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Royal Commentaries.

BooK

II.

l .

And chus did this Wmthy Gentleman end his clays,

the great .grief and for–

row of ali that knew him ; for he' h:id ~he. fame"and reputation of a genetous ·

Perfon valiant arid courteous, being adorned with ali thofe Vertues

hich become

a GemÍeman, and a Perfon of Honour. ·His Body wás buried in the great Chas

pel of the Cathedral of tbat City, and over _it was laid a great Marble Stone of

an Azure blew, witbout any Infcriprion ;- though bis Merits deferved a

fáir

Epi–

taph, which perhaps might have been omitted, for want of Engravers in·Stone;

for at that time, and rnany years after, they knew not the Art to Engrave; .nor

ufe any ocher fharp too!, unlefs the Sword and Lance. At this grea~ lofs and

expence the

Spaniards

gained the Fortrefs of

Couo,

and drove the

Indians

from

thence. The Hifiorians in the relations they make of this Siege, declare the ta–

king of-this fercrefs in che

firíl:

place; but the

lndians

report it to have been after-.

waras; which

the truth of the Hifiory, but in other matters they agree with

thé

Spaniards.

CH A P.

XXVII.

Of the feveral Exploits performed both by

Indians

and

Spa–

niards

dur'i11g

the Siege of

Cozco.

HE Death of

rohn Pirttrro,

who was Broth~r to the.Governour, anda Per–

fon of princip:il note, gave fpirit and encouragement to che

lndians,

who

from fuch fucceífes as theíe, were apt to conceive new hopes and expeétations ;

that they refolved to.adventure again another Battel; for though tbey had been

woríled and foiled in every one, yet füll che delire they had co be revenged on

the

Spaniards,

and reíl:ore che Empire again

their

Inca,

prevailed above the ap–

prehenfionof their ill fucceffes, and c:iu[ed them füll to perfevere in their obíl:i–

nace r~fiílence. Howfoever, the Chrifüans \\ere not now

narrow)y befieged

by che

Jndians ,

bue that they had liberry to fally forth, and r_ange for a League

round ; and yet they

íl:ill

troubled and moleíled them, not fufféring the

Jndian

Servancs to carry them Viél:uals, or ocher refrefhments: To fupply which, the

spaniards

were forced to make frequent ExcurGons into the CouRti:ey for Provifi–

ons and Forage; of which they were always in want during theSiege; for though

the

Indian

Servancs ítole-fomething for them, which they privately.conveyed inEo

che Town ; yet it was fo little , as could not fatisfie their neceflicies.

Augujlinc

C.rratc

relaces one of cheíe Sallies in thismanner following:

" -IJuring thisWar ~nd Siege,

Gonfalo Pirarro

made a fally wicb'twemy Horfe,

'' and:a'n ,in-roa.d as far as to rhe LaRe of

Chinchero,

which is abouc five Leagues

,from

oJw ,

where ;he was aífailed and overwhelmed with fuch rnukimdes of

" peoplé¡ ( having engaged farther with them, than prudence -and due .regard to ,

·" his ft.naA company d1d require ) Ehac he had certainly been taken, bad not

Hn·-

<•

nando Pip1rro,

and

Aloefo de Toro,

wich fome few Horfe, feafonably come in to

" his refcue. Tlms far are the Words of

Carate.

. .

ihis·Í.ake of

Chi,;chiru

•(

fo called by the

India11s-)

is about tw0 Leagues diírant

from che City Nor-thward, it is a Water excremely delightfull ~iand which anci·

ently, by ~he Munificea~e of the

Inw ,

was furniíhed with fe\

era1l Pipes and A.:

-queduéts to convey che Water imo divers pares of chofe Plains, which refrefhed

the ·Grounds which were fowed, and made all that Valley

of1

Cateo

to becorne

fruitfull, untill Warsand Troubles amongíl the

Spaniards

themfelves caufed chem

be negleéted, and for want of care bec_ame wholly ufelefs. Afterwards in che

years