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 € ommentarie¡. rhofe bleílings, wbich the vigilance and ingenuity of tbe Inca beílowed on his Vaífals. . . le is here ro be notecL that the Jndians, who inhabited along tbe Coaíl for the fPace of almoíl: S' oo Lea~es, e"tendiqg from Trsgif!o (o "Tarapaca, which is the utmoíl: border North and Somh of Peru, generally adorechnd woríhipped the Sea for God, ( unlefs it wt:;re fome petty Ido!, or diminmive God, which was peculiar ito.fhe P.rovince) by reafon t.Qat che Sea Wd anp full:a.ined them rtith Fiíh for their nouriíhment, and thre,w up- vafr qu. antities of Pikhards, with elle Heads of ~~hich rhey dunged their Lands, ( as we have faid before) !;>y4eª'fon of wpi,ch benefits ~hey gave it the Name of M11macocha, or Motber-fea. They likewi[e adored che Whale for its vaíl: bulk and bignefs ; and fome Prdvinces adored rhis, and others that fort of Fifh, as rhey were moíl: plentifull, and yielded moíl: benefit to the ) ;la.ti ~ .., .:ihís JWjS, in Jho1't1. tfie:. J.dGJlaft~t!$ · J.)..~Jigi9',1fpf tJ~e : r unf4/' Q€fore ~he q~ of 1h~ lnw, .or :that till!y m~e to1.b#ye 'fli;} l~ an~ P~llJ.l,G~ p.y~r fuem. .,,lfh.e V .all~~ 0f Jáa and Pifao ~.ing·,t-liq¡;J r~u~g, ·the lncfls 4ifPat~1~ tp~~ Pl!l'lJ" m_ons t.0 itlne. gr~at ·and po,"feyfuJl V ~lle1 gf,9hv1cha, ~h. qt]Je~ fr-0_m, fffawrh.efl!J'~, whichffi tO.rle ~pf,tlh~ four .quarter5 iuto ~i,ch,me ln¡;as p~;v,ided :¡:he~r ~·e) rn- würrog· thªih•Jeidiler t0 ~11 tíh.eir ~§1-~~l!W !'9 , ~ Jwff fYfcfJaf4,t,ec, w,ho was g. <:;hild pf the.Suo• . or . ,otherwi.fe r.o pr@pa,re ,¡b~Je¡liVe~ Jor .W ~f , 1 and, ¡Q.d~-0d_, ~he·¡ Ga~. fe .aJld ~oun¡:ref w1ith itheir ~J1ijsi: ~l)F too peopi~ ~f ;c lf}ncha ~~fi~fo~g . l~ thi:ir Wu.J.®bens, .iand puff~d. 1\rlfYiWiJ¡tb: :an opm1QJ1 ~J thei,r QFg;i,rer~.)· aG,d. ¡;kilf :ID W!lr; nm1me.d an ,anf.wex .of Ddfance:, thát :th~v 'W,.<Pllkl µeJ!i]Jes r~~~¡,v~ ¡t¡l¡¡§ ~600 f¡;r the~r God;; nor the Inca for . their King ; JJ1aí tb~ Sta. wa..s it·l~ - ~¡it,y, whjc;~ ili~y qag· im~ft reafon itio. Adore; i.,a 1·egard lt fupp}ied th~m w,ithJ1Mb-for ~~~~ .. ~owriíhJ1.:1~nr, ~ncl was in ~dw..r particu.lalis a¡¡¡d ioílooces d1e moJJ: u[ef1¡1ll ,añq b{lQefi<;jªf; 'fh~a t.he Sµn on tl11.e otber í.ide íC0rched, thej.r C-0.~ntr~y, af!d p¡¡rcbed and torm\:nted theit füxli.es :.; , fo tb&t they wiíbeal ·nnher t~ live-¡el<I)Q~e . fuotl) bim , than· to b~ troubled wtith tla.e inconveR &nc.es ,of bis N~ighboJirhoog.l ,; c_h4t p~<Pfü~§ l¡e rnjgfat be a roore prope.r God -for tbofe who .!obabit dile cole! Climaq~s uod~r th~ frozen Z0ne.s; b.ut as t {>) themfew.es, his Rays a:ndJ?refeQCS: were offenfrv;e. '.that f!s to · the King, theo/ lna.d ~ Nam ,r.al Prinat of rh~ir @wn, who!J<l th~y iQv,e~, ang wo1,1.Jct lilOt part witbi íor aU tbe rae~ ,and lineage of ;nhe S.tm ; aqcl for ·clJei¡: A1rm~, ¡rQe. y · were ailways r~ady .co be employed ag¡¡¡ip(l: t,hofü w.h0 p~·pv9ked th~j¡r _P4;(1;19n, or in~·inged •the~rr ~iber~y, or ~ñvaded their C0~ )iltr.ey or d,eti?~feq their G,9QS ~ th~ chie! and prin01pal of whrch w.as called Chmcha f:Amac, wpo .was.the .Mí:lker a;nd Confel'Vatór of Ohinca, a God fo powerfü.1:1, that tji€ lnpfls woukj dq,e ~w~ll to .con- ' fide.r how they'. .PJ!O~okecl or ·iniuredl che King of .Chi11chfl, wJ¡iq ~as fúp~orted by t~ Prnvld!enae of t[1a1t µowertitlLG~cl. Th~ Naiüves qf,-this Co1¡mtr~y do like• wi[e mlich avail themfolves OB "ª Tl'a<illtio~, that !heir r'l>r~f;itbe~s catn~ from a falr.Co~nnrey, '(though tfuey do not fay wh ~n.ce ) und~n ~·he'Con~,1,1ét .of.á :valiant aocl religious Generad, rby.force of wluofe Arrns :they,· conquered-th~t ,Coun~rey; b>.Y deílro~ing aill nhe peo,pk, which were the naturalJQ.babitants ,of_it npt (uf~ ijitúng o.ne of them to fütvive, becal!lfe they ,were a vile. a.od bmti~ Rae€; b~­ fides many .other prav;e Mti0ns, wifilich they: r.eCGunc of th~ir fore-fath~rs . • 1 r l' ' ) J ' -1 CH A P. « ; e:: .. .) . ~r '