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the end of éwo years, after they had quicted· the Hland of
Gorgona,
fo~
·fo
long ·.chey had .been in making their Difcovecies· on che
,()!)aft,
noc
knowing well whicher clney wenc , duting which time ~e will leavij ·the Rea- .
der to confider what Difu.e1fes and Har.dfhlps they·fuílained, all which ocher
Hiíl:orians omit, not councing the 'fieíls, and degrees by~which che[e Adven–
turers proceeded. Ac length
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fay, che>'. arrive'd at
Tump.iz:..
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whei-e it plea[ed
God
to work a Miracle, cbac chofe people might receive and embrace che Ca–
tholick Faith, which was this.; the Ship being here arrived, the
Spaniards
obfer–
·ved chat the Countrey was well peopled, aod 'aciorned with many good Houfes,
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·;md more fi:acely Builciings, thai, any chey·bad feen in ocher pares, becamé very
.defuous to make a farther ·dilcovery; baé now to cooirive ic was very difficult,
for they were fearfull to
foiid
one·man fingly,
iefr
he íh<Drrld
b€
killed·.by che
J¡tdi–
;.cns,
nor duríl: they adventur.e in aBodr,, for· fear
.of
ithe·,li{{e face; at length to
,end che Difpuce~
Peter de <::andia
being full of €ourage, and GhrHlian·,con6dence,
offered himfelf on.tpis Adv.enture, telling bis Compalfiolils, th'ac .,iru;afe he were
killed, cheir lofs would oot be much, confidering chat he 'Yªs bue a fingle perfon,
and chat ifhe came well off, the greacer would be .che Wonder and the Viétory ;
which having faicl, he imrnediate1y .cov.éred :his 6ody :with a Coat .of Mai1,
·which reachea to
his
Knees, -and put on
a
Helmet'of the .h>eíl: and brav,eíl: forr, he
-gire his Sword by bis fide, took his )Tar.gec of Steel in his ieft hand, and
in
ihe
right he bore a wooden Crofs of abouc a yard and ·a.hálf ióng, whibb being che
fignal of bis Redemption, he confided more 1cherein than in his Arms of Steel or
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Iron. This
Peter
of
Candia
was a very tall Man, and chough I did never fee him, ·
yec bis Son, with wbom I went
to
School at
Beaba,
fhewed me che proporción
of his Fatber in bimfelf; for being a Boy, bue of eleven or twelve years of age,
was as bigas another of tw-ice thac age.
In
chis drefs
Peter de Candia
left his Com–
panions, defiring cheir Prayers and Recommendations ofhim unto God, and chen
)Vith a grave and ferious Countenance and Pace he walked towards che Inhabi–
tancs, wich as much Majeíly_ as if he had been Lord Paramount of all chac Pro–
vince. The
Jndians,
wllo were in greac confufion ac the Arrival of.the Ship, were
much more affrighced when they faw a Man
fo
tall, and of
fo
vaíl: a proportion,
. _covered
all
witb !ron, with
.a
Beard on
bis
Face, wbich had never been known'
or feen. before amongíl: them. Thofe who mee him in che Fields ran away, and
gave an Allarm to cheir People, and all taking Arms, ran imo cheir Caíl:le or For–
trefs, which wás fpeedily 6lled with crowds; bue
Peter
füll continued bis grave ·
Countenance, and Pace towards them, which when they faw, they were in great
admiration, none daring
to
hure bim, for they believéd that he was fome divine
or heavenly Apparition ; bue to p¿·ove whac manner of thing he was, che
Curaca.,
or Lords, agreed
to
try him wich che Lion and Tyger wbich
HuaynA Capac
had re–
éommended ,
to
their Cuftody, (as we have already relatéd in che Hiftory of his
Life,) which when they had lec loofe, che.y expeéted chat they fhould kili and
cear him in pieces; bue this fl:ory is briefly related by
Peter de Cief.a,
in the Ac–
count 'he gives of the Conqueíls and Afüons of
Huayna Capac
in chis great Pro–
·vince of
Tumph,
che which I thought
fit
to
tranfcribe word for word, chat fo I
mighc h¡ive the tefiimony of a
Spanifh
Auchour, ¡n confirmation of che truth
of what I have wrote, and wirh the fame occafion deícribe che beaüty of rhac
pleaíam Valley of
Tumbi::-,
for
Íd
that Auchour wrices.
" In regard, faith he,
" chac che Inhabirarits of che
Hle
of
Puna
were always ae variance wirh che Na-
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