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.

BooK III. Royal Commentaries. Tbe Cur11e111S replied, Thac tluey would fü\cerely obey his l\1¡jefi~'J, and chac ·out of a re[pe& cbey bore t9 lús Service, tney promifod w .be bis trué frienc:ls and faichfull AlUes. Afrerwaoo ithefe CariqHn, Cari "and Chi.pana, being ~n }'>r'ivate togerser, emred mto Difoourfe ~onceruing che Laws of the Inca, che Govemment ·of bis Hou aud Court, and the rare a<lminifüacion of Juft:ice chroughi his whiole Kingdom , where no lajmy or Offeoce paffed wicbouc punilhment; bue more particularly they obferved che 'gentle tompulfion and foft violence he ufed in his War, as al- fo che fü•eeme1S of his temper, and imparcial Bebav~our towards them borla; ~11 which being rare and admirable evideri~ ·of his Excellencies and VertDes, they boch refolved, afi:er fome íhon:conference cogether, to yield themfelves and Sub-- je& to che Service and Devotion of che Inca. And hereuntb tbey 'were more eafi,. Jy íncli'ned, becaufe chey perceived chat che Inca began to approach .near co chem, and to have bis Confines concigu_~us wirh their Fromiers, and thereforet confide ~ red that it was good to make a "'f ercue of Necefficy, and feem to doe tha~t out of Choice and free Will, rather chan by being compelled to whac is irreíiíl:ible, loofe ali che merit of a voluricary Submiffion. With chis Refolurion prefenting themfelves befare che Inca, chey implored His Majeíl:y's Proceétion, vowing unto him ali Homage and Obedience, deG'ring alfo chat he would be pl~afed to fend Inflruél:ors to chem, 'i;Vho might direél: chem and cheir Subjeél:s in che Laws.of his Father che Sun, ·and inform them of all parciculars which may be requifüe for his fervice. . In áníwer wh€reunco che Inca told chem, Thac he accepted cheir good Intenti· ons, and would watch all occafions to requice them ; · chen he commanded chat fucb Veíl:s íhould be given ' to che Caciques, as he himfel( wqre, and to, cheir Kindred and Attendance, Garments of a cour[er Thread, for which chey made many aclmowl~dgments . of Duty and Obligacion. In chis inannef che Inca reduced chofe feveral Peop,le and Provinces to his Empire , \~hich within the Diviíion of Co!Lefuyu were fubjeéted to che Dominion of chofe Cr;- ciq,ues, Moreover he added to thefe ne)>' Conqueíl:s che Councries of Poco, Ata, M1'ru, Maccha, Caracar11, amd all chofe ocher Provinces which rnn as far Eaíl:- ward as che great Mountain of Antú,. cogecher with all chat waíle and defarc Countrey ~hich reaches to the borders of chac Prnvi "Yhich is called Tapac-ri and now by che Spaniards Tapacari, comaining in bréa th thirty Leagues ; and by reafon of cbe coldnefs of it is much unpeopled; howfoever ic is fruitfull in pa- íl:ures ,. and abounds wich all forr 0f Cattel and wild Beaíl:s, and is foil of Foun- tains; and par.ticularly:there is one Spring of\i'Vacer, iífuíng from fy'Iines of Sul- ' phur, fo hot, that none can fuffer bis hand in it for a moments [pace; and yet what is ll:ill more; ob[ervable, there a1:e other Spri:tigs, no"t far from thence, of cold and pleafant Waters, boch which meeting afrervvards togecher, make chat ·River, wfüch iS called Cochapampa. Having traver[ed chis defart Coumrey, which abounds, (as we have faid) with Founcains and P.ílíl:ures, there appears a Moumain, which defcends for feven Leagues, and leads to che plain of che Provine~ Tapacri, where my Máfter Garr-i· laj[o de '" Pega, had his firíl: proporcion allotted to him in che Lands of Pmt: le is aCouncrey.very fruicfull and populous, ll:ored with ali forts of Cattel, far che fpace of twenty Leagues in length, and about cwelve in breadth: Abouc eight L~es:farther, is thac moíl pleafant Province of Cochapampa, which is a Valley ·of chircy Leagués long, and four broad, all which is made .fiuitfull" by a plenti• full River, chat wacers che whole Councrey: Thefe cwo pleafant Prbv-inces, wi:th divers ochers, were che inhericance of Cari and ChiJana, (as before relaced) and were now added to che Dominion and Ernpire of che lncM·, excending fevency Leagues in length. . · , In thefe pans, becaufe chey were pJeafant and fertile, che Spaniards in che Year 1 p5-. fectled a Colony, which chey cal!ed St. Peter of Carqem;a, fo named by che chiefand firíl: Plancer chereof, \yho was a Gentleman, and a Native of Burgó1, cal• led Capcain Lewis Ofario, \. ' The Macters ofchefe c~o Cacique1 being in chis manner ordered and diípofed, the Inca commanded two of bis principal Officers to make a furvey oftheir Coun- tries, and to cake with chem fuch Perfons as were proper and able to govern chofe new Subjeéts, and iníl:ruél: and te:ich chem in the Laws they were now to ob· · fer\'e) 1 / 77