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 Comment4ries. 57 , ·'1 e HA P. It ;,H~t.unpacaff~ reduced, and'the Cat-yaviri cdnqúáed. . ' . J j ~ Ir _D ii":1.' .murning now ' to M~}tapap'fl.c,, we find him .bu.Ged in reduting the Pro- D ymée of Hat unpa~4{a, which 15 aCmmtrey to tb{! left h~nd of that ílream by whic~ th~ Lake emp~ies ic f~lf; and 1 ii;i perforrr¡ance of th1s work·, he ufed no otherrh~:ms or force~ t!nan Doétrine and lníl:ruétion, teaching tbern the way .ro i:ultiVat~ ª!1Q manur'e tqeir Lands, ansl the art ro live in hun~ane and ,polit~c¡¡J. fo- ciecy; ·wh'tch method, as fome repcJrr, th~ lncM onely ufed m the firlt begmnmgs of t~eir Monarchy, which, fo foon as it was. grown up afü:j fortified, i:hey turned to open violence and compulfion. But wberher chis fubjeétion were effected by one way or the other, jt matters not much here, nor how man y days ·oqrney ·every Kingproc;eeded; iorfuch repefüioñs would be both tedious and impertinent; and thereforeªwe· íhall onely recount in íhort what every Inca gained, and ~hat -additions he made to his ~pire. This Inca therefore proceeding in his Con• CIUeíls, carne at length tq ~h<Jt People~ 1 hidi>is call~d Cac~aviri, who were the In- nabitants of a great number of Villages, fpread all over that Countrey withour order or rule; over evety one of which fome petty Lord prefided. Thefe having received che.- Allarm, that rhe Inca was coming to conquer and fübdue them, · flocJced all cogecher (o a little hill, which had.been raifed by labour in thac plain, • bei~g a~ouc a quarter of a League high, and picked at che top lik~ ª' Sugar loaf. Th1s Hill, whofe beaucy was the more remark~ble, for being the onely lofcy and eminent fituation in thofe Plains, was eíl:eemed facr~d by che Indians, an<l che place appointed whereon to adore their Gbds, and offer Sacrifice: Hereunto rhey fled fQr füce9ur, aml b9ui?g ;tl.i~t th~i~ .God wouldmake this place theirSanélmary, t~ defe~.?/r~m from tp~~'Enemies; the}'. buílt ~pon; ir.a dry Wall of;Stome, and la1d ~ "tqrr ,óf Earth oy~r ft; che Men-Jabourep Jn che íl:one-work, and for better difparsH .~e· W ~1!1en ~.4t ~nd brought ch~ - curfs.; ancl ~o this Fortrefs, 1..vJ1ic h they had furn¡{ned w1th ·grea~ llore of Prov1~ons, Mén , \"':{ Qmen and Children , in 'great nuU,pers reforted.~ : : ). . . ,_ . f : J ~ ' ' . Th~ ' Incf'~ ~ccordiog fp pissufiome; _f~nt them hi's S1:1mmonsw·furrer:ider; par- r t;icular~y 1 ·a.fluríqg them, chathe carne n?t.to.take away·:Cheir Lives, onheir Eíl:ates, but to ~onfer' upo,n th:e~n . all thofe benefits" ,which the $un¡' his Fad~~r, r bad com- i:nanaed ·hirn to perfor111 cowards che Indi'an.s. ; and ther~fore that th~y (!hótild be ~autiou~ ~ow chey wantea. qf.paying ' du.~ ~efüeét towar.cls his Children; ,w.ho :were, by the '.'hd? '!!;d ~ .ílifi.en~ ~ ,9f che Su~, (wlio w~s th§! ;God .which theYc adored,) , firong and mvmc1ble ,m b;mel : Th1s, 101¡Jqch hke, 1 M€ffage· thé Nfal {ent ofien t~ the~ ·J1di1% but they pierfüled obgina~~ ·iq , theír i·ef~f_aj~; ·fayiog, tha·t 'they Ji. ved weU alre:idy, and had no need ofbisi Infiruél:ions ~Q ¡ téach chem,'t'o;'live bet- ter; arí9 as to his Father, tne Suá, ~hey di4 not múcliv. .válu'e hi.m, for tha.t they had God~ pf their own, .one of \Yhi¡;T1 ,W,a~ , ihar fon-if.ieo Hill, which1fávoured . chem, arig would pr,efer¡¡e them, and 1 tL1aii ¡he In~M m~b.~ be pleaíed .to1deparr in Peace,'anq 1 t~ach others, who were wi!)i¡¿g ~,<?· receive rheh· fnfüut;ti911s, foir· that th~Y ~ád 1 ~p l}~ed of Ü\~lr boéhine. '.lfhV:ica, :vho.11_ad¡po great rñincl. t over- cone tJ-\~m QY fight, quf Ta~her to W)ll Jpi:J11:1 W1th;J4'.J.r. \Ñ'Qrds, Ol' at _. VVOríl: tO com¡ie11 ~Qe!D by Famine, d1vided-b~s. ~rm~ imo · fo~1 P-ªH§, a.nd d1,erewirh be- {¡eged the:Hill1 b ·:, r ·'J'' . : 1, ' ·i1 : '> . Th~lf ~~º* of Colla .co.~nued m?11J••df!Y? i!l thi~ · R,efo1u~ion no~ . tg f ~rrender, expe~ipg, wgen the Enemy would affim-lt-ch~tr {19rtre{§.,;_w.h1ch wh~n-tl~ey,found, that the Jnéa declined, they amibuted tfois ·baGkwardHefs ·tO· \~@akne[?, 10f 1 cowar- di fe; 1witq which being encouraged; t~ey"; llJ.élde divers 1 ~a.fües from tbeir Fort:, in al! which, rhough the Soulaiers of the ·Ivca, according to-:th~ comman(l,qf .their Priµc~.., di~ ~ra.ther defe* I rhernfdves, charí feek to offend .tliem,"yet' rhefe People,. li~e· bfo_\~ . ~e~íl:s, Mehout order, or wit, chrowiñg themf~lves on the w_i;¡¡.pons of their EQe{¡iy)· perifhed in great numbers.; ·che which gave eccafion to that repor~ · · ' l whiGh \.