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.

BooK III. .Royal Commentariú. bm he dying in rhe Voyage, his followers difperfed, and difpofed of themfelves in divers pares. And here was an end of this Defign, which found a fuccefs agree- able ro tbe evil beginnings of it. . · . . . And now !'et us return to Gon~alo Rirarro, and fee what becomes of hirn, whorrl we left in fuch fad Diíl:refs. After Francifco de . Ore/tan~ was difpeeded away with che Brigamine, he buil\ ten or twelve Canoes, and ocher Fleats, wherewith to paJs from one fide of rhe River to rhe ocher; fo ofren as their Progrefs was ínter.: rupt~d by the impaífable Moumains, as at other times they had cont~ived; l and fo they próceeded fotwards in hopes tó meet rhe Btigamine; which théy had dif- patched for Proviíions, and tohring them Relief,,. having met no other, Enerny. than Hunge't in all thefe iravels. . At che end of two Momhs they arriv~d at tha~ Point where che two Rivers mee, and where they expeéted to have foünd their Brigantine, laden with Proviíions, which, by reafon ( as they imagined) of the fwifrnefs of che Current, was notable to return to them. And here it was that 1hey found themfelves deceived, and to have loíl: all hopes of any poffibility of efcapi'1g our of thar Hell of a Coumrey; for we can give it no ,better Tei:m, "''l'ber.e _they had fuffered [µch Difficulties, and fuch grievous Miferies,.·without pro[peél: of deliveranee from rhence ; and here at 'the Conjunétion ofthefe.two Ri- vers they found che poor, honeíl: Mer:nan Sanchas de Vargas, who with coníl:ancy of Mind, a.nd ort.J?rindples ofHonour, like the true Son ·of a Gentleman; endúred wirh great I\efornüon Famine, .2nd a.11 the Miferies to .which he was expofed, ra- th€r than violate his 1 F¡lith; and ,was contented to remain in that folitude, that he might r.~nd~Q an Ac~oünt of the perfidious Faith of Ore/lana, and of his villanous - DeGgns,, aJ.l whieh 1 was íl:raogei,to. ltifarro, who much admired that there íhould be Juch Men in the World, whofe Aétions íhbUld be fo different to their Pro- feffionS, and unanfwerable to the hopes which were conceived of them ; and with this News the Q1p~ns and Souldiers became fo difmayed, that they feemed to be reduced.to ~he, uonoíl: pointof Defpair. · · The General, who conceived greater Difqtifoc, · and Torment of Min.d, than the others, yec putting a good face ·up.on tlne matcer, , cheared them ·alt '.up, ;anc;f en• couraged them with Fiopes of be~ter Fortune; telling ~hern, that they ought like S¡aniards to bear ·with eq).la!ity of Mind thefe Labours, and yec greater; if any ·rhing coul~ be worfe; th~t th~ •m?re Dan~er, ._the more Hortour? an'd the-greater would their Renown be mH1íl:ones, wh1ch íhould declare their Adventures to futme Ages. That (mee it was chejr Fortune to becdme the Conquerours of that Em¡:iire,_ tha~ they í}lould aél: like'Men whom che Divine Providence had chofen for the accompliíhin~nt of fo grectt:<l¡ work.. The Souldiers obferving fuch chear- fulo.efs .in their Captain Gener.al, who had. more caufe to refent chofe Evils than any .other, took Hearc,and Courage; ra:nd pr©«e$:ded 0n their Voyage by the Banks ~f the .River, fome~imes, OQ tkone_fide, and fornetiines on the other, according to tpe turnings an<d winélings of thé._1and, ,, t · · · · But we c;aonot e.xprefs the greac Qifficulty there was to carry the Horfes upon the Floats, for there íl:ill rema:ined about one hundred and fifty of their number which they had brotight from f2.!!jeu: In like·manner almoíl:' two thoufand Indi- Ans were füll alive, , wJ1ich q¡me , wic~ thern, from Péru, who, like Sons, ferved their Maílers with fuch Faithfulnefs and Aífeél:ion, as was ·admirable ; for in theii: great extremities ofHunge¡¡ they broqght rfoem Herbs, and RootS:, and wild Fr.uit, wich Toads, Snakes, and other kinds of Infeéts which were found in thófe Moun- tains; all w.hich we!)t ~o~n Wi~p 1Ghem, and were digeíl:ed oy the Spanidrds With a goQd ~torl)ach; fopviqhput the[\\ ·they <muid not have fubfül.ed . ,- .. ,• ; ¡J ,. JI( 1 ",n¡ :n ·-to :, , T 1 ' ,, , C HAP.