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.

BpoK VIII. Royal Commentaries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ more antient Subjetts followed, until at length, in the faft place, the I nca; ·them- fel ves carne _i1pmed~ately b_e~ore_the Priefts, mi~ed wir.h _a_number of poor Peo- ple, _ro fignt?e their Humil1~y m a fo w and mean condmon, having loft their ~mp1re, their Houf.:s, lnhernance, and all their Re_venue panicularl y belong- rng to them. . . . This being the order direéted and obferved in the•Proceffion, divers Jndian; from the Canarú intruded thenifelv es amongft the croud; for thouPh thac Provin~e is not ~i~hin the Preciofü and J uriídi~ion of c~~co, y_et thoíe 0 Peopl e alfo.da1med a pnviledge to appear at the Solemmty; and m the1r Chairs or Se- dans, made a diftinét Company by themíelves, becauíe many of tbeir Nation Ilved in the City, ofwbom the Head and Chief was Don Francifco Chillcho. Can- nari, of whom we made mention formerly, and fet forth,how that in che time ¡;if the Siege; when H ernando Pi farro was greatly diftreíled by the Prince Manca/n- ea, this Canarian killed in the publick place an l ndian Captain belonging to che /nea, ·who challenged the beft man of the Spaniards t o a fingl e Comba t. Tbis Don Francifco aícended the Stairs of the Cymeterie in a· diígui.fe, covered with his Mande, and his Hands under it, and in a Chair plain, without any trimming either of Silk or Gold, but painted with divers colours, and in the four Pannels tbereof were defcribed the four Battels between the Jndians and the Spaniards. Beiog come to the height of the Cemyterie to the righr-hand,where the Officer.s of the Corporation were. placed, and with them my Lord Gar¡ila(/ITde la Vega, who was then Governour of the City,and his Deputy Monja1C11z.,who was a very abk Lawyer, and a perfon of great Prudence and Difcretion. Behold on a fudden this Indian Cannari .threw off his Mande, whilh ferved him for a Cloak, and delivered it to one of his Servants, and fo remained in cutrpo, with a c1ofe Coat girt tohim,according to theirCufl:om,when they are preparingtofighr or to perform any other Afüon, or Feats of Afüvity; in his right-hand he h~ld by the locks rhe Head of an Jndian carved in Wood, and painted. So foon as the Incas faw it, four or five of them 'brufl:led np to the Canarian, and catched him up from theFloor,intending to throw him headlong from ·the Scaf- , fotd, which caufed a tumult amoogft the Jndians, who remained on each fide of the Scaffol.d, where the moft Holy Sacrament was expofed; fo that the Deputy Monj araz. w_as obliged to interpofe his Authority for keeping the Peace. And demandmg of the Incas, for what reafori they were fo much of- fended ? one of t~e graveft amo~gfl: thern made an~wer, ~aying, This Dog Auca or Rebbel, mftead of commg to celebrate th1s Fefüval, comes with a Head, to reviv€'. the memory of thofe things which had better been for- gotten. · Then the Deputy asked the f!annarian, What was the meaning thereof? To which he reply'd, Sir, 1 cut off the Head ?Í ·a.n Indian, who challenged any of che Spiiitiards to a fingle Duel, at •that tlme when H ernando Pifarro, and Gonfalo Pi farro, and 'john Pi¡arro my Lords ;md Mafrers, with 200 Spaniards more, were be!ieg_ed in r_his Mark~t-place:. and in regard there w~s no Spaniard 1 but who thought lt a d1f-reputatton to h1m, to engage fingly w1th an Jndian; l took up the Qlarrel my felf, and obtained leave to accept thf! Challenge, and engage in the Combat ; which l performed with foch goorl fuccefs, that I overcame the Indian, and cut off his Head in this Market-place; and then pt>inted with his Finger to the very plat of Ground where the Duel was fought ~ • Moreover, faid he, thefe four Piétures which are in the four Pannels of my 1 Chair, are a defcription of the four Battels in which 1 was engaged on ~he ftde ,of the Spaniards againft the lndians ; fo that it is no won.der, if on fuclJ a day as this, I fhould boaft and glory of thoíe i xploits, and Feats of Arms which 1 have performed in fervice of the Cbriftians. To which the /pea again re- ply'.d, Thou Dog and Traytor, didfi: thou do this Afüon by thY own cou- rage and · bravery, or by vfrtue and aílifi:ance of chis fachacamac, befon; whom we are now prefimt, and by meam, and under the auípicious condufr of the Spaniarc/.s Fortune ? Do!l; thou not know, that thou, and all thy Linag1; were Slaves to us, and that it was not by rhy Prowe[s and Valour tha~ thou didfi: obtain this Viétory, but folely by virtue of that power we have befare mentioned? lf thou wilt make tryal of th e trmh of what 1 fay, fince we are all Chriftians, ge t thee to the Market-place, and provide thy felf y; irh 1\ rm• 7 and there fl¡all meet tnee one of che meane!t of our Serv(!nts, v~ho ni i i i 2 fhall ' ' 9 79 •