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 Commentaries. t HA P. xt. . rh1 Efeiis which the Civil l(ifcbrds bett'P~~n the t~ó Inca1~ Jfrrngs, who weré Brother"S, idid produá. ~j • t-' r¡ • T HE War 'V- 1 hith was d1aifed be~fyeeh the; tWó Kiflg& Huafoar an(i Atahua!pa:. who were Brofüers, .vvas ch~ taufé ot che total fubverfion of that lirnpin~, ~nd facilitated tlie Entrancé, an<il the Conqlléfr vvhich the Spani11rds rnade of that Countrey, v_vhich being fo~ che 111011: pare craggy ahd .mountainous, ahd full of difficult Paílages, might othérvvife have been eafily defénclc::d. Bue God, vvho in his Jvtercy éleligned the _propagation of the Gofpel 'in thofe Cotintries,' vvas pleaf€d for che more eafie introduétion thereof, to permit ,chofe feuds becvveen thofe tvvo Brothers. , Acofta fpeaking furntnarily of this Poinr, in the zi.d. Chapter ofhis'6th Book, hath thefe Words. « Hgayna C1tpac vvas füc~eeded ih Qozco by one óf bis Sons, " called Tito Cuji Gualpa, (he means lnti Cuji Gúalpa) aftervvards be vvas called ,." G u11faar Yn9:a, and bis Body bqrned by the Capcains .of Atahua!pa, vvho alfo vvas ' ' the Son ot GuaJ11a Capac~ ánd raifed Arrns againíl: bis Btocher in fl!titu, and ' ' came againíl: hirn vv.ich a povverfull Army. At chat time che Captains of " Atahualpa, namely ~zqui:t, and Chilicuchima feized u~on Guafaar Int~ in the " City of Co~'Co,, aft€r he vvas declared Sove(eign Lord and King, and indeed he " vvas che lawfull Heir and Sll€ceífout. Great was che Confufion and Naife ." which this Aél:ion made through all parts, ootb -0f the Kiogdorn, abd of che ' ' Court. And wbereas it was their Cufknne upon all great Ernergencies of Af- " fairs, fo have recourfe unto Sacrifices, tbe Peoplc .findieg thernfelves in no ca- " pacity to relieve t,heir K.ing, wbQ was in che Hands of the Captains·of Atahua!- _ ' ' pa, and guarded by a powerfull Army, chey therefore agreed, and, as they fay, " by arder of their Capcive King, tb offer a folémn Sac.rHice to the Viracocha Pa- " cf?yachachic, (he fhould have faid Pachacamac) who is the Creatour of the Uní- " verfe, ·praying, that fince they were not able 0f themfelves to deliver their ~' King ouc of Prifon, that he would be pleafed to fend fome People from Hea- " ven, who mighl: procure his Freedorn. Whilíl: they were intent tb the fo- " Jernn performance of chis Sacrifice, News was brought, that a certain People ' ' was come by Sea, and having landed~ had feized Atahualpa, and kept him Pri- " foner. And in regard that chis Affair happ.ened juíl in that conjunéture o( ~' time, when chis Sacrifice was offering , and thac che People were very few in " riumber, who had feized on Atahualpa in -Caxamalca; they gave the 'narne of " ViracochM to the Spaniards, which name continues to them unto this day; upon '' a belief, that chey were fent from God far refcue of cheir King; and indeed. " rhe People would have been confirmed in this opinion, had che Sp_qniards fo}.. " lowed chofe Methods which were purfuant thereumo. And on chis occafion ' ' we ought feriouíly to contemplate_ che Wifedom of che Divine Providence, " which conduéted _the Spaniards into chofe Countries in that feafonable con.: " junéture of Ailiiirs, when the Divifions berween the two Brothers were growii ' ' up to a Civil andan Imeíl:ine War; without which advancage, which begat in '' the Jndians a belief, that che Spaniards were aPeople dropped from Heaven, ié ·" had been impoílible far fuch a handfull of Mento have becorne Conquerours of " chat numerous People, the lofs ofwhofe Countrey was recompenced to them, " by che gain which Heaven was to their Souls. Thus far are che Words of Acojla, wirh whicb he concludes that Cbapter, wherein wirh much brevity he fums up the War between thNwo Brothers , che Tyranny of the one, and che Right of Succeilion whicp apperrained to che other, the Imprifonmem of thern borb, and the tináll number of Men which took Atahualpa Prifoner, and how gratious -the Divine Providence was to chofe poor Gentiles in their Cemverfion; what Name they gave to the Ch-Hlians , and the Eíl:eem which the.y