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 Commentaries. e H A. .' P[ .xxxv1n. ! f.¡ ; J .. ;. ) J! ~ u l; ' ' ~ • . ,'. ;'. ·.'How krrzé of the· 'BN;11-Royal ef(aped the Cruelty of Ata- . - " hu ;1tiU~á ' 1 , ., :JI! • ,... l .... e tt'X ?( f 1 .. •".. ,fi "Ij l , il ~ ' ... ti.,:' ,... i .udT . 111 j 11!·. ! :r 1 ; 1 ~ ~, 1 . ~......... •• , , !J .- • . '.l l L") ., " il'.J , rj l" '/' : . '·1' ' , QO~, QQtwithílanding al1 t:his, ,é.f,aped out of the (;icy, fome carne .noc with~ '.Q J !w;ehew power., and '0chers by che connivance of the people of Ar4fat¡a, JMt1q heing fatiated wi'dí chis;¡{laugbter,.and ~ouched w~d1 fome remorfe to fee that plqud fo plencifülly íhed, which they on~ia ®reé l fur Dívin~, connived ac the e- Jf:?.PS! wbic.h f0i;ne of.chem.made out of th~ K; ir.de inwhich they were encompafied; aq¡:j noc on~lt1foi ·.buc fom~ ~ve them º!-'PGrtQnicy to changMh~iJ: .Apparel; which ;~~~ che badge áod ~in6tW~ of aó 1nca; 1 for clifglilifes a~~e~ ~b~. Hibit of.c~mmoa Indians : For, as We have fa1d before, che !ne.u were d1füng\ll1hed by; tberr Gar- ·ments ; buNaQ(ewhom they .~nnit~d · ~ó1 Jnake ao ~fcape wcre ~nfancs, and Cbil- dren under the Age ..often -0r e1even yea_ri:;, ·amongíJ: which my N:foth~r was one > togecíler wi~h btir Brotheu Don,Francifc o Hua/i: p11. 'Tupac }nea 1"11papqui, wi~h whom l was acquainted, t ~nd w,ho, fince JllY .a, bo.qe .i~ SEtfin, ~at}t wrotf_µ:ie foveral Lec- [ers: beíides whi~h l.kne\ef very few who e fcaped fhm;1 1thi~~ miferable Oucrage~ from whom 1,received the Relacion ,of aU chai I r~porc ~o,qc~miQg this ~xecrable .{laughter. 1knew alfo tWJ:> Auquü who w.ere l?rioces,, ~ing So_n,srof Huqyna ·c11- pa,c, the one called Pa11Du, '. '\VhQ, was,OOC--Of chofe who efcap~~' qs we have men,,. ~ioned ;.,the other was call~d Titu-{ and being i1 ,Child Q1ea, was afterwards bapti- zed, whofe Chrifüan Name·we have formerly fignified. Pitul/u ,Jefc a Son wliich defcended from S¡anifo Bloud, whofe Name. w¡¡s ,D~n Carlos Inca, he was rríy Sc;hool-fellmv., and afcerwards Married wich a Noble Lidy born in that Countrey, and from· Spanifo Parents, by wl10m he had Don Mefchior Carlos Inca, who .in'the faft year, which was 1602, carne into Spain to fee chat Cmm, bu.t chiefly by rhe advic;:e of Í0me friends, wbo perfuaded him, thac he íhould receiv€ great rei. y~rds for che Services which bis Grandfather had performed cowards cbe C0nqueff a.nd Setclement of Peru, and afterwards for the refülence he made againíl: chofe Ufür- pers and-Tyrancs, of whom we íhall fpeak in our Hiíl:ory of the Empire : but a more efpecial refpeél: was due .to him, for being che Great Nephew of Huayna Ca- pac, and defcended by the Male line, fo that he is cheHead, and chief FanÍily of rho!e few which rerpain of che Bloud-Royal. He·now at prefent refides ac Pal- lado/id in expeél:ation of rewards; which though chey may be great arid coofidera- ble, yec can [caree be füch as may equal his meric. I know not whecher Titu had any lífue; bue I remember two Nuft1t1J·, or Prin..: ceífes, which were the lawfull Daughters. of Huayna Capac, one df which was cal. led Beat-rh. Co)'tt, and was afterwards Married to Martin de Muftincia, aNoble Per- fon, who was Accountant of che Revenue of che Emperour Charles che Fifth in Pera ; they had three,Sons which were called che Buftinci.u, and another called [ohn Sierra de LeguiMno, who was a fellow Scudent with me at School ~ the other Nufta was called Donna Leon.or Coya ; the firfr time íhe Married was with a Spani- ard called {ohñ Ba/fa, with whom I was noc acquainced, being then young ; chey · liad a Son of che fame Name, who went alfo to School wich me : Bue her fecond Marriage was wich Francü de Vi!Lacaftin, who was one of the firíl: Conquerours of Peru, as alfo of Panama, and other Countries. There is a Story which goes of him, worchy to be noted, which I found · in che Hiíl:ory of Francü Lopez. de Gomara, ' :Vhich is, " That chis Villacaft in was che firíl: thac planted Colonies in Pedrari.u" " Nombre de Dios and Panama; thac he opened a paífage, and made a Road from " one Town to anocher, with greac pains and charge, chrough Rocks and Moun·, " c.ains, in which were infinice numbers of Lions, and Tygers, and Bears; and " fuch mulcicudes of Monkies of al! forcs and fizes, chat being diíl:urbed, they " would make füch a hideous noife, as was füfficienc to make Travellers deaf, and ''. would climb up Trees wit:h great Stones, to let them fall on the heads of (uch ~, as_