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.

" . .BnoK· 111. Royal Commentaries. ~ ." éOUlilt eVery {yllable of them to the Majeíl:y of their Inca, who, no doubt: bue -Wóuld.!íernain fo fenftbJe of their good Will, that he WOuld not omit t6 make ._fu. table returns in the fame, if not in a higher degree, tha.n he had towards others. Tb~ «;waca; r were greatly pleafed, that their words íhould have the honoqr to · .re?,ch,the Ears•of the hca; and therefore every day gave new tefümonies of theit áffejfüü'lil, by rheirreadinefs to ex6cute what Cominands foever the Captains im• ·!pofe'd upon them. ·And having lefr in this place fuch inffruétions as were con- venieó't for rhe orderly government thereof; they proceeded to another Province called Huamampallya, which yielded it felf without any contradiétion or op~ofüion : • 'Yha~íbever. 'Ihence the Inca> paífed a Riv<1r which divldes the two Provinces by tW.o ~:>r three íl:reams, which afterwards a litcle lower falliog in tqgecher, make thát famous River of Amanc11;;. · • . ~e of thofe füeams paífes thorough Chuq#íinca, where the Bactel was fought , Qetweelil Francífao Hern1tnde'l:. Giron, and tl}e Marefchal Don Alonjo deA/varado; and ~fome yéars before, on th~ very fanie place, a Battel was fought between Don. Die- . ,go 'di! Almttgro? and the faid M~refchal ; in both which Don A!onfo de A!var11do was 9vertliwwn, as we ÜJall recount in its4title place, if God gi ves us life ro arrive fo .far in this Hiíl:ory. Thus. the Jnc,u continued their progrefs in reducing the Goa'tltries both on one ficle and the orher of this River Amancay ~ which 'though ,they be maoy in number, yet they are all contained under the common apµellarion ,of ~chua, which abounds with Gold and Cattel. . . · ; - ; 1 C · H A P. XIII. . · M4ny Plains and Vallies hy the Sea-coajl .are redue.eJ, ánd the Sin of SoJofft; p~nifhed. · . •. . " \ 7.3 . . S:. U~h Órders ~eiP~ ~ven. and eftabl?íh~d as were requifite fót; t!1e.better 1 goVern• - ment ~md admituíl:ratJ.on of affairs m the-conquered places, they pmceeded ".into .the def olat e Counttey of HuallaripJt, whiéh 'is a defart much famed for che _ -weat quantit< i.es· óf Gold ' ~xtraéted thence, aµd where mach more remains to be füll digged; and-having croílhi one fide of the defart fo· aqout ·3 > Leagues, they -deftendecl.iñto thofe Plains which run along by che Sea-coaíl:: .All this Countrey. ··by the Seá-coaíl:, the Indidns call Tunea, which is as much as to fay, the HorCm1n- ~rey, under which name are comprehended .all the V a.llies v- hich border 011 che Sea ; and the SPftniards call che Low grounds Vallies; ~hiéh are wacered by the 'ftreams tbat faiil from the Monmaihs; for in that Coun~rey, that part is onely ha- bitable ·which lyes tolVar&; the Sea ; all the reH being dry, is nothin~ bet dead and barren Sands, wlíere grows neither Grafs,. nor Herb, nor .any thmg for the , fufienance ofMankind. , . , · On that fide, by which the lnw paífed into thofe Plains; ·lyes the Vale of Ha- cari, which is Wide, r~ch and well peopled, and which in tittles paíl: contained zoaa·a · India~s ; all whid\.with · rrJudi wtllingnefs fubmitted to the obedience atid fervice of the lnc1t. This Vale ofHaúr~ led them into other Vales called Vainna, Camana, CaraviNi, Pifla, ~e!léa,.atJd others,, which run for the [pace of 7 0 Leagnes North and South along the Co~íl: of the Sea of Zur : 1 AJl which Vales hete na~ tned, ar~ each above zo Leagues long from the defart to the Sea, and alhv\J.t.ered , by fireams mí one fide and tfie ocher ; fome .of which are fo foll and plent1full; diat aftér they have fupplieG!• the f.c¡.nds with fufficient tnoifütre; the 'remainder empO.es it felf into the Sea ; anQ; others perhaps havmg refreíheci ,the Lands for two or three Leagues from their Source or :fpuntain-head, are afrerwards ab[orpt; or drank up by che drinefs of the Earth. The General Aqui Titu, and his Cap- <ains, having reduced ali thefe Vallies to obedien<i:e without fighting one füoke, · · .L rendred