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.

510 Royal Commentaries. .BooK 11. ~ . Sons and Br~thren of mine, We are now goi?g to demand ruftice of th~fe whom we eft~em for perfons who are defcended from o~r God V ~racocha, and who at their firft. e~trance i~to thefe our Countries, declared, that it WM thetr [ole and proper Defign to admmifter ruft1ce to a!l rhe World; fo that l cannot imagine that. they jhould refu(e th~ conceffion a~d grant of that which u fo juft and reafonable M our Clatm and Tit!e to the Kmgdom: for if thefe peo• ple are of the true Race and Ojf-fpring of the Sun, M our Forefathers were, ~ho taught m Truth for a Principie, and that our A[ftons are to .fqu11re a nd correfpond w;tb our Words and Promife1, then certainly they cannot deny what t'hey have f o folemnly engaged to p_erfar-m; for if they do, why fhould we longer efteem tber» Godlikt, or to ha ve any thing of Divinity in them, who fo palpably difown it by their Tyranny and falfe nefs? For my part, 1 would rathcr confide in the Reafan and ruftice of our Cau(e, than 'in our Prrwer and Arms; for if they be M they pretcnd, #cf{engers from thc GodPachacamac, they will Jear to ojfend him, kliowing that thcre u nothing mare inconfiftcnt with the Divi~e Nature than l njuftice, and efpecially in thofe who beinJ. made his Minifters for the ex ecution thereof, do ufurp that t~ themfelve1, which u the Right and Property of t;tnóther. • Let U& therefore go tp them, ar- med wit~ the {u/fice of our Ci:rufe, for if the) ate God1, ( M we believe them to be) they wi!l aEf likt the true and legitimare Ojf-fpring of rf!e Sun, and likt our Incas, will readi!J J'Íeld our Empire to U&. Éor our Anceftoúrs did never depi'i1{é th~ Curacas of their Heredi- tary Rights, nor ta~o a ·Forfeiture of th~rfl 'in the Cafe ofi..ebellion; mttch lefs ought thefe Spaniards to dcveft m of ostr Inheritance, and of our Emf.ire, ;who did never oppofe them, but rather yield and'rejign up all upon ' their firjb Summons. Let m therefere go to them in a peaccable manne10,; for- if wc go armed, they wt'll imagine we intend to makt W11r upon thcm, and wirh that pretence deny the mJft reafona_ble thing we can demand; for covetom Men, armed ivith Power; are g!ad of the /eajf 'excufe, ot pretence t o den¡ that which u re- quired of,rhem. !ñjfead, ofi ottr Arms !et Uó carry fuch Prefents with tN 1 tU may ferve to appeafe the Angcr'of el/raged Men, ami yacifie the DífpLeaf11re of offcndedGods. Let Uó gather what Gold, andSiivcr, a;if;/ pretiom Stones we 'can g"-ther ; !et m tak! what Birds and Beafh we can get, Ju alfo the bcft 11ml moft delfríaH& Frui~s that our Countreyyields ;, and with thefe !et m in the bcft m~nnor we are able prcfent oiir fc/ves >before them, far though the Anc ient Power, and force of our J(ingi u low, and failir.g, yet !et m ftill ktep up the Honour of 4 tru/y Noble and Ro.ya/ S¡irit of thc Incas. And if ali rhM will not prevail with them to re- ftore unto us our Empire, we may then abfolt!telj conclude,' ih at the Pro¡hecy lefa unto us by our Father Huayna Capac U. accomplijhed; that ottr Monarchy u to be n·anflated to a Jo- reign and ftnmger Nation, out political Government deftroytd , and 011t Re!igion abolijhed, part ofwhich Prophecy wc our fe/ves have feen fdfi!!ed; and if the Pachacamac hath fa or- dained thcfe things, iTJ!111t can we doe but fubmit and obey? Let them doe what they ple afe, b11t !et not·Hs be w_anting:eithcr to the Rules of Rea[on, or {ufti ce. When the Inoa had uttered the[e Words with a Majeíly becoming his Qgality and Condition, the Captains and Curacao burfl: out into Tears, larnenting to con- fider, thac che time was now coming, which would be the ulrimate Term and Pe- riod of their Empire. Há ing wept a while, and dried their Eyes , the CuraCM ;ind Officers made proviÍlon of füch things as.che Inca had appointed, and prepared foch an Equipage as might become the Majefly of their King, rho ugh inferiour to the Train and Magnifícence of his Ancefiours. In this manner he travelled to Co~co, attended with many Curactu and Lords, rogether with their Relations and Dependems; for of his own Kindred there remained but few, w ho had efca- ped from the Cruelty and Tyranny of A1ah11alpa. At the News of rheir near ap- proach, ali che Spaniards, both Horfe and Foot, came forth ro meet and receive them ar a far diíl:ance from cheCicy. So foon as theGovernour was come n ear to the inca he alighted from his Horfe; as alfo the Inca <lid fr0m his Chair. which was not, ·a; f~rmerly, made of Gold, bue ofWood; for though the Counfellours of the Inca ad- v~íed him to take hisChairofGold, and march in thatState whicli became the Dig - rnty, and wear the coloured Wreath about his Head ; yet he refufed borh one and the other, efleeming it very improper for him, who was aPetitioner , and carne to ask the Refümtion of his Kingdom, to appear before rhem wirh the Enft 0 -ns of his Reg~lity, as ifhe intended in defpight of rhe Spania;·ds, by appearing with the Badge of h1s Regal Power, to aífome and vindicare the Poífeffion and Domin ion of his Em- pire; w herefore he judged it more proper for hirn to wear che Wreath of a pa le yel- low C~lour, for thar, as he faid, the Viracochao, meaning the Spaniards, weuld under- fland h1m thereby to be the trueHeirapparent of che Kingdom. In fhort, beingcome near one to the other, rhe Governour made his Reverence to the Inca after the Ca. ftiHan