The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

Royal Commentaries. Boo.1\ III. were now become very large, extending from Couo along the Coaíl: of that Sea which is called Zrir, above one hundred and. eighty Leagu~ .as far as Tutyra and chaqui ; then to the Weíl:ward from the C1ty, the Dom1m_on reached feventy Leagues one way, and eighty another: and to the Eaíl:w~rd it ran to theJ\!ver Paucar tampu, being thirteen League_s fuil ~íl: from the City '> and t<? the South- eaíl: forty Leagues; fo rhat the Empire b~rng gr<?wn rhus large and w1de, r?e Inca rhought fit for fome time ro fix boundanes,.to h1s C'?nqueíl:s, that fo he m1ght at- tend to the confervaüon of what he had already gamed, and to the benefit and fecurity of his Subjeéts: And now living for fome years in peace and plency, he bad leiíure to enrich and adorn the Temple of the-Sun, an~ of thofe feleéted_ Vir- gins which the inca, Manco Capac,_had endo_wed_: he alfo ~wlr rnany other Ed1fices, both within and without the C1ty, and m d1vers Provmces, where they were moíl: ro advanrage. · He rnade likewife Aqueduét, and opened Springs for wate- ring rhe grounds; he built divers Bridges to ~afs Rivers and Srreams, to rhe greac convenience of publick Roads; he opened d1vers new ways for commodious rra- vel, and fol: better communication of one Province. with anorher. In íhort, he omitted nothing which mighc conduce to the pubhck benefit, to the advantage ofhis Subjeéts, and to the greater Glory and Grandeur of his own Majefiy. · CH A P. XVIII. The Prince I~ca Rocca reduces many and great Provinces, both witÍ1in the Laml, and along the Sea-coaft. / I N rheíe, and fuch like Affairs, the Inca employed himfelf, for the fpace of ftx or feven years; and rhen it was judged fit ro reaffume again the thoughrs óf War, for rhe farrher enla errient ofEmpire; to which end orders were given for raiGng an Army of twem oufand meo, under rhe conduét of four Major Gene- tals, and of rhe Prince Rocca, who was to cornmand in Chief: Tne Defign was to march t)1wards Chinchafuyu , which lies Norrhward frorn Co;:,co; on which fide their Dominions did not reach farther than Rimac tarnpu, which was not above feven Leagues , and was rhe utmoíl: Bounds in thoíe Quaners to which the firíl: Inca, M anco Capac, had proceeded; fince which time rlle other lncaJ did not efieem ir worthy the troubtes of a Conquefr, being a Countrey defolate, rocky ~nd wirhout Inhabitams. The Prince leaving Co;:,co, carne to the River Apurimac, which he paffed on great Aoars, prepared for that purpoíe ; and becauíe the Countrey was defolate, he proceeded as far as Curahutlci and Amancay being about eight or ten Leagues from the City, and without anfoppoGrion reduced all thoíe poor Indian1 where- foever he paíled. From the Province Amancay be rook to the left hand along the great road, which leads from Couo to Rimac, and leaving the Defart which is cal- led Cochacaf{a, being about twemy two Leagues over, he enrred into rhe Province called Sura, which is very populous, and rich, both in Gold and Cartel, and where rhe Inca was rece¡ved with ready fubmiílion. Thence he proceeded to tl1e next Provioce, called Apucara, where alfo he was received without oppoGrion; for in regard thefe Coumries were aJways ar enmity together, they V/ere notable to unite in a common League, nor yet reGíl: in a fingle conditlon. From Apucara he :narched forward to the Province R11cana, which is divided into two parts, the le!fer and the greater: T'he People hereof are borh beaurifu!l in their Bodies, and ingenious in their Minds, by advamage of which they more eafily apprehended the feliciry rhey íhould obtain under rhe Government gf the Inca, and therefore with joy a11d applaufe received his Commands. Thence he defcended