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R.oyal Commentaries.

BooK

VII.

A Relation .of the, Lofs

and Deflruéiion of the City of

Vál–

divia

Chili,

which happened on

ednefday

the

. 24th

.of

November,

1599.

·\

ABout

break of day. ~ve thoufand

Jndia~s,

bel?nging to the pares adjacent;

" ·and

the D1v1Ítons of che

Tmpmal, Pica

and

Purem,

whereof three

" thoufand were, Horfe, and the reíl: Foor, having (as was faid) feventy fire–

" Arrn~, and above two hundred Men arrned wich Coats of Male, aílaulted

'' the City, furpriÍtng fe wichout che leaíl: allarm, by che guidance

treache·

" rous 5pi€S belonging to che farne ¡:,lace. They divided thernfelves into fmall

" Bodi€S'pf tweoty four or twenry five in

Conipany, for they knew that rhe

Spa¿Ji,ards

lay {ecure, and íleeping in their Houfes , and that their Corps of

'' Guard were

bút

four Centiriels, and thac two onely went che rounds: They

" con{idered alfo that che

Spaniards

were elevated w¡oh che fuccefs they had

'' had in the two ,Jhturftons lately rnade, when in che fpace of twency days they ,

" had the fortune to také and demoliíl1 a Forcrefs whioh che

lndian1

had ereéted

" on

the fide of che mariíh Grortnds of

Papar/en,

with

great a ílaughter of

" the~í:i, thac che

Spaniards

believed, chac in che compafs of eighc Leagues round,

time

was noli an

JnJian

chat could appear. Howfoever having bribed rhe

" Spies which che

Spaniards

enrercained amongíl: th€m, chey fucceeded in the

" moft notable Plot that ever was defigned

ftlly Barbarians; for chey with

great quiet and filence encompaffed evei:y Houfe ·with people fufficient to deal

" with chofe which ~vere within, for they w,ere well ádvifed of 'the num-

" bers which dwelt ·in it; and fetting Guards at the entrance

every Srreet,

" tbey affailed che .unhappy City, giving fire

che Houfes, and having [eized on

the Gates, che Inhabir.ams could ,neicher relieve one che other , nor yet make

'' their e[cape by füght :,

tbat

the,,fpace oftwo hours, they had deíl:royed

:iU

" the people by Fire and ~word, and poffeffed themfelvts of che Forc, and Guhs

': in

it,

there being no people witbin to defend it. Thofe thác were killed lnd

'' taken, were about four hundred

Spaniards,

of Men, Women and Children.'

" T)1ty fucked and plondered to che value of thre~ hundred choufand Pieces

'; Eight, nor did any rfoing remain which was not either bumr, or

fa.id

defolare1

''. .Th~ Ships of

"fla/lr¡na, Villarrocf,

and of one

D. Diego de

Roy.u,

were lec

rurt

''. _drift

clown the Scream., to which fome people made their efcape

che means

'' of Canoes which lay, bY. che water -fide, otherwifo none had remained

ha-ve

'~-been íthe Meifengers of chis fatal News. The

Jndi11ns

had been provoked

" this '.fruelty

revenge, of thofe_people whom

rifuesp.1miards

had fla.ifl in two

·" lárn

Incurfions; having fold their:Wives and Children to Merchants',

who

''.· ~-'fln~0rted

them•1ibtlo

foreign Councries; and

fenfible were they óf the

'' _Oa.v~ry,, they hatl émdfil~líÍ

for

fifty

years paíl:, tHat thongh' rhey had

been

báp-

" -t-ie:ed; ,,md entertained1 Prieíl:s to

infrniél:

them 'in•·the Chriíl:ian Doó'trine,

yé~

tlie

'6:rft tbing ll'1ey.

ái4·was

to búrn tbeir Temples.¡~and wich ·facrilegious hands

rhrow che Images of Saines from che Altars. :

r;J~

, '

·,

Ten days after d1is unhappy fate the good

Colon.el

Francifco del Campo

ar–

'1 .

.ti'te~

ín

tfae R0ct.

ch.is

Ciry wirh,ché füccour ·

o ·

rhree huncfré~M€n, ·whkh

'I.,

t'h€1Ybv'é1'nouf _of

P?t-1.u

haq fent tbitherj for che 11eHef of that, and

the

other di–

':)fü~ued Gities :

•wft,

,v,as

his forrune· o recover

Són and a Qaughter oflhis

" which were both Children, which being committed to che charge

offbís

Siíler–

" in..,Jaw, had been taken, and carried away capcives, when che City was facked

'' and laid defolate; che miferable State of which, when he faw, he wirh great

'' Rage and Refolution landed his Men, marching wich ali expedition

relieve

'' che Cities of

O/orno, J/i/larrica,

and che unhappy

Ymperial;

from which places

'' they had received no news in the [pace of a whole year, but that they haden–

dmed}_a Siege of fo long a time, and -were almoíl: ali famifhed and dead, ha-.

·ving

r\b

other fuílenance than che Fleíh of their dead Horfes, and when chofe

· · failed