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.

' \ Boo 1 K l. of the Crofs had for many Ages been conferved by them in high eíl:eem and venera- tion, yet it was not entercained wirh fuch devotion as it deferved, becaufe chey were not as yet acquainted wich ics virtues. Wherefore now with fironger affurance believing, that as the SigQ of che Crofs had tamed, and ílmt the mouth of che wild Beaíl:s, fo as chat diey could not hure Pedro de Candia ; fo alfo they imagined that ic · hada like power to deliver them out of che hands of thefe New-com; Gueíl:s : On which cohfideration having adored· the Crofs, they ereéted feveral of therii in cheir Temples, and in tbe Royal Palaces, like Turelar Gods ro defend their Kingdom fró_¡n the violence of Enemies. ) . . · Whence ir is to be noced, thac chefe Gentiles who were Idolaters, ' did emirely, and with an implicic faith, devore themfelves ro the CroíS, and therewith ro the belief of che whole Chriílian Do~rine before the Gofpel was preached ro chem. ·IE is moft cercain, that after the Deach of Hua;na Capac (as we li:tve mentioned ac ;tb.e end of his,Reign) ·che Jndiani remained ih great fear and coníl:ernacion, áp- rprnhending chac che time approached in which cneir Idolaci:ous Religion was ro be ar an end, and 'therewith cheir Empire, Greamefs and Dominion was to expire. 1 And though many years paíl: many Prediétions were uttered of chis nacure by rheii: Southfayers and Magicians , che which were confirmed by cheir Oracles, ,'and divers Prodigies; yec they were delivered in fuch obfoire cerms, that noching .was clear, or incelligible, from chence, umill fuch time as Huayna Capac, by 1 knoW' not lh'.h~~ Spiric~ explained ·and .interpreted t~ofe Prophecies wich fue~ cl,earcne@, ,as evidc.mtly·pomted at che coIT)mg of the Spanrard1, and che propagat1on of che Gofpel, decl_aring that the Empire of Peru was to end with his Life. And chis is 1'he true reafon why che Jndians adored and wodhipped che Spaniards for Gcds, with fuch hurnilicy and fubmiffion, as We have declared, being cercainly affured, tbat chefe were the people in whom the Prophecy of th<1ir King was "to be accom- plilhed. Of all thefe matters Hernando de Soto, and Pedro del Barco, gave due intelligence to cheir Captain-General, with farther information ofche incredible Riches found in thac City, which were beyond all imagination, as alfo of the kind trearmenr, ducy and refpett, which chey had received from che Indians, by virtue ofchat Eclilt and Command which AtahHalpa had caufed to be proclai1¡1ed in all pares of bis Dominions in ' favour of che Spaniards. In like manner the óther four Spief, ot D1fcoverers, which were fent into orher parts, difpacched their InformacioílS of all chings rhey had feen, and which had happened to chem. All which news de- .·claring the immenfe Riches, and che adoration which was paid to their Com- panions, the orher Spaniards received with greac joy and fatisfaétion: But·as to ·the Prophecies of Huayna Capac, they eíteemed them for no other than Wirch· . crafrs and Sorcerie~ of che Indians, of which chey madé no accounc or eíl:eem. ·- CH A P.