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VII. -

Roy.al

Commentaries•

.'1.

XX.

Of the

1l }3attel herween the·

Incas

and other Natiofzs;

and

the

firfl

Spaniard

who difcovered -Chili.

E day following, both Armies ra!fing their Camps, put themíel~es in or1er

ofBattel, and began the fight w1th great Courage and Refoluaon, which

cohtinued tbac whole d¡iy with füch equality of Forcurie, chat it could not be dif- ·

cerned to which pare che Viétory moíl: inclined; many were ílain and wounded

on borh fides, umill che nighc divided them, and cau[ed them

recrear

cheir

feveral Qg_arrers. The fecorid and tbird days were alike bloudy, one party concen–

ding for Liberty, and tbe other.for Honour. The fourth day boch fides were drawn

up in their Camp, expeéting which íhould make che actempt; and in this order

• they cominued for the [pace of two days after, and then tbey botb drew off, each

fide fü[peéting that che ocher had fent for more Succours, requiring fpeedy Re–

cruits. The

Purumaucans,

and tbeir Allies, thought that they had gained Credit .

enough, in being able

witbíl:and che invincible Power of the

lnca1

and with

rhis Repuration they returned co their own Coumries, proclaiming Viétory and

Triumph in all pares where chey paífed.

T~e

Inca1,

after due and mature confideration, thought it not convenient to'

purfüe after che Enemy, but rather give way to rheir befüal Fury for a time;

howfoever the Debates hereupon were divers, fome were for purfüing che Ene–

, my, Uf1till chey had emirely fubdued them ; bue others of

more moderare tem–

per, \were for followíng che mild and gentle Principles of the

Incas,

not being

over forward

the utter deíl:ruétion of cheir Enemies. At length it was agreed

· and concluded, chat rhey íhould pre[erve that which they had already gained,

making che River

Maulli

che utmoíl: limit tand bound of rheir Frontiers, umill

fuch time as they íhould receive new Orders and Iníl:ruétions fr-0m the

Inca.

ali which che King

Yupanqui

being advifed, gave direétions, that they íhould

give a íl:op to the farther progreffion of cheir Conqueíl:s, and atten-d to che im–

provement and cultivating of che Lands and Poífeffions 1.hey had gained , with

particular refpeél: to che eafe and benefit of the new Subjeéts; that fo che neigh–

bouring people being allured by chis gooq·creatmenr might offer themfelves

be–

come Vaífals to che

Inca;

and in ca[e che ~ature of this people fhould be fo dull

and íl:upid, as not

ob[erve and di~inguiíh becween che happinefs of an impro–

ved Life, and cheir own Beíl:ialities, that then che lo[s would be theirs, and re–

dourld rrlore to rheir own húrt, than to che prejudice of the

Inca1.

compliance

with chis Command from che King, they defiíled from farther profecution of

rheir Conqueíl:s in

C:hi!i,

making che River

Mau!li

che ultimare bounds of their

Empire, which they fortified.with CafHes, and í}rong Garifons; fo that now

their buÍtnefs was ro adminifrer

ufüce, and .improve the Incomes of the Sun; all

which was performed with great refpeét

the benefic of the Subjeél:s, who

fin–

ding themfelves obliged by fuch kind treatmenc, did with greatZeal and Affeétion

embrace the Governmenc of thelnw, and comply wich rheir Laws, Rites and Re–

ligion, continuing coníl:ant_

them, untill fuch time as the

Spaniards

becáme Ma-

frers of their Counrrey.

. ~he firíl:

Spaniard

that difcovered

Chili,

was

Don Diego de Almagro;

but he 'did·

but

¡uíl: fee it, and afterwards return

Pertt,

having fuíl:ained innumerable labours,

and endured great fatigues both in bis journey thither, and in his remt'n; the

which enterprife was che caufe of che general Revolt of all

Pmt,

and che original

of thac Difcord and civil Diífemion which hapµened afterwards b~tween chofe

two Gover;nours , and of the Death of,che faid

Almagro,

being taken Prifoner ac

the ~accel of

Salina.;

and alfo of che Death of the· Marqui[s

D. Francifco de

Pifarro,

a,nd of

D. Diego

Almagro,

who was boro of

Spanijh

,and

_Jndian

~loud;

and

'A'.ho commande<l in

the

Figfü, called che Battel of

Ch11p,u,

Of all wh1ch we

2.'

fhall