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.

BooK VIII. Royal Commentaries. 1015 what I [ay i; norhing but rhe Trurh: After which the Officers of J uitice proceeded (orward to the place of Execut10n. As they were entering i nto che Chic;f Place, they were met by great numbers of women of all Ages, amongíl: which were. feve:al of the B~ood Royal, w.ith the wiv.es and daughcer~ of the Caciques, "'.ho lm:d in places ad¡acent .to th~ C1ty; ali wh1ch cryed out ~ith loud Exclama- t10ns and cryes, accompamed wJtb a flood of }ears, fay~ng, Wherefore, Inca:¡ do they carry thee to haye thy Head cut off ( W hat Cnmes what Treaíons · haíl: thou committed to cl eferve this ufage ? Delire the Executi~ner to put us to Deat h together with thee, who are thine by ~lood and N ature, and fhould be much more contented and happy to accompany thee into the other World than to. live here Slaves and Servants to t~e Will and Luft of thy Murderers: 'fheno1fe and outcry was fo great, that it was feared leí!: fome infurreél:ion and out-rage !hould enfue, arnongft fuch a Multitude of People then gathered rogether; w~ich was fo great, that with thofe who filied the two Places, and the Streets leadrng thereunto, and· who were in Balconies, and lookiog out at Windows, they could not be counted for Jefs than 300 thoufand Souls. This combuftion caufed the Officers to hafl:en their way unto che Scaffold; where being come, the .Prince walked uµ the Stairs, with the Friers who affifted at bis Death, and followed by the Executioner with hís Faulchion or broad · Sword drawn in his hand. And now the lndians feeing their l!rince juft upon the brink of D eath, lamented with fuch groans arid out-cries as rent the Air, and filled the place with fuch noiíe,that nothing elre could be heard: W herefore the Priefrs who were difcourfing with the Prince~ delired him that he would com- mand the People to be filent, whereupon the Inca lifting up his right Arm with the Palm of his hand º1?en, P?inted it t?wards t~e place from whence. the noife carne, and then loured lt by hule and httle, unt1l he carne t<f reft it on his right thigh: Which when the Indians obferved, their Murmur calrned, and fo great a filence enfued, as if there had not been one.Soul alive'within the wlfole City. The Spaniards, and the Vice-KÍng, who was then ata Window obfer- ving thefe feveral paffages, ewondred much to fee the obedience which the In- 4 ians in all their pallan, fhewed to their dying Inca, who received th~ •ftroke of death with that undaunted Courage, as the Incas and Jndian Nobles did ufually fuew, when they fell into tbe hands of their Enemies, ·and were unhumanely butchered, and cruelly treated by them, as may appear in our Hiftory of Flo- rida, and other Wars which were carried on in Chile, and which now the Indi- dian Araucor ftill wage with the Spaniards, accordíng as they are defcribed in "Verfe by Poets who_wrire there?f. Of which we have many oth_er examples in Mexico, as well as m Peru, wh1ch may ferve to demoníl:rate the Cruelty of the Spaniards, and.the Confta~cy and Bravery of t~ e lnc1p: Of which l could give many inftances m my own time, and of my own knowledge, but l fhall let them pafs~ rather than give offence by this Hiftory., Thus díd this poor Prínce fubmit with gr'eat Courage to Death, yet Rích and H appy, in that he dyed a Chriftian; and was much lamented by chofe Religious Order s,. wh ich affifted him at the Hour and in the Agony of hís Death, name- Iy thofe of St. Francif, our Lady of Merceds, St. Dominic""-, and Aug-uftine, be : fides a multitude of other Prieft s and Clergymen, who bewailed him with much grief and forrow, and faid many Malfes for his Soul: Howfoever they were much comforted and edified, to fee with yvhat Patience and magnanimity he entered on che Scene of Death, and with what Aél:s of devotion., like a good Chriftian, he adored the Images of Chrifr Our Lord, and of the Virgin his M other which the Priefts carried before him. Tbus did this Inca. end his days, who wa~ ihe lawful Heir to that Empire, being defcended by the direét Male- Line from the firfl: Inca Manco Capac; which (as Father Bias Va/era faith) had continued 500, or near 600 years. This Compaffion and Sorrow was the ge· neral fenfe at that time of ali the Country ~ as well of Spaniardr as lndiam : An·d tilo' we may belie ve that t!1e Více-King rriight alfo be in fome m~afur~ affeél:ed wirh this Paffion, yet he m1gh~ have other Reafons of State,fuffic1ent, 1f known, t o juíl:ifie this Aél:ion. The aforefaid Sentence executecl on the good Prince, was feconded by the 8ani!hment of his Sons an_d Kindred, to the City of Los Reyes, ;md of chofe who were born of · Jndian Motrhers and Spa11ifh F athers, into divet\S pares of the N ew and O ld World, as befare related. Which we have anticipated out of irs • due