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Royal
Commentaries.
BooKH.
of che
Spaniards,
and chere ~ich_ a loud Voice cried out, Thac ifany
Viracocha
had
Courage to engage with h1m m a fingle_ Due~, cha~ he fhould come forth and
fight with him, for he there attended h1m w1th hIS Arms: But the
Spaniardr
efieeming it a condefcenfion too mean, and no Honour to kill a filly
Indian,
fcor–
ned
to
accept che Challenge.
But at Iength a Noble
Jndian-,
of the Nation of
Cannari,
who from
his
Infan–
cy
had been bred up a Page in the Court
<?Í
the great
H~ayna ~apac,
.and then
profeffed himfelf a Seryan~ to che Marqu1fs
_Do~ Franci{co Psfarro;
for ha–
ving yielded himfelf
to
him mone of che late Sktrm1fhes, he ever afcer acknow–
ledged him far his Mafier; with chis Perfon
I
ha~ an Ac9uaincance, and left
him alive in
Cozco
,
when
I
carne thence far
Spain.
ThlS
Cannarian,
I fay,
asked leave of
Hernando,
and
'fohn,
and
Gonfalo Pifarro,
Brothers of his Lord,
ro
anfwer che Challenge, faying, Thac lince thac }ellow_had che boldnefs to de–
fie che
Vi.racocha1,
chac he, who was a Servant of the1rs, would undercake the
Duel, noc doubting bue, by virtue of their propicious Forcune,
to
retum viéto–
rious.
Hernando Pifarro,
and his Brother, applauding his Courage and Refola–
cion, granted him licence; upon which he took che like Arrns which che other
carried, and wenc forth to meet him: And having fought together a long while,
they clofed three or faur times, and wrefiled, bue being noc able to throw one
che other, chey loofed , and again .recurned to che management of tbei.r Arms ;
with which che
Cannarian
being moíl: dexcrous, thruíl: his Enemy into che Breaíl:
with his Lance, and chen cucring off his Head, he carried ic by che Hairs chereof
unto che
Spaniard1,
with which cefümony of Conquefi he was received wich chac
Triumph which his Viétory deferved. .
·
The
Inca,
and his People, were much aíbamed of che Viél:ory which che
Can–
n,1rian
had gained; far had it been a
Spaniard,
che Diíbonour had been much
leís, bue to be overcome by one of their own
Indian
Vaffals, was an Affront and
Difgrace which could porrend nothing bue ill forcune; and being a People nacu–
rally fuperfiitious, and terrified wich rhe apprehenfion of fuch Omens, chey never
afcerwards accempted any ching of Momem, during che remainder of che Siege;
nor did any rhing remarkable fucceed, unlefs che unfortunate Deach of chac wor–
chy
'/ohn Pir¡arro,
as we fhall hereafter relace.
So often as I call co mind thefe Miracles, and feveral ochers, which God
was
pleaíed
to
work in favour of the Chriíhans, both ac the Siege of
Co:uo,
and of
los Reyes,
as we fhall fee hereafce1:2
I
cannoc bue wonder thac che Hifiorians fhould
be
fo
file
ne
_che~ein, efpecially unce che
y
were fo clear and ~vident
co
all che
World, havmg
m
my youch heard them reported
boch
by
l nd11fn1
and
Sp11niard1
with grear admirarion ; in memory of which, after che Siege, chey dedicaced
unto our Lady that Gallery whereih che
Spani11rd1
were quarcered, and where
now che Cachedral Chúrch is builr, called by the Name of Se.
M ary
of che Af..
fumption and Advocation; aqd che Ciry it felf chey dedicated co Se.
'fame1
of
Spai11
;
to
boch which Saines Anniverfary Days of Feaíls are appoinced, in chank–
full remembrance for che gratious Benefits received; the which Feíl:ivals begin
in che morning wich a folemn Proceffion, and Sermon, and chen High Mafs
is
celebrared; and laílly, che Day is concluded wirh the Sport of Bulls, and ocher
Recreations.
1
In
che Porch of chis Church, which leads to the Markec-place, che Piéture of
Se.
'fame1
is painted, mounted on aWhice Horfe, wich his Buckler on his
Arme
and a Serpemine Sword in his Hand, wich many
Indian1
dead and wounded unde;
his Feer ; which Piéture when che
Indiam
beheld, chey faid that a
Viracocha
like
chis, was·he c11ar deílroyed us in che Markec-place.
In
che Year
1 ,
60.
when I
deparced from
Cozco,
co go imo
Spain,
che Piétare was chen frefh; che lnfurreél:ioo
of che
Inca
began in che .Year
15 35.
and ended in
15
36.
and
I
was boro
¡
0
che Year
15 39.
fo
chat
I
mighc well be acquaimed both wirh
Indians
and
Sp11ni-
11rds,
who had been aélua.lly in chofe Wars, and Wicneffes of chofe Apparitions
which we have declared; and
I
my felf, for five Years cogecher, have alway~
been prefenc ar the Sports and Pafiimes of chofe Feíl:ivals; · for which Reafons
from plain demonfiracion,
I
cannoc bue wonder why Hiíl:orians have been filent
in chefe particulars, unlefs it be, thac they would attribuce unto che valour of che
Sp11niard1
ali che H_onour of chofe Days, wichout making due recuro of rhankfuJl
.i.cknowledgmenc unto
God for
che Viétories
fo
miraculouíly obtained.
Many