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.

Boo'K -VII. R.oyal Commentaries. a Fr.at:©rnicy of Íitilians, íhould be Subér-'intendenrs, or Supervifors over it, :as die Spani11rdi were over theirs •; .affiiring them, that ·the Spanitirds had obliga~ions fo. wards the Jndians i11 fome manher, which no Man could acquit himfelfof;·whenh'er he were a Conquerour of thcem, or nor, but by fome fuch fatisfaéHon f©r their debt : And purfuing chis difcourfe with moíl: perfuaíive Arguments in all thé S€r- mons of that Week, on rhe S.unday be conchided after fucb a preparacion macle-; That the Governour, and he, would try what operation bis Sermons had effeéted on them, to which end rhey would go perfonally from houfe to houfe to demand their charitable contributions towards this pibus Work ; admoniíhing them to íhew themfelves as·large and open-hearted therein, as rhey had been vatiant ana covetous to obtain the Empire. Accordingly tbe Governour and che Prior took their 'Walk from houfe to houfe to garher the charitable Alms of the City, co- ming at firíl: to the Dwellings of chofe onely wh0 w.ere Maíl:ers of the lndians : And at night, when my Facher Garr;/11.f{o remrned home, he commanded me to fum up thé accoímt of ali the Colleétions; which when 1 had done, I found it to amount unto z8 500 Pieces of Eight, which rnakes 34zoo Ducats : che leaft that was given by any particular perfon was 500 Pieces of Eight, which 'makes 600 Ducats ; there were fome who gave a 1 ooo Pieces of Eight. ·Thus much was che Collefüon made in one Evening, and in rhe [pace of five hours onely; other days tbey took to go from neighbour to neighbour, every one giving fo free- , }y, that in a few rnonths rhe fum amounted to above a hundred thoufand Ducacs: the which report being noifed ah.out in che Countrey, and thac an Hofpital was therewith to be founded for che Natives, rnany other concributións were added in the fpace ófthat ye~r, forne beili1$ gi:ven. by Laíl: yYill ~nd Teltament, and fome bv devout and chantable perfons m the ume of tbe1r L1fe and Healch, fo thac the Work was chearfülly begun, the Native lndians, within the Jurifdiétion of tbe Cit1y, concuttingthereuncowith 'all ready afftfience, being aífored that the ufe and benefit thereof was intentionaUy defigned for th~mfelves. · Uncle•e· fi11fr Stone of the Foundation, W.~ich was laid by my Father G arfi· , 14.ffo, · he ~a t Doblon ofGold, being one of. thofe iwith two Faces, of Ferdinand lf. A double and JfabQ/, che Kir!g·aad.Qg_een of Spain: Tha.tfort of coin was rare in thofe days, ~~? 1 • º~3 6 and1efpecially fu tliat Counttey, 'a'ód at that tírne, ·W.here, and wh1:1n no Money €i'- gUfu~gs n• ther .in Gold or other,Metal was ftamped ; for · the Spanifh Merchancs did .then - brin'g tbeir Cqmtn())dities, whith they barteied .or exchanged fot Wares of rthe Counttey, -or foknfOt'>·Silver or 'O('.):kl, ·but b>reught no Money c0ined jnco chofe parts.' 1believe th;u che Doblon wnsfaoughühither for a curiofüy, and prefef.ited to my Father as' a Me~al; and•of che fame ópinion were all thofe whq.faw it 7 für it paffing fuom~one to anorher; the wh0le Coqroration of the City, theo pre- lené.Rc this$olemn1ty of fo.ying the Fbundatiorn~ did all efieem it for a greac curio- fiey, being thc fird rc-oined M@néy .that had been.feen in rhac Councrey; and for that reafon was wonhily employed in tha,t charitable Work. Diego Maldona®, a Native of Sai11nram:a, füname8 the Rich, for the gréat Wealth that he had attai- ned, having formerly been Goverhour of the Citsn, laid under -one of the Stones a Plate of Sil~~ ;Wirh'h!s Armse~gralven up6n Jit ·;nand on chis ~óor Foundation was eretted th1s rrch Echfice ; .whioh was afrerwards endowed w1th many Indul- ge~.ces and Pard.?füdrom the,~ope s, _(or all thofe wbo íhould 'dye in it: ~he whi~h . bemg made known t<i> a cert. am Jn;Jjan Woman of the Bloud-Roya-1, W1th whorri I was acquainted ;!1íhe fi nding her felf fick, defüed to be carried into rhe Hofpi- · tal ; to w hich her Friends not agreeít~g in conf<idfmton of the ab:ilities íhe ha<if to mainl:am her'felf ; liowfoever íhe íHll perfifl:e8 'in h€r delires, faying, that it was not the cur~ of her Body that íhe d~fi~ned_, but to enjoy and partak~ of.th© fe J.n:. _aulgtmd:s whiéh the Princes of.the~CHqrch · had·g.tV'€n unto thofe wliofüould dye in tliiac'Hofpital; if©r.which reaforn fíhe b€ing carriecl nhithet, refufed ro have her Bed laid in theCbihmh>ers of the fick, bur in-a <iorner·of rhe ühurch; where íhe defüed, that her Gr~ve :rnighi: be opened neádq het>·Bed, w.hkll íhe covered wirb the Hai?it of Sr. 'Frr:tnliü; and cleílred to be buried in «it ; then fue 'called for1 the Wax-candles, which fue inter:ided t0 bavct bmnt at·her Bllriál, that rhey might be in a-readinefs : lAnd having m:eived the Holy Sácr.amenc arid.fe:Ktréme UnéHon, ~e 1ay f?ur days after callin~ upqn ~od -and t~d?>l~ffed-Virgí~, and. all rhe c;~l,el lh:i.l Court of A11gels; and then exprred. Th1s godly end which tb1s poor Iniítah Woman.had rnade, ~!ng_gene~~lly lvnown and_ éalke~'. of; tl~e ~wo Corp~rations of the Cicy, both Sp.intual and' Temporal, .agreed, to honour -her Obfeqmes and . &~