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 VIII. Royal Commentaries. the Sun. In particular and efpecial manner he encharged co his Eldeíl: Son rhe care of conquering the B:irbarous Nations, wírh intent that he might reform rheír manners, and·reduce them to the true Religión of the Sun, and reach rhem ro Jive in Societies, and wirh Political Governmem, and rhat in ali rhings he fhould imi- tat~ the examples of his Anceíl:ors. Laíl:ly, he encharged him ro revcnge rhac perfidiou~ treachery, of which t~e people of Pum~ Vie~o, a1~d. the P.ªrtS adjace_nr, and efpeoally rhofe of H11ancavdlcas had been· gmlty m killmg thofe Caprnms and lníl:ruétors, which at their requeíl: he had ient ~mongíl: rhenJ, leíl: the impn- nity and rem.ifnefs in punifbment of that ingratimde íhonld be of ill example ro other Subje&s :, and that after having chafüfed rhis offence, he íhould endeavour to reform their befl:ial way of living, by teaching rhem to Manure and Sow their Fields, and cover rheir Bodies. And rarrher, he enchatged rhem ro live in love and amity together, for thar he was going to rerr, and repofe hin1felf with his Fa- ther the Sun. Thus the Great Inca Tupac Yupanqui died, leaving to his Subjeéts a perpemal memory of his Piety, Clemency, and many otber benefits beíl:6wed oo--his Empire. fo confideration of which, bis people, befides his Titles and Ap- .pella~ions of Honour, com11:on .to ~t!ier Kin$s, _gave him the fupereminent denp- ·mination of Tupac Ya)'a, whKh íigmfies che glonous and refplendent Hrher. Be-· lides rhe Pril!llle, who was his Son and Heir, .he lefr five Sons, which he had by his Siíl,er Mama Ocelo:, his [econd Son was callécl Auqui Amaru Tupat Inca, afrer the nan~ of his Fatber:, the third was !Jl.!!.ehuar Tupac, the fourth Hualpa Tupac In- ca Yupanqui, which was * my Great~Grandfather by the Mothers ftde ·; the fifrh was * T(le Atl". TituJnca Rimachi:, and the ftxth was .Auqui Ma)'ta, His Body was afterwards fo thour• .weJl embalmed, tha~ when I faw ir in the year 155 9, it feemed to be alive. . Blas Valen;, fpeaking of this Inca, harh thefe words, which I have trahílared out of Latin. Topac Yupanqui delivered this Philofophical difcourfe by way of Argu- menr. " Many fay that. the Sun lives, and that he is the Maker of all .things ; " now ir is neceífary, that the thing which is the caufe of the. Being of another, ~' 'fhould be affiíl:enr and operare in the produétion thereof; now we know rhat " many thipgs receive their Beings, during .the abfence of the Sun, and therefore " he is not the Maker of ali tbings: And that rhe Sun hath not life, is evident, " for tbat it always moves in its circle, and yet is never weary; for if ir had life, " ir would require reíl:, as we do :, and were ir free, ·ir would vifü other parts of " the Heavens, unto which it never inclines out of its own fphere :, but as a thing " obliged to a particular íl:ation, moves always in the fame circle, and is like an " Arrow which is direéted by the hand of rhe Archer. He faid alfo, rhat th.is " Inca did often repeat that Sáying of Inca Roca, the ílxth King, as a pÓlirick and ' ' wife fentence:, which was this: That it was not fit rhat Sciences, which . be- " long to Noble perfons, íhould be communicated to rhe cori.1mon and vulgar " people, leíl: they grow proud, and contemn the wifedom ofchofe to whorn rhe " charge of Government is committed.; it is fufficient for them to l~arn the trade " of rheii;._Fathers, and follow their puofeffion, not afpiring to chofe irnprovement'.s ·" of mind, vvhich appertain onely to Prilnces and Rulers of the people. He had " this orher Saying likewife, That CovetoufoeíS and Am\?ition render a Man un- " capable to govern himfelf, or others ; for Covetoufne[s divem the mind of a " Man frorn its true objeét, that is,. from the cornmon welfare, to his own privare " interefr; and Ambition corrupts the underílanding, making it uncapable of -. " other counfels, than fuch as tend to irs own exaitation and glory. Thus far are the Words of Blas Valm~ concerning the fencentious ·sayings of Tupac Inca Yu- panqui. . . , And lince we nowapproach near the time in which the Spaniard.J obtained this Empire :, ir·will be convenient to declare in the following Chapter, what Provi- fions were then found in thofe Cduntries for the fufienance of humane life. And then next in the life of Huayna Capac, we fhall fhew what things were wanting , and fupplied by rhe Spaniards, that [o one thing may not be confounded with ano- ther. e HA r.