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 l. Royal Com1nentaries. XIX. Of the Reéeption which the Inca gave to the Embaf!y of thé Spaniards. . B U T now to reaffume again the 'Thread of our Hillary, .We fay, That the' Major General which was fent oüt to~rece~\l~; Wrnando Pi9arro, artd Hernan· do de Soto, having performed his Complemebts, and adored them with profounq Veneration, turned to his Captains, and Souldiers; and declared to them , thac th.efe were the Sons·of their God Viracocha; at which the lndians ¡:nade them a low Rev€renrn, beholding with great adrniPation ehéir Afpeét , Habit and Voi~e, and fo accompanied them to the Pref~nce of the Inca: The Spaniardi being entred, were nmch aíl:oniíhed to Behold the greamefs and Riches of the tloyal Palace, and the number of the King's Family, and Attendants ~ and fuch was the wonder of both parties, that it is not to be determined which was che greater: The,Ambaífadours:.made theirObeifance a{rer tlie Sgarii.fh :i;:afhion, with Iow Reverence'to the Inca,, wqg was feated il) a Chair of Goltl; wit.h w.hich the King Fas higply pleafed', ancl 1ftanding up, he emb(a4;ed theFJJ :winh m~d1 'k:ind,. neíS, faying, Qpac Virac <*;pa; Thou,ar;t -¡v-e:kom'e tu nv. JJominiow ;, the wJ¡foh, words BAu Valera repeats in, e.he fndi,'a¡¡: Languag~, b€iqg ,v@ry ~kilfu~ in that TQQgue, the which 1 omit as not ne~e ífary-. Then che Inca fa,Ee d0:wn, and Seats wer~ brbught ' alfo of Gold,, which·were·prepared by ~rde~ of the Jyica for che Ambaffadouts 5 for they being eíl:eemed forJGndred, of ihe ·~n, 1 ~t pleaf~d the Jnca to JiJJ.ake_ no difference between himfelf and chem, and more efpecially, becau[e one of chem was. Brother ~€> the Govemour: When they were fate~ ~hy /.i:tr;a turning his Pace' towards bis Kindred who attended him, Beh9id:, faid he,. the very, Face, C[J1f11te-11at;ce'; and Hahit of our pod V]raco,cha:, ·in the fáme· 'fl'Ja;~ríá , at¡d form ll<f ·t!he Inca Viracmiha, . º'':';. Anceftour defp¡ibed; and rep.qrted to have' apet!a.red to him. As nhe Inca wa$ faying thefe chings 2 ¡..._ &wo yóung Maid,ens., ·very bandfomé.,, and of the I\oyql Bloud; (which they called Nujla,) ~n~red in(o the ~han\ber, ~~h Qf them ca.r¡¡yi{lg two finall Cups of Gold in ch~ir'I.Jands, filled with fuch L¡qupur as rhe /t11f.u ufual• ly drink; and thefe were attended with four Y:m:¡ths of che fame l(,indr~q, , tbough noc of the lawfull Line, in· r~gard .tlleir Mothers were: N1eives of the l):ingqom of Atahualpa. The Maidens having bowed before 1 the Inca, delivered oae of the golden Cups ioto bis Hand; and the other to He-mando Pi'f arro, as the Inca direéted. And theh Titf$ Atauchi, Wh0, was the King's Brother, ana qe th1c was Cent on this Embaffy to che Spaniard.s , t~ld Philip, che lnterpreter, that ñe fhoult;i acquaint them, chac the Inca was defirous . to drink with them, which, according to .che cuíl:ome of tbeir ,Coumrey, was an evidenee of Refpeét, ·Peace ªnd ev~daíl:ing Fricmdíhip.: f.lernando Pifarro having underíl:ood th~ W0rds of the lnterpreter; made .a low Reverence to.che Inca, cook the Cup and .füank: Then the Inca having drunk llwice, or chrice, of bis own Cup, gave che remai.nder to his Brother, Títu Atauchi: Then he took one of chofe Cups which the other Maiden brought, and ·ortfr;red· the orher to be given to.-Hernaµdo de Sot1J, who · <lid the fa me ching as his Companion had done before him, and the Inca ha- ving drank twice, or thrice, as .before, gave th~ remainder ro his Uncle, c.alled Choquehuamani. Having thus drank, the Ambaífadours ·began to declare rheir Meffige, but the King defired them to deflíl: for a while, that he rnighc behold ancl adinire the form ·and figure he faw in them of bis God Vir11cocha; and at th~t . inífai;it fix Boys, an<l fix Girls, very well habited , carne in, bringing green and ,dry f~uirs, offeveral forts, with cheir finefl Bread, and Wine n:iade of the Seed of ch~ 'J)ee Mullí, and wich chem rhey brought very fine Towels ~ade ofCottot,i, becaufe.Flax did not grow in their Countrey ; tben one of che ·Maidens 445