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 oo.K VIII. Royal Gomméntaries. tains, where he lived l ike a Fugiti:Vy and a Salvage Perfon. To bring this De- fign about, the Vice- King aéted according to the former methods and fent Mef..: . feng~rs to hirn, inviting fiirn to come out of thofe Mountains and li~e amongft the Spaniard.l', fmce they were becoine one People with them ; whith offer if he • was difpofed to accept, he affured him, that the King would beftew on him the fame Livelyhood and Support that he had formerly given to bis Brother. But thefe Propofals did not prevail, according to the hopes conceivecl, nor anfwer Ex- peétations,for want of thofe Infrruments and Melfengers, both Spaniards and In- dians, whicb were formerly employ'd. Moreover on the Prince's fide, vreater diffi~ulti~s prefented, for ~is Kindred, an? SubJeéts who were with him, affi:ight- ed h1m w1th the ftory of his Brother ; telhng h1m,That the Allowante given him by the Spaniards was f¡nall and inconfiderable, and that the lÍfe of his Brother afcerwards was ver y fhort, caufed (as they would infinuate) by Poifon, or fome treacherous or fu fpicious manner of dealing; therefore they advifed the Inca by no QJeans to move out of his Retirement , being more ficure in bis Banifhment thari in the faithlefs Hands of bis Enemies. This Refolution of the Prince be~ , ing made known to the Vice-King, by thofe l ndiar.is who went to, and carne from thofe Mountains, of which fort of Informers, there were many who were Do- meftick Servants in the Houfes of Spaniards: His Excellency confidcred with his moft intimate f riends of the ways and methods which were to be ufed for red u._ cing lhat Prince to the Terms tbey required; who all agreed, That fince the Inca refofed to aécept thefair Conditions whic;h "".~re off~ed to him; that they fhould look on pim asan Enemy, and profecute h1m by fon:e of Arms: F or in regard·that he having feated himfelf in a Station which much infefted the ways frnm Co1'.co to Humanca and Rimac, where bis lndi"!n Subjeéts pillaged and rob- bed ali the· Sptmifo Merchants and Travellers, which paffed thofe Roads, and comn:litted many other outrages and infolencies like mortal Enemies~ it was but reafon tq declare War againft him. Moreover it was tbe Opinion of the wife Counfellors of thofe times, That many lnfurreétions might be raifed in that Empire by chis young Heir, being countenanced aml affifted by the Incas bis Kinfmen, who lived amongfl: the Spaniards, and by .the Caciques bis Su5jeéts, and by thofe very men, who were bofo of lndian Mothers, though their Fathei-s were Spaniards .; all whicb would joyn, and rejoice at a change ; being willing to bet- ter tbeir Fortunes, which were reduced to that mean degree, that moft of them wanted even Bread to fupport the neceffities of Humane Life. Moreover it was alledged 1 That by the lmprifonment of the Inca, ali that Treafure might be difcovered, which appertained to former Kings, together with that Chain of Gold, which HuaynaCapac commanded to be made for him- felf to wear on thegreat and folemn days of their fellival, and efpecially on that day, wben he gave a name to bis eldeft .Son Huafcm·, as hath been formerly rela- !ed ; ali which, as wa~ reported, the lndians concealed. And in regard, that that Chain of Gold with the r emaining Treafure belong'd to his Catholick Ma- jefty by right of Conqueft, it was Juftice and Reafon to take fuch courfes as might retrieve thofe Riches which the Incas concealed ~ and had conveyed away from the true Proprietor : Befides all which, many other matters were alledg- ed, which might incite the Vice-King to take the Inca Prifoner. Bnt to retutn Anlwer to thofe Accufations which were charged on the Inca: We confefs, that many years pafr, in the time ofhjs Fatber Manco Inéa, feveral Robberies were committed on the Road by his Subjeéts : but ftill they bad that refpeét tp th¡; Spanifh Merchants, that they let them go free, and never pillag'd them of their W ares and Merchandife, which were in no manner ufeful to them ; Howfoever they robbed the l ndians of their Cattel bred in the CQuntry; which they drove to the Markets, being enforced thereunto more out of necef.. fity than choic~ : for tbeir Inca living in the Mountains, whicb afforded no tame Cattel; and only produced Tigers, and Lions, and Serpents of twenty five and-thirty Foot long, with other Vynornous lnfelts (of which we hav~ given a large account in this Hiftory) his Su~j eéts. were compelled for the natur~l fu- ftenaoce of their Prince, to fupply b1m w1th fuch FQod as they found m the Hands of l ndians: which the Inca Father of this Prince did· ufually call bis own, faying, That he who was Ma.frer of that whol~ Empire _might. lawfully chal- lenge fuch a proportion thereof, as was convement to fupply h1s neceífary and naturalfupport. But this paffed only in the time- of this Inca, andas 1 remem.. N )1 n I1 n n ber