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 ·Commentaries. BooK V. deny me che benefit of chis good fortune which now offers ir [el~ in ·t hefo lar~er , days of my life, where~y I may confommare the l~ít of ~y atch ~e.ve ~ents wnh a glorious and final V1étory ov~r ali your Enem1es; wh1C~ pec 1t1on 1f you are pleaíed ro grant me, I dare pi'óm1fe and affure y0u on the fa1th of a good Soul- dier within rhe fpace of four days to plant che Imperial Crown of thisEmpire upo~ your head. , And fince your Lordfhip hath by good experience proved the extraordinary zeal and paffion I have conceived _to íee you exalred to a degree of Majeíly (of which I have given fufficient teíl:imonies) I befeech your Lordfhip again and again not to deny me tl1e favour. of tbis requeítj }\d}ich I .onely·beg for rbe greater exaltation of your Lordfhip, my owq honour, 'and ,welfare of your parcy and well.wiíl1ers. 1 • ' • • Pipmo repeated the fame words again, ami told h~m that he was well enough affored of his good will and affefüon towards him, and wou ld never forget che fignal ·aétions he had performed, which had mai1 ,1taine~ and íUppórted him in tl1ac ílation wherein he at prefent moved: And for that reaf~n r l~'e could not1eafüy . fpare him, or fee him removed at a diítance from him, who was his Father•and his Parent. Upon this denial, it being pm to che queílion iwbo füould command the Párty fenr upon this exploit, {pbn de Acofta 'Was the ~er(bn who by. general confent was chofen; for he was noc onely a favourice to.Pi f•m·o, buf one, as Hi-, Horians fay, empk>yed ©n fuch like aétions as chis, and perqa·ps on greater, as of- ten as occafion offeted ; for he was eíl:eemed to be íl:ouc and bi'ave,, and indeed he was fo: But Courage is noc the onely endowment required ,in a Caprain; 1bút there muít alfo be Prudence and Conduét, whic:h were greatlY waming in chis Perfon : and rhough Carvajal was endued wich botb, yet chefe Couníellours, ob- ferving che inclinations of Pifarro towards him, complied rad1er \Yith che affeéti- ons of their Prince chan wid-i fuch meafures as agreed beíl: with the neceífü'y of the times. Francifco Carvajal feeing that (ohn de Acofta was the perfon appoi11ted for that ex- ploir, he curned towards him and faid; Capcaio, Since you are fo¡happy as fo be employed on chis glorious aétion, and to cake from me the honour and fame whichJ fhould win, be pleaíed to receive thefo iníl:rufüons from me, which if well obíerved and executed, you will certainly be viétorious, añd return \Yith che · Crown of this Empire, which I have fo often promifed to our 'Lord·che Gover- nour. The Rules v hich I would give you are"thefe; l would have you aepart from hence abou~ nine a Clock in the morning; che Bridge 1. rec~on to be about nine leagues from this Cicy ; and fo on a moderare march, Iieicher too faft'nor too ílow, you may by cwo a Clbck in che afremoon travel fdur leagues, where you may íl:ay an hour, and eat, and refrefh your felves and your Horíes ; and from chence fetting out about three a Clock, upan a ílow and •eaGe march, you rnay get to the top of che Edil!, which borders upon che River, by rline a Glock at night; for I would not have you be chere fooner than abóuc cbat time; a little below the top, ac a league and half diílance from the Bridge, time is a pleafant Foun~ain of clear Water; at chis place eac your Supper, and cake your repo(e, caufing your Bed ro be made with four good Quites, and a clean pair of Holland Sheecs, lay your felf thereupon, and put a dozen Mufquets under your Pillow charged with Powder, and without Bullet , far you will have no need of fhor. The Prefident and his Souldiers, let them make what haíle they can, will not be able to reach che Bridge umill fuch an hour the next day ; and though ali the Devils in Hell afliíl them they will not be able to lay tbe firíl Stranne un- till the evening, and che fecond they will endeavour to lay in rhe night. After which they will begin to pafs about nine a Clock at nighr, aod fuch as are goc over will begin to climb the Hill without Rank or Order, having no jealouGe or fu[picion of an enemy, believing it impoílible for us to have maae fo fpeedy a rnarch thicher as we bave done. Such as have been the firft to pafs will imme- diately rnake to chis Fountain, wich defire to quencl\ cheir cbirft with this plea- fant Water, and may be come near yout Bed about rwelve a Clock at nighc, at which time caufe the Mufquets to be fired which you laid under your Pillow which having done, without ocher delay, orfo mucb as feeing che enemy, I woald have you return to che City, and theo we wi ll immediately plant the Crown on che Head of our Lord che Goveroour. Thefe Iníl:ruétions and Rules Cflr- vaj11!, who was wife and experienced in che War, gave to Captain. {ohn de Aco- fta, who aéted fo contrary chere~nto chat he noc onely miíled of che Crown bue