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.

Booi< II. Royal Commentarieí. his Royal Tenrs; bu-t their force was repelled with force, and were al~ys repul" fed wich lolS and difadvantage. The Inca confidering well che fhame and difho~ nóm' it wóuld be to him to be foiled by this People; for thac ochers by cheir Exan'lple might take courage to rebell and r.efül: him; he difpacched immediace Orders for new recruits to be fent hin1 ; but thefe he defigned racher for terrour and oíleotJtion, than neceffity, and in the mean time he ílraimed the Enemy fo, that there being .a great fcarcity of al! Provifions amongfl: chem, they were com< pelled ac lengch to make their way by force of Arms; che Batee! was very hot and bloudy, many being killed and wounded on boch fides, rill ar leng[h che 4Ja- 11iri being woríl:ed~ never duríl: íhew their Faces any more in Barre!; The l ncM not being wil ling to take chis advantage to ddlroy them utterly endeavoured ra- ther by Famine co reduce chem to his Obedience. During which Siege che re- cruits 'which the Inca had fent for, arrived in his Camp, the Reporr of which [o difmayed the Enerny, that they immediately_furrend r-ed and fubmüted to che Merey of che Inca ; who firíl: having foverely reproved them with bicter termes, for having refül:ed. che Offil?ring of che Sun, he pardoned thei_r Contumacy and Rebellion; and leaving Ofticers and Inílruétours to teach themmthe ways of Re- ligion and humane Living, and to require from them that riches which they had forfeited to the Sun and the Inca, he ·proceeded againíl chat People which they call Pucdra. In this Countrey he built a FomeíS, for becter defence of his Frontiers and confervation of his Conqueíls; and the rather, becaufe the füuacion of che place being by nature íl:rong, was by Are and lnduílry rendred impregnable, and ferved to reduce the People of Pucara, whicj1 were by no other means to be fub~ ~ dued, but by a War; which having done, and furnifhed his Fortrefs with a firong Gar~ifon, he returned with great Joy and Triumph unto Co:{.co. CH A P. IX. The Conquefl óf HatUn Colla', and the Fables which thofe of Colla report concerning their Original. M Any Y eárs had not paíléd before Lloque Yupanqüi returned again to tbe froh~ , tiers of his ,Conqueíl:s, that he might make a farther progreíS in reducing the Indians , and enlarging his Dominions. The Repon which the lncM had fpread from their beginning, of being fen't from the Sun to iníl:rucft and reduce Mankind from a b.eíl:i~l way of livi\1g to Rules of fv'lorality and Political Sociecy ~ had made prepatation m all places fbr reception of cheir Doél:rine, and became moíl: plaúfible and prevalent in the mittds of chofe Peóple, who knew not how to difcover tbat ambition of the lncM, which they had éoncealed under the fpecious principie of the Sun's Commands: with chis precence che Inca [ene to raife eighc or nine thoufand menwell armed; and having fec Officers over them, and chafen Counfello~rs for himfel f, he paffed che Countrey of Collafuyu, and at length arn- ved at bis Fortre!S called Pucara, where afrerv;:ards that great overthrow was given to Francifco Hernande:{, Glron; which is fince called the Battel of Fucara t from thence he fenc Ambaífadours to Paucar colla, and Hatun colla, ( which are Coun- tries of a large excem, containing diVers Nat.ions) requiring them tO yield ready SubmHlion and Obedience to him; and chat being admonifhed by the example of che Ayaviri, they íhould fear to oppofe the Progeny ·of the Sun, leíl: che like puniíhmencs of Farnine and Slaughcer fhould be the. rewards of their Rebellion, The People of Colla gave ear to this admonition, and affembling their Chiefs or moíl: principal Men amongíl: chem in Flatun Colla, which is Colla the great; chey generally concluded, that all thofe Plagues and Miíchiefs which had befallen t~ 39