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 CommenttJ.rier. BooK 11. " but in regard it is impoffible ro pm the Europeans in tl~is fiare and condirion, · " or to perfuade chem to the u[e of fuch Arms, Cuíl:oms, or Habir, fo .humane[ y ' ' fpeaking they will never make trial or effay to gain Viétories wirh füch tools " or iníl:ru~ents. And~ on the contrary, 1 were che 1ndians armed as are che Eu- " ropeans, crained up with the fame Military l)ifcipline, and infüuéted in rbe Are " ofWar, borh by Sea and Land, chey would be more invincible than che Turks. " Of che Truth hereef Experience is che beíl: proof; for whenfoever the Spaniards " and I~dians were equal in their Anns, che Spaniards were ílain in greac numbers, " as for Example, in Puno of Mexico, and long before that in ocber places; for " che trurh is, when che Spaniards have been laden and encumbred with cheir " Arms, and che Indiam free :md light, che Spaniards have been ·ofreh defeated in " open Barre! j as in fl.!!.itu, .in ChachapUaJa., in Chqquifac,a, in Tucma, in Cunti, in " Saufa; in 'Pr:tirus, in Chili1 át1d othet' parts. Wherefore in tottipáring che V-a- " loúr and Proweís of che Spdniards with that of th~ Jndtans, both of .Mexico and " Nrn, there can be no meafure ot trial made l(y -tbe Succeís-ór Conq\Ieíl:s, by " reafon of che great ioequality in their Arms, ái'ld abóve all, che Invenrion of " Fire-arms was more terrible to rhem than all che refr, and feems fome(hing " more than what is humatie or natural; and in reáliry che Viétor'es which have " bee~ obtained in mófi parcs'of ~he new World~ and efpecially in PeJ-u, were won- « derfüll Effe& of Divir\e ProvillenCt!, ' dn<.i rather to be 'attribut~ to che Power " of God; in favour of che Gofpel, t-hat\ to -ehe Valo.ur of thé Spaniqrds. Bue " though we may col:J\pare the Etwo¡euni and che JJ(itiatit k¿ togerher iq the poinc " of Arms, yer wé cannbt admit of any Co1t1pariíbn berween tJ1e -Spaniards and, " ·the Jndians, as to tbe<J\: t ofWar, in which, 110' doubt bat ene Spaniar'ds have ' ' rnúch che advanrage i Bu't to let páfs thls 1.foinr, and compare Inllians with In- " dia~s, there is no doubt but thé lnctU, arid che .PéoI?le óf Peru, \.\lere ·much che " better Sóuldiers; 9f which they l'ia e given ;!!~ füfficient Tefümonies by the " many Conquéíl:s rbey made óver t~e many 1 umbfries they recluced to rheir ' ' Obédience, áhd enjoytid; nor were they figfü¡1iz}d íor theit Valo.ur of lace '~ Years onely , ( áS· fom~ Peoplt! vainly imaginé') bue for al:>ove five or fix " húndred Yeal·s paíl., ,amorigfi which mahy K'ing§ of them 1'iave been very '~ powerfüll j namely MailcoCapac, Inck Roen, (/iratoWha lnc1:t, Pacharntec, and thofe « defcendetl frdln d'l'ac Lfüe o che great 'Ht;td}Médp é, who ·was Emperour, be-\ " fidés many other Captairls 'of the fame ~lou\!l, bf whom we bave treated ac " large in other ' pla~es. 1 • ti' j Thus far ar'e the Wor-ds- of Bltu Vitfera; 1 áftér Whi h íhort digreílion 'let us re- . turn ·again to 1 ó1u- lfpitriaPJl1. > •' 1 11 ( , 1 , '"lf) r - ' ~t. J ' 1,