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.

tóo2 Royal Commentaries. VIII. Jndi an Servants, ~hofe lnduftry ánd Faühfulnefs .they migh emruíl: with all confidence. BuE they anfwered, That they would upon no Terms what- fo.ever fo far abafe and degrade tbemfelves; for being Gentlemen, they tnore efteern.ed their G entility, than ali the Gold .and Silver in Peru. The which Anfwer the Steward making known to his Mafter, and how rnuch the young Gentlemen ftood en the Punél:ilio's of their Noble Blood:, their good Kínfman Lor-enfo de Aldana, with much ca!mnefs made anfwer, If thefe. are fuch G1ntrlemen, how come they fo poor? And _if th_ey are fo poor, _how come they fuch Gemlemen? . So Aldana never troubled h1s Kinfmen, nof h1mfelf farther, to put them in a way of livelybood, but fuffered theni to pafs meanly, and in neteffity, as I have feen them; ,tho' not fo much as to want Dier, or Cloathing. Por 'when they carne · from Arequepa to Coz-co, they lodged in ' the Houfe of my Lord Garfila.J!o, where they were provided twitl;J all things' neceffary:, and when th'ey paffed to ocher Cities, the Houfcs of their Coun- try-men of Eftremad:,mt were always open to them; .for in thofe days the very name of a Country-man, was. fuMcient t~ make them as .welcome, as if 'they had been Sons, or the neareft relatíon to a Family. Thefe four ,Gen- tlernen, whom we have mentioned in this place, were all of the Ancient Conque~ours of Pen! who dyed· in their Beds of a natural Death; the which we (pecifie as a thmg rare, and ftrange; for as appears by the preceding Bifl:ory, there is not an Example of any who have dyed . in this manner, but all have coro.e to their Ends by violent deaths. Wherefore thefe wor- thy Perfans, having been Conquerours, and Planters of this •Empire, and dying in a Happy and Bleffed manner, were greatly lamented b' the People, for the fingular V ertue, Honour, and Goodnefs, with which they were endued. Tho' there were no exprefs Law of God, which íhould command us to- honour . our Parents, ·yet the Law of Nature teaches it to the mofl: bar- barous People of the World, and inclines them to omit no occafion where- by to e;x:p,:-efs the Duty aad -Ref peél: they owc to .tbem. The which con- Jideration, inciced by Divine and Huinane Laws, and even enfl:amped on the Héarts of Heathens, obliges me to publifh the· Vermes of my fatber after his Death, which I had not opportunity to do, during · the time of his Life. . And that the Praifes,. and Commendations, which 1 attribute t o my Father, may not íeem partial,- and proceeding from Affeétion; I will here repeat an Elogium made by a Fryer, of a devout and religious Life, which he delivered after his death,, for the Comfort and Confola- tion of hi s Children, and Friends, and• as an Exam¡;ile for ·other perfons to imitare. l fhould here name the good Man, who wrott this Oration~ but !Te engaged me not to do ic, bue to conceal him when 1 publiíhed rhe Writing: and 1 wi!h 1 were not uoder that Engagement, that by his Auihority, che praifes of my Father might appear the mor~ Authentick. 1 fhall omit the Exordium, and the many Oratori~al Flig.hts, and Colours he ufes. And, as becomes an Hiftorian, I íhall be very fhort in this · pi- ous Digre!Iion.