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.

Royal Commentaries. BooK IX. and accornmodation of che Soulqiery, together with a Monallery for the Seleét Virgins, anda Temple of the Sun; all which were fo magnific,em and ftarely, and fo fu)l of Riches, and repleniíhed with Provifions, t.hat f'cd10 iJ.e <;iefa in the 44th Chapter of his -Book, comrr:ends them above the ?k1es ; .and fearmg leíl:. he fhould fall íhort in bis commendat1ons, concludes, that it was impoffible for h1m ro ex~ prelS the wonde¡full Riches, which were contaim:d witbin thefe I\oyal Palaces of the Incas. · · ' In memory of che_aforefaid Feíl:ival, Huayna Capac _deterrnined to íl:yie his Off- fpring with the Name of 1l1mipampa, that fo that Solemnity mighc give aName to his Off-fpring, of which there were no more rernaining than twemy rwo. And ·whereas Huayria Citpac ,: and his Fa:tlaen Tupac Inc'a Tupánqui were neareíl: allied in1the ·Tree of che Royai Lineage, Arahut11lpa was che more carefull and diligent to extir- _pace and defiroy them tllan che others ; by which means very few of rhem .éfC;i.- ped his malitious·cruelty, as appears by the Liíl: of fuch as furvLved ; all which -being fumrned up t©gecher, make. che number of 567 perfons ; ·and ir is obfer- vable, thac chey were ·au defcended by che Male, <md not by the Female line; for, as we have faid ·before, che Incas made lirtle efieem of che Female race, unleís rhey were ennobled by che Bloud of tbe Spaniards, who had been rhe firfl Conque~ . rours of that Countrey, and efteemed Incas, and 'fuch as were defcended from their God the Sun. The Letter which chey wrote to me was figned by. eleven Inw, according to che eleven defcencs ; che Chief of every one of which fubfcribed for hirnfelf, and chofe ofhis Lineage, by their Chrifl:ian Names and Surnames of their Anceíl:ours. ''The Names of -ali che branches,. excepting the two lafl, are unknown tomé in their fignifications, becáufe they are Names proper ro thar Language wbich the Incas exercifed amongíl: themfelves,and were nor common to rhe whole Courr, We have now onely farcher to [peak of Don Melchior Carlos Inca, che Nephew of Paullu, and Grand Nephew of Huayntt Capac, who (as we have faid) carne to Sp4in in che year 1602, in expeél:ation of receiving great favours and rewards from che Court; which accordingly fucceeded in che year 1604, when after conlideration had of his Worch and Merirs, it was d€cerrnined that a Largefs íhould be rnad~ him of 7500 Ducats of yearly Rene, and feded forever on him and his Heirs, and to be mifed out of his Majeíl:y's Revenue iífuing from the City of los Reyes ; and that an addicional fupply íhould be gramed to hin¡ for bringing bis Wife and Family into Spain : Moreover, he had che Honour of che Habit of Santiago con- ferred upon him, with pi:omifes ofLodgingsjn the King's Court: And rbar for che lndians, of which he was Lord in Cow by right of lnherirance from Farher and Grandfather, they were transferred to the poífeffion of che Royal Crown, he not being permitted to return to the Indies. The which information "as ¡ rote me from Pallado/id; what harh paífed lince from che laíl: of March, I have nor heer. -advifed. And having fa¡_d chus much, w.e íhall país to our remh Book, wbich treats of che Heroick ano incredible Aél:ions of tbe SpaniJ1rdr, wlto gained that Empire. - . ; The End of the Firft Tome. • T H.E