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.

Boo.K IV. /(oyal Commentaries. that defüing to fpeak wich fome one or ocher whom he knew, and feei~g none come out or anfwer him, he fet Sail and left che Port. Carvajal was furrher ad- vifed, chat Lope de Mend.ofa wich feven or eight others were fled up imo che Coun- trey, after whom he fema Captain with twenty Muskeiiers, who purfüed rhem almoíl: an hundred kagues, umill they drove them wichin che Government and Cóuncrey which was conquered by Captain Rojiu; from whence they returned again to render an account to Carvajal of al! chat had happened. And afrer this ,clefeat of Diego Centeno, and that none of his men appeared, he then marched to the City of Plate, to colleét fm;:h Moneys as belonged to Goncalo Pi t;arro, and to chofe who had denied a contribution. But to remrn to Lope d; Mendoy_a, he efca- ped into che Governrnent of Diego de Rojiu, who was one of chofe Captains e~ whotrí Vaca de Cflflro, lace Governour of Peru, had given aCommiffion to make new Conqueíls, after he had compofed and pacified the many diíl:urbances and cornmorions in Pera by che deach of Don Diego de Almagro, Junior. And now in the following Chapter we íhall íhew what enfued hereupon. , CH A P. XXXVII. Th'e fucce/fes of Lope de Mendo~a. · Of the manner how the ·, Jndians infufe poifon into their Arrows ; and how Lope de Mmdo~a returned to Pe~u. '· T ., HE defign of f,,ope de Mendof~ and his Companions was onely to conceal themfelves wirhin chofe higli and rugged Mountains (which are fituated to- wards che Eaíl:ern pare of Peru) untill fuch time as che loud voice of che King íhould call them from thence; and little imagining to meet Spaniards in that Coun- trey~ ,they unexpeétedly fell into the company of Graviel Bermudez:., who was one - of tnofe who followed Diego de Rojiu, wlio with his fellow Souldiers had perfor- med great exploits agáiníl: die Jndians in that Conquefr, and having fuílained hun- ger, tedious marches and many other ·hardíhips, had proceeded in their difcovery as f¡¡r-as· ro che River of Plate, and to che Fortrefs which Sebaftian Gaboto had builc in chat Coumrey : bue Diego de RojM, who \J\las cheir chief Cornmander, being dead, diífeníions ariíing arnongíl: them who íhould be che perfon co govern thac littlé bue viltorious Army, che difcord was fo highly carried on by the arnbition of Pr~rnnders, that they killed each other, and divided themfelves into divers Par- cie~, ~s if they had no Enerny, and could not better employ their Arms chan againft themfelve~. · · The <;leath of Diego de RojM was caufed by a poifoned Arrow, which che Jndi- aris ewp,oifon with a fort of Herb which begins to operare wichin chree days afcer t1* wound is given, and performs its effeét' in feven days afterwards; in which tüve t11~, Patient raves, eats and gnaws bis own fleíh, and beats his .brains agaii;iíl: che ·w aU and fo dies. The Spaniards were defirous to know a Remedy or Antidote againO; ~)is Poifon, and perfuaded che Jndians both by prornifes and threats to g~ve t:pe¡:n che Receipt of ir, bue could not prevail, untill fuch time as chey wbun- ded ~ne of chofe whom they had taken in che Thigh wich chis fort of poifoned Arrow, and then.giving him libercy to go abroad and feek his remedy, chey ob- ferved tl]ar he gache~ed two forrs of Herbs ~ the which he íl:arnped and pounded feverally, and chen drank che juice of one of them, and che other he injetted in- tQ his Wound ; but firfr he opened che Wound with a Knife, and drew out che Barbs of the Arrow, which are very fine and thin, and are left within the fle{h after the Shaft is taken out ; for unlefs the wound be firíl: cleared thereof, the Herb can have no effeét ; and in tbis manner the Jndian cured hirnfelf. The Spa- niards having rnade chis difcovery cared ¡hernfelves by applicacion of the fame Antiqoce, though fome of them died, who had n~ che art to clear che Wound of che Barb which remained therein. In the Hlands of Barlovento, and in al! che Countrey of Brafil, in Santa Marta, and in the New Kingdom, and in other Coun- triesl 74 1 .