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 VI. Royal Commentarier. ferved with man~ Difhes of Dogs-flelh; and to dernonílrate their greac refpeét to Dogs, chey made a fort ofTrumpet wich their Heads, which chey founded ror their moíl: pleafanc Mufick, ac times of their moíl: folemn Fefüvals, and Dan- cings; and_in their Wars tbey ufed the farne to terri.tie and affi-ighc their Ene- mies, for, faid they, our God cauíes theíe two different Effeél:s by the fame In- ll:ruments; in us it raiíes J oy and Delight, and in our Enemies Horrour and Con- frernation: But all theíe Superfütions and Errours were quitted, an<l rooced out by the betrer Inlhuétion and Rudiments of che Inca; howfoever to indulge their humour fo far as was warramable, they permitted thern in place of Dogs-heads to make their Trumpets with the Heads ofDeer, or Stags, or any other Wild-bealt, as they pleaíed, which aíterwards rhey uíed at .d1eir Fefüvals and Balls, and times of rejoicing ; and becaufe the Flelh of Dogs was fo excremely pleafing and fa. voury to them, they gained che Sirname of Dog; thac whenfoever Huanca was named, they added Sir-reverence che Dog. They had likewife anocher .Ido], in .figune and-íloape •ofa Man, whjch was .an Oracle nhro'ugh wfoich rhe Devil )pake, and renurned ~nfwers to a'll Demands, whióh l'ltCering raothing tlm was in COfltradifüon or .difparage-1111en~ to the Religiom :whicb the InoM profeífed, was füll conferved, .and lefr oode111oh.1he<l, .d1ough tbe· ldol of che Dog was brokm d0wn 'and corifounded: - . This confide.rable Nation, -and .-th~ .moí l: kiACUy a ffeótiol'late -to Dogs, t11e Inca Capac 'T11panqui fübdued b;r fa ir ter-ros, -and preíe.ms , r.ather than by force ; .for this was alwa,ys che MaO:er.piece of the Incas, who m a<le ic their Profefiion t0 rake the Bodies of Men, by capti vati11g tirfi aind .al1uring cli.eir Souls ancl Minds. All tbings ,paífmg iA this manner fmoothly wich the Huanc.u , al'ld every thing being fett1eCI in peace and quiemefs, the Inca divided their Nation imo three Divilions, the becter to divide and f uperíe<le the old Feuds al'ld Diípuces amongíl: them, ari- fing about the Boundaúes and Limi~s of the ir Lar: id: Tibe firíl: DiviGon they , ca1led SA11fa, the fecond .41/araa vwka, and the thi.rd Llacfapa!!anca. The atrire of their Heads was order.ed nót to ~e alternd in t he fon ill and manner of it, bm dif- feq:nced ol'.lely fo r .Qiílinél :iom fake~ by variety of CG!ours. This Province, whibfu anciently was called Huanca, was by the Spaniards, I know not for what reafon, named Huanca vil/ca, wirhout conGdering chac there is anocher Province, calied H11anca vi/lea~ ~ot far from Tumpi<:., and three hundred Leagues diltant one from the orher: This larter is fituate on che Sea-coafl:, and che former far withín the Land; the which we here 1intimate to the Reader, that fo he may know in the perufal of this Hillary to difiingui9.1 m1e from·the other, thac when we íhall come to relatemany fl:rang€ occurrences in the Cmmtrey ,of Huancavilka, he may not be confounded by m~l:aking ir for Huanc'a• . · Dd CH A P. ~Ol