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.

37.2- R~yal Commentariu. BooKlX. in the year 1 5 i 3, afrr.r he had reigned forty two years, _as is reco~ded by Blao Va- /era and found in his loo(e and fcattered Papers' wherem he Wntes as a curious An~iquª ry of the Original and 1\miquity of thofe Kings. . Huayna CPpac lived eight years after the News was brought h1m that the firíl: Difco'verers of rhofe Coumries coafl:ed along :his fhore; during which time he kept ap exrraordin(\rY watch on,the Coafr, and ?ttend_e~ with greater careto pre- ferve .his people in Peace and Con~ord ; n~t bemg w11ling to extend and employ his 1 force into new Conqueíl:s, um1ll fuch ume as he was well aífured of the na- tuce a 11 c,l condition of that people, who in a-Ship' frequented and vificed his Pom. And hercio he was the more t,roqbJed upan remembrance of the Prophecy of an ancient Oracle, w'hicb foretold ~hern , that after fuch a Number of years, and af- ter tbe Regin of fo many Kings, there fhould arrive íl:range Nations, never before (een in thofe parts, who fhould take their Kingdom from them, and defüoy their Gove1:nrnent and Idol¡itrqus Religiot) : the which Prophecy was fulfilled in thís 1 nea, ;.is we fhall fee in the fequel bf this Hiíl:ory. And as a preparative hereul)to, it h;¡ppened out three years befare this Shtp was fee~ op ~h~ Coafl: of Peru, that ~ prodigious a~d ominous ftght appeared at Cow, wh~ch g'reatly affeéle,d Hua.J'na Capac, and afl:omfhed aH the Empire : tbe occafion was tbis: That whilíl they were celebrating the folemn Fefüval, which was year- . ly dedicat~d to tryeir God the Sun., a Royal Eagle (which they call Anca) ~:as feea foaring in the Air, and purfued by five or ftx Kefl:rels, and orher Hobb1es, and f!Jlaller Hawks; of which fome, for the_rarity of them, have bee~ brought i~to Spain, where they are called Aleto!, al)d m Pcr11 Huaman; the whICh exchangmg t_heir blows and ílrokes on the Eagle~ would not fuffer him t-0 efcape in his flighr, hm ki}~ed him with ,the flutters of their wings. The Eagle not being able longer t.o cje(enCi it felh ' fell ·clown 'in the middle of ,the Market-place amongfi the lncao, as if Ihe had imp1ored their defence ~nd fuccour ; and they willingly received her, and finding her body covered over with fcurf, as wich a fcalS, and plumed of al! her fmaller Feachers, nourifhed her with ali che care imaginable ; but nothing availing to doe her good , fhe died in a few days, not being able to raife her felf from the ground. The Inca and his Miniílers judged chis to be a bad Ornen- of what was to fucceed ; and the Aílrologers and Diviners imerpreted che mauer to prefage no Ieís than the defiruétion, and total ruine of their Empire and Religion; which alfo being followed by great Earrhquakes in divers places, and fuch as were fo extraordinary and violent, as to overrurn many high Mountains ; the Prodigies feemed terrible, and fuch as were che certain fore-runners of difmal Judgmems. The Indians alfo, who inhabited che Sea-co:1l1, obferved thac che tide> in cheir eb- bings and flowings did not keep their ufual courfe, nor did che waters comain themfelves wichin their dae bounds: Cornees alfo, and íl:range Apparitions were feen in che Air ; and to encreafe this cerrour, che Moon was obferved in a clear and brighc night to be encompaffed wi th three large Ha/aes, or Circles; the firíl: was of a bloudy colour; tbe fecond of a blackifh, inclining ro green; and the third was Jike a miíl:, or finoak. A cercain Magician C whom the l ndiam call LlªJ'Cª J hílving feen and ~onftdered thefe prodigious Circles about the Moon, entred wich a fad and weeping coumenance imo the pr~fence of Huayna Capac, and with rears in his eyes t-old him, and faid, To you a/one, Sir, it apptrtaim to k_n-0w, that the Moon your Mother, ao a piom and tender Parent, ma~es kpown unto you, that the Pachacamac, who ú the Creatowr and S11ftainer of al! things, doth threaten )'OUr Royal Family and Em- pire with grievom '/udgments, which he de.fgns tofcnd upan your peop!e: Far the firft blolfdy (}ircle prognofticates; that after )'OU are gone to reft with )'OUr Fath1r the Sun, 1h11t then moft terrible Wars Jhall arifa among/f tho{e of )'OHr ow1 Line and Fami!:J, which will open fo Large~ an e{f11Jion aj JJ.oyal Bloud, tU wi// be fu(/icient in 1t few yu1rJ to e:1:ting11ifh your whale Rafe and Progeny. Which having faid, ne !et fall fuch a floud of tears, that he was not able Í<\rther to utter his words : But at length having a little recovered him- fel,f, h,e proceeded, and faid, The fecond Circle, which is b!acfv rhreAtens m )'OHr S11b- jert s wit'h a tQtal deflrurtion and fubverjion of our Religion 11nd Governme11t, caufed hy the W-ar:r andDif{entions of your own Fami/y ; ~ a11d thar then JDUr-E.mpir~ fhitll be a/im111ed a11d tranflated ro ·anorhcr people, and al/your Greatnefs vanquifo i11to [mMivr.nd vapo11r, which i1 th! f!gnifica¡ion of the third Circ!e, The Inca wa. grq'¡¡'.!J afloi'.ifhed with :~is difmal Prc- dsrtion; how{peve-r, not to Jhew fear, anti mennnefs of fpt{1t, he bid rhe Mag1C1an be¡one, far t'hefe are (faiél he) b1ttyour iaft nighr J Dreams, which thou dec/arejf to me for Revdations añd Adviccs frw my Mother the Moon. No, faid the Magician, far rhai ye:t may gii1e brmr