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.

THE TRANSLATO.R TO ·THE R 'E • • ~ h A D, E R. T H .E Á.NthoJtr o.f this Hijfory WOJ one of thofé whom the Sp.ani- ards ca!led Meztizo's, that iJ, 011e horn, of a Sp.aniíh Father and an Indian Mother. And though he wpJ a Native of Peru , and by the Mother'sjide inclined ttJ thejimple Íemperament, which is natJtral to that Countrey; yet it feems the Spaniíh humour was moft prevalent in him, fa that he delig,hred much to tell za, as in divers. plac.es, that he wm the Son of Gar~ílalfo de la Vega, 011,e of the fefl Conr¡.u ero.urs o f the ne~ World, who wdJ by the diretl Line defcended from that /;.rav~ C•·valier Garcipe- rez de Vargas, fro~ who~ can:e the valit1Ht Gomez S~arez -de Figueroa, (hefirfl Count '!f Feria, bis Great·g,rant/father, anfÍ Ynigo Lopez de Men- do~a, from 'l!Jhom the puke of Infantado U?PJ defcended; who. w(U Brother. to hí.1 Great·g,randmother and to Alonfo de Vargas, Lord of the Black- m(/t1.n(áí11, hu Gra11d-father, from wh~'fl c~me Alonfo .de Hineíl:rofa de Vargas, Lord of Valde Sevilla, who wrµ Father to _Garc;ilalfo de la Vega, of F,hom came our Authour. Nor lefs.i!!ufiriow doth h.~ teQ yo.K, tha_t he wm /Jy the Mother's Jide, who wtU the Daughter of Inca Huallpa Topac, one of the Sons of Topac Inca Yupanqui and of Pall~ Mam.a Ocelo, his /awfuU Wífe., fnJm whom ca1?'1e Huayna Capac lnq, the lit{/ King of Peru. Wherefore this Aut/?our in aU h.iJ Writi~V fty,les hi~feif Garc;ilalfo Inca, /Jecaufe he derived bis Ped(g,ree fro111 the l{inv of Peru, who were ca/J~d Jnc~'s, a name it feems t/ve11 t~ none 6ut the Roya{ Farnily. Thú Hiftory Í6 dívided into two Parts. íhe fri~~~ats of their. Go,vern.- ment before the típ¡e of the In~a's, which waJ /;y the Head of their Tri'1es flnd Famítíes ca/Je4 Curacas; and then it proceeds unto the Original of the Inc a's, and o f their Government,. and in what manner that falvag,e Pe.opte WtlJ áviliz.ed and inftrulfed in the Laws of Huma!!e Nat11re, and to live j11 a Polítjcal Society by Manco Capac their frft King; How a/fo th~ M.en , were taug,ht /Jy him to .plow and cultivate their Lands, and exercife fa.me. , /ort of.H1116andry: and how t~e f170men, by his Wife Coya l\1ama, ( who . b their Law WPJ to h hiJ Sifi.er) wer~ t~uJ,ht {o fpi'!_, a11d l:Vf?qve., ane( '!!.ªk~ their own G11rments! · ft ÍJ pro'baUe that 11 great part of thiJ H i/lory, 4J fa~ .Y# c oncerns (pe q~ r;¡i1'al of the lnca's and the joundqtion.of their .laip( 1 f ,s.fa ~11l0Uf: holffo. 0 . A ?.. t 1_!ff