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.

180 R ·oyal Commentariet. the H1tanacm and Vi'cunna, (which is a Mountain Goat, from whence they have the Bez.ar-íl:one,) as alfo Par,tridges, and all forc.s of other Fowl; and though the havock which che Spaniard1 have made hath defi~oyed ali che.Game in chofe pares, yet in the place ~hereof t.hey have planted V m~, and Fru1t-trees, and Su- gar-canes, which isthe ~mprovern~11t they havem<:de m that quarrer. The.orher Mountain to the Weft 1s not fo h1gh, or lofty, bemg not above a League m the afcent. At che foot thereof runs the plentifull River of Yucay, deep, and nbt ra- pid, but pa~mg wich a fmooth and g~t!e Curr.ent, a_nd therefore ab?und~wich great quantiues of excellent fifh, and IS frequen~ed w1th Hearn~, \'.Vild-Du~ks, and all forcs ofWater-fowl.. Thofe that .were f.ick at Cowo, whKh lS a cold and . íharp Air, and cherefore not fo proper far infirm Bodies ufually reforced chither to tecover their hea!ths; fo chat chere is now no Spaniard who lives at Couo, and efieemed a Man of an Eíl:ate, but who hath a Councry-houfe, or fome poífeffion 'in that Valléy. .This lnc11 Viracocha had a_pavticul,ar deUgbc and affeétion for that .¡:ilace; and therefor-e bailt feveral Houfes there, boch for oíl:entation, and for plea- fure. He enlarged che Temple·of the Sun, .both in the Building, ·and a.Jfo in the nmn- ber of Servants and Officers, endowing ic with a Revem1e agreeable to the En,. Jargement. And as all che JncM conceived a panicular Vene~acion, and Devotion .for chat Temple, fo Viir11cócha feemed more fenubly affeél:ed from 1his religious fer- vour to that Spirit which appeared to_him. CH A P. XXVIII. 1he Name which Viracocha ·gave to his Eldefl Son; and his Prophecy concerning the lnvafion of the Spaniards. W E have feen already by what hath. preceded, in whac manner .Piracocha paf.. fed fome years, and in whac tranquillity and profperity he governed his Empire. W,e are now to fpeak of his Cbildren and Family ; his Eldefi Son was born of C~a Mama Runtu, who was his Siíl:er, and tr¡:¡e and lawfull Wife; he was at firfi called Titu Manco Capac, chough afterwards by che laíl: Will and Appoint· mene of his Father, his Name was changed to Pachacutec, which fignifies as rimch ,as one who fubvercs the World, or turns it upfide clown; and though it was com- . .moaly taken in the worH fenfe, for fome alceration from bad to worfe, yet it is faid he was fo affeéted wich this Word, that he was defüous to have called him- felf by thát Name; but.in regard that .the Name of Viracocha was fo dilaced ovet all Coumries, and the Voices of' the people fo accuíl:omed to ic; that he could not aífume that Appellacion to himfelf, yec he was defirous to communicare it to ,~i~ Son, being;. as he believe~, a me~ns to keep alive. che memory of che Appa- nt1on, and che renowned Aétions·of h1s Father. Acofta mche ioth Chap. of his 6th Book faith, " Thac the people were fo much fcandalized at the Name of Piracocha ." which this Inca took to himfelf, becaufe ic was che proper name ofGod that " he was forced to clear himfelf of this prophanation, by faying that tbe Spirit '" which appeared to him in his Dream, liad commanded him to cake that Name ·" and Title upon himfelf: And chat che IncaPachacuti, who fucceeded him was .« a great Souldier and Politician, having invented many fuperfütious rices ~hich " he iotroduced into che Woríhip of their Religion_; which are rhe words wirh which A cofta concludes that Chaprer: All which is in confirmarion of. what I have faid, namely, that a Vifion appeared to him in his Dream; that he cook the Name of that Apparicion, and that afterwards he gave che Name of P11chac1r ' 1ec to the Son w_ho fucceeded him. Jhe