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.

Royal Commentaries. . BooK l. laí1ed Jonger ; and at length he fo well fucceeded in bis emerprize, that he be- ltowed rhe New World, with all its riches, upon Spain, and therefore defer- vedly obtained chis Motto to be infcribed on bis Armes: To Cafüle, and to Leon, The Ncw World w.u given ·by Colon• In this manner the New World was firíl: difcovered, for which greatnefs Spair. is beholding to that lit_t!e Village of Helva, which produced fu_ch a Son, as_gave Colon informacion of thmgs not [een, or known before ; the which fecrets, like a prudent perfon, he rnncealed, till under aífurances of ftlence he firíl: difclofed them ro fuch perfons of authority about the Catholick Kings, as were to be affi- ltanr and ufefull to him in his delign, which could never have been laid, or chal- ked out by the art of Cofmography, or the imagination of man, had not Alonfo de Sanche:{, given the firíl: light and conjeéture to this difcovery ; which Cofqn fo rea- dily improved, tha~ in 78 days he made his Voyag~ to the. líle of Guanatianico, though he was decamed fome days at Gomera to take m Provilions. C H A P. 11. The derivation of the word Peru, and how the Countrey eame to be fo caUed. S ince we are to treat of che Councrey of Peru, ic will be requifüe to enqÜire, how it carne to !De fo called, in regard the Jndians have no Iuch word in cheir language : to whirh end ~...-e u~uíl.. know, That a certain Gentleman, ~ative of Xerei<>, called Barco Nunne:{,; havmg m the year 1 p 3, been the firíl: Sp1:miard, who difcovered the Sea of Zur, or the Pacifick Sea; in reward thereof the Kings of .Spain honoured him wich the title of Adrniral of chofe Seas, anp with the go- , vernmenc of thofe Kingdorns and Countries which he fhould farther difcover and conque1\ During thofe few years he lived after thefe Honours ( for his Son-in- law Pedro AriM de Avila being Governour, in recompence of all his fervices, cu1: off his head) his great care was to difcover, and know what thac Countrey was called, which from Pt1111ama runs all along the coaíl: of the Sea of Zur; to which purpo[e he built three or four Veffels, and employed them in feveral quaners to make their difcoveries ; every one of which did afterwards return wirh relations of great traéts of land running along that coaH : one of which Veffels füerching farther chan the others to the very Equinoétial line, and failing by the fhore, rhey e[pied an Indian, as he was fifhing at the mouth of a River, of which there are many, which in chat Coumrey fall into che Sea; fo foon as the Spania.rds faw hirn, they landed four of their men with all privacy imaginable, fuch as could run and fwim well, that fo he might not be able .to efcape thern either by land or water. Having fo done, they paífed wirh rheir Ship, as near as was poffible before the- lndian, that whilíl: he amufed hirnfelf with the fuangenefs of che objeét, he might moré eafily be taken by che ambufh which was laid for him : the Indian behold- ing fo unufual a light as a Ship fwimming with ali her Sails on che Sea, which he had never before feen or heard of, his eyes were fo fixed , and his imagination fo iaken up with looking, and conlidering what ching that was, which offered it felf to h~s light, that he was not fenGble of the fnare laid for him , umill he found himfelf taken in che Armes of the Spaniards, who with great joy and fport brought him to &heir Veífel ; the poor man was fo amazed with rhe fu rprizal, and to fee ·che Spaniards wich Beards, and in a different habit to his, and to find him[elf in a Ship, and under Sails, chat it is no wonder if he laboured under the greatell confiernation im ginable ; but the Spaniards uling ali kind means to treat and ca- reíS him, he, in a íhon time, recovered himfelf from che dillraétion of his fear : and then they aske.:l him by figns and words, what Coumrey that was, and how it was called ? The Indian by their motion and geíl:ures knew that they asked him forne queíl:ion, but _could not underíl:and what they demanded, but anfwering readily,