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.

Royal Commentarin. BooK II. · The Prince M 1:mco Inca rernived the Advices of his Brod1er, and che Addreífes 'of ~iu¡ui:;;,, with much joy, b~in~ mue~ pleafed '_to fi~d ~hat. chofe w~o were his late Enermies, were novv reconciled and 1oyned w1ch lum m h1s ¡uíl: cbnn and cicle to che Empire. And herein he was che more fatisfied to underfiand, that ché spaniárdi concurred i~ ihe like.inr_emions, having .on :ti! occa~ons op~nly declared their inclinaci ons co ng.hc and ¡ufüce. Upon whKh prefumpc1on che Inca adven- tured co apply himf elf.co che Spaniards e.o demand Peace and Friendfhip, and in a fimple and fi ncere mann er co reqUire the Government and Dominion over his Kingdom, acco rding'tO tl1e Capitulati©ns which his Brocher Titu Atauchi had fent w him. Aad .here.we fhall leave ~ hiinfor a while in his preparations for fuch an Addreís, uncill i ts due ti me and pla~, and return to <JUr Francifco Picarro, who be- jrrg berter advifod by · he late dariíage ~hich his people had fufiained from Tit11 Atauebi, did now rflardit wich more ·caution, and Jet§ fecurity than beforé; fo that they mee no cc:mfiderab\eEnC©uncers, unlefs a few Aying Skirmifhes .near che City of .Ca.tao' :from whence >the Inllab>ica.nts fallied ;©lit •to de fend a País; but making a foeble an'~. t:mor reílfienc~, theylhaíl:íly fled cp cheir Houfos, from whence carry- ing. a\Jvay their Wive~ and ChildretÍ :rnd what·Stbck and Goods they could col- le&1 ·r iliyY 1t1diredl inte rhe' Mouma~ns, b.eing greafür;;ifuigh~ed wich the_ repares of whal ~al !fuaceededtrí 'Cdf[amaraa ; for nhac Coulltrey havmg been füb¡eét to che ~{ver. bfu1ta~udlpa, matle forne relfílence, being defirolls, if poílible, to revenge the.Deach ºof 'their Pilincte. Gomara 'treaeing of chis' particular paífage, hach chefe w.ordsf!_,bi~' rtrhe ne~t 1Say d1e spnnikrds encred into Cow withom any oppolitión, " .ltnd tp~~fentlY 't:heyife!l a~ rwork .·f~ryie to unrip. the Gold and Silver from ~he " W~Hsb6.tbeTernple, dthers tG> d1~ 1 ú~ che Jewels and Veífels 0f Place, which " were buried with the Dead, orhers pillaged and rifled che Id0l6, and facked the " Houfes, and the Forrrefs, where füll greac quancities of Gold and Silver were · " conferved, which had been there amaffed and laid up by Guayna Capac. fo " O:iQn,....there w...as more Gold and .Silver found in this City, and in che pares a- " bouc it, than what was produced ac Caxamalca, by the ranfome of Atabaliba : " Howfoever, the particular fhare belonging to every individual perfon did not " amouut unto fo much as the former Dividend, by reafon thac the nurnber was " g_reater wbich was to parcake thereof.; nor was -t'he fecond fame fo loud as the· " firft, which publifhed· che Triumpb of "Ríches .wi'rn ene lmprifonment of a " King. A certain Spaniard encering inca a Vault, found there an entire Sepul· " chre of Silver, fo thick and maífy, that ic was worcb fifcy thoufand pieces of " '.Wglw ;' Q~b}!rs had. tllj! fortune to finQ fue~ as were of lefs value, far it was the ' '"' cuíl:o'me of rich Men of chofe, Councries t o be bufied in this manner up and " down the Fields , and there to be hid in Se .a.te like fome Ido! :· Nor were the " Spaniards contenced with chis prize, bue íl:ill chi ríl:ing :tfter greater Riches, were '~ hot in the purfuit of che Treafures of Huapa Capac, and of orhers hidden by " the ancienc Kings of Couo, bue neicher chen, nor afrerwards, were any of chofe " ·Treafmlies·ltno\ m; howfoever tbey tortured and.vexed che·poór Jndianswith fe. qJ"l~em1 .u@ge and craelties;. to tbew arid dlfcover' co cl)em thti!. tich Sepukhres. TJlus:lar are ithe W ords of Gomar a, . extraóted virbatim from the 1 1t4th Chapeer dErhi$:Bodk:, Cara;e in the 8th Chapcer of his fecond Book; fpeakihg of fome Spanim.Ji . who went' in1 purf uit of an l nd.út11 Capcain, Cairh as follows : " And ". mot.bhll~able! co meet 1wich him1 th~y reunrned tó Couo, wnere they found a '~,.JgreatebJ.¡Drizé both º0f Gold and Sifver, chan chat inCltA:amaka; al! which che '' .6roremoub divided ·amongíl: his people. Thus far are che W 0rds. o( Car.ate. fuici lnow 1l1fuppofe •by«there Authorities, lt hath b ~n fuff icicmcl~ ·próved, chat che Riches which the Spaniards found•jn.. Co2:.co, were great.er chan chof€ raken in CajfamJreá:; and ro 'aéquit;·Íny felf in..t!at trnrh of w hat 1 rtd ate, J am pleafed to cite, ·o 1qüoce~ tbe Spanifh":cHifi@ri<ins ·, and to fpecifié their Names, ·leíl I íhould feem !i.kemhf"Magpye, to,deck my ·fulf .with borrowed feathers. l " ' ) ;'l! rJ ,ri3 . '~ . J J ~ ( , ' \ ·. Buri tb! t1e~tn irow to .~hofe Trea~res, which, a& Gomara mentions, were dif <,:o~~red by•~ti~e Spaniards .utider•grnan~'.both. in Co:u:o; and in che párts adjacenr : le 1s ~ertam,...:that for the.fpace of fot'(tn or e1ght year& afrer the ~aniards had re- mamed: im1quiet poífeffion 1of that Ernriire, feverait Tteafures were difcovered eoth .witMn.an_d wichont th€ Cicy ;.i.and.parci,ulatly within the Preeoinéts of thal Palace called Amurucancha, ( which upon the divifioR made, fell t0 the loe of An· , • tonio. Altamirano) and where it happened that a Horfe galloping round a Court- , • v yard