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. Í;i.oya!. Comme.ntariú. the ancienc Laws , . Cuftoms )•.and S~mtes of the I11di,¡¡n1 of Peru, and how; -nd in whac m:mner rh~y. )ived ; . and. thac .by th~\ fame. acc~oi;ned Methoqs ~l Gentlenefs, .we n::iay b~lieve, ,tbac thefe People may be beft and mofi: eafey redu- ced unto the Chrifüan Religion. _ e HA P. Xlit - '!Jow, and in whát fnátúzer Íhey injliiuieJ, a'hd Í~-Vefl~d Ojfi~ cers in their refPealv~ Émptoy111en1s: B, :t:U 'p 11Íer~, ln ché procefs of this Difcourfe, ha~h ¿ne ¿h~p~e~ ~~d~r ~hls ~idé, · and alfo how the Overfeers of the labours of the.People dill:ributed to eve~ ry one hi<> refpeét,ive.t<is~. ,,How alfo they difpenfed the Eftat<; belonging tO thé publkk, ahq to particular Perfons, and ho_w alfo they proportioned and laid thefr Tributes. . . :. , .- ' ; . · - · ., , ce The Jnra hav_ing fupdued.any new Pi:ovince, and carried the Idol God captive· c e to Co:uo, he then e.nde.avo1,1rec! to fatisfie and apgeafe the minds of th~ Loi:ds of ce the Countrey, and gair) the goo d:wil l of.the People; c;ommanding that all Indiant ce in common, as alfo their L>r~efis 4.nd Sotc~i:ers_íhould woríhip and adore the God ce 7ícci Piracocha, under .the title _an d dé _nómination.. of J' achar:ami!tr; wbich is as much ce as the Almighty , or fu preme .God, ofGods'. A1ífhe next command laid on themi ce was, That they íh01.dd ackoowledge ~he: {!,ra for .their fovereigh Lord and King~ ce and chat che Ca ciques íh ou¡d by their cur~s ,appeát:, · ahd prefent their Perfoós at the 'ce Courtoriceevery year, or every tWQY~ar§~ according as the diíl:ance ofthe Province ce was remote from Co:uo; by whid1 t,neam fo greát . wás the.concourfe of people to ce that City, that it becª.rne the moft pol'Ulou~ . partand .place of the New World. ce Moreover it was ordain~d, that the Nar.ives and .Sti:angers whkh carne to fojourn ce in any Province, íhould be numbred,. aod,regifüed,ac.cor.ding to ·cheir Age, Line- cc age; Offices, Efbtes ·and Qg,alicies; all· which being perf9rmed by- help of theit ce Threads of various colour.s, . fervecl aftetwards for a mle~ whereby they regula- c·c. ted and proportioned theit Tribute 5 .ahd .meafured every thing which ha,d rela- ce tion to che publick Imerefr. The né:i<t t1hi0g the lnc4 füd aftei: .füch.Gdnqueíl:, ce \vas to nomlnate his Generals, ana.feverál Offic~rs ofth~ Army,, füch ~s Colonels; ce Captains, Enfigns, Serje_?..nts, anq Corporals ! Sorne . óf whidi cbmmaitded ten, ce fome fifty Souldiers; but a Captain of•the moíl: inferio'dr degree was . fet over at: · ce leaíl: an hundred, others commanded five hundred, others a thoi.ifarid ~ but the ce Malor-Generals commanded.four or five thoufaod ·Meri; a . Géne~·al \Vás not called ce fo, únlef~ he were at th~ Head of ten thoufand Meó, and theQ bi.s Title was Ha.- ce run Apu, whkh was as muchas Great Captain. Thofe whorn they·called Curacah ce were fovereign Lór'd,s, fuch as our Du~es, and Earls, and Mai:queífes, who being - ce t~e Natural L~rds of t~eir ~~ople; ru led ahd ~refide~ ov~r t}:lem' both in thé ce times ofWar and PeiJ..ce. -1 hefe had pow.er to. make Laws;. and tax the p_eople ce far payment of, thfo Tribute; and it was the il' duty alfo, to provide, and td. take ce care for their Sub)eél:~ in .harq.ti.mes of \\1anc ~md neceffi~y. The Captains .óf che ce highelt, -as' wdl ,?S tb~f~ qf in(erJo.ut. r;mJ.<; .íhough tl}ey were not capacitated to ce make Laws, d\d yet by .tjght of ~nhedtance fuctée~ . ioto che Offices. of.their Pa- ce rents; their military ~mpl9ymehts :Privilege~ - at1d exempted them from. the pay- c'c mene ofTribute, ~~ng fre~d of aJl Taxes; and In:i pofüions, and irLé;~fé of want ce were to be fu¡:.iplied out of the Royal, ahd nüt 91.it of the commqn. Srot~. Haw- cC: foever the Officers of mferiour rank, füch as were the Chiefs of ten .or fifty Men; ce were-not fi¡eed ofcheir t ribute, becaufe ihey were not of Noble Defcen~: . T~e c e Generals of the Armies had power to make and con1miffionate Officers, .and·i;:oP:.- cc fütute them in tbeir Employments, bút being once fo fetled an'd eltábllíhea, 1 tfiey could