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 Commentariet. BooK!ff· he was recall~d from thence co ferve his Majeíl:y in che lace War with his Men, who were very good and experienced Souldiets. Diego de Roj.u, NickolM de Eredia, an~ Phi!ip Gutier~e'- (a Native of Madrid) were fent to che Provmce of Muf[u, cal!ed by che Spamards los Moxos; wich them were lilled a Company of brave Meo, who had fuíl:ained many great difficulties before chey arrived at che River of Place, of which we fhall hereafter give aRe- lation. Gon..,alo de Monrroy was [ene to the Kingdom of Chili to recruit and affifi che Forces of che Governour Pedro de Valdivia, who then W'1S employed in che Conqueíl: of che Provinces and Nations bt:longing to chacKingdom. To another Province called Mullupampa he fent Captam {ohn Pere'- de GHevara, who had made a lace difcovery thereof, and had chere received intelligence and intimation of other new Countries, and large Terricories, whkh füecch chemfelves Eaílward becween che Rivers called Ore/lana, Marttnnon, and che River of Place : :But chat chofe were Councries very Mouncainous, and ful! of Moors, Feos and Bogs, aad inhabited by few IndianJ, wlio lived in J beíl:ial rnanner, like bruce Beaíl:s, with- out Religion, Laws or Civilicy, and were fuch as ate one the ocher; and chac che Climace being hor, they needed no cloathing, bue wenc naked. Thus che Governour Paca de Caftro having ridded his hands of che Souldiers, and cleared che Kingdom of Peru of che burthen of newLevies, having fenr rhem from f2..uiru to che Chamu, which are feven hundred Leagues diíl:ant each from che ocher, he remained rnuch ar eafe, and freed from che daily importuniries which diílurbed him; fo thac he attended to his Government in peace and qui- emeís to che general fatisfaétion of ali people. And chac he mighr form and efiabliíl1 Laws rnoíl agreeable to che nacure and confücution of chofe Countries, he inforrned himíelf of che Curaw, and ancienc Captains; of che Order and Rules which cheir I ncan Kings obíerved in cheir Adminifüation of Jufüce, out of which he chofe and culled fuch as he eíleemed moíl: proper and agreeable ro che confümtions of both Narions, whereby the SpaniardJ might be conferved, and che lndianJ inm:afed. Then he [ene Letters ro Gon..,alo Pi(arro, who íl:ill re- mained in ~iw to come to him; and having in the Name of his Majeíl:y, and in his own behalf, thanked him for ali che Services he had performed to che Crown, and applauded che dangers and advencures he had run, which his Ma- jeíly would in due time reward; he gave hirn leave to remrn ro his O\m habica- cion, :ind to his Dominion in che CharcaJ over Lhe J11dian1 chere, adviÍlng hin;i to take care of his health, and actend to the improvemenc of his El1are. The l ndi- ans finding chemfelves freed from che calamities and miferies chey had ful1ained by che lace inceíl:ine Wars, which had been carried on ar che expence of cheir Lives and Eílates; of which, as Gomara faith, che Spani¡irdJ had been fo prodi- ga!, dm above a Million and a half of rhem were defiroyed ; at lengch being more at ea fe, chey rernrned to cheir Cooncrey affairs, and ro cillage and culriva · ti on of cheir Lands, which by che indulhy and knowledge of che Spaniardr in Agriculture yielded great plency, and abundance of all Provifions; and borh lides acrending ro cheir O\\ n quier and ea fe, rhe IndianJ difcovered feveral rich Mines of Gold in many parts of Peru ; che richefl: of which \\"ere füuaced Eaíl\~ ard from Co~co in the Province of Collahuaya, called by the Sp:wiardr CaravayA, from whence chey digged greac quancicies of che fineíl: Gqld of cwency four Qµilates; which Mines alfo yield fome Gold ro chis day, .tbough nocin fuch abundance as former- Jy. To che We!tward of Co...co, in che Province of .f2..!!ech11a, \ hich is well peo- pled wich divers Nations fo named ; and on char fide .thereof which is called Huallaripa, other Mines of Gold were difcovered; which chough they yielded not their Gold fo fine ,as chat of Coílah11.iya, yet it amounced to cwency Quila~ more or lefs in goodneís ; howfoever che quantity chereofwas fo grear, chat about nine or ten years after rhe Mine was opened, I remember ro have feen fome In- dianJ bring home to cheir Mafier every Samrday night two choufand Pefos of Gold Sand for his fingle part or llme in chofe Mines. We call char Gold Sand, or Duíl:, which they gather 1ike the Filings of !ron ; there is alfo anocher fort fomething rhicker, like Eran after it is fifted from rhe Flour, arnongíl which they find now and then fome granes as big as che Seeds of Melons or Pompions, to rhe value of fix m eighc Ducacs each grane. From íuch confiderable quancities of Gold as were daily brought to the Mint, or Melting-houíes, che fifth pare there- of which apperrained to bis Ma!eíly, amounced to a vaft Treaíure; far of every five