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 o.oK vnr. Royal (ommentaries.~ againft the Spaniards, and to kill as rnany of them as they were able. ln like man· _ ner ~ an Accufation was brought againíl: thofe who .were born in· that Cou ntry of Jndian Mothers,and Fathers who wete Spaniards,and Conquerours of t hatEmpire. Alledging againft them, that they had fecn:tly agm:d with ·rhe Pri n,ce T1tpac Amaru, and other Incas, to make an lnfurr eélion in the Kingdom : Be- ing moved theteunco out of a difcomem, thac they. who had b.:en boro of the ·Royal Blood of the Incas, whofe Mothers had been Oaughcersi or N iecesi or Coufin-G.ermans to the Jncan Family; and whofe Fathcrs were Spariiards~ and of the firft Conquerours,who had gained,great Fame,and~pntacion; were yet fo little confidered,thac neither on ftore of the Natural Right of che Mother, nor of the high Delert and Merit of the Father, .,any thirig was be!l:owed ·upon thern; but all was conferred on the Kindred and Relátions of the prefent Gover.nours; whilft they we11e fuffered to ftarve, unlefs they would live on the Alms of Cha- rit-able people, or Rob·on the High-'JYay, and fo come to the Gallows. ·More- over it was cbarged upon the Prince, That he had not· difcountenanted·fuch ·perfons as thefe, but had received them into his Service, upon proii;Jife that they would joyn with him, and dye in thé defrnce of bis Caufe. AH which . being alledged in that Accufation, which was dra~ up againft the Sons of Spa- niards born of lndian W ornen, they were all apprehended, and as many of them as were of twency years of Age, and upwards, be in~ capable to bear Ar·ms, ·then ~ refiding in Coz..co, were dapped into Prifon. So~e of th.~m had che Q_uéftion put to them under the Tormenc, to extort a Confeílion frorn them of that for which they had no Pro&f, or Evidence before. Aroidft this Mad rage, and .'.'.f yrannical proceedings by lmprifonmenc, and l;orture,an lnd~an W ornan, who(e Son was condemned to the Queftion upon the Rack; carne to the Prifon, and with a loud Voice crye~ ou~, Son, fince thpu art fe 11tenced !º rhe T orment, faffer it bravely l1k! a Maf! of f.!onour ,; aic~fa .. no :Ma~ falfely; and God will enable 'thee to bear :t, and reward thee for the Haz..ards and Labours which thy Father, and his Companio~s ~ave.Juftain~d to mak.E, this.Country Chrijfum, and er:gr~J.t the N'!- :úves rhereof into the Bofam ºÍ- ~he Ch11rch. rou braile.Son.t of th,i: Cfinque1í,OUfS'1,how e ~::.. celkntly have your F athers been rewarded (orgaí.ning this Country, - when a _f!,alter is the 'only R'ecompence andlnheritance purchafed fo'r-their Children ! • Thefe an-~ 1 man y other things íhe uttered with a loud Voice: exclaiming like,a mad W,<)nia~ a- bout the Streets, and caUing G od and the World to e~amine- the Cau fe-, and judge'thofe l onocenÍ:s :· An"d if the Fate of them be determine'd ( fáid füé) dnithat they mufl- dye, lee them alfo kill the Mothers, .wh0, _. had -the Sin upon them,, to ,bring them forth; and who were (o culpable as to deny their own Country and Relations, for _ the fake of thofe Co~q~rou~s, and joined with them in the Defign of making this Empire fub;eU to the Spaniards: But the Pachacamac, or the great God, hath b.rougbt ali thefe. things jujfly upon tbe Mothers., ·who for the fak!of the Spaniards, couldfa eafily renounc-e their lnca, their Caciques, and Superiors. · And · fince _ íh~ had pafied this Sentence upen ~e~ _felf, ~nd in behalf of' all · the othef Women in che fame State and Condmon w1th her; and had pronounced them all -guilty, íhe defired tbat íhe might be che firft to fuffer,• and lead the way .of Oeath and punifhment to ali the reft ; whit::h ¡( they. were ple~fecl to grant tinto her, Cod would reward this good work to· tbem bóth _iu this~ and in the other World. Thefe paillonate exprtffioils 1lttered w1th -all the Violence her force would admir, worked greatly upon . _th~ ~Min4_ of the Vice-King, and diverted him , from bis intenti6n to put: them -to death; howfoever they were not acquítted hereby, but· procQted for them a . more lingring for¡¡ of Death, whith w.as BaQilhment into. :_di- vers remoce Pares of the New World, unknown to their · fore, fatbers . .So forne of them were fent into the Kingdom of Chilq ' and amongft. tha ·refr, ·a Son af Pedro del Barco, of whom 1 .formely made inention to ' hílve been my School-Fellow, and ,under tbe Guardianlhip of my Fath~r. -Others of them were font to the .new Kingdom of Gf' anada, ánd to <li"V'ers :líles of Barlovento, and to Panama, and Nicara.gua: So'me of theril alfo rwere fent foto Spain; and amongft tbem was ']ohn Arias Ma1donado; the . So'n of 1Díego Mal donado the Riüh; who remained under Bániíhment .,i~ Spaín., f.or the fpaée of ten Years; where 1 faw hitn, and entef" tained him twice in my Lodging, at a cer~ain Village within . tlie Bi- .\ N n n nn n 2 frloprkk 1011