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 Commentaries. Afrer this fecond onfet they fought 'two hoH~d~ng~r,: the adval'ltag~ lífü1Lcoñtí~ .J'IUÍ,ng doubtfull and llncerrain : Ar leng1ilu rhe Chancas growing tired an\:l weary, began to faint ; and obferving that frefln uecwits C0l'lthm.ally·re-infotced. th<l Army of ~h(? lnca1, the Chancas becarne difaouraged, ancl defperate of Vidory : For rlmfe people, who before were fl.ed from the Ciry with.frar, and' .th<i Neighbour- ing C0uF1tries thereabouts, having received intdligen€e, ~hat the Pr.lrtce Viracocha was r~tumed, and made·head againíl: che Em~my, in defenee ·0f. the l'emiple_of che Sun; nhey joined togethe» into fmál1l Bodies of fifty, anda hundrnd·fu a Com- pa1w ; and in fuch Troops tuíhed into. tluce Battel wirh mere noi[€' rhaia nuinbers: T he· .lncd~ obferving the[e Hnexpetted focrnurs to cóm~ .Í:Fl1' cried'óut' that che Sun itl)d the.God Viracpqh~ bad wnverned . dre: ];locks aimd ·Stmies of rhie· <Cbl!Tmtrey into Men~ ?nd had raifecd .d'1em up t0rííightL ih &fence of hisiown.ciuife é!!trd peó- ple,, _ fbe whkh tepórt took rhe eafü!t áiinpueífton in .tbe minds ofrharipeopJe·5 whp being attcuíl:omed ~o t'J;ie bdi:ef i> .f.ft )!'perfütious fobles,, weré w.iifüng:in .trhis ~i~ertce ro fopp0rt tbeir C(i)~rag€ wi'o!i i:t. ~~-WG;Wer 0f ás: ~irno1~. T~e CE1ncú-w1fo, who were a·people of the,hke fupt11Lli,1n10us fan,(y, glVlpg readY. credence ro chis rumour., were íl:rook .and,aftrighreá'1with .a:'íl:rangce; ani<fzement ; ·and this ;bdi.ef fo far d_ilated:and radicated' it .fulf a:ftermalids iri rhe mincls oftbe .firnplcefpeo? re ot th~ .whole KingdQm, thac ir was,actomfoeá·an fünpiety, and a píece ofr:AChcifm ana Prnphanene[S' to diíl:naiíl:t 0r tJUefüm1, th€1:tl-uth ofrhis ~eporr. Of whirclníGcron.imd Rom~p writing in his Treallife of rhe fVeft-1ndin, and in,the 11 Gh Chapirer" of his fecond Bo0k, fpeakíóg pahicularly óf, ffas Battel, 'bath d1e(ct very "Würds. ~· .. . " It -is certaiH, acco11diiog·to tbe re;port o(!l!ll che lndians, who difcoúrfce df thatfa- " mous Battel, that the Inca rernaine,d Maíler of the tfieki, and won rhe day ; ana " they farther believe, that by a 'll1ifacnleüg power 'c::if the Sun, nhe Stones of thé " Field were Metamotphofed, or trarlsfqrmeci ·into.Men, ¡md ·arnfe up in Battel " againfr che E111emy .7 and.chat this Wa's.deíme_in acrnin¡¡:>1iíhfnentof tna[ promif'é u w.hich was given tG> rhe Vaüant P.ac.h~cuti Inca Yupanqui ·; for [o álfo nhey .give u this T.ide w the Prince 'Viracotlha. Thefe ·are toe Words of rhat curious At.:i; ~hoúr of too aforerherotimecl Bo0k,. who in the faid Chápter touches man y · poinrs in btief, of which · 1 wet have recited rfqme, and fhall farthe~ hav¡¡; occaíimr 1 to ~0uch on others in rhe S!)quel of this-Hifklry of rhe Kings of Pera. In like man-· , nerAcofta mentions ,the Vifipn which appdared to Viracocha, though rhere rr¡¡; forne difference Ílil the prornir Narnés bdong1ng.tó the Kings .of that Age. Ami indcled' boch he and orher Writers mention this Battel, as otlher matters, .with füéh -bre-' ' ~ity, that•they [eemJa1mbíh to paíS i~ PY' as a rrtatter ·inconfideral;>le r~ Aacl indeed; for th~ . tnoíl: part, all th.e Relarions whid1 .nh~ Spaniands giv~ of che Jndiani ,afe very intric;até artd confufed ~·\ the.r which 'v~ma:y lawfulJy atitribme to rhe liu¡e know- ~dge ; they had of their :Lámgrlage, a'm:hfu: lofs of thüfe.Knors, which ',\iei.:e t1ie.Mo- numen.t.s an}i Charaéh~r$ of.theiIT HifrotY'3 .bowfoever,. they deliver the fubfrai:ice· c;if.them without any iegard either i:o .tiim<'l or.otder ; but in wha.t manner or me, thodJoevei: that the;tai;€-,\','.rbte, I am.y€ti ,pleafed to recite the paffages which chey deliver, that fo by thCiür Aurhority li1mayJbe ácquitted .of the Scandal of writi¡:¡g Fables ; for if they pfoV:e fucb , rhey ·amght to.be eíl:eemed the FiéHons, ©Í my Paren.es, .and fuch ·as th!Z S}ianiards. rhcemfelves ·havce heard, and perhaps bélieved i though •!il0t · with fuch FaiGh .ad hav~ ~ d©ne , ~ ho fücked in thofo St0ries wirth 111Y Milk,. and rece~ved a deep imptclífüm,óf them in the time of my rnn~er In~ fancy. .. 1 • r , . } • • • : _ .. This Acofta farther proceeds in thefe words, which I have copied from rhe 2,1 íl'. · Chapter of bis fixth Book. ." P achacuti Inca Yupanqui reigned 70 Years, and made ' ' great Conquefis ; the principal caufe and origin:il of his fuccefs was occaíioned " by his Elder Brorher, who taking upon him che Government by confent of his - " Farher, was overthrown in a Batcel by the Chancas, who are a Nátion which " inhabit in the Vally of Andaguaylas, which is about thirty Leagues diíl:ant from , " Couo, in che way . ro Lima : His Younger Brother rupanqui taking advan ta ge of · " this difgrace, feigned a report, rhat he being at a certaiA time penfrve· and me- " lancholy in a folitary retirement, a íl:range Apparition under rhe Name of Vi-' " ratioc~"f: prefented it felfbefore hirn; complainmg, that he being thé Univerfal " -Pei\'f@ur, -,md Ul~d of all things, who had made Heaven, aml the Sun, rhe " World, and Men, and placed them under his feet, and in fübjeétion to him, " had not received thar due refpeét and obedience which waS'Owing ro him; bu~ ' ' in lieu chereof, Mankind was become fo blind as to divide their Service and \ Y · '.~ W orfhip~ .16t / / /