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 {:ommentaries. 41 i CH A P. XL. What remains furvived of the Incan Fa1nily. ,· nI .. J .. 1 ·c··r 'ílrl ~ , . , , I) < .. I :· .. ~~ .. A Lo.ng rime after I had ·firiiíhed this ninch Book, 1 received Adviees·fmm . Pent (out of which Have fra.med chis Chaprer) concerning rhe R:diqú.s of the !ncan Bloud, which being)gfeater than 1 thou'ghr, 1 havé atjded ás perrin'fill_.t t'o·chis Hiíl:ory. For in the year i 603, they all joined jn aE.ecrer di.H:éted~ itó !Don .;Welchior Carlos lnca,.Son of Don Alonfo de Mefa, 'who lived neauJCoz-co, ancl iké- wi[e to my felf, deliring us that we would intercede in th'eir behalf \Vith lliJisi!M~ jefiy, rhat he wou ld be pleafed to exempt éhem from Tribuce;1árid1 fr©rri ·thofo grievous Exaétions wi.th which ithey were charged in corlimon witl:l óther Iñdlansr; for performance of which, chéy 1delegared all and eveuy of \lS withTull Po'werianm Amhoriry from them parcicularly named, defoeridecil from ..fücH and.fuc;h a'King\ and for beccer proof of their Lineage, they fenc a Royal 'free of rheir Pedigree, drawn out upon a Yard and half 0f whiceTafficy, made"of. léhe.Rark of cRe -ch~di Tree, defcending foom Manco Ct1pnc to Huayna c_arac, añm his Són Pau'llu; tbélC~f Incas being all curi.ouíly painted in their ancieric Habics; ·upoñ ·cheir f-Ieads d1ey wore che coloutedTwifl or Wreath, in their·Ears tlleir great EarlilgsW•ith P"111ré- fans in their hands in the place of Sceptres, being painted.frdm their Breafis bp- .wards. The Papers were direfüd to me, whiCh\I addre~.d fo DonMe!chior Cdr- '/os Jnr;a, and Don Alonfo de Mefa, then ·refidilllg ·in -rhe Court at '14-alladolid, pecaufe my other affairs would not permit me to áfrend this•ca'ufe; i1Mvhich lníhould 'o- therwife have gladly employed· both my time and life. This I:.ette which was fubfcribed by·!'he Incas, was wroté by one of rhéfu in.a ver.y fair C:haraétetc.;. tiré phr~fe, .er fiyle, was partly Indidn, and in part Ca'jh!lian; rhéy being ali riow inuth conformed to the Spanifh t-.a:ode, and it was dáted che 16th bf -April 1603 . ' I did not think fit to infert a Copy thereof here, becau(e ic is too, fad and tragicál , re- c:munting the dolefull eHace into which they w.élre fallen. 1l'lie Addfe[s is1 penn'd wirh fuch affurance .of his Majeíl:Y's favour; fhat' (as we·all helieve ). whenfoevér his Catbolick Majeíl:y íhall be informed, and n1ad~ fenfible there6f, , he w'ill ndt onely ea le chem of their burthens, but ~eíl:dw' fucb privi.leges on them as are .de'- cen.t and becoming the Royal Off-fpring of Kings. l • , .· The Scheme vvhich they drevv of their Pedigree vv.as e~aétly framed,.·for t'he Kings vvho vvere Incas vvere painted in theiU~ernl Eig ur.es, denotíng on each fde the deCcendencies from them, vvith this Inféripcion,, Capac Ayullu, vvh\ch .ís che Royal Offfpring, and is che Title in common to ali, fignifying thereby, hovv ali of rhem vvere derived from the firíl: lnoa. Mane? Capac ?. t};ien che Pedigree of every King harh its particular difünétiofl vvi~h dHferenc< Names ; by vvhich ap- pears, hovv tvery one defct!nded from füch anél füch a King. The Iílue, or Pro- geny, of Manco Capac they call Chima Panaca, from vvhich forty Incas are fuccef- fiveiy defcended. That of Sinchi ,Rocca they cal! Raurava Panaca, from vvhence prpceeded fixty four lncM. That of L!oque Tupanqui the third Inca, they cal! Hahu- aniva Ayllu, from whence defcended fixty three IncM. That of Capac T~tpanqui they call Apu Mayta, · from whence are fifty fix. That cf M ayta Capac che fi fih King, they call Vfca Mayta, from whence are thirty five. That of Inca Roca they call Vi- caquitau, from whence ar~ fifty . Thar of Tahunr Huacac rhe fevench Kil1g, they call Aylli PaiMca, from whence are fixty nine. The Iífue of Inca Pachacutec, and his Son Inca Tt1panqui, bein g joine d together, are called I nca Panaca, and make up a double number of ninecy ni.ne. Th~Off-fpring defcended frorn Tupac Inca Yu- 1 panqui, they ~all Capac Ayll11, wh ich fignifies no more than the Royal Progeny, which confüms what we have declared befare concerning that Title ; and of this branch there are onely eighreeo. The Off-fpring of Huayna Capac they cal! Tumi- pampa, in remec:nbrance of that folemn Feíl:ival which he infl:itu ted in honour of the Sun, and celebraced, in ch<¡r wide.and open Field, which is füuace in the Pro- vince of Cannaris, where he ereé!ed Royal Palaces, and Store-houfes, for fopport G g g • · and ' ..