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II.
And thus did
this
~
orthy Gentleman end his days,
to
the
great
grief and
for–
row of
all
that knew him ; for he had the fame and reputation of
a
generous
Perfon, valiant and courteous, being adorned.with all thofe Vertues
which
become
a
Gentleman, and
a
Perfon of Honour. His Body
was
buried
in
the great
Cha–
pel
of the
Cathedr~l
of that City,.
a~d
over it was _laid a
great
Marble Stone
of
an
Azure.blew,
w1tho~t
any Infcnpt1on; .though
hIS
Merits deferved
a
fair
Epi–
taph,
whic~
perhaps nught have been omitted,
for
want of Engravers
in
Stone;
for at that time,
and
many years after, they knew not the
Arc co
Engrave; nor
to ufe any other fharp tool, unlefs the Sword abd Lance.
At
this great lofs
and
expence the
Spaniards
gained the Fortrefs of
Co~co,
and drove the
Indian
1
from
thence. The Hifi:orians
in
the relations they make of this Siege, declare the
ra–
king
of
di1s fur trefs in the firfi place; but the
lndians
report it to have
been
after–
wards ; which
is
the truth of the Hiftory,
but
in other matters they agree
with
the
Spaniard1.
CH AP. XXVII.
I
Of the feveral Exploits performed both
hy
Indians
and
Spa–
niards
,during the Siege of
Cozco.
T
HE
Death of
f ohn
Pif arro,
who
was
Brother to the Governour,
and
a
Per.:'
fon of principal note, gave fpirit and encouragement
to
the
Indians,
who
from
Cuch
fucceffes as thefe, were apt to conceive new hopes and expeetarions ;
fo that they refolved to adventure again an9ther
Bartel ; for
though they had been
\ orfl:ed and foiled in every one , yet
fiill
the defire they
had
to be revenged
on
the
Spaniards,
and refl:ore the Empire again to their
Inca,
prevailed above the ap–
prehenlion of
their
ill
fucceifes, and caufed them
frill
to perfevere in their obfil..
nare refifi:ence. Howfoever, the Chrillians were not now fo narrowly befieged
by
the
Indi~m,
but that they had liberty to
fally
forth,
and range for
a
League
round ; and yet they
fr ill
troubled and molefted them, not fuffering the
India»
ervams
to
carry them Vietuals, or_other refrefhments
:
To fupply which, the
Spaniard1
were forced co make frequenn Excurfions into the Countrey for Provifi–
ons and Forage; of which they were always
in
want during the Siege; for though
the
I ndian
Servants fiole fomething for them, which they privately conveyed into
rhe Tm n ; yet it was
fo
little , as could not fatisfie their neceffities.
AugujNne
Carate
relates one of thefe Sallies in
this
manner following:
.
' During
this War
and
Sie&e,
Goncalo
Pirarro
made a
Cally "'
irh twenty Horfe,
c
and
an in-road as far as
to
the
La~e
of
Chincher o,
which
is
about five Leagues
'' from
Co~co,
where he was affailed and overwhelmed with fuch multitudes of
" people, ( having engaged farther with them, than prudence and due regard
to
'' his fmall company
did
require ) that he had certainly been taken, had not
Her–
c'
mmdo Piyarro,
and
Alonfo
de
T oro,
with fome few Horfe, feafonably come in
tp
" his refcue. Thus far are the Words of
Garate.
This Lake of
Chinchiru
(
fo
called by the
Indians)
is about two Leagues dillant
rom the
City
Northward, it is
a
Water extremely delighcfull, and which
anci–
ently, by the Munificence of the
IncM,
was furoifbed with feveral Pipes and
A–
quedu&
to
convey the Water into divers pares of thofe Plains,
\lvhich
refrefl1ed
the Grounds which were fowed, and made all that Valley of
c~co
co become
fiuitfull , untill Wars and Troubles lrnongll: the
Spaniards
chemfelves caufed
them
to
be
negletted, and for
want
of care
became wholly
ufelefs. Afterwards
in
the
'
years