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HE Authour of this Hiftory
W(JJ
one
of thofe whom the
Spani–
ards
caUed
Meztizo's,
that
i.5
,.
one /Jorn of a
Spanil11
Father
and
·
an
Indian
Mother.
And
though
he
wt1J
a
Native
of
Peru,
and
/;y
the /Ylother'sficle inclined
ttJ
th~./imple
Temperament, which is
nat~ra~
to
that
Countrey;
yet
it feems the
~pamfh ~um~ur
waJ
mo.ftpre·valent
tn
him,
fa
tliat he delighud
much to te/)
zu,
(JJ
tn
divers
places, that
he wcu the
on
of
Gar~ilaffo
de
la Vega,
one of
the
f
rjl Conquerours
of
the new World,
who wcu
by
the
diretJ
Line
defcended
from that
brave
Ca·valier
Garcipe–
rez de
Vargas,
from
whom came the
·valiant
Gomez Suarez de
Figueroa ,
theftrfl
Count of
~eria,
his
Great·grandfather, and'Ynigo
Lopez de Men–
do\a
from
whom the
Duke of
Infantado
WtLJ
defcended;
who
WtlJ
Brother
-
to
hiJ Great·g,randmother
and to
Alonfo
de
Vargas,
Lord of the Black–
mountain ,
hi& Grand-father,
from
whom
came
Alonfo
1
de
Hineftrofa de
rgas,
Lord of
Valde
Sevilla,
who was. Father
to
Gar~i1a.£fo
de
la
Vega,
of whom
came
our Authour. Nor l efs illuflrioUJ doth he tell
you,
that he
wt1J
6y
the Mother's
Jicle,
who was the Daughter of
Inca Huallpa
Topa,c,
one of the Sons
of
Topac Inca Yupanqui
and
of
Palla Mafua Occlo,
his
lau.fttU Wife,
from whom came
Huayna Capac 1nca,
the laff King
of
Peru.
Vherefore this Authour
in
all his
Writings
f/yles
him/elf
Gar~ilalfo
Inca,
hecaufe he deri7Jed his Pedigree from the Kings of
Peru,
who were called
Incas!
a
name
it
feemJ..
given to
none
6ut the Royal Family.
-
This
Hiflory
is
divided
into
two
Parts.
The
frft
treats
of
their
Govern–
ment
6efore the time of
the
Inca's,
which
WtlJ
/;y
the Head
of
their T,.i6es
and
Families
called
Curacas;
and then it
proceeds
unto
the
Original
of the
Inca's,
and
of
their
Government,
and
in what
manner
that
falvag,e People
Wt/J
civil1z.edand inftrulted in the Laws of Humane Nature, and to
liv~
i11
a
Political
S ociety
hy
Manco Capac
their ftrfl
King,;
How a!fo
the
Men
were taught
/Jy
him to plow
and
cultivate their
Lands,
and exercife fome
/ort
of.H@kandry :
and how the Women,
by
his
Wife
Coya
Mama,
(who
ry
t~eir
Law
Waf
to be
hu
Sifter)
were
taught
td
fpin,
and
wea'Ve,
and
make
t heir
own Garments.
.
It
iJ
probable
~h,at
a great
part of_thi..s
Hifto:.J,
as far
tU
concerns
the
O–
riginal
of
the
Incas
and
the
foundation
of thetr Laws,
iJ
fabu/ow
o·
howfo..
A
i..
eve
_,