573 / 1060
BooKll.
Royal
Commentaries.
they could adventure out, unle!S
in
fuong
Parties; but
afrer
this Apparition the
In<Mans
became
fo
amazed,
that
the
Spaniards
afterwards had
the
libei:ry ?fa grea–
ter
compa~
and their Quarters were much enlarged.
Bnt
as Infidehty
15
always
blind
fo
in
a few days the Impteffion made by the late
Wender
beginning to
wear'a\
ay,
the
Inca
perfuaded
his
Souldiers to make another attempt upon rhe
Cbrillians to \ hich they
were
zealoufly moved, out of an eameft Defue ro fee
rheir
Inca
;efiored
co his Empire: Howfoever fuch was the fenfe
they
concei–
ved from
the late
Apparitions, chat their Hearts failed
chem ,
fo
foon as they put
themfelves into a
pofiure
of
Fight,
fo
char
all
their Refolutions and Defigns pro–
duced nothing more than Noife and Allarms, "hich ferved
to
keep the
Spaniards
in a
continual Warchfulne!S,
who feeing that .the
Jndiam
dudl
not
engage chem,
they retired
again
to
the Gallery,
which
was their head O!!_arter; and fo often
as
rhey recurned thither, they ble!fed God,
wh0
11ad
~
onftirved that narrow place
for them wherein
to
cure
their
wounded, and to <helter
thofe
who were as yet
found
and \
ell ; and
for
chat reafon
they
made
a
Vow
ro
dedicate
that
place for
a Chapel to the Service of God, fo foon as he iliould have freed and delivered .
them from
the
Hands of
his
Enemies~
' .
In
all
which
neceffities the
Indian
Servants were
vc;ry
ufefull, bringing Herbs to
cure the fick and wounded, and Food to relieve the healthfull; for (as we have
fdid
in
the firft
part of this
Hillery)
there are
many
skilfull Herbalifis amongft
the
Indians,
fo
that che
Spaniard.r
themfe]ves confefS, that unlefs the
Indians
had
fuccoured them-
in
their
Difrrefs~
relieving their
Hunger -
"ith
May~
and Herbs,
and
other Provifions, and had ferved chem for
Spi~
and
as
it
were
Centinels
co
give them fignals,
when
the
Enemy
moved either
by
day or nigbt;
it
had fared
worfe
with
them,
and perhaps
it
had been irnpoffible for them to
have
fubfifted;
all
which Service
and
Fidelity of
the
Indi1tn1
to Strangers in their
Counrrey,
and
to
Enemies of their Kings and Religion,
.iS
to be attributed to the wonderfull
Providence of
God,
who
was pleafed to infufe
fa
ch Fidelity and ardent Affection
into
tfie
Hearts
of
thefe poor Wretches cowards the
Spaniard!
their Mafiers, that
they
would
dye
an hwidred
times,
and fuifer
all
imaginable tortures, rather than
b€cray
them.
After the lnfurreffion of the
Jndians
was fappreffed, both the
Natives
of
Couo,
and all the other Nations, who were prefent at that Siege, confefied themfelves
545
to
have been
overcome by the
appearance
of the
Virgin
Mary,
the Lufire of
who(e beautifull Countenance,
wnich
darted Rays from her
fparkling
Eyes, char–
med them with fuch Love and
Affection
towards them,
as
not
onely caufed
chem
to
lay
dm n
their
Weapons,
but likewife co accept and
embrace
rhe
Cacho
lick
Faith, and
willingly
to learn her
Names
and
Titles
both in the
Latin
and
Caftilian
Tongues; which
to
underftand the better,
they
have tranflated
into
their
own
,..
language all the Names and Titles given to our
Lady,
which
they
repeat
as
often
as
they
have occafion
to
pray and ask bleffings from her.
But to return again to
Prince
Manco
Inca,
his Captains and Souldiers,
it
is
cer–
tain>
that
they
were
fo terribly
affiighted
with
the
VHions
they had feen, that
they durll: not
fo
much as mention them, for the very thought and remembrance
of them was full of Amazement.
Howfoever they continued
the Siege
in
hopes
of better
fortune,
though they durft not
ad~enture
to.engage, having been often
worfie~
by St.
{~ei,
who always
appeared
m the Front
of the
Spaniard.r,
which
the
JndJan1
obferving, and chat the new-come Cavalier affiighted and terrified
them
more
char_i
all
the
.others,
they
~led
out with loud voices, and faid,
Keep
bHt
111>
1tml re-flrllJn
that.
V
rracocha
whsch
~u:le~
flJ'on
the white
Hor
fa,
that
he
f
a/J
not up–
on
114,.
and
yo1t
JhaU
quick!J
fee how
we
will
difpatch
and
deal
with
all
the
otheri .
After
the Siege had continued for the fpace of five Months , a certain
lndi1111
Captain
h_o
tV
~
po{fe{fed
with
a great opinion of
his
own Valour, was defirous to fig:
nalize himfelf,
aryd
try
whether .Fortune would be more favourable in a fingle
Combate,
t~an
m a
common_
F~ght:,
and upon this prefumption he asked leave
of~
upet1our Officers to
challenge
any
TT/racocha
wharfoever ro a fingle .Duel ;
and m
rega~d
he
o~ferved
?1at
the
Sp1inittrds
fought on Horfeback
ich
Lances)
he armed himfelf
with
the like Weapon, and
ith a little
Hatchet
or Pole-Axe
by.
his
fide,
called
hampi,
which
ere all
the
Arms that he
woull
ufe. And
fu
this 1:1anner he prefemed himfelf before the Guards,
hich
ere always fet for
Cenunels,
at every Avenue of the Market-place ,
which
as
the head
uar ers
A
a a a
of