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.

1018 Royal Co~mentarics. BOOK VIII. '(as they wrot-e. t0 .mefrom t'he Court) to c0nfe~ UPO? her the Title ofMarquefs Je Oropef;i; wh1ch is a Colony founded by the V ice-Krng,Don Franci[co de Toledo .in f'e ru, -and called Oropefa by him, in memory of his Ancefiors, which he de~ fü.ed might•be cont:inuecl init:henew World; ·beifides which Title and Favour f am informed, that a Conful 1 tation hath been held ·arnongft che lllufrrious Pre~ füknts ·and iL(l)rds ofthe R<ayal Goundl !0f Caft$le, and the Indies, atwhichal- if0'his Majeíl?ies 1 Conf~ffour was prefentº,witfü itwo other Advocates belonging to ·tlhe •Geunc-il of-the lndie..r,t-0 confider wha.t farther Gratifications could be made fo r:ewar:d ·0f tbe many Services 'V'lhich her F ather had do8e,according to his nu! ty 1 t0war<ls hls 1Majefl:y~ •afld as aÜ!>mpenfation for her Patrimonial Inheri- t-an~. l''<>W ar<lswhich '( as 'I am iinformed) the Relation 'l have given in the firft pare of1! he.fe Gommentaries.!hatih, in fome manner, contributed: Which if fo, 1 fh.atl efteem·my rfeH füfficiently Tewarded for the labour and pains 1 have taken to wriEe t:his Hiftory, t•hough no -ether benéfit or tatisfaótion accrues thereby t11nto my fe1'f. · • · CH A P. XXI. lhe Con,/uflon of this Eighth Book,> ami laft of this Hi- flory. · H Aving, in the •beginning of this Hiftory, 1hewed tbe Original of the Incas wh0.wer-e Kings of Per~i, and defcri~ tbe:ir Increafe, and .Conquelts: and ali the1r ,generous Explom, together w1tb the manner of the1r Govern- ment, both 1n War and Peace, a.nci thereunto added th~ir Religion and ldola- t·ry j>f1iaif ed ín the times of theír Gentilífme: Ali which, by the Divine favour atid affiftance 1 we have largely handled in the firft part thefe {:;ommentaries; by whkh 1 have complyed With the duty l owe to my Country and Kindred by my Mothers .fide. In this fecond part w_e have at large related all thofe brave Aéls, and gallant Exploits performed by the Spaniards, in the Conqueft of this rich 'Em:pire, in which 1 have complied (tho,.not fully) with the Duty and Obligatien l owe U> my F at her, and to his Ill~rious and1'ienerous Com- ·panioB_s. So ·that now it may be time to condude thls Work, and put an end to t'Ms Labour, w,ít:h the ultím'.ite Reign and Succeffion of the Incas, who, with ·~hat unhappy Huafaar, were 13 in number, who poírelfed the Throne of that Empii'e, u.ntí1 the Invafion of the Sp¡iniards, But as to the other five, which fticceeded afterwards, that is MancoInca, and bis two Sons Don Diego, and Don Phileppe, and histwo Nephews, wedo notinfert them in the Line of Kings, for t ho' they +!ad a rig,ht to me loherit~nce, yet they never bad poíreffion of che Go- vernment 1 but if w~ fuould reckoJl them ln that number, we might then accounc 18, who defcended by the direél: Mal~line from the firfl: Inca Mll11co Capac, to thelaftofthofeChildr-en, whofeNames Ido not know. The lndians do not reckon Atahualpa in che number of their Kings, being, as they call him, an 4ca, that is a Traytor. Tho' in the lajt: Chapter of the firft Part of thefe Commentaries, we have g1ven. ~n account 0f ali che Sons, which in an oblique Line deícended from the • · foveral Kíogs ; cf which (as we have tbere affirméd) a true, andan authentick L ifi: was fent me; with Power and f.uthority direél:ed to Don Melchior Carlos 1 Don Alonfo de Me/a, and my felf, that we jointly, or a·ny one of us, lhould lay it befare bis Catho1ick Majefty, and befare bis Supream and Royal Council of the Jndie1; to the intent and purpofe, that tbey migbt be freed from thofe Tax-es and 1$pofitions w~ich they fuftained: \Yhich Papers and Memorials, as they came díreél:ed unto me, l difpatched to the faid /Jon Melchior Carlos, and Don Alonfo de Mefa. But the faid Don Melchior, having Pretenfions of his own, would not weaken his own lnterefr, by giving Countenance to their dernands ; nor wbuld he prefent their Pspers 1 that ít might not be known thereby,how rna- ny of theRoyal Line were ftill furviving; fearing lefr his In~ereft 1hould be di- vided,