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.

310 Royal Commentaries. BooK VUI. rhac voluncarily and of their own accord, they joyfully rece ived him for their Lord -and Maíl:er. Amongíl: thefe Nations, there is a fort of peo ple called f!..!!illacu, who are fo miferable and mean-.fpiriced, that they fear they íha ll want Earth, and Wa- ter and Air. Whence rhe l ndians hada Proverb amongíl: them, which the Spani- ards afterwards allowed in tbeir Language, calling a Man ~illacu, when they would denote a covetous perfon,or any ofa vile and fordid nacure; and thefe were rhofe on whom the Inca impofed a Tax, or Tribute of Lice, that fo they might oblige them theréby to pick and deanfe themfelves, not fuffering their bodies to be devoured alive by this vermine. Tupac Yupanqui, and afcer him his Son Huayna Capac did greatly ennoble thefe Provinces of the Cannarians, and thac alfo which is called Tumipampa, with thefe publick Edifices, and Royal Palaces, adorning che Walls of the Chambers with the Figures of Herbs and Pla nts, and all living crea- tures r~prefeot~d in Gold and Silver ? che Doors of th~m were placed wirh Gold, and íl:udded with Emeralds, Torquo1fes, and other preuous Stones; for chofe Indi- anr made ic cheir bufin~fs to rnake them Prefen~s of things of greac ofient~tion; artd to pleafe and fla~ter therr humour, adorned theirTemples and PaJaces w1th all che Treafure they were able to procure. . . Pedro de Ciefa in the 44ch Chapter of nis Book, treating at large of the R ichnefS wherewith theirTemples and Royal Chambers were adorn ed in che Provinces be- longing to the Cannarians, as far as Tumipampa, which the Spaniard.r rnifcall Tome-bamba, by a miíl:ake of letters: he there fays, Thac befides thefe R iches, there was an im-· menfe fum pfTreafure laid up in Jars, and Pots, and orher Utenfils, . together with rich Robes and Veíl:ments of Silver, wirh curious.íl: itches, of which he touches in many p:dfages of his Hiíl:ory ; rhe which was fo ne ac and curious, the Gold be-. ing íl:itched, or woven, in lefs pieces rhan Seed-pearl, and w ich fuch artificial work, that che beíl: Silver-fmiths in Seville have asked me the manner how they were wo- ven, 01: fown fo clofe, that che feam could not be difcemed; a fma ll pieceofwhich work I brought into Spain, and it was highly prized and eíl:eemed. Pedro de Ciefa having difcourfed at large of the Treafure of the Cannarian Provinces, hath chefe words. ' ' In fhort, whatfoever I can utter or exprefs of the Riches with which " the l 'ncM have adornea their Palaces, will fall fhort of the true valu e of it; and then fpeaking in particular of the Chambers and Temple of Tumipampa, he faith, ci That che l ndia1;1s repon, that the greateíl: pare of thofe Stones, of which c hofe " Chainbet·s and Temple were built, were brought frorn th e great City of Co'l;,Co by " command of che IGng Huayna Capac, and his Father Tupac the Great, by force of " Men;·who drew chem with Cables; which if fo, was v ery wonderfull, confide- " ri;ng the weight of th~ Stones, and the greac number of them, and the dillance ' ' of che.way. Thefe are the very words of rhat Hill:orian , who, by reafon of the difficulty of rhacwork, 'Íeems to doubt the truth of chat r eport which che l ndians gave; but for my pare, who am alfo an l ndian, and acquainted with che humour of my Countreym~n, Ido declare my beliefto be chus far of it; it being probable,that chofe Incan Kings, who were always defirous to íhew favour to their Subjeéts, would al fo oblige them in che rranfportation of thefe Stones from Couo; which coming from thence, were eíl:eemed Sacred : For if it were a favou r to have a licence gran- ted for building a Temple to the Suh in any principal Province, becaufe thereby the Inhábirants became Citizens of Couo ; much more rnuíl: it be to have tlie very Máterials of it brought from the Cíty it felf, by command of che Inca, without o- ther charge or fabour to the Natives; and not onely to ha ve their Temple refem- ble that at Cot.co, but alfo to be the fame with it in the fubíl:ance. Now the lndians to enjoy fuch 'll piece qf grandeur,which they eíl:eemed co be God-like,and Divinl would omit all otherWorks to employ chemfelves in the carriage of thefe Stand, over Rocks and craggy Mouncains, and to fuch a far di.fian ce as it is from Co'l;,Co to _ Tumipampa, which is no l~fs rhan 4 00 Leagues, which .none would believe, bue tho(e w?o were empl?yed m the wor-k: But as to the rep orc Which Pedrode Ciefa rece1ved from the lnd1ans, who ;,werred, that the greateílpart of rhofe Stones of which the Temple and Palac~s' of tbac Countrey were compofed, were bro~gbt from Couo, was more to boaíl: of the favour and honour which rhe Inca did rhem in ~iving out fuch ·a Comll)and, than to raife the glory of fucha ·work by a behef, that the Stones were veally brought from fo far a diíl:ance. And fo much fball ferve for what we have to fay concerning che Greatne fs and Ri.ches of chofe Royal Palaces and Temples 4l the Sun, which were built in Tumi¡ampa, and in all pares of Peru. c ' H A P.