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 IX. .Royal e ommentaries. ·wich which going towards his Mother-in·law, he raifed her from the ground; :md chen faid w her, Well doft thou deferve to be ca!!ed Mamanchic, or t he common ~Mothcr ( he would have faid the Mother of me ; and thy people) jince thou haft 6eenfo providei!t , aJ t oforefee the Miferin which were corning , and to provide that remedy again(f them, which was agreeable to my Honour , and 1he Glor my Father's M emory: For wh· ,J moft hearti!y rhan/z thee, being af{ured,_that in ca ttdgiven way to my rage, 1 ha o m~rrow r epentcd the aélirr is of thiJ day. WeO haft thou performed the office of vi M other to.,,,,ards t hy ·people, in redeeming th~ir liv es from déflruflion ; in which, jince thou hajl been fa fitcceflfu!!, whatfoever thou hafl defired of me, /hall be accomplijhed ; and con- fider, if there be any thing e/fe which thou wouldfl require of me, retum therefore with h'appinefl to 1J¿y people ; pardon them in my name, and offer them what other grace andfavour t hou feeft convenient : /:lnd for the better af{urance of thü my parqon, ta/ze with thee the four Incas, rvho arey our Som , and my Brothers, without other attendance than their Ówn M enial Scrvants, to whom J j ha!l give no other Commiffion, ·than onely to fettle them_in peace under .i good and wholfome Government. · Which being faid, the Inca returned with his whole Anny, commanding them to march along the Coaíl: in profecution of bis firíl: defign. · . · The ChachapuyM by this gratious Aél: of Clerriency being convinced of tbeir errour, became afterwards moíl: loyal Subjeéts to tbe Inca ; and in remembrance and gratitude for fucb high and füblime generofüy, tbey hallowed an~ eíl:eemed tbat place Sacred wbere this di(courfe had paífed between tbe Inca and bis Motber- jn-law; fencing ·ir about, tbat for €yer.afrer, neither Man, nor Beaft ~ nor yet thé Fowls of the Air, (hould fet their foot, or tread that Sacred place : For fecurity of which they encomp.aífed it about witb three Walls; tbe firíl: was of Stone rarely polillied , with all its Cornifhes ; the fecond was of rougb 'and ruíl:ick Stone, for better fecurity of that within ; and the third was of Clay, or Sun-burnt Bricks, for defence of the other two, being more expofed to tpe. ' ather : Of wbich fome Reliques and Ruines íl:ill remain, and might bave endured ·for ma- ny Ages, had not the Covetoufuefs of the New-come Gueíl:s overcbro:wn chofe Edifi.ces in the Queíl: of Ricbes. ' , •• 1 j i CH A P. ~lll. Of the Gods, and Cufioms of the Nation of Manta ; of theír Subjertion ; together with ma'lly other Barbarow., Nations. H V ayna Capac having ·fitted and prepared his Ülmp in order to tbe Conqueíl: he, had formerly deligned along the Sea-coaíf, he arrived at the Confines of · that Province, which was called M anta, within the jurifdiél:iort ofwhich !yes tbat Harbour, which the Spaniards do now call Puerto Vi~o, or tbe Old Ha.ven : tbe rea- fon of which Name, we have already given, at the beginning of tbis Hiíl:ory. The Natives of this Coumrey, and all the Inhabitants for many Leagues on the Sea-fide Northward , obferved the farne Cuíl:oms, and the fame Idolatrous Reli- gi<rn; Worfhipping the Sea and Fifh, of \\ 1 hicb there was great abundance, fer- ving them bmh for food, and for Gods : 111ey alfo adored Lions, and Tygers, and Serpents of incredible bignefs,, and other creeping creatures, as they beíl: fanfied : Bur above al! in the V:alley of Manf11, whicbwas the Metropolis, or chief place of ali that Countrey; they Worfhipped anE rrierald of a prodigious bignefs, being not rnuch Je[s than the Egg of an Oftrich. · · At their principal Feíl:ivals tbey expo[ed it to publkk view, fo that tbe Indians came far and oear to Worfhip it, and offer Sacrifices to ir, bringing Prefems of leffer Emeralds ; the Prieíl:s and the Cacique Qf M anta telling the people, that che Offerings of the leífer Emeralds, which were the Children aod Off.. ípring of this A a a grear