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.

,: 188 ~~a_l Comme~tdriu. pofely _alle~ge in this place to. confute the opinion ?f thofe who livi~g in Spain, and bemg ignorant of the affairs of the Jndtt:S , bel~eved that the I~dians had no eíl:eem of Gold nor knew the value or pn~e of lt : Befides wh1ch, they had Veffels made of Gold wherein to lodge their C'orn, alfo the Figures ofMen, of Trees and Plants and Herbs made in Gold, as alf Animals of what fort foever: whicl{ are tbe W~rds of that famous Aurhour in bis Hillary of Peru. That rich Prize whiG~ fell to the iot of D. F;:.1nciff~ Pir¡a~ro, was part Qf that which Atahualpa gave for his Ranfome, and which Pif_arro ¡ultly ·cla1med as his due by Military Righr, being General of tbe Anny: He might mornover chal- lenge, by agreement, the beíl: Jewel from the great heaps of Riches: Aml though rbere were others perhaps more valttable, fuch as Jars, and Veífels of Gold ; yet in regard that this had been the Seat of a King, and the feizure of it prefaged rhe Dominion of the Spanifh Monarchy, it feemed, a prize mor~ fü1gufai;, and worthy the choice of Pifarro befare any other of _greater efümation. In the ,lJfe of Huayna Capac,_who was .the laft of all the Incas, we fhall fpeak more atta~ of this Gold Chain, which was a thing incredible. · ~'. \i\That Pedro de Ciefa writes of the Riche~ of Peru, .~nd ~ow the l ndians ni&de them away, and concealed them, is that wh1ch he fI)ec1nes m the zríl: Chap(ef of his Book ,. as follows : " Jf, fays he, all that which was buried ir) Pmr, and'.ifl " thefe Countries, ·were difcovered, and brought to u[e and light, the value 'of it " would be ineíl:irnable, and all the poífefiions of the Spanittrds intonGdei;ap]e ió " comparifon of the hidden trea[ures ~ For, fays he, I being" at Coz,co, in prefep,ce " of man~ Perfons o~ Quality, heard Paulo t?e Inca difcourfing of .thi~ rnaHer, " and fayrng, That i( all the Treafüres whICh .belonged to rhe Provmces and " Temples, which are now !oíl:, íhould be agam recovered and arnatfed roge~ " ther, tbey wou]d be fo irnmen[e and great, that all rhe Ricbes which thé Spa 7 " niard1 poífefs, would be rto more in comparifon of t11em, than a drop of war,er " is to p. w~ole Bucket: And to rnake ~be· fonilirnde ~ore clear; the l ndi 4 ¡is .i.;:¡.. " king a)1andfüll of G1lane from a whole meaf1,1 ~e , faid, Thris rnrrch the CiirJ- ,, íl:ians have ga.ined ; and the remainder is Iodged diere, where neither we, nor " any elfe is able to afiign: Whatfoever dµs Treafüre rnay have been,, though " the Spaniards had not been Mafl:~rs of it, would certainly llave been offered i:.o " rheir Devils, and Temples, and Sepukhres óf their Dead; for rhe J;1tlians, who " neither purchafe Lands, nor Houfes, nor Cities with it, nor eíl:eem it rhe fmews " ilnd nerves ofWar, do onely A.dom rhemfelves with it, being alive, and bilry " it witb them in their Graves, being dead : Howfoever, in my opinion, it was " our duty ro. have advifed_rhe In~ianl o[ thef~ Errours, and t9 have rnage it ?.~ " buGnefs td iníl:roét them m the knO\yledge of the Gofpe], and .our Holy F¡ucl~ " rather than our profefiion and wbole concernment, to fill our Purfes, .and en 1 " rich our CoffHs: 'thefe are the Wor9s of Pedro de Ciefa, in .the zrft CliaJ?t~ of his Book, wbi~h I bave copi~d Verbatim from thence.. T~i~ 'inca., wl~f P }Y~ called Pdu!o, or by them Paul!u, 6fwho:n al! rhe Spanifh Hiftonahs rt1ci],s:e rn¡ 'lnt.LQ/ } was one of the many Sons of Huayna Capac, being a Man ofComage, wno to~ rhe King of Spain's fide in his Wars againft rhe Spaniards; at, his füptifm he too~ tbe Name of Chrijfópher Paul!u, to who~mny Mafter Garyi!af{o de !q. Vega was Gód- father, as alfo to his Brother Titu Aqui, who afrenvards was BaptiZed 'by tb~ Narne of Phi!ip, in refpeél: to Philip the Second, then Prince of Spain ; -1 Was H¡ell ácquaimed witb them both, as alfo with the¡r Morher called Annas; Jbough die two Sons died foon afrerwards. . Lope:t _deGomaia writingof rhe Riches of t!1e Kings of Peru, in the l l zd Chap- ter of h1s Book, hath thefe very words : ' Ali rhe Utenfils of ' ?vca's-Houfo " Tabh: and Kitchin, were ali of Gold and Silver, at leaíl: of Silver ahd Copper: . " In the wi th-drawing Rooms and Antich '11bers, were Starues of Gold cafi in :: rbe ~onn of Giams, and rhe Figures ?f al! kinds of Animals in a like large p~o- port10n, as alfo Trees and Herbs, Fiíhes of the Sea, and frefü Waters of all . " fom, wbicb thei r Kingdom produced : they had alfo Ropes and Chafos, Bas- ' :: ke~ and Hamp~ts o'f Gold <md Sifver, and Fag_~ors of GoJd, piled ',uRin Stacks, as i f they were mtended for fewel : In íhort, tbere was µo Figure of any_Crea- " rnre in tbe whole Kingdom, which they did not imitare, and reprefem in Gold; " They report alfo that the l nw ha.da Carden tirnated in an Hlahd ne:i.r to Puna " where being d~firous to enjoy the Air of the Sea, they paffed ,ovet to divertife' ~ and recreate rhemfelves ; and therein wereTrees, and Planes, and Flowers mad~ .. ' ~~ au ·