Wonderswhich are recorded of thac Saint, and which are painted cornmonly in Churches, to defcribe and fet forth rhe Miracles which God perforrned in che Rl- ver by meaos of Chat Saint ; and afcerwards in ali their Bactels and Skirmiíhes they invoked che Name of St. Chriftopher equally wich that ofStfame1: And af~ ter chis Sieg~, they called ~hofe Hills in which the l ndi.ans kept their Head-quart~rs, th~ Mounrams of Se. Chriftopker, b~caufe they were fo near, that nqching bue ch~ River parced them and che Ctty, and were che places where the Spaniard1 put an end to che War, having entirely fubjeéted and conquered che Jndia111, ·e HA P. 1 -