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.

Roya{ Commentarief.. fütficiernt light t© the flature and kn©Wledge of ~lil~s . our Hlíl:or.y. Many onh~t · rmmgs·of like forr; though of no great moment., th1s Inca. ofcen recounted in liis \1,i{irs: afld Difcourfes he made me, the which 1 íhall de<!:lai;e in rheir du:e places~ , being·n0w troubled.rhar I rnade BO farther enquir.ies into other matters, for which lfiav~i:óom here_to pl~e them wiuh.good authority. · ' f r CH A P. X. W/?erein. tihe. Alflho~r q}!edgrts the_ 4:z/,thority he path fo,r-r,the · · 1ruth of his Hifl.orJ~ ~ • .. • 1 , , 1 H Avimg; nhus la~ ilie faft fon~dati!m wheii~on tto bui!d our Hi~my,. though as to thce- Ongmal ofour Kmgs of Peru, it ma.y feem fórnethmg fubuloas 5 it now fol10ws,. that we proceed forward to relate im1 whac mannet' th~ l ndidns were' reduced and rnnql!lered, emlavging the parriculars. which the Inca gaive me, w,ith d ivers other additiens wncerni¡;¡g tlae Natura~ Indt'áns, f and theiu :K;i:ngs; wlui.dl ' the füfi Inoa, Manco Capac, i:€cfoced undet his Governmem, wim whorn I W.qs ed ucated~ am:I e:onvenfecl unnill1 arriveq to the age ©f twenty yeaus 1 durimg whi ch time 1 became informed of all che particufars conc;:ernililg wliücb I write, for .in my youth rhey related thefe íl:ories to me, as Nurfes doe cales, or fables to their Children. Afterwards, in my riper years, 1 took a more particular notice-- of rheir Laws and Pblicies, cornparing this new Government of the Spqniards, wit& rhat of the Inw, namely, whar were eíl:eemed faults and trefpaífes, and what feverities and puniíhrnenrs were proportioned to the farne: they informed me alfo of the Methods which their Kings ufed in War and Peace, how they crea~ ted their Vaffals, and whar fervices they required from them. They infhuéted me alfo in their ldolatries, Cererhonies and Satrifices, reaching ine td diíl:ingúiíh between their more folemn feíl:ivals, and che ordinary holy-days, and how chey were to be obferved and celebrated.; they told me alfo what was eíl:eerned foper-, Ririous, and of abufe in their Religion, whát Omens rhere were of gocid alli! bad luck; in íhort, rhere was nothing either relating to their Government or Man· hers, of which they gave me not a diíl:inét: Account , fo rhat íhould I defcribe every matter received from thern, the parriculars would be too large ro be con- tained wirhin rhe volume of this Hiíl:ory. Befides whar I have heard, I have been·an Eye-witnefS for tñe rnoíl: part of rheir Idola~rous \Voríhi¡:>, feaíl:s, and other fuperíl:itious Cuíl:oms, which untill the twelvrlJ or thirteenth yt1ar of my age we(e not wholly aboliíhed amongíl: chem. For in regard l was born eight years after rhe Spaniards became Maílers of my Counrrey, and rhat, as 1 faid, I was educated amongíl: the Indúms till I was twenry years old, 1had oppormnity itj ali thac time co obferve, and be well acquainted with their Cufroms ;' befides all which, fo foon as I rook a refolurion to wrire this Hiíl:ory, I acquainted my Schoolfellows, fuch as were taughc tht1 are ofGrartimar, of this ~ny inrention, de- fuing them to fearch into the Archives and Regiíl:ers of their Countri.es , and td fend me the various fucceífes of them 5 the which purpofe of mine rhey fo well approved, that every one móíl: readily contriburéd to this work, fending me the' Biíl:ory of the Exploits and Aótions of rbeií: réfpeétiv€ InoM, and is the fame: which rhe Spanifh Hiíl:orians relate on this Subjeét, though not fo panicµlarly, and largely as we have done. And in regard the Beginning and Foundation of rhis Hifrory confiíts of the aétions of chis firíl: Inca, it will be very pertinenF to this rnatter to particulari[e them difünét:ly, thar (o we rnay nót be obliged to repeat them in the Lives ofhis Succeffours, who having a great value for his l?eí ÍM and Vermes; made it their chief aim ami inrenrion to 1mitate che Humour, Aéti- @ns and Cuíl:oms of chis their füft Prime Manao Capac ; fo that we !hall endeavour D t. td