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 IL R oyal t;ommentaries. ' ,, .. '·•' _5~3. ____ yard of that Palace; firook one of his feet ipto a hole, which they fuppofed ac firíl: to be fome old Sink, _or drain for Water froll1 the Houfe ; but looking more ¡.wrowly, they found the hole .opening to a Jar of Gold; w<fighing above two hundred pounds weight, for the Jnditlns make greater, or lefs, of tnefe, as their occaíiohs require, ufing rhem to 'boil rheir Drink and Liquours in; With rhiS great Jar, rhey found o.chers of Gold and Silver; and though ihey were not fo Jarge, yec rhey were valued at: above eighry thoufand Ducats. Moreover, in che Convencs of che Seleét Virgips, and particularly irl thar pare which fell to the füare of Pedrodel Barco, and afrerwards e.ame to the poífeffion of Hérnand~ de S~~o­ via, wbo was an Apocheeary, ami wirh whorn 1 hadan acquainrance; this Her- nando a ltering his Houfe, and removing fome part of the foundation, found aTrea; fore.of feventy t1v9 thoufand Ducats, withwhich, ánd wirh above twenty thoufand Pucats more, whith he had gaioed by his Praétice, he recurned into Spain, where I faw him at Sevi/le; wbere, in a few days afrer bis Arrival, he died for mere grief and forrow that.he had feft Co~o, as feveral others have done, whom 1 knew in the fame c ondicion. . Hereby ic is manifefi, that the Treafures which the Spani- ards found in that Ciry, when they made their .entrance fufr inro it, were very coníiderable, as were chofe alfo which wer€ afcerwards difcovered. And it is probable, rhac the Ricbes had been rnueh greater, had not the Jndian1, as w~ have faid in che firfi Part, hid th6rn away, to cbnceal thém frorn che fight- óf the Spaniard1, ' ,, , .. ~ ~' . e· HA P. VIll. . : _ Of the Co11verfion of an Indian, who defired to he informed' , of th(lt wbich wa-s the: true.Law of Mankjnd. ,' T HE tlrfl: day that the Chriíl:iaris ehtred it'ito the Ímperfal Cicy of Couó; an extraordinary rnatter paífed between a Spaniard an'd an Indi11n, which was this: A cercain Gentleman, who was a Native of 'lYuxillo, called Alonfo Ruyt~ ~ . roving abour,. and facking the City as the others did, chanced to enrer into a Houfe, frorn whence che Maíl:er carne forrh courteouíly to receive him ; and ~t firíl: fpeaking to him with a frniling counrenance in his own Language,, bid him welcome, telling him, chat for many days he had expeéted his corning, for thát the Pachacamac had ,by Drearns and Vifions aífured hirn, that he íhould not dye .nmill a firanger Nation fhould come, which fhould infiruét him in the true Law ' which he was to follow. And fince, faid he, 1 have langui}he4 ali my Life with thiJ deftre in my heart, 1 am conftdent that you·muft'be that perfan which i1 deftgned to inftruél: me. The Spaniard noli underíl:anding at firíl: the words which the Jndian faid to him , yet he apprehended, that what he uttered was very kind, for he had learned thofe two words in the Indian Language, Tou are very welcome, which the Spaniards . exprefs in four ; and alfo guefling by the chearfulnefs of the Indilln's counre'nance, that he was deíirous of his converfation, fo often as bis leifure would adrnit , nor fo rnuch out of a placency in his company 1 as for fome fober and re1igious end ; he refolved to fiay, and cake up his Lodging withche lndian, who, duriag the time· of his aboad, emercained and treated him with as rnuch kindnefs and accornmo- dation, as his Cotrage could afforc,l. At length three or fou'r days being, pafi, and things a little fettled and quieted after che Spaniards had (acked che City, Alonfa' Ruy~ went out to find Philip the Interpreter; and haying found him, he returned' wirh him to his Lodging to be better inforrned of what he as yet imperfeétly un- deríl:ood ; and at firíl: he propofed feveral Queries concerning his Cufioms, and manner of livipg; in anfwer unto which, he gave them to underíl:and, that hé had been a Man of an hmnble and péaceable Spirit , coiirented wich his own fornme,