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.

Ro; 1 al Commelltaries. into Spain fo poor and miler ~b l e , tha t the rich ft o f tliem had noca t hou la nd Ducats to defray his Charges ; though to raire tbi s Money, he h:id fo ld his Horre, and Cloaths, and the poor Furniture of bis Hc níe : and e hough fo me o f them had poffeffions ofLands, and fome littlt: R er. t, yet the R evenuc was fo fmall, that it was [caree worth locking afrer, :rnd fo remote, that th y wer<.: forced to leave andaban don ic, as of no worth antl value to them : for though a Perfon fhould commic his Efiate, in chis manner, to th e Truftand Ma nagement of F riends ; yet fo tar is Spain remo te from Pene, that oftentimes F riends cake advantage of difiance, and long abfence, and make that their own, which is on- ly intr~fted to them by oth'ers: And chus rnuch l can atteít, and aver upon my own experience, who having left fome Efiate and lnheritance of my own to the care of another F riend, he made ufe of that confidence l had in him ro theat and defraud me of what appenained to me. And chis was the cafe of there poor Gentlemen, who left their Eítates with fome Friends, from whom they heard no farther afterwards ·; and enquired of · mefor them, after I came to Spain, to know of me whether they were ali ve or not, and how·, or in what manner tbey had difpofed of their Efiates : For my part l was abk to give thern but an imperfeél: account of their matten, for I was but your.g, and could not Jook fo far back in to tbe Efrates and Concern- ments of other Men. And her e let us leave our Pretenders on their Voyage , the fuccefs of which we fhall confider in its due place, and in the mean time we will proceed to recount the Succ'etfes of that Empire, in relation to its own Natural Lord. CH A P. VIII. The Vice-King defigm to bring the Prince, who was Heir to thís Empire, jrom bis Retirement in t~e Mountains, to pay Homage a nd halty t o his Majejly. · The ways and mearp; which were contriv.ed for 'doing the fame. . ' T HE Vice· King baving difpatched thefe poor Gentlemen into Spain, upon , the foggefrions (as we have faid) of evil Counfellours~ who .infinua-tedinto lrim dangerous Conípiracies, and civil Difturbances) which thefe Men might machinate, by the lntereft they had with othet· Souldiers of inferiour degree : · and hereof there bad been fuch frefh Examples, that the Fears and Jealoufies of the like -events might very reafonably beappreh.ended. But now to amufe, and divert the minds of the People from fuch Trag ical Plors as thefe, and for better fecuring the Peace -0f the Empite, Letters were wrote to M11nnoz., the Gover- nour of Coz..co, and to f?o11na Beatriz. Coya to confid:er of a way.,how they might in a friendly and peaceable man ner perfw ade the Prmce Sayri Tupac to Jeave his Mountains, arid come and live among.ft the Spani.<1rds, who for bis encourage- ment, wm1ld make him an allowance fufficient ro maiutain bis Fªmily and Equi- page. This proriofition was'treated with th.e Coya, wh.ich was Siftu to the Fa- ther of this Prince, .who was the Legititnate Heir to tb~ Empire~ being the Son of Meneo Saca , whom thoíe Spaniards killed, who he had proteél:ed and deli- vered out of the ha neis of their Ene.mies, as' ~s related in tbe 7th. Cbap- t er of the 4th. Book of tbis 2d. Pan. The Infanta Donna Beatriz, tbo' it Were forno 0tner reafon than to fe e her Nephew in that City, and not with expeél:a- tion of being refl:ored to his Empire, r~ceivc~ wi:th gr~at readinefs, and goo? will, the Comrnand and Order of the V 1ce-Ktng; an.d m purfuance tb ereof d1- fpatched away a Meffenger, attended with Inditm Servan1:s, to the M~untains of Vt!lca Pampa where the Inca rnade h1s relidence: the Metfenger himíelf was alfo of th'e Blood-Royal, to render the offer more fpeCÍOllS, and more eafily ac - cep·ed: His Journey was long, and much .ál;>out, an<l over ba? ways, by rea- fon that the Bridges were broken down; but at length comrng to the Out - guar d 99 1