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.

B OOK VIII. Royal Commelltaries. 997 and all agreea to go w_ith hir.n to the City of 'Las Rrye1 , On his ] ourne~ thit_h_e_r_ ___ _ he was met by the Caciq'.1e1, and ali the l ndians of the Provin ces through which he paffed, who entertatnt d and feafted h1m and his 1-:rain in the bdt ma nlier they were ~ble : B~ t alas, it was ~11 perform_ed with fadnefs, by men who com- pared the prerent Circumftances w1th the annen t grandure of their Incas. The Prince travelled in his Chair, not made of Gold, like that of his Anceílors . b~t of _ lefs rich materials, carried by three _hundr ed lndians, whom he brough~ w1th h1m, and not by thofe who were fub¡ eél.ed to the Spaniards. Moreover by the A~vice and C~1,1~fel of his Captains , fo f oon as he nad pa!Ted the Con~ fines of h1s own Dornrn1on, he took off tht: coloured wreath whích bound his Head, lefl: that búng.a Badge and Signal of Soveraignty fhould give offence to the Spaniards, as if he laid claim to the Dominions of which he was deprived. In this manner did this Prin_cetravel, until he carne to the City of Los Reye,-, where fo foon. as he was arnved, he went to make his Complement and Vifit to the Vice-Kíng, who (as Palentino faith in. thefe words) was attending for him at his own Houfe; and when he carne in, he received him kindly, and arofe up to him, and caufe~ him to fit in a Chair equal with his. By the Difcourfes which palled betweert• them, the Prince gave all che indications of a wife and prudent perfon 7 and wo~thy to be accounted of that Line from whence he was defcended. Thus far th1s Author:. Two days afterwards the Archbifhop of the City invited him to Dinner, when by direétion -of the Chief Governours, it was ordered, That with the Defert, or laft Courfe, the Archbifhop Don Geronimo de Loayfa íhould deliver to the Prince che Inftrument whereby bis Pention and Allowance was fettled; fup- pofing that being.re_ached to him by fuch a hand, it might ferve to enhance the cftimation of the Prefent. But fome who feldom fpeak well of any man, re- ported, · that the Archbifhop rhewed himfelf officious in this matter, in hopes by this Prefent to gain another from the Inca in Gold, and Silver, and Eme- rolds, ' or fuch.like fooleries. But the Inca wifely returned a Mathematical de- - monftrat~on tt;> the ~rchbifhop, an~ the Guefrs invjted thither, fufficient to an .:. f wer the1r Expeél:at1ons: for after the Cloth was taken away, the Ulher of the Hall brought the Inftrument of Settlement, which affigned a maintenance ' for fupport of the Inca and his Family, in a great Bafon of gilded Plate: which . when che Prince had heard, and had underftood the Contents thereof, he ga- thered the end of the Carpet in bis Hand which covered the Table, and which was made of Velvet, with a deep Fringe of Silk.at the bottom, and fqueezing the folds hard with his Hand, he held it up, and faid, AH this Cloth with the Furniture thereof was mine, -and now they pay me with a thread thereof, for fupport of my felf and my whole Family. With which the Qinner and Entertain- ment ending, the 4.rchbifhop, and the Guefis who were with him, greatly wondered at the aptnefs of the compari(on, fo well fitted to the prefent matter, CH A P. XI. T,he Prince Sayri Tupac returns to Cozco, where he is feafled rand entertained by his own People. He and ·-his Wife are baptizyd. The name which he took_. The feveral Vijits which he'made in the City. · T HE Prince haviog remained fome days in the City of Los !?eyes, demanded leave of the Vice-King, that he ¡night go to Coz.ca; wh1ch was gran~ed to him, with many offers ot.Services and Coroplements, ~s for~erly :. Bemg on his J otlrney, he was met in the way, and treated by hts lnd111n Sub¡eél:s,·as , formerly: And at his entrance into ~he Git_y of H1111manca, ~e was met _by ~he Citizens of that: place, who entertamcd h1m, Congratulatrng and Re¡oyo~g . w~