4000003871

Royal

Commentaries.

Sallies, forcing them to recreac to whac place, and as far as chey pleafed ; wich

which:at

length

t~y·

becarne

fu,

amaze

d aAd afr

righced; thac diey

W.<vuld

make no

Defence,

-fo-chactwencyrfive·or tltltcy

Spanirar.ds

were able to.deal with•gi;eac Squa–

drolilS df che

lndimu,

.ancbkil1 and puc chem to füg,hc, as if they had been,fo rnany

Infancs

Chiilclven.

•For

Gód be for

who can be

againft

-Io chis rnanner

'the.·Ina'ian'.rllefothe-Siege of the Ci:ny, beimg driven frorn che Fields, a0d all che

<@arcers chereaboms; andl

not

one appearing, 1mlefs in che Rocks and Mount-ains,

.wnere

cheJforfü,.rould doe buc.little fervice: And yec the Rocks,were noca

fuffi–

cienc- fafe-guard',and proteétion for ·chem., .lnfaaufe the Horfe rrocced

over ch~m

many<Goacs:: This,

fay, is a compafüon of my own, ,bue I,hav.e·heard

another,

mlllch

m(j)re apc no rhis purpofe, from

oae

of the Conquerours

chofe

times,

called

Rodrigue.:,

Pii!ajuerte,

who,was·one of thofe thircfen who remain–

ed .with-.Francifco Pifarro,

when alLhis ocher companions deferted and abandoned

him,

have formerly related.

This Cavalier, :wich divers others, going one day

bring feveral Gentlemen

on their way, chat were travelling into

Spain ,

alfo remember to have been wich

them, thbugh bue a

ouch,..it being then towards the end of che year

2 ;

and

b.eiog on che Road which leads to

Arequepa, Rodrigue:,;, de Villa{uerte,

during all the

time that he was travelling .fro;n.

Couo

f2.!!_ejjecancha,

which are threé Leagues,

related the rnany fucceífes which occurred in the lace Siege; poincingwith his finger

at che places,where fuch and1uch Aétions had paffed, telling chat there fucli a

perfon perforrned fuch an Exploit , at fuch a place anocher aéted fuch

piece of

bravery ; and, amongfr others, which were very firange and wonderfulJ, he re–

counced one of

Gonfalo Pifarro

on the very ground where it was performed; the

which we íhall mention in its due place. And having rnade us a Narrative of

rnany firange Atchievements, he added, thac we ought not co disbelieve thefe

rnaccers as incredible, for chqt God was pleafed vifibly to affiíl:, and favour us with

his Miracles ; amongíl: which it was none of the leaíl:, chat our Horfes were nim–

ble, and tripped over che Rocks and Precipices ofchofeMouncains with fuch eafe

and aétivity, as if chey had been Doves or Pigeons

5·

and yet thofe Moumains,

which

,aFe

1theF..al.Nide 0f

~he

way, are

ver,y

freep a_nd craggy.

wiíh I

qad

aoc.forgot many particul-ars

which

he,relared to us chacday, for th€Y would have

furniíhed .me with fuffident matter to have tilled rnai:iy leaves of Paper touching

iihe

maraf

Expl@ies 1Perforn,ed by tbe

Spaniarru

in thacSiege,: Howfqev,e,r;

ge0e'–

ral,

;ic

.i5

worth_y .out ad~iraci0n that' a hundred and fr:vemy Men ·one¡y fhoqld be

able,t0

<0,ppof~·t:w0,hundrnd thoufand fighting Men, qpd contend with them un–

der ithe.marw fuff~rings

t«ung~r, Wacchings by concinual Allarurns, tired out

l\\;icb I.abemrs, w0ai1ded withGut the help and cure of Chirurgeons; an~ many

o–

•r

inqon~en~®.es wbid'l ammd !rraicned and difireffed_Sieges

And m0ré

duin\.all

lt!his,

·t-he

íll~a~er

may,

fanwe in his ima~inat.ioQ, coF1fidering

rhat ic i

s irn_-

,1}b{Ii

~le -to

defo11ibe ~li

thf

particular difficulties which the

Spaniards

endur.ed,

and

~v~Fc¡

u.ne

,by

·the

,invmcible Valour of cheir Spirits, which ~ere fupporced by the

{oltt :Power-of God, who .wªs _pleafed to rnake choicf of chis people, for chofe

wno

were

to pvea,ch

and planc the G,.ofpel in_

thac

Empitf.

The

Inaians

having now quicted the Siege, the

Spani11rds

jqdged it no complete

Viétory, unleís they rnade thernfelves in like 'manner Maíl:ers of che Forcrefs :

Wh~efore havlflg left

fufficienc Guard in che Cicy, 'they !!]lOU~ted ·~he

Hill

·co–

wards che Fort, which was valiantly defended by che

1-ndiam

for five or fix Days

together: Ac

taa

one night after chey had foughc íl:outly che whole

oay,

fochat

the

Sp¡ini1trd!

were retired

their Qg_arters, and that

Don '/ohn Pir¡arró.

who fome

•

days-before had been wounded, had for bis betcer eafe taken otf' his Htlmet; ic

happened, that a Stone thrown ac random frotn

Sling íl:rook .hirn

che head

of which unhappy wound he died in three days afterwar<ls.

" This was

lofs

(-A11g11ftine

Carate

reports) wbich fenfibly touche~ all chofe

S¡,miards,

whQ

w~e Adventurers in that CoantreJ,

for.·

tTuat chis

Pieart'o

had

'.' che reputatioo of a valiaot P~rfon, and i!n experiepc~d Sduldier )n·the Wars

" agaioíl: che

Jnqians,,

and

was

generally belov~g and -eüeeinea by ali. Thus

far

.lfe ilie

Wor-ds of

Carate,_