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.

Raya! .CommenPáries. Boo~ l. Caraca, and is ,the Carne whlch Cacique figttifies in ~he 1'..anguage of Cuba and' SanElo Domln'go, which· is.ás muchas a Ruler over Subjeéts: and thefe were chofen· for their merits; for when any OH€ was more gentle, áffuble, ¡:lious, ingenious and moré zea'.lous for the publick goocf than others, lle was prefently advanced td · Govemment, and to be an Iníl:ruétbr of the ignorant Indians, who dbeyed him with as much rev~rence, as .Chi}dr~n do their Parems; and till t~efe th~ngs coukf be put into execuuon, and t1ll tl\e Earth could produce thefe frmcs, which by la-' botir and are 6f CuJtivation might be expeéted, a general íl:ore of Proviíiol1S were colleéted into a common place, to be diíl:ribmed agreeable to che neceffi~· ties and largenefs qf Fam~ies. And that they might not live without Religion; he préfcribed the Rires arid Ceremorlies for their Idolatry : he appointed out th~ ¡#ce and defigµ wher~ and how to ereét a Temple to the SuÍl, that they mignr facrifice _co him; for in regard they, efreemed him the great God of all, by whof ¿ Heaé and light the}j lived, die Fields produced thei.t Fruits, and cheir Cattle mul~ tiplfod, ánél' rhat they received a thoufand favours and benefits from him; it was out nanítal reafon fer them tb acknóV{ledge thefe benefits, and ~fpecially they· cffeemed themfehres obliged to render fi:rvice and adoration to the Suñ and Moon,' for háving fi!nt their own Children ro. them, who had reduced them from a Life of Bealls; r.o che prefenr cohdition and íl:ate of humane Reafon. It was likewife 9rdained, that a Houíe íhould be built for Virgins df!dicated to the Sun, and that tbe (áme íhould be poífeífed by none, but fuch as were of the Royal Bloud and Family, and 'fupplied fro1n thence, f6 foon as t~e number of che Royal Race was fufficiently .inéreafed. All whidl. he ordained and appointed to his·People, that they iliould-inviolably obferve,in gtatefull acknowledgment of the benefits recei-. ved~ ptómifing on the other fide, that irr reward thereof they mighc expeét per~ penial additions of good to them from che bleffings of the Sun who had revealed . thefe fecrets a'.nd fent bis Meífengers to the I ndian.r to iníl-ruét and guide chem in · the ways of\Vifedom-: all which matters; ancl much more, the poor Indian-s be- lieved, and by cradition have conferved to thefe our days ; it being the main point bf theit bellef, that ch~ Inca was a Child of che Sun; of which and of fucn like fables they greatly boaíl:, and rhat none but füch as was of Divine progeny was able to have direéted or prefcrib€d th.ings of fuch fublime- and elevated an under.. fianding, as thefe. C H A P. XIII. Of the Titles 1 and Dignities which the Inca for dijlinfüoti• fak.,e, an'd to procure greater HonfJur and Reverence he-.• flowed on hi5 own Family. T I-i E In7d, Manco Capac, having empioyed himfelf for. man~ years in che m'at~ . . ters oefore related, for the. good. an~ benefit of h1s Subieéts, and percei- vmg that thereby he had produced m therr mmds a tea! fenfe ofgracimde towards him, ~nd a readinefs to yield to him and his, who were Children of the Sun all que Honour and Reverence; he j1,1dged it requiGte for che more effeél:ual impref- Ílon of chis Awe and Refpeét, to dignifie himfelf, and rhofe defcended from hirn with noble Titles, and Habits different from others. Wherefore firíl: he orderecl' that after bis Example ~11 bis Poft,~riry íh9uld go with their He~ds fhorn, wearing onely .one lock of Haµ-_; but tfüs fbean~g was pe~formed w1th great diffi.culty, for they ha.d not yet amved w the mvent1on of Sc1ffors , but with a íharp flint ~~t the Ha1r, as weU as tqey were a~le; whence it was, thac a cenain young Inca fü1d to one of my Sclloolfellows, W1th whom he was raughc to write and reade, that