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 Commentariet. BooK IV. CH .A P. XXIX. Carvajal continues his _pwfuit after Diego Centeno. . A /frange piece of Cruelty committed hy him upon a Souldier, and a trick, which another plaid upon him. S O foon as it was day Carvaj;1l purfued che Enemy wirh his Fooc drawn up m form of Barre!, che Horfe advancing before to fall on chem in tbe Rere : but Diego Cenw zo made his rerreat good, and tbe night following, and for three or four nighrs fol!owing he cominually alarm'd Carvajal, in expeétation tbac fome parries would fall off from che Enemy and revo!t unto him ; bue finding his hopes decei- ved in that point, he got his Forces into faíl: places, and aél:ed on the defenÍlve ·pare; and at length began to march away wich all fpeed, cwelve, chirreen and fomerimes fifreen leagues a-day: and as fo~e Auchours repon, he íent away his Baggage before, and what elíe was cumberfome, whilfl he wirh a feleél: number of men well armed marched in che Rere. Howfoever the Enemy purfued fo clofe ~fter them, thar nmwirhfianding che long marches which Die,~o Cent eno took, they fcarce !oíl light of chem; for about two dozen of Pikes which marched always in the Frene, did cominually gal! rhem, umill at length they wer~ uuerly dellroyed: whenfoever DiegoCenteno carne ro any narrow PaCs, he then made a fiopand faced the Enemy, and mainrained it for three or four days, untill the Baggage and whac. foever v. as cumberfome had advanced twenty leagues before, and then he would follow wirh all haíle to overrake rhem, and ~hen he was come up to bis Compa- nions, they would all fay, 1 We wifh to God that he would give a íl:op to che pro- 'eedtngs of chis Tyrant, chat we might cake a lirtle repoíe for two or three days; that in the mean time we might advance twemy leagues before him : bue fo hoc a purfuit did they make afrer rhem (as l have heard from feveral of Diego Centeno's own people,) thar rhey had [caree taken five or fi x hours of repoíe and reft, be- fore they eípied a íland of Pikes íl:ill following with fuch diligence as if not meo but rhe Devil had driven them ; upon appearance of whicb rhey inílamly puc them[elves upon che march, whilíl: Diego Centeno himíelf faced che Enemy and co- vered the Rere. le happened one day tbar Diego Centeno and his Companions maintained a narrow País, which was fomerhing rocky, for the fpace of above half a day cogecher, umill fuch time as night cauíed boch parries to reti re: during which time one of thar Company, who was mounted on a Mare, whoíe name 1 have forgorcen, alighted from his Beafi, and with bis Gun '~ em ro aRock, on the íide of which caking a !lay for che beuer affurance of his fhor, he fired ar che Enemy, and did che execurion to kili a Horfe by che ftde of Carvajal; which be- íng done, che poor man returned to cake his Mare, truíl:ing to her Leggs, tbac widi her fwifcnefs he fhould both efcape che Enerny and overrake his own Party ; bue when he carne to feek his Mare where he had cyed her, íhe bad broke her Bridle and was gone, having been affrighced with the report of the Gun and che noife of the Horfes which paífed by her, fo chat che poor man falling imo che hands of Carvaja!'s Souldiers, they took him and prefemed him to their Commander, who being wearied with che purfuit, and angry ar che refifience which was made, and more incenfed ac che particular aétion of chis Souldier, he refolved ro pm him ro a lingring dearh, and in order .~hereumo he íl:ripped him naked, and cied his Arrns and Feet and threw him inco a hollow Pie to die wich cold ; for che colds in cbat Coumrey are fo extreme, that the Indians cake care ro carry their Pots and J arrs under covert and within rhe Walls of rheir Houfes by nighc, for ocherwiíe chey would crack and buríl: with the incenfeneíS of the Froíl:s. To chis miíerable tor- ture was chis poor Wretch expoíed, crying out al! night, Jameming and fayin(J is there no good Chriíl:ian who h:uh fo much merey and •compaffion for me as ~ kili me, and rid me out of this miferable world, which will be fuch a piece of charity as will be recompenfed by bleflings from God. Having paífed the whole night with chefe fad lamentations, fo foon as it was day, he was told, chat Carvajal intended him thac nights lodgiog for bis ·puni!h- 1 mecr,