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.

. Boor~l Royal Commentariei. for·e')1,¡s Chúu G::i rnle gre:ar nmlfimdes of People, who g'athet~cl up the Stones, and \ l ~afe¡.ki.l!. frh~ \'-.>áys· 0ffiu~ií}}, ex Impedim~ms, wFüc:h migbt hinder hls Chair- -~forl iw_ tb(} _V\•f!:'} ~ .or cíl'u,fu ibérn·tO' íl:urnble1 with hirn alfo carne great Atterí, ii:i~3' óf ~be J~bj.<1~y. .His G1;1anus were dhii.ded int~ four SquadF01ils, é!!lnfül:ing of.~ígfilOh6l!l f&ncli . Mem;, the fübl: Divifim1, wlhidi. was. the Van-guard, marched before the King, like Scouts, or Officers; to clear and fecure- rhe w:ws·; rwc), others marched on each íide, like the Wings of an Army, ás Guards of .bis Per- fon; and a fourth marched in the rere: The Captain, or Cornmander ín Chief of thern, was called Ruminnavi, which íignifies án Eye of Stone, from a Pearl oi: Catarack which:.gr;ew rn his ·EY,e. lnL di~s º!d~! Atah«alpa_manrhed for the fpace of a League, wlt!éh was the'díftfin'ce oecween h1s f>alace a-na rhe Quarrers of the Spaniards; in going of whicq ·l\Ci •vas 1ñ©r~\ l;haq f©tir hours, an:d carne not; .as we· íhall fee heeafter, with an imention to fight, biit to underíl:and the ful;>íl:ance of the Embaffy, which was· btought to him fr9m the Pope; 4nd the Emperour. Atak1ualpa was informed, That the Spaniard1 wei:e notable to walk u'p any áfcenr; oo íl:_e©p Hrn} ancl- .dJa't th\\lirJ3®0tmei;i eithfil: gos up·beliind ·llhe 1-for:fes, 0r lield fuf.l. by. the. PefüiraJs of _cbe . S¡i'ddl~;- á·n-d ili ·were dra:·wn, ~· it" wet:'e, wh€:nfoever they attempted to mount any íl:eep Afcents; and that th@y W.@i.:e not.:ible fo run , like rhe Indian1, or endure any labour or fatigue like them; wirh this opinion, a.mil· :wir~ ·a 'fanqr~ ~Mr 'dre Sptínr"árd1 were @f Divine füt~e:, Atab11alp'/i márd1ed lijithou'ri an~ ¡Mlouíre @r fufPíti~rt 0f diiali·:·whkh a:fterwards' fucceécled,i .When the ~irrg, faw:fü@ 'sranif!i fafann:Y: ih fo futalt'a ;liliimbei:.~ aridrtliat,. as if they had: beérr fearfu\l~~ ~hey 7 .ha'd ·tali:m a&vanrage of a:. Roek có\ deféñd, nhem~lves,, he fa:id to'M.s, Feú~l~ú "Tbek ({re l h'e ':it.fejfmgm -ofi God<,\ t-,¡; ffihom we m'itfo'.be' i!ar'ej'fi/J 'tri g/'1le" no Ojfence, but rather recei;,¡e and trearthem mth.alt-.lioRrte/ie mtd, Re/.pé6f': Whid:l -~eing" faid. ~· a certa'.i:n~ Dorninira~Fi!mr, d 1 lled vtu~4'd/!·. ratverde/.r;aking a ~rucfilx. tn 1 his . haml, approík:he'tHhe· Inta ··to· f~ak ttrhim.1f:Í\theName-ef die limpereur · 1 .' ' . ~ . ·' ' ,• . '\ '\ '("" ' ~ "). . ) \1\ \. ' . • ,J ' ~ ' t 1.'. . .. , .. " ,. 1 (j' • ~ \1 \ .\:~r ' • .'(..I ",\,; ' . l. - .,. '!'~ \ ' ~ 1 (' ,~ . ~ \ \ " .. ,· • I' • Whe~·e'i:ñ .is· üpeai~i the Speech ,~hich .·,the " JM~r t ·ietln:te dé. ~ ..... · VafV~\«J~, nÚite t6~ the !nci A'tá:hualpa: . . , "'\ .\ .,.· , , • U las. VdlelJ, \vh-6 ,~ás a· flÚhMI afur cnrl~ Colle"lfom of ·au Paí(a:ges and · P . ':(~~nf?aión'S' of *<>fe. t~~s~ repeits _üq'fü ti5 die·{yltc;le Speet~ at latge,. v\Jh'icñ Filar Pi'tente mide to /lt'?ihaalpa s tfle 'S~eech cmnfüled -of twa par(s, an'd, as Valera faith, that when he was at Truxillo, he faw it tranílated in to Llr'm, ·and wric with the proper Hañd-writing of Friar Vicente; which afterwards Diego de Olivares, who was one of the Conquerours, had gotten; and he being deaa, it .carne co rhe hands of a Kinfman ofmine; fo tbac having had opportunity often to read it, 1 got it by hearr, ánd by my memory am able to infert it here ÍI\ the fame form as Blar Valer~ vi.Tites it, who hath [et it clown more at large, and more . diíl:inétly than any other Hiíl:orian: W_herefore to proceed ; when Friar Vicente carne ·near to fpeak to the Inca, Atahualpa did much admire to fee fuch a Figure of a Man, fo different in Habit from ali the others, his Beard and Crown being .íhaven, after rhe Faíhion of Friars; it feemed íl:range to him alfo, to fee .him accJíl: him with a Crofs of Palms, and a Book in bis hand, which fome fay was . · a B'réviary, orhers a Bible, others a Miffal. The King, rhat he might be infor- med of the manner how he was to rreat this Friar, asked one of thofe three lndi" ans , to whom he had committed che charge to provide che Sp~niard1 with all things neceífary, of what quality this Friar was, whether he was greater, or in- feriour, or equal with tbe other Spaniards? to which che peor fünple Jndian knew · Mm m to . 449