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.

RO'yal Commentarie.r. BooKI. CH A P. XXV. Of rhe gfeat tüiliult and d:ifturhance whieh happened between . the fo 1 dfans a11d th'é Spáttfards. T HE· Inca' óbienting the .inability of the lnterpreter, endeavoured to affift him in .expreffi_~_g ~is- .Añf w~r ; Firíl:, br_ u~tering his Speech by íhort peri- '· ods, ca'uftng hun to exprefS ohe thiñg, before he prorneded to another ' and, fe- contlfy, ~e f['ake iñ the Lciflgu'agé of Chinqaftqu, which the Incerpréter un~eríl:ood better thán~ tl-íe Language of Couo ; by whiéh mea'ns Philippi!lio did better exprefs d\e fenfé ana 'intenti01r of the Inca, though he diµ it in a moíl: barbarous manner. Sb fo0n as the Incd had ended bis difcourte, die K'.éepers of the f2!!ipm were com- mañded to note the fen'fe ánd párticular~ of _ali tliihgs delivered by their Knots, which were the onely cypher they liad whereby to conferve their craditioñs to fu- ture Agey. - · ·By chiS tirrle the spaniards growifi~ weary of this long and tedious difcourfe, be- gan to quiftheir pfaces, and corne}1p Clofe co the lndians, to fight wiih them, and rob them of théir Jewels of Gola, aM Silver, and precious Scones, wicó. which they had that dáy decked ·chemfelves, th'at ih a fqlemn manner .chey might appear ill' their ñhefy, to réceive the Emoaffy which was fent them from the Univerfa:l Monarch of theWorld : Sorne Spanittt·ds alfo clin:ibeq a little Tower tb plunder an Iclol, whiclí chey had adorned with Places ofGold, and Silver, and pretious Stones; che wliith outrage caufed gre:it noife and turnult amongíl: che Indians; which when che Jñca petcéived, he cried out with a loud voice to his people, that chey tbould neither hurt, nor offend the Spaniards, though they íhould take or kili their King Himfelf. O..il which paífage B!M Va/era takes occafüm to fay, That as God by ch~ prefence of Queen Efther mollified the Spirit of King Ahafnerm ; fo by rneallS of ché Holy Cro"ís, which the good Friar Vidverde held in his hand, he cformed che Spirit of chis Cholerick and Warlike Prince Atahualpa, not onely ro a degree of genrlenefs, and quiet temper, but evento an enrire fubmiffion, and hurnble refig- muion : che which we oughc to amibuce to a .tvliracle of the divine Merey ; for God defigning ro reduce this people to a knowledge of the ttue Doétripe of che Holy Gofpel, was pleafed by this, and ocher miratulous iníl:ances, wbic~1 we íhall find fcattered in divers places of chis Hiíl:ory, to operate on the Spirics of chis bar- barous peopJe. Sorne Writers blame Friar Va/verde for chis difotder, faying, char lie moved che Spaniards thereunto, and encouraged them to lay ·hands ón cheir W eapons, requiring chem to doe jufüce, and take revenge for che affront whicb che Kin~ had given chem, by throwing the Book on che ground which che Friar had put into his hand ; and fome f~y chis could not be che caufe, for thac neither che Friar delivered aBook into che hands of che King, nor did he receive it: Bue che truth of ali was chis, Friar Va/verde íl:arcled at a fudden out-cry of che Jndi'ans, arofe up on a fudden from che feac on which he fate, difcourfing with rhe King; and .. running in haíl:e; his Book, and che Crofs which he held in his hand, fell on the ' ground ; and then cacching chem up again, he ran wich fpeed, crying to his Com- panions, thac chey fhould offer no hurt to the l ndians, for that Atahua!pa was kind and well affeCt:ed towards them, and chat he obferved by his Anfwers, and de- r~1ands his good !ntentions, to facisfie them in ali marcers according co his ·capa- rny ; but che no1fe and ouc-cryof che people was fuch, chac che voice of che Friar was not heard amongíl: chem. And here it is co be naced, chac ic is not true whac fome Hiíl:orians repon of Atahua!pa, chat he íhould fay, " You believe that ;: Chrijf is God, and•that he died : 1 adore the S11n and the Moon, which are immortal : And who taught you, that your God created the Heaven and the Earth? To which " Valverde maae anfwer, This Book_harh taught it to m: Then the King cook ir in :: his h.and, and ope~ing che Leaves, laid ir to his E~r ; and noc hearing ir fµ eak ro him, he threw ir upon the ground. Upon which, they fay, char che Friar '.' íl arring /