AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1595. 



Martinez being much favoured by the souldiers, had all 



the meanes possible procured for his life ; but it could 

 not be obteined in other sort then this : That he should 

 be set into a canoa alone without any victuall, onely with 

 his armes, and so turned loose into the great river : but 

 it pleased God that the canoa was caried downe the 

 streame, and that certeine of the Guianians mette it the 

 same evening : and having not at any time seene any 

 Christian, nor any man of that colour, they caried 

 Martinez into the land to be woondred at, and so from 

 The great cit^ towne to towne, untill he came to the great city of 

 of Mama o?- Manoa, the seat and residence of Inga the emperour. 

 The emperour after he had beheld him, knew him to be 

 a Christian (for it was not long before that his brethren 

 Guascar and Atabalipa were vanquished by the Spanyards 

 in Peru) and caused him to be lodged in his palace, and 

 well enterteined. Hee lived seven moneths in Manoa, 

 but was not suffered to wander into the countrey any 

 where. He was also brought thither all the way blind- 

 fold, led by the Indians, untill he came to the entrance of 

 Manoa it selfe, and was foureteene or fifteene dayes in the 

 passage. He avowed at his death that he entred the city 

 at Noon, and then they uncovered his face, and that he 

 travelled all that day till night thorow the city, and the 

 next day from Sun rising to Sun setting yer he came to 

 the palace of Inga. After that Martinez had lived seven 

 moneths in Manoa, and began to understand the language 

 of the countrey, Inga asked him whether he desired to 

 returne into his owne countrey, or would willingly abide 

 with him. But Martinez not desirous to stay, obteined 

 the favour of Inga to depart : with whom he sent divers 

 Guianians to conduct him to the river of Orenoque, all 

 loden with as much golde as they could cary, which he 

 gave to Martinez at his departure : but when he was 

 [III. 636J arrived neere the rivers side, the borderers which are 

 called Orenoqueponi robbed him and his Guianians of 

 all the treasure (the borderers being at that time at 

 warres, which Inga had not conquered) save only of two 



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