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 I. , Royal Comrnentaries. .., -· ,... -- --·-- . _447 the Interprerer ·wer.e of a contrary fenfe ró the matter difcourfed, which caufed the Inca t0 fay, This f/ammering Fellow rsms from Me word to dnother , 1iiithout under- fta11díng, and from one á rour to anothér, that hu Silence were .b'etter than his Words, Which Exprefficins of the Inca were more íignificanc in the Jndian than in the Spa:. nifh La,nguage. And alfo the Capcains and .Lords being feníible of che Defeéts of che lnrerpreter, did attribute che ill Expieffions, and want of Senfe ro his lgno- rance, and noc to wam ofUnderíl:anding in che Ambaífadours; whom they eíl:ee~ med for Gods, and aclored them for fuch, and accordingly che Jncn returned chis Anfwer to che Ambaífadours. ce i am rimcb pleafecl; éfaid he) Divine LorJs, tbat you and your Corripanions · ' ' are in my days come into chefe rernote Countries, that fo 1 mighc fee chofe " Prophecies aQd Prognofücations fulfilled which our Anceíl:ours nave left us ; " -though in rea\ity rny Soul ' hath much more ·reafon to befad; when 1 coníider " that che end of our Empire approaches , of whicl), according to ancient Pre- " difüons, ymir .coming is a Forerunner, and yec l ·canno.t .bue ·fay . thac chef e ' ' times are bleffed, in which óur God Viracocha , hath fent' fuch happy .Gueíl:s, " which íhall transform the Stace of our Government into a better condition, of ' ' which Change and Aiceration we have cercain affuraaé:e from che,Tradiuon of " ·our Anceíl:ours, and che Words of che laíl: Teíl:ament of our Father Hua')l1a ' ' Cap¡ic; fqr which Reafon, chough. We had certain lntelligence of your emrance ·" inca our.Countrey, .and che Fortificacions you made in it, and of che Slaughter " you committed· in Puna, THmph., and othc:r pares, yec neither I, nor my Cap- ,, cains, have entred into any Confultation, how ~ 9r in what manner;1 we might " rexpell yon from hence; becaufe we hold and believe,- that you are th~ Sons of " our great God Viracocha, an4 Meffengers of the Pachacamac; for which caufe, ' ' and in confirmation of what my Father delivered us, we have m~de ita Law, " and publifhed it ·in che Schools of Co:i:,co, that none íhall dare_to t(lke up Arm~ ~' againíl: you, or offend you; wherefore you inay doe with us· as you pleafe,' it " being Glory fufficienc for us to die by your hands, whom we eíl:eem the Di- "" vine Meffe.ngers ofGod, by whom you rnuíl: be fent, coníidering che Afüons · " you hav,e already performed: Onely 1 defite to be fatisfied in one doubt, How · ' ' comes it to pafs, as ydu fay, thát you éome to treat ofFriendíhip, anda perpetual " Peace, in che Name of che cwo befare mentioned Princes, and yet on che other " fide, wlthout fo múch as any Summons, or fending toJreat w i,th US) or know our " Will or Pleafure towards you, .you have committed fuch oütrages and flaughters ' ' in che Countries chrough whicn you have paffed? 1 cont eive _that -ihe two " Princes which employed you, have given you fuch Có!Ilmifiioh to aét with ." foch feverity againíl: us, without any fault of ours; and 1 Imagine. that che Pa- '~ chacamac hatb fo commanded them to proceed, wherefqre 1 fay again, Doe " your pleafure with us; onely 1 befeech you to have compaffion upan rny poor ~' Relations, whofe D~ath and Misforcunes will grieve me more than my own. • • • e /• . - The Inca having ended his Speech, all his Attendan~ ·which fl:o~d r~u~d"abdut him, were fo affeéted with bis .faíl: Words, w,hich declared che lofs of ·the Erfr:. pire, thar they fhed many Tears, with an abundance of Sighs and Groans, for what the Inca had.now pronounced concern~ng the Defüufüon of his Empire, he had at other times formerly repeated. And whereas his Father Huqyna ,Capac had ut- tered chis Prophecy, and rnencioned che time to· be íhort, aud ready to be fulfilled; Atahualpa thought of nothing elfe, bue co~cluded the Fate unavoidable, and che Decree of the greac Pachacam¡¡,c npt to be r~liíl:ed; the which fuperft.icious opitíi- on being fixed, and impreíled in his Mind, was che, caufe that the Spaniards fo eaíily conquered and fubdued hís Councrey ; and debafed .his Soul and SpiriLat _ ~he prefence of che Spani'!rds; amongíl: che reíl: of che Company, whidi was pre- . fent with the Inca, were cwo Ac~mnptants, or Hiíl:orians, who-with their Ifoots made certain Ciphers, defcribing or figuring ,all che pa!lages of that Auclience; }Vith che Words of Hernando de S9to, and with che Anfwer of the Inca, though all was very ill expreffed by che lnterpreter. · The Ambaíladours were much aílonifhed to fee che Lamentations, and hear the Críes of che Lords and Captains chere prefent, and yet obférved a íl:eaddinefs acd c:oofrancy in the Councenance of the Inca, · and not. knowing che caofe and _·' r 1 · reafon .