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.

..: - ( ' . R..oy_~l Commenta.riu. BooK V~ their K.ing and Leiden J '1'his feemed· to be tb'e mtift agreeable coutrfeI, and bell: expedient no reco ~erihe.rr Liberty ; -~or tbat it w~r~ a fqlly, ~nd _raíhn~fs, ~o en- deavofil it by ~rce, .or.it.O fet \Ip nheir {>ov,ver agamíl: tbe Puiffance of the Inca : · .Nayy though fuoh _ a,defrg~ íboul.d. ~eem féa[lble, and. pna4ícab~e, yet ~oníldeling "the gentlenéfs of the .brmt· .~md w1th what k1ndne.ís an_d humanicy h~ hid returned the A& of Hoíl:ilicies wr111ch they had o:lfered hun, ic would .feem a part of in- gratitude and pe~fidioufne0, which co~ld n?t enter. into the Brea.11 of a Gene- tous Prmce to nfe agam ut Arrns agamíl: h1rn : But then to recover their Li- bercy by -a '.peacéable fmender '.of. theili ljftatés arrd P~~er, was not onely inno- cent aQd inoffenfiv.e, btit allowable alfo unrler the ~rió\:eíl: civcumílancés and ob- ligations. by ~1hich they·were b0tmd w rhe Inca, than whom there écmJd not be a more benign, and mure iFidulgent King in the whole Univerfe. ·· · With thefe Argurnenrs and Re.tlons the brave HJr,nto-hua/lu prevailed on the minds of tbofe to whom he fuíl: .cornmunicated' bis defign:, and they whifpering it one to,the other, it became the cornrnon difcour[~:, :md found fuch a general approbation and concurr.ence, that the Chancas,. who narnrally loved their Lord and--S-o:i,z~rejg,n, were eafrly-perfm.ided to run tbe fortuhe of their Prince ; fo that · in il._ íbort~e ílrey numbred 8000Jighting Men, which in a Body marched out of the!r Goub.trey, befides Women and Children, under the Cornmand and .Con- ducl: of the Valiant Hanco-hrtallu ;, · the fame of whofe Courage, and the fiercene& of the ChancM, who y¡ere alw<l).s reputed for a fighting an~ warlike Nation, füuck fuch terrour in all places ancrregi~ns through whicb they. ~arche~, that none duríl: oppo[e ; or interrupt tbem in thei.r paffi.ge : The fear likewi[e of them caufed tl:)e Inhabi-tanK to fornifh thern with. Provifions u~till they carne to the Provinces of [arma ánd Pum¡zu, which are about 70 Leagues diíl:ant from their own Coun- trey. · And ' though"iQ this March they encoumred certain inconfiderable Skir- mifhes, and could e'aíily-:have overcorne the Natives, and planted thernfelves in . their poífeflions; yet they fee11ed as yet to have too near a Neighbourhood with the·Ernpire of the I nca, whofe ambit1on rnight foon arrive thern, and bring them under the fame fubjeétion from which they fled, and endeavoured to avoid : fur which reafon they marched foi;ward, removing thernfelves as far as it was partible from the reach of the Inca•, ilt leaíl: to fuch a dill:ance, as during his life, it was not probable that his Arms could extend. With this intention they travelled, bending ·on the right hand towards the great Mounrains of AntiJ, \ irh defign to inhabit there, and people thofe places whiE:h were moíl: comrnodiousfor Humane life. Tho[e of this Nation of.the ChancM reporr, that rhey removed 200 Leagues p-om their ?Wn Land, but·ar what place 'they entre9, or what parts they.peo~led, it is not certam:, onely thar they entred by a great River, and .planted thell' Colonies · by rhe banks of a great Lake, w here it is faid, they encreafed in fuch Riches, and per(ormed fueh mlghty Aél:s, thar tbey feem rather Romances, than Reports fü · for a true Mifré)ty. And though we may believ~, or fanfie nothing too great for rhe Courage and Wifedo!n of Banc(l·hua/'11:, yet bis Aétions not falling within the fubjeét of our Hiíl:ory, we fhall puta period to a Relation of them in this place, as impertinent and foreigo to our prefent difcourfe. . · . . .. C H·AP. ·'