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 V. Royal_ Cqmmentariu. ' 1 49.. " fpeétion, every one becaine laborious, and that induíl:ry produced fuch abun· ' ' dance of a.U things neceífary· to humane Life ; that thofe things.W(!re givea al· " moíl: for nothing, whic~ no~v are to be pur.cha~ed_at extefi:r~ rates. WJ1at orhet " .Laws, and moral Confhtut1ons they pbferved, e1ther relatmg .to Men ma com- " mon or a ftngle capacity, they were all regulated~ and fquared by the rule of " rig~t Rea.Con; and which rnay b'e kndw~ and) ~ol~~éted from thofe parr~culars, " whKh we íhall hereafter relate~ ,c?i:icerrp.:ig die L1y~s ¡md Cuíl:oms of t~1s Peo- " ple. And we íhall hereafter ; .m . el~ e1ght ,and runth Chapters, fpenfie the . " caufe and marmer, why, and how they carne to loofe ~hefe Laws and Cuíl:orns, " which were thus worthy al'!d cómmenc.labk ; .áll which dedined, and fell with << the Government of,the Incas: And that the bar\mity of the Indians is much " more favage, and their living rnuch lefs political; and g·reater want of ali things " neceífai:y in thefe days amongíl: rhem, than was_in che ai:icient times, when the " IncM bore the fway:and rule in thofe Dorninions·. - .. , ·e H, Al). XII. How they conquered a~d . civili~d thefr néw Subjeits. T ·HE Polky and Áhs wlücTh.the Incas ufed in their Cónqueíl:s, and the.mad.: · ner and rneth©ds chey :purfuecl in .civilizing the People, and reducing them to a courfo ©f moral ·Living; is very curious,. and wórthy to be obferved. For. fwm ~h.~ firftfouildat:ion, whidi thei( Kirigs laiq 0f Goverhrnent; which ferved afrerwards (for an exarnp1e-; or paccern to th<idr,Succeífours, their Maxime was, Never to make'War pri.their Neighbóurs withouc juíl: caufe, or reafon; fo' the -l3arba'rity·.ándTgnorance 06 the .Péople feemed a good and lawfull motive, and ó~xt the Oppreflion and Violenc:e which the Neighbours ufed towards their Sub- )e&, was another; but before they attempted .on them .by any aéts of Hoíl:illty; t:he}l firíl: Cent oheir fummons rbree or four tilli\es, requiring their Obedience: Af- wr any Provim:e was fubGiued, the firtl: thing that the Inca did, was tci take their pri¡;¡dpal Idol asan Hoíl:age; and carry it .to . co~co, where it was to remain'in the Templeª? a Captive, unüH fah time as the Péople, being difabrifed by the Va- nity and Inabilicy of their .6ods, íhould be reduced to a complyance with the lncM in their Worfhip ami Adoration of the Sun. Howfoever they did not pre-: fently overmrn ahd demoliíh the íl:range Gods of the Coímttey fo foon as they: h;,¡.'d fubdued it; bue rather outi of refpeét to the Inhal;>icams, they tolerated for foine iime their lcdols, untilr ~ha:t ha<wing !nfl:ruél:ed, and perfuaded them in a bec:- ter ReligiOn, as they chougbt, chey might without theit"'difpleafure, ánd perhaps wich their confent, defht0y an. d fu pprefs the G0d tmey•had atlored. Ne.xt they .carried the principal Caci_que of e.he Countrey:, with all hi.s Sons,, to Couó¡ there to careís, and rreac chem witbr ail 1 ki.! ildne!S and• hu~na:mity; by w.hich occafiún ·they informing them of che Laws, €uíl:oms and ¡¡>ropriety of thei11 $peech; and iníl:ruét-: ing them in their füperfütious· R~tes and Cerernonies, they became rn9re eaftly i'econciled to rhe Laws and SerVitúde of ~he Inca : Afte1· which the Curaca be.: ing reíl:ornd to his Ancierit Hono ur and Rule, was permitted - to return unto bis Subjeél:s, who were ·command.ed , as,forrnerly, to obey him a¡; tbeit- natúral Prince and Lord. And 'tb :it che cohq uered Nations .might b'e .rd::onciled ·with their Conquerours, and that the rancour and malice which lay on tbé Spirits of thofe, ~vho cor;iceiyed rhemfelve~ injure.d? by a~ G>Í Violenc~ ~nd-.War, . mighc @e aba~ t,ed, a·lild 1 afiuaged by .gende Lemt1ves; an Atl: of Obhv1on was pa'ffed; and Ban~ q.uets1w.ere prep.ared for feaíl:ing·of the· n~w Subjeéts; together with the Conque... tüurs of rhem, th;1.t fo a perpetua! Peace arid~ Amity migh~ be col'lcluded:by a- co- alition o[ their Minds, reconciled·ac thef~ Feafis5 to wlüch -a.Jfb ·the blirid, the Jame, anch the -infirm wer~ admitted, that fo d!iey .alfo, h1ight partake,of the ooun- Pj and liberality of. die. lno14. At thefe .Banquets they wei:e- emtertamed with the , ' Dancci