297 / 1070
BooK
·VII.
Royal
Oommentaá@~:
Mouncains, and difficulc marifh and boggy ,Grounds; he arrived ac lengch at ·che
River
Amarumayu,
where
receiving advice, that
ruan Alvarez_
was not yec paífed,
he entrenched him[elf on_
tbe.ba~ks of ch_e River, Jvith ,~fign to hinder bis pa[..
fage, and
to
crear him asan Eh~Y.; and tlhough he'had b:g,!Ja [mal! number wl:iich
adhered
to
him, yec being all choice Men, and faichfull to him, every one carrying
two Carbines well fixed and charged, he promifed to himfelf fuccefs and advan-
rag~., - .
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-',
\') d '
r ·1fil 1i!rrl
,,
,-e,·,
1
· c.
1rián Alvide:t
foon following after,
efcend-dlt Hy t11e ílream "untill he ca ne to
the place, where
G0me::, Tordoya
expeéted his coming ; they beif)g
b~th
emulous
each of orher, and exafperated wich equal gall and anger, withouc any o'cber rrea–
ty
or prologue, carne
to
blows.
ruan Alvare:t _Ma!donado
confiding in bis Nuni–
bers, was che firíl: Aggreífor;
Gome;;::,
truíl:ing in che courage of bis Men, and their
druibleÑms-,wonki>
nótgive
ground¡ bur recdivei!bhis crhavg~wlth'g1,eat contl-a}1E:Y,
f©
tbat1chey¡fopgbD:ñar
.whoJe!~ay
1
-as.
a!f©Jclie1fecond andFth1ra;' with cha~ Í¡,>~ghc
~rrage,.)
aruit,-wioh
fuclu
littlci(q:0nlidéra!
ci.on;¡¡1/har rhey w,ere alrnblb
a.11'
kili~; ~nd
fucw~dio efcaperitl1·nheir:lives{. ,¡yere,'yecr[Ó' woúrided, tltat they were difa:b'led,
ariol
nilfír forifervhiii
n
Tbe
1:,-úiiMJSJ,
who ,v.ev
e-Nacives. of IbaoPtov:iince of
Chw11-
fhu,
·haviBg
?bfi:irv..ed·
nhis adva,mt,_,Jg€;,_fell
in
~
pon.th?f~1
chatt,u~L~aiine9 aliv,€/
:and
urtedy _t{efüo:y'ed·,thems- ~rnonglilr~hICh
Gome:vtie Totdtga
was·
ailfo"tla)n. ,
Nrnqw
all tHefetbir<te-.Om6lirmen~
arlc:Hefcrnhem
in
'Co~éó,.
'.whe.ñ,l deparced,cheiite.l · 7fh€
lnr!iant'
took~fur~_S'plll/~~ds
~liv~;
t_hat ~s,
tb~M~!doñado, EJ/af,o-'.Mánfin
f
P.'artug·al
Enar
1
and
ai
cei:uam'.
GuR-[ffijlrh..cai,ll't!¡:Í,
Stmon Bofe:t; .Mala'onádo.beí11g·¼nm,'\in,by
.tl'1€
lndla
11
s
fohav been
theCornn:iar.iB~'in
chiefof'one of thoferparh€si, wahreaceci
bzy
,then.1
wintrntll.ic0urtefie and uefµeél: ; and,confideriqg r~harc heiwas \vound_e-dj
ancl
a.i
Mmi
in;-years,. olneytgave
him
lilierry
to
,r.etotn
unto
his
:Jmi~m
in-ciJtó,
gi–
ving him
convoy
tOJ-as
fat
:ís
ahe
1
Province ·of
CaJ!,ivayli,
wheYe' tfüi,fü1eíl:
@'(i)'td<
is
~aél:ed in1pie<res of
four
or five €araéts in
weig;bc: bue the Friar andrtli€ Gun–
fini,th they
~€pt
abov~.
11:WO
y~~rs afterwar~s;
clur.ii:ig ~·~id~
t.Yrne;i
nl~y.
erv.ployed
rhe
Guin-finrnh
fole1y
m
makmg
füem
Hatd1etslíanrl ,Picb1x~
of
Cop¡oor ,31and
the
Friar rhey HeldJ
i'o
'great ven--erarion, becaúfe'he was.a
Pt:idl';
a1xfi
Se\.v~Fl1i
'of
die,
God of
die
Chrfüiams: And 'when
~t
length ~hey gave:·rfoetn libmy
~t~
r~~Úm
to·
Éeru,
rhey emreatt:d the Friar
to
íl:ay amongíl tbem, and teaéh \:hern thet'Dotl
trine. ofChriíl:ianitly, buu he-.refu[ed· to dwell wirh r-t1em,
1fhisJand .inant,4 bch
occiíions 1have been ,loíl:, ,whereby che Gofpel might havei'oeeri: propagá,ced by
Pirea.ching, withoµt) the
fot<re
and compulíion of Arms.
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;r1::-,
Two years afterwar_ds che
Chunchm
gave licence
to
chefe two
Spaniarils
to tetµrn
u0to1Peru, .
guiding ahd 'COndu&ing them unriU they 't:ame to tho Vall(ly
o[~Ca!la–
vaJit-,
fo
that" cHey éold cheír own Story of chis, 1.mhappy expedítion. · THey,
1
alfo
gave an account of
aH
the A6tions·and Exploits whillh the
Inca.
had performed at
11he lower·parts ,oftqis River,; al)'d how they dwelt and' iAhabiced arno¡;¡gfl: che
.Muflu
;
and cbat afcer chat tirrre they acknowledged•the
Inca
for cheir Lórd 1and
$overeign, and tbat every y~ar chey carried him prefems,of füch Fruics as their
foil
produced ; the which prefents were continued unrill che Death ofche
Inca Tu-
1;a.r;
.Amaru,
which wás-fome•fe"".'-·years afcer chis unfortunare a~ion and fight' be–
tween
ruan Afvare:t Maldonado,
and
Gome~ de Tordóya.
The whICh
Srory we havé
. fore-íl:alled ana telated out of its due place, thereby to atce(t, and prove che Con–
queíl: which the
Inca Yupanqui
made along the great River
Amarumayu
;
and that
the
Incas
wbo clefigi1ed to make ·a Conqueíl: of che
Mufm,
élid'
afcerwards plant
them[elves, and inhabit among(t.them. All which the Friar
Diego. M artín,
and
the Gun-[mith
Simor.
did particularly relate and confinn: Alíld the Friar as co
himfelf did
fay,
chat noching did trouble him
fo
much in his life, as that he did
not continue bis abode amongíl: the
.Jn~ian Chunchm,
:is chey defired of him ; bue
that not having the convenienCies there of faying Ma[s, was a' great indocement
to recall him chence, for ocherwife he would never have removed from rhence.
He
farrher faid, that-he ofren pnrpo[ed to return thither again, being trou0]ed in
bis confcience for not havíng faris_f.ied che_ importuoi~y
0f
chofe,poor
Jndians,
who
made that reafonable requefl:
.t0
h1m, which he by h1s vow and profeilion was ob–
liged
to
gl'ant : And farther thát Friar alledged, tlm chofe
lncM
who were planred
among che
Mfu.,
mighc be of great
u[e
to
che
Spaniards
in t_he Conqueíl: which
they defignedr
coi
make of that Coumrey. And
fo
lec us rérurn again
to"
tbe·
Aéts ami-Monuments of. che good
Inca Yupanqui;
the chiefand grea-teíl: of which;
was
the Conquéfl: of
Chili.
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