4000003871

BooK

Royal

Commentariei.

543

in favour of the.

Spa11i11rd1,

,where was .rnoft danger, 'áad whe're the

ln~ia?ts

fpenc

the nercenefs pf, Jtneir Fury. · And indeed che Danger was

greac,. thac in the

·firfu

eleven ,oilitwélvt.Days;

the Siege, che

Spaniards

were fo haraífed and tired

óut, as we!M-Itirfe1as Foot, by rhe continua! Skirmiíhes in which

they

were en–

ga:ged,

an~'foi

want of Ptovifions, that rhey were reduced :ro· che

laíli

extremi- .

cy; for by chis time thirty Chriílians were killed , .apd.almofr all·.wounded;

without Remedies or Salves for their Cure ;

thac in a few days noc bejng ab!e

longer to hold out, they

t ll

expeéted to periíh , having no hopes of Reliefor

Succour

from o

rher places, or means, rhan onely from Heaven, ro which they

liffea rip

che.ir C

ríes-,

and offered theÍi.· áailf Prayers , begging tñe Merey ancf _

Detence of God, and che Incerceffion and Proteétion of che ever bleífed Virgin

Mibe

Jndians

having obíérve<f, that the Nighr

when they bumed ali che Town,

yet che Gallery in which

che''Sfaniards

were'quartered

íl:ill

remained untol)ched by

che Flames, wherefore they actempted to bum that alfo, (and might eafily per–

form ir, in regard chere was none

make Head, or Oppofüion to prevent them,)

ánél

fbr feve'tal Days and Nighcs, at ali hoúrs, rhey cbntinually put fire to ir, bue

would not bum; which che

Jndians

much admiring, Jaid ,: Th

at th~

Fire had

loít ics Force aríd Virctie, and éould noc confüme 'thar Houfe

whi.ch

che

Vira–

cachM

had lived and quartered. , At lengch the

Spaniards

found th,emfefves

hárd

put to ir, .and fo affailed on all lides, tnat they refolved

puc it to rhe iífue of a

Batcel , and racher dye fighting, with their Arms in their Hands, than linger out

rniferable Death, and at tength periíh with Farnine or faintnefs, permicting the

fam~ly to·cu~·their ~hroacs, after ;theythad n_o farther Force

ck Spiriffo

refitl:them:JI,

,..

1.,

·;

,,ít

1; _.,.,, Jl"

I • •.,;••

Having:thus refolved;

th'ey

confeffed their

íins

toithreel=lriefis,' .that were :with

tllliem,

andifor wan

c' of time;

fuch as could ,not, confeífed oone,to the óther"' and

álb.called,upon the

Name.of

TGod, and opon thofe Saines to,which:,they had de–

'lOte

d chernielves·; and'being ~bus prepared

oye like €hrifüans,.,fo ..fo0n as ic·

w.as

day,' t!he

iJndiirlw,

who

w.ere

·á

thoufand 'to ro

ne, being

'aíhamed

long

oppó

fed'.hy· fuch a1haridfull ·ofMen, affailed

ihé

Spaniar.ds

,~·ith their J1fua·l Fury;.

mfolvilig n0cloo qui_t or remit·che Batte!, uncill they had total~.defii<ilyed·chem;

1tbe:!S/{aniard1\

on rhe contr<1rY, wich loud i ries calling µpon che Name

theiViI:gin;rmnl:l

th«

Apofile,

Se/lames,

their Clfarnpion, maiptained1he Fighr with

fuchcftffolrlcio~,i that the Slaughtef.W~s gre!lt on b~th_

fidés,

,and rnany·

fPaniar'dJ

wóunded.

At lall, aftet five .hours F1ghc, che Chnfüans:c:became fo weary, and

thtli,!i'Hbrfes

fu: !f~htiwith che Engagement of rhat Day; ·that they expeéted no–

ming_lefS'tha~rD.lfath.- The Fainmefs and Relaxation of'the

Spaniards

,gave new

GJ$ge to:lthe

Jná'p'an'Jto reinforce an

d. renew c

he Fight",for, iPrince

Manco Inca

óbf6wing,rtllr~:Baifages ,of the Battel froni.an 'high place; animared his 'People,

áaHing 'U

p-OJn th

em iby..thé Names of their.fevetal Provinces, and inciting thern

to·

etf.ig~

t .:bieing,.as Lii.t:were, certainl~ic~ .che Succ~ of díat Day

're–

cove

r h1s Empi.ihl':

:.,Whentirn

fudden, and'mthis,Extrem1ty., tt pleafed G0d to,

ewn

rbeCaufo:-yf.hisfaiéhfull

:People, by rfending to tbeir:AffiBence the bleífed

Apo

le St.

'/ames,

the C

harnpion and Proteétour of

Spain,

wbo vifibly appeared.

b.0th

,toh hé·

Sp.aniards,

·ánd~.,he

Indidn1,

rnounc'ed ·on .a White Horfe, 'c::árrying a

Target,:; wifüinHedign of his Military Ord~r rhereon infotiibed , ancl in his Right

Halid a$ wora;i,wbich¡ by. the gliíl:ering

it, Jeemed like Lightning.

'The

In–

<-V.41'!.1,

greatly!'affiighted to

{ee

this new Cav.alier enter thé L1íl:s, a~kea one the

other ,,

wha't'1i'ir11oacha

that ,was, ·which carried.the

Y/lapa·,

in bis Hand; which

W-or-ddignifies.Thunder, and•bightning, and theThunderbolt · Wherefoever this

oe;w.'.

Ca'valieddfailed 'the

lndiaris,

·chey ran like Men amazed, trampling·one upon

they\otlíer,,-and on:.wliatpal't foewer the

Jndians

affaulted the Ghriíl:ians, che Saine

ir,roro~díare1yiap¡1lf?fed in

ti~

Fr.@nt, to focc::our and defend thern frorn the

Jndiam,

wb:0¡-¡affrighte8Jl\'áth theApparition,,fled·arid forfook che Battel; and rhe

Spa–

njJt.r'iis

berewitlli taking coúrage.;·' renewed,i_the·.Eighc,, and rk,illed an innumerable

iwrob.e1.r,. of..tbe:dfücimies, ,wJ101d)~ing poífüfed With a fear, ran away, and for-

foC:>~

th~_Ba1,eld1

ti · .,,,

''"!;!,

1 " ·

.r.

. ·

, _ •

•

. ,

-Ln u~

wene ~ht:!:iGh11iftjans,1dclivered .tbis .day by rhis b1eífed Apofi!e; ,and tbe

Vitl:ory wreíl:ed oué of the Hands of the lnfidels; rhe fame was d1e·Succefs of

t~ da.Y' foJlowm~,dltichás

eften

as.·the

Indiáns1

advenrured to figh_t; for

foon

a}~hey

bega~:tl'.>

~dgagé¡

they.1oec;_amé _amazed with .c0nfuGon, and not knowing

· .

where