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Royal
Commentaries.
co re refent the moft important matters, wh!ch he a6_ted,
orn~rting
things lefs per–
tineift and material. And though many rhmgs herem
conram~d
may
fe~m f~bu
lous,
yet
becaufe they are Cuch as the
Indians
make the
F?undat~on o~
their Hifto–
ry,
and of chofe
greameJf~
which the
~pa~iards
do
pow~
r_ealicy-en1oy,
I
cannot
pafs them by, without
ifl}ury
and
preJud~ce
to
the
~egmnmg,. Pro~efs
and
~e
riod of this Monarchy
:
.
Hm
foever having fucked
m
a (incenty with my
Milk,
I fhall give
~
true Account of all that I. heard, and received from
my
PareI?ts,
promifing that neither favour nor affeCtion
to
my People and Bloud
fhall
enclme •
me either
~o
conceal the bad, or beyond Reafon applaud the good or natural Ver–
tues of them;
for
though
Ge~tilifm
be fuch
a.
~a
of Errours, that. every
th~ng
may be believed of it,
w~ch_
1S
new and
prod1g~o~s;
yet I fball
delive~
nothmg
but what the
Spanifh
Hiftonans have before mumated of thofe Kings and
Cot}ntries. and that I may not feem to obtrude any thing out of partiality
to
my
K~dred
I {hall
confine my felf within the bounds of the
Spanifh
Writers,
intending that tbefe Papers !hall ferve for a Comment
to
t~eirs, an~ t~ reaifi~
the
Errours they have made, as
t<-?
limes, Perfons and Countr!es: which mdeed
IS
no
wonder
if
confidering the little knowledge they have
m
the language, they
ha\
e
be~n ~ilty
of many
mifiakes
relating to that People.
In
fine
, hatfoever
I fhall
relate of chefe People, who were deftroyed, before
they ,
er~
kno\\ n; either
in
reference to. their ancient. Idolatry ,
G~ve~mel}t,
Law and Cufioms ,
it
!hall be dearly laid down, wuhout comparing
it
ith
divine or humane Hillories, or the Governments of our time; becaufe all compari–
fon
are odious ;
but rather
leave thofe reflexions to the Reader , who finding
fomething of fimilirude herein to the fiories of Holy Writ, and to the
Fables
of
Ancient Gentilifm, may apply them according to his own fancy and humour.
For my part, I having been a natural
Indian
born, and educated
in
Arms, have
little
or no abilities
or
fuength of
my
own,
and
therefore have need
of the
favour
and
affifience
of
the
Candid
R~ader.
CH AP. ·XI
Of
thofe People which the firjl
ln~a
fent to
inhabit
divers
Countries.
B
ut
to return now to the
]nett'
Mane~
Capac:
Afi:er he had founded
th<t
City
of
Couo,
and divided
it
into two parts, (as we ha e already declared)
he planted l!lany other Colonies. To the Eafi:ward of this
City
he placed rhofe
People, which now extend tbett1felves over that rraet of Land' hich runs to the
i
er called
PtUtcar
tampu;
and thirteen feveral other Nation he feared on both
fides of the Royal "'ay,. called
Antifayu,
which for brevity fake we omit parti•
culatly to nommate, bemg
~11
or the mofi
p~
of the Lineage, or Tribe called
P?q11es.
T~
the Wefiward m the fpace of eight Leagues in breadth, and about
mne or ten mlength> he planted thircy feveral Villages, which fpread themfelves
n one hand ,
~nd
the
oth~
as far as the Royll way of
Cunrifuyu.
Thefe People
forme~ th~·ee
different Nauons,
nam~ly
Mafca, <;Jhillqui.,
Paperi.
To the North
of this
<;:1cy
were feated
tw~nry
Village:s, which were difi:ingullhed by four
names,
1.11:c..
Mayu,
CAncu,
ChmchapHcyu,
Rimac
tampu
•
the remainder of the
Peo•
ple feated themfelves
in
the pleafant valley of
sa/.rahuanna
wh re the famous
Bartel'"- as
foug~t,
w_herein
Gon~alo Pi~rro
was taken
Prifoo~.
To the Sourh–
wa~d
of the
City
thirty. eight or
forty
ocher Villages were planted, eighteen of
h1ch
ere of the Nation of
Ayarmarca,
and extended themfelves on one fide
~d
the other
~f ~e
Royal high way of
CollafoyH,
for the
fl
ace of thirty Leagues
m
length, begmmng from thofe
pare
which are overagainfi rhe
SalinM
1
and rea€h
within