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.

-~ ·.-: ·~ l.'. ... - .... BooK l. Royal Omnmentaries. ' t á .ff. A .p/ XII. '. B U T to retum unto our pu~pofe: We fay, That thofe wi1d Bealls behold- ing -the Chrift-ian, and the CfoíS. whiti9,41e • '.héld-~ri . liis band; immeaia t~1y lofr their narural íierceneJS, andas if they'bidrlbeen tW(!i.f>ogs·wbich fui had bred úp, came and fawn~d · u¡}on him, and -caft chemfelves -at llls Feet.. P.eter de Candia .confidering chi$ Mi.rade whích God ·hacl wrought for· him, took dóutage, and firoked them Ón the Head and Sid~, laying the CtoíS upon · th~m; whereli>y thefe Gentiles .might underlitand, that by virtue of that Standárd<tbe·favage,Beaíls liad loíl: their ferocity, and w.ére m(\de carne• . The Jndianhfeei:Bg this Wonder; conceived that Peter was no mortal Man, but defoended from Heaven and from the Sun, and therefore with.common confent adored him as a Child of their God the Sun, bringíng him into their T~mple, whioh was~ lined with broad plates of Gold, thac fo he mighc be informed in what manner they honoured and worfhip· ped bis Father in tbat Countrey. · · . And having íhewed hin:i their Temple, with the Ve{Iels of Goid and Silller; and other Ornamems and Rimes which wereifor tme fervice of ic, they conduéted . him to the Royal Lodgings ofhisBrbthers the ltJcM~ whomthey eíl:eemed alfo for Childr en of th e Sun. The11 they lead him through all che Paiace, tnar he might fee the fqua.re Hdls, the Chambers, añd AnciQiarnbers, to_gecher with the furni- ture ofGold and Silver; they íhewed him:alfo all the :Weíléls,whkh ~~re for fer· ':'ice ofthe lnca 1 fue~ as. Jars, iand Cups, and Pots~ ·all which, ·evento.the Shovels and Tongs of tne Kitchin were all of Gold and Silver.· Then they brought him into the Gardens, where he faw 'ttees, aod Ieífer Planes-, and blerbs, and wifd Beafis, and creeping things, fuch as we have faid were placei:i in the Royal Gardens, which were ali made in Gold and Silver, at iwhich the Chrifüan was as much aftoniíhed, as the Indians were to fee a Man fo ftrange, alild wonderfull as he ap· peared unto them. ' ,. . . f 1 , ' IJ /l j.tJ b ' ' Kk k ·' 433