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.

354 Royal Commentaries. Boo~ IX. Thefe Nations received the Sentence and Execu~ion of J uíl:ice with great Hu- miliry and Refignation; eíl:eeming d~emfelves_ very happy that the lnfüél:ion of their punifhment was no greater, fea'.ing th~t it i:n1ght have extended to a gen~ral Máífacre of rhem all who were concerned m th1s Treachery; for fince the ume that the Empire of the .IncM be~an t0 ~e dila~ed, nothi~g was punifhed_ with fo much feverity as Rebelhon; whICh Cnme bemg complicated w1th the v1le fin of Ingratimde, made the puniíhment infliéted feem eaíie, and n?t bear an equality with what the offence deferved; fo that when the whole Nauon of Huanca-villca was punifhed for ali _the reíl:, they fupp_oned r.h~ Sentence with Patience an~ ' Moderation; and their CuracM and Caprams, w11lingly confented to have their Teeth drawn; and to fhew their readinefs herein, they made it the Badge and Diíl:inél:ion of their Nation, drawing out the upper and nethr '.feeth of their Children fo foon as. having fhed them, they were grown again; whereby it is obferv~ble, that rude and barbarous People are as well pleafed with Mode- ration in che Execution of Puniíhment, as others are in the Exceífes of Be- nefits. 1 was once acquainted wim an Indian Woman of Huancavillca in Co;:,co, who re- counted unto me at large all this Scory; che Men and Wornen, (as fhe faid) of that Coumrey, did ufually boar their Nofl:rils, for carrying Jewels of Gold and Silver in them; and 1 rernember when 1 was a Child, thac a Neighbour of ours, called Coca, had a Horfe of a Cbefout colour, which being brok:en-winded, for ·his more eaíie breaching they !lit his Noíl:rils, with which Novelcy che Indians be- ing much pleafed, they called the Horfe Huancavillca, in íimilitude of one of chat Nation. CH A P. IV. The foca vifas his Empire, confults t{'Je o~·acles, aml gain; the Jfland of Puna. T HE Inca Hnayna Capac having reduced thofe Provinces ; puniíl1ed the Of- . fenders, and placed füfficient Guards and Garrifons for fubjeél:ing the peo- ple, and keeping them in obedience, he returned ro the Kingdom of .tl..!!Jtu, and thence taking a com~afs to the Southward, he proc~eded to the Charcas by way of Co:uo, being a Journey of abqve feven hundred Leagues in length. He alfo fem vifüors to the Kingdom of Chili, from whence they brought rnuch Gold ro himfelf, as they had done to his Facher; in which Travels he fpent four Years, and then reíided two Years in Cow. After which he raifed fifty thoufand Soul- diers out of the Diviíion of Chinchafuyu, which is ro che North of Ca;:,co, comman~ ding them to make their Rendezvous on che Frontiers of 7í-1mpi;:,, whilíl: he i1l Perfon defcended into che Plains, ro vifü the Temples of the Sun, ofwhich there were many of great Devotion in thofe pare~. In the firft place he went to che rich Temple of Pachacamac, whom they adored for tbe unknown God 7 and there commanding the Prieíl:s ro confult the Oracle, who was the Devil, concerning che happinefs of his Succeífes, anfwer was made, that he íhould proceed in bis Enter- prifes, for he íhould be profperous in chern, and in ali ochers rhat he fhould un- dertake 1 for thac he wa~ chofen for fupreme Lord of all che fo:.ir Qiarters of the World. Hence he paíTed to the Valley of Rimac, where that famous prating Ido! was feared, the which he confulted in compliance with che Capimlations which his Great-grandfather had made wich the Yuncru, ofwhich one. was, tbacthac Idol íbould be always coníerved by him in great veneration, and having received bis Anfa 1 er, which was ful! of Ambiguities and Flatceries, he proceeded forwa rd ro the Vallies which border upon Tumpi;:, 1 where being arrived, he difparched his ·' accufio-