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. For as ,;e have faid-in the firft pan, thc Incas made [evere Laws againJt rhofe who eat human Flefh: And therefore we mu ft underfrand thi s Auth :i r accor- .ding to the cuíl:ome of Mexico, and not of Pene . The Revenue give~ to che Inca, did not amouot to 17000 pieces of Eight,, (foras we have faid before) the Lands of Francifco Hernandez. did not yield above t en thoufand pieces of Eight per annum. Andas to what he fays, they gave him in the Valley of Yu- cay, which was the Eftate of the Son of Marquis francifco Pi¡arro, it was in reality worth nothing, for that Vallcy being very pleafant, and delight- ful, was divided amoogil: the Spaniards, who were Citizeos of Coz.ca, and well · cultivared by them, and fenced in ro·make Gardens and Vineyards, as it is to tliis <lay: Wherefore the poor ]nea enjoyed nothing more, than to have the Title of being Lord of ruca; which notwithíl:anding, he highly eíl:eemed, being the moil: pleafant piece of ground in all the Empir.e. The grant of which, was not carried to the Inca by 'John de Sierra, as this Author intimares; but was given him at Los Reyes, when he perfonally appeared there, to vifit the Vice·King, and pay the Co~plement of Obedience: But that which was car- ried by ']ohn de Sierra, and delivered to the Inca, was no other thao an Aét of Grace, aod Pardon of all his Crimes, without meotioning any particulars, ór making aoy pi:omifes of fupport, or mainteoance for himfelf or Farnily; ór fetting out any Lands, tó make qim a Revenue. lo the following Chap- ter we will fet down every thing methodically as they paffed; for what we have anticipated in this place, is only to íhew by another hand, what Cau- tion, Subtilty, Craft, and Jealoulie, the lndian Captains ufed in their Trca- ties, before they would adventure to commit their Prince in to the power of the Spaniards. ·. CH A P. X.. The Gove'rnours of the Prince confitlt ihe fevertil Prophefies, and Prognoftications which were made, concerning the event of their Prince's departure from the Mountaíns. Diverfe Opiniotzs ,arife thereupon_; the Inca refolves to go; ·he comes to Los Reyes, where he is received hy the Vice• King. The anfwer which the Inca made, when the In- flrument was delivered to hiTn, which allotted, and fecu- red a maintenance to him. v ; T H E Captains and Tutors of the Inca continued their Debates, and Confultations, concerning the Surrender of their Prince, into the hands of che Spaniards: And for better affurance therein, they infpeéted the En- trails of che Beafts, which they offered in Sacüfice, and obíerved the flying of Birds by Day, and thofe of the Night:, they looked on the Skye, to fee , whet·her itwere thick or cloudy, or whethcr the Sun were bright and clear, without Miíl:s, or Clouds which covered it, and accordingly they made their Prognofrications of good or ba~ F ortune : They made no enquiries of tbe O evil: bec'aufe, (as we have fa1d befare) all the Oracles of that Gountry ceafed, apd became dumb, fo · foon as ·the Sacraments of our Holy Mother the Ghurch of Rome entered in to thefe Dominions. And tho' all the Obfer- vations made, íeemed good Omens, and portended happy fucceís ; yet the Cap- rains were divided in their Opinions. Sorne faid that it was fit for their Prince to appcar publickly, aod in the Eyes of his People, to whom nothing could be fo pleafant and acceptable, as the prefence of his Perfon. Others L 11 11 l 2 faid 995