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.

:io8 Royal Commentarier.... praétices which were obferved amongíl: them ; for they being now bis Vaífals, he might exercife an abfolute ?nd defpoúcal Power ~ver them , they ~eing :eady to hear and receive ali the Commands and Rules which c~e Sun and bis Children fuould enjoin the¡p. According·to, thefe defires1he Inca m the fi.ríl: place com- manded that rhe people, who were difpe~f~d ·thro~gh the C~untr~es un9~r fhe9s and crees, fhould be gathered i!1to a Poht1cal foc1ety? an~ live hke Cit1zens m friendfhip and amity together, maTown regularly bmlt w1th Streets, and füuate in fu ch a Countrey as .was both frliitfull and .pleafant. Then he ~ommanded that Proclamation íhould be made, that they íhould own and worfh1p no other God bue che Sun, and that the pebles and íhini~g íl:ones which they kept: in their hou- fes for divine W odhip íhould be thrown mto the íl:reets ; and for better goyern- ment and iníl:ruétion of tbis people, Governours and Teachers were appomted and fet over them. CH A P~ XV. The People of Caffamarca ma/ze fome refiflence, hut are at length fubdued. rAL L thefe chings ibeing performed and eflab!Hhed a.ccor.ding to rhe delire of HuamachHcu, the IncM pmceeded forward in cheir°Conquefts; and bei·ng arrived on t!he Confines of Cttjfamarca, ( which was a place famous for he impri- fonmenc of Atahualpa) being a rich and fruitfull Province; and che people íl:out and warlike ; they difpatched their ufüal Summons .by a Herald, requiring tbem to yield thernfelves on cerms of peace and friend fh ip. · · The people of Caffamarca having long ob[erved che progrefs of the I 11w , and the motion which their Arrns had made towards them, had already provided foi: a War, having p9íie!fed the íl:rong Holas and Pafi'es of the Coumrey, and fur- nifbed them .wiili Viét1rals, and Ammunition of W ar ; and in rnnfidence of fü0h fecurity, réturned a proud anfwer of defiance to the Incas, giving them to under- frand, that they would neither accept of new Gods, nor new Laws; nor a Stran- ger, or Foreigner, for their KiAg 7 bue would adhere to thofe ancient Statutes and Religion, which were known to them and their Anceíl:ours ; and rather than re- linquifh rhem, to embrace Novelties, they were refolved to dye, and undergo all the miferies which a cruel and enraged Conquerour could infliét. With chis An· f wer Yupanqui being provoked, entred boldlyrinto :che Confines of Ca.ffamarca, where the Natives, like a brave and hardy people, manfully oppofed themfelves againíl: hirn in all dangerous and difficult paífes, being reColved to dye or overcome. The I nca; though unwilling to engage, out of a defüe he had to fpare the effu- fton of bloud, was yec forced fometimes to fight, tbat he might gain poífeffion of t:he moíl: difficult paífes; in defence of which, -che Enemy combating with all rheir migbt, many were ílain on one fide and the other ; nor <lid they forne times refu[e Battel in the open Field ; but in regard the Co~ét arid Numbers of the Inca w~s more excellem.and great, chan that of the Enem~, they were forced to retreat mto the Mounta!!ls, and Rocks, and faíl: places 7 fro1n whence making oftentimes their Sallies, great ílaughcers did enfue. Thus was the .\:\'ar continued for che fpace of four Months, becaufe the Incas were unwilling tb take advanta- ges. entively to deíl:roy them, but rather to foffer, and weary them out, umill their fury and mectle began to abate : During ali which time, the Incas ufed their accuíl:omary lenitives,endeavouring to win them with ali fair and mild treatment; for as many as they took in War, they releafed ; fuch as were wounded, they h a- led and cured, and then fenc them away ; aífuring them, that {o ofren as they took thern, they would uíe them with the fame compaffion, being never wearied with