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.

· Rüyal ~ommentaries. Boo'K 111. CH .A P. XII. The Inca fends to e onquer the O!!_echuas, · who with 'great willing1!efs fubrnit' themfelves. /,~ T H E Inca having for four yea,rs.attended onely t~ the adminiíl:ration· óf h¡s . ·Góverriment, and the benefit o( bis Subjeéts, thought it not fit tO fpend more time in quietneíS and eafe, .left his Souldiers living in. peace a'nd repofe, {hould grow reíl:y and luxurious, and forgetfull of their Military Oifcipüne ; . ·wherefore he commanded, that the Souldiery fhould be in a readinefs; ana Pro- . vilions made for W ar againíl: the following year. · . . · And now the time of entring into the Field b.(;ing come, he appointecHiis Bro- ther Auqui Titu for his Captain-General and four other Incas of' ·his near~ rela- tions, who were well prafüfed.i_n the affairs both of War and Peace, to be Ma- ior-Generals, every one o f which hadan equal fhare ·of 5000 Meq commitced to bis charge, ·and all five of them.in joint comrniffion comrnanded the Army: The defign was to carry on th at Conqu eíl: whiéh they had already begun'in the Divi- :fion of Contifuyu ; and for a good beginning and ornen to rheir' fucure 'proceedmgs, ' the Inca was pleafed in perfon to accompaiJy them1as-far as to the Briage .of Hua- · cachaca ; where having recomrnended to them the example of bis Ancefiours-as the partero for them to follow, he returned again to'.his City óf Coúo. J · · The General, with his other Commanders, entred into the Pmv.ince called . Cotapampa, where they were met by the L01'd thereof, accornpanied with one of ,,.. bis Kinfmen; 'who likewife cornrnanded another Countrey called Cotánera, and both_of them Natives of i!J.!!.echua. The .Cac!!f.ues having intelligence that thé Inca had fent án Army ,into their Countrey , aílembled together, and rinanimouíly refolved tó receive him, as their King and Lord, with all readinefs ~ for ha- ving many ~ays expeél:ed and defired bis Cülp,iñg, they all upon news of bis ap- , proach went forth with Songs and Dances to meet rhe l'!ca, Auqui Titu, making great demonfirations of joy and contentrnent, ene o('t:hem in behálf of all the refi, expreffing himfelf in this manner: .Jnca Apu, ( which fignif.ies General) thou art welcomr:, bec.iufa thou (J,rt here to. give.m. a new 8eing 1 _ and a:'new Title of being ·Servants ani:l Subjetl:s to that great Prince,' who de-;iv~s his Pedlgree from the Sun: Anti, becaufe that thou art _hú Brother, we honour and adore thee.; giving thee to underftand, tha~ hadft thou 'not come in ajhort [pace to have redúced tM to thú Service of the Inca, we were a/l refo/ved to go the next )'ear unto Cozc9, ·there to have owned and ackz¡owledged our. fe/ves for Ser- 'tlants of your King , ·befeeching him ~o receive U5 under hú mighty defence qnd proteélion ; for thefame of thofe gr~at atchjroements and miraculom aétions performed by thú Ojf-JPring ef the Smi both in War 1tnd Peace, have ajfeéted U5 with (uch wonder and /(nJe towards him, that eiier;y day faerps 4year, 11ntill wc enj'oy _t'he - honour and privilege of being his Subjeéts: And ind,éed hereby we promife our fe/ves the happinefs of being de!ivered from the Tyrannies and.Cruelties wit.h which our:Neigh.bours of Chanca and Idancohualla have for many years , ' j';~orn the time! of óur A nceftours and Fo refáthers moft grievoufly vexed and opprejfed m; ' · ·;ind fa if thou wilt réceJve m under thy proteétion~ our defires will .be fulfi'fled, and our ,hap- , pinefJ .ciJnfu,mmated, and may thy Father the Syn roermore defend and preferve thee. Ha- v.ing faid thefe thing~, they made their Obeifance to rhe Inca and his Generals, ' 8elivfring a: 'gteat quantity of Gold to be fent as a prefent to the Inca rheir Sove- , reig~.' 'This Province of Cotapampa, after the War. of Gonyalo Pifarro, ;vas the port16n allotted to Don Pedro Luys de Cabrera, a Nat1ve of SeviUe; and tl1e' Pro-· , vince C~anera, and '.lnother called Huamanpallpa,, of which we íhall have occafion hereafter to ~p~ak, was ~he poífeffion ~f my Maíler Garfilaj[o de la Vega, and was tht íernnd Dw1dend wh1ch was made m Pcru ; and of the firíl we fhall fpeak in irs dué·plate. Jh anfwer hereunto the General A qui Titú, and his Captains, re- plied in the name of the Inca ; that both their defües and affetlionate'expreffions towards them were very acceptable, and fo obliging, that they promifed ro re- . · count /