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BooK

VII.

Royal

Commentarier.

" failed ofCats and Dogs, and the Skins of Beafis; and this was all the lntelli–

" gence

they ha'd, being brought to therh

Meffe~ger w~o efcap~d

down

the

' ' River

reprefenting

with

Sighs

and

Tears the m1ferable condmon of their

peopl~.

Wherefore the

firfi

thing that this

Co~onel

defigned

af~er

his landing,

' ' was

relieve the City of

Ojorno,

for he was

~nform~d

that

t~e ~nemy fo~n

" after the Deftrutlion of

Valdi.vla,

were gone thither with the like mrenc;

h1~

" fuccefs herein

was

accordingly profperous,

for

he raifed the Siege , and

perfor:.

med other Attions of happy confequence.

" At the

inftant

that

writing this, news

come, that.

all

the people

Tmperia/twere

ftarved with hunger after the Siege of a complete

Ye~r,excepting

" twenty Men, who, to avoid Famine , yielded themfelves into the hanos

" the Enemy, and

there~y

endured

greater mife117 than

D~ath

itfel£ -

.In

A1,1g~

they killed four Sould1ers, but who they were

not yet known.

Gqd

.Af..

mighty have Mercy upon us.

From

Santiago

Chili,

in the month

March,

1600,

.J.

. All

which Relation

ca~e

(as

have

faid)

feveral

Letteh. from

Peru

and

the

Kingdom of

Chili,

which was a great calamity to

that

Countrey. Moreover

Father

Diego de Akobaf.a,

whom I have formerly mentioned, in the Year_

1601.

amongfi many other things relating

the Affairs of that Councrey,

writ~s

thefe very words concerning the Kingdom of

Chili.

" The

condition of

Chili

now become

very

unhappy, for there is not an

in-

dian

but who can mount

his

Horfe, and dare encounter with

his

Launce

the

belt:

Spanifh

Souldier that

is;

and though we fend every year Souldiers thither;

" yet

none

of them

return; .

they

have defiroyed two Plantations of the

Spaniards1

·" and having killed

all

che Men,

~nd

defiroyed every thing of

ufe,

they carriea

" their

Wives

and

Children into Slavery

and lately they

killed .the

Gf>vernour,,.

L?yola

from an Ambufcade, who married the Daughter

D. Diego

Sayrutipac;'

who

was

Inc.4,

-and was departed from

J'illcapampa,

before you ld't diefe

" parts.

God in his mercy pardon the Sins or the dead,

and

put

end to thefe

'' Afflict.ions of the living. Thus far are the wo!ds of

Alcohttfa,

which he writes

me with many other fad fiories, which I purpofely. omit, becaufe they

~oncain

nothing but what

traglcal,

and full

of forrow; amongft whkh recounting the

a{fliCl:eo

Efiate of

Arequep_te,

y~ that

Wheat that .Year

was

worrh

ill

that

C.ouptrey ten and eleven Ducats a

Buili.el

, and Mayz

thirteen~

Moreover, befides all that whic

h we ha

ve already delivered <.:onceming

keqsrP..

pa?.

they wrote

~rther,

that

their

calamities

ftill

continued , having tcr contend

with

th€

extremities of the

four

Elen;ients, as appears at large by tbofe Refations

which the Jefuits have given to the General of their Order, concerning

the

moft

remarkable Occurrences of

Per11,

which happened

the Year

602.

And though

thofe Letters

fay,

that their misfottunes were not at an end, yet they faJ;ther add,

that greater were the Affiietior:is of the Kingdom of

Chili,

which happened after

the

forementioned troubles;

particulars

which were given me

FY'ancifco

Caftro,

who

was

bqrn at

Gr~nafla

ahd

thic; Year

1604.

is Prefett of thd

Schools of the facred Univerficy of

Cord()7Ja,

and Rherorick Profetfour. ·

The Ti–

tle of which, together

with the

particulars> is

Yerbatim

in thefe

wordso

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