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 V. Royal Commentaries. wounded with the Tallow, mixed wich the dung of Catee! ( of which chere is greac flore in thac Cotimrey) which having dried and beaten to a powder they heated it with che greafe, and made ic as hot as cbey could well endure i~; aad firlt having probed rhe depth of the wounds with fome Bodkins which che Spa- niard! carried with them, chey poured it inca thern, and chis ferved for a Balfame which not onely ílenched Bloud but healed che Sores, without other remedies . which was recounted afterwards as a merey of God, and a miracle ofDivine Pro~ viden<!e to that Parcy, which in cheir excremity had found fo fovereiga a cure : prefently after mid-nighc they began again to travel, dividing into feveral partié,5 thac che Enemy might not be induced to purfue chem, on che report of many g~ ten into a Body. About fifceen days afcerwards Gonfalo Silve.ftre met with che Spaniard who was wounded, wich bis Jndi11n Woman, and found him'well and found, in a Village of lnJians, "here were about fifceen or cwemy Houfes; for fhe had carried him thicher arnongíl her own Friends and Relacions, .where they cured him, and en- tertained him with what provifions cheir Countrey afforded. Thefe paífages I received particular information of from good hands, which happened in chat de- farc Countrey : there were many other accidems of greacer irnportance than thefe, of which noc ·having had panicular inforrnation 1 forbear to write them; and leave them to the contemplacion of che Reader, who in his thoughts may imagine the miferies which followed afcer a cruel Battel, in a CQumrey diíinhabited, and in a Defart wichouc relief. I íhall now recura to a defcription of the place where this Battel was foughc, and fay {9rneching of whanhe three Auchours write con- cerning the exploics which were performed by Garfilaf{o de la Yega my Lord and Facher. CH A P. XXIII. . The Allthour confirms the truth of what he .hath faíd; and to fatisfie thofe who do noi be!ieve him, he boafls of what ljliflorians write concerning his Father. F R1111tifao' Lope~ de Gomar4, Chap. 18 2. relating the Bate~} of Huarina, and giv~g aó' accounr of che nurnbets of chofe who were killed and wounded, fann, that Pifª"º had been· in great daoger had not Garfilaffo de la J7ega'1enc him his Horfe, &c. Augufoiné de Carate, Book ·che fevencll, 1 Chapter the third, difcoúrfing of chis Bacrel, faich chat che Horfe feeíng che rout which W"1S given ro che Foot, engaged thé ltnemy's Horfe, and in thaé charge Gonfdlo Pi9arro' had bis Horfe k.Uled under him, wichouc ocher hurr ro himfelf, &c. Diego Fern11ndé:t alfo, Book che fecond, €haptel' the fevench and ninth, fpeaking óf chis Battel, faith, as follows ; Pedro de los Rios and Antonio de Vlloa·charged che Horfe on the other Wing, and en'gaged rtot ·wich ch~ Fooc, as was ordered ; which they performed witfi fuch fuccefs-thac they difmounted che whole parcy of Pi.farro, fcarce ten men remaioing in the Saddle; afili cherewith being as 1 it were affüred ofViétory, they began to rifle their .Eeemies, make chem Prifooers, and cake away their Arrns. In dris encounter Pi f arro himfdf was difrnounted, which when Garfilajfo obferved, he alighted frorti his Horfe, ( for he was one of chofe who t::oncinued in che Saddle) and lene it to him, and helpe'd' him to get up. Licenfiado Cepeda was one of chofe who had yielded and caken quarter ; but Hernando BachJcao, giving che day for 10{1; paffed over to Centenó's parcy. Though ali chefe Amhours-agree in thefe particularsiconéérning my Father, yec I am well affured óf che truth of what I nave wrote; arid that the Hórfe which I'i~arro reteived from rny Father was· riot in che heat of' thé Fight, bue afterwards : but I do not wonder that Hiíl:orians fh0uld be fo informed, for I remember that fome..School-fellows of mine, who were 'bórn óf Iñdi1tn Women, tbld me che fame ;