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. CH A P. XX:XIX. o¡ what farther Crnelty Wa5 ufed towards the Servants of the Court. B. U T ~o réturn to the Crue1ties of A~ahualpa, whó no~ cohtent with ch~ death and flaughter of al! the Royal Family, together w1th the Lords, Captains and Nobility, proceeded to Maífacre al! the Servants of the Court, ,who w€.re Do- mefücks within the Houfe ; of whofe Funetion and feveral Miniíleries we have given a particular in ics place, f9Nhefe were noc particular. pe11fons, but wholeVil- l ages , to whofe care it belongec,i to provide Sérvants for the {;ourt, and to change : 1.nd alter them according to their times of Wiüting·; with ihe[e alfo Atahualpa had a qu arre1 for che Relation they had to che C0nrc, as alfo be.c«aíe rhey·b0re the Name of Inca, which was cqnferred on thell'f by that priv11ege and fav0ur which the firft Inca Manco Captfc conferred on them. Upon thefe .Atahualpa venced bis Cruelties, but with mórf:! exquifite torment on fuch who wéte more near Atten- dants on the Perfon of the 'Kirtg, íuch as P0rrers, Keepel's of cheWa1·drobe, and Jewels, Bu~l~rs: ~ooks, and t~e li~e; witn w~ofe lives not rnnteAtihg hirnfelf; togecher w1~h ttte bloud of their W1ves and Ghildten, h@ proceeded to bum and defüoy their Houfes and Villages whicn they inbabited ~ bue fuch- as wer~ Ser- vants ata farther dülance, fuch as Cleavers ofWood, and Dra.wers of Wate.t:, ,were more gently treated ; for -fome of thofe the.y decirnated, killing every centh ór fifth Man, in fome places ev.ery third Man ;- fo füat all die Villages withfü fix or fevea Léagues of Co~o fuffered ª' particülar and extraordinary Pei:fecution , be,- . fides the general calamity in which tfie whole Empite 'Was- involved ', beiBg filled in all places with Slaughter, Fire, Robberies, Rapes andVi0lern;-es, wirh whar other miferíes and devaíl:ation the licence of an unbridled Souldiery can exerdfe upon a Nation. Nor were the Cities and Towns which were remoce from Co.t-co e:x- empt from the .like calamities; for fo .foort as Atahualpa heatd of th(dmprifon- ment of Huafcar, he entred all che Countries which were boroering olil his Fron- tiers with fire and Swor9, and partic"Qlar!y that which is called C:annarú, becau[e at the beginning they refufed to yield hím Obedience : fa revenge for which, fo foon as he gained power he treated them with al! the feverity imaginabl~ ; which Aug_uffin_ ca;ate in the I.5tQ ~hapter ?f his Book, ex~re!fes in thefoWor9s: " Commg rnto the Provmce of Cannaru he affa.ffinated fi.xty thoufand Men, be111g " they had 1 rhade oppofition againfi hhn, and putting ali tG Fire and Sword, he ' ' .laid wholly waíl:e the Plantation of Tumibamba, which is ficuate in a Plain, and " watered with three fireams ; and thence proceeding in his Conqueíl:s, Jefe not " one Man alive of al! thofe who defended them[elves, &c. rhe like Francifco Lo- pn repom almoíl: in the fame Words. But Peter de Ciefa is' more large in his Re- ' 1ation, faying rhat the want of Men, and the abundance of Women in his time belonging to the Province of Cannarú, '.¡Vas the caufe, that in che Wars of the Spa- niards, the Writers thereof mentioned lndian Men for lndian Women, for to them they gave Commands in the Army. And in giving the reafon for it, he ufeth thefe Words in the 44th Chapter of his Book. " Sorne Jndians tell us, faith he, " thac by reafon of the great numbers of Women which remained, afrer that " Atabalipa had defiroyed al! the Men of this Province, whom he unhumanely ' ' butcherefi ; and after he had routed and defiroyed in the Coumrey of Ambaro, " the Brother of Guafcar, called· Antoco, who was the Captain·General of that " people ; and had puc to death al! the Men and Children of thac Province, coming ' ' with green Boughs and Palms in their hands to implore his Merey ; yet not be- " ing moved with füch a fpeél:acle of compaffion, he with a cruel and [evere coun- " tenance commanded his Captains and Souldiers to fall upon them, and Hay chem " ali, by which a miferable ílaughrer was made of mulümdes of Males, as we " have rel~ted in the third Part of, this Hifiory; fo thofe who are now living G g g '. ' fay,