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.

Boek l. ,mar bein~ calleq b:y tI:e Sun, _h~ was ,now going to reíl:. with h.im , t.hac ~hey íh.ould live in PGace ~!!id UnftY cpgecqer, an,q rhat 1}€ Qt~o_ld~a~ the.ir a~1?ps frQll)_ Hea- ven, would tal<e care to favour and fgccour them m their extremm~ and clifirefs~ gay¡~ uctereéi t~~'(e, a,~d orher fayjngs o_f like nat_rire, M~~co Capac dyec;J, le;ivin.g füe Rnnce Sinchi Roca, ljis el~eíl: Sop~ wh1~h he haa by Coya Mama del!~ H11f'.r;o, his Wifo anq Sifier, to O.e h1~ Reír al)d Succeífour; TbQfe Sons 411Q Daughrers r,ihii:h remained, befides the P.rince;. lJlarried one ~ith th~ ~ther; _for J:hey took weat careto prererve ti?¡¡.~ bloqd whi~h th~y fab4lo~íly ?e}1eved rp proceed from me Sun, clear and unml.Xed, becauf~ they eileemed 1t D1vme, apq was not to be oefiled with any other humane mixture' though it were wirh ~h~fe d1ief and pHncipal Lords.' )Vhom they t~qned.cumaJ, . . : , , . ' The Inca, Sinc/,i Roca, mamed w1~l\ Mama ()ello, 9r .Mama Cor.ft (cis fome.. will hw~ 'it) h~· ~\deíl: Siíl:er, after t~~ ExafBple of his Fanher, and h~ Grandfather f~e Sµn, whq, ac~or~ing to the~ I-{eat!-i.enifh Doótri,ne, rnarried W1ith rus SJR:er t~e Moon. Th1s tylarriage was crn::ic;lud,ed QQt ~mely far c0Jlfe11\¡4~ion oJdie Blou<d Yi 1(5 pure Cbant~, bue lik~w¡(e tha~ thi_e Inherirance , which, caxn~. a~ we~ ·by the Morher as th~ "fa.ther, rn1ght e'}.uall.y d~fcend to b~th Sexes. TblS Ma;nage ~' füch proxin)ity of Bloud, theY. report, wa,s a Comrnand of ~he Su1;1, bu~ lihat ~6 Brot~er ~ou¡ld W41TY with th~ $~_íl:er, e~<>ep~ or;tely th<: Prijlce aa4 Heir; fo.v in @! others th1s Qeé!~n~fs W:lS forb1dQ~I¡I, ti~1@ wh1c;h, WaS a tule alwa~S obfel!Ved, as we íbal!.fin9, i¡f ~be (eq,u~l of thi,s ~lil;lory. ; , The death of th~ Inca, Manco C~par, was greatly km~nted by; his Subjeéts; bis funetal rices were obferved , and celebraced for (ev,eral Moo~hs; his BodyJ was einbalmed, that tney n:iight con(er,ve it by tbem, and noli loofe r;he. Gght:and pre.. fence of it; for they adored him for a God, and Chüd of the Sun, fo thac tl~ey facrificed Sheep and Lambs, tame Conies, Birds and Corn to him , confeffiog him to be Lord and Aurhour of all thofe good chings whi<::h they enjoyed. Wbru: tne Original of this Manco Capac migl1t oe) as f; r-as I can guefs by the nature and cernper of chis People, he muíl: have been fome Indian, of a more elevated Underfl:anding and Prudence than ordinary, and one who had inílruéled them in the wáy of living, and carrying a fubtile mann~r of-deportment towards chem had perfuaded them rhat he proceeded from the Sun, and was come from Heaven; and thát his Father had fent him to iníl:ruét and beíl:ow benefics u pon them. And to gairi a greacer belief, and ctedit amongíl: them, he habited hirnfelf in a different f~íhiotl w them, lugging his Ears to fuch a length , as is incredible co any bue thofe; who have feen them, as 1 have done. Nor is ic {frange, rhat rhis ignoranc ~d brytiíli Peo~le füould be induced to believe ~ Ge~ealogy to have been de- nved from rhe Sun, fince we have the examples m Hillary of a mJre refined Peopl~, who taught the Dod:rine of Demons, believing Men of Wit, and An; and Magnanimiry, io have been ,the Sons of '/upi1er 1 and other GoG!~; and having t~~~ived good and bem;fits from them. and obferving .their Aétions. to correípond yvith their Words, have readily af~er cheir dearh beíl:owed a·place on them io I¡J~aven , ai:d. wit~q~t much difficulty have be~n ~rfuad~d ever afrer to •aclore- ~W for Deltles_, g1ymg d1ern a íhare of W 01fü1p with the.ir Gods.i. ¡J.;•