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Commentaries.

to reprefent the moíl: ill)portant mam:rs, wh_ich he a~ed, om~rcing things lefs per–

tinent and material. And chough many rhmgs herem comamed may feem·fabu–

lous, yet becaufe they are fuch ~s the

India~s

make che f?undac~on o( cheir

J-fül:o–

f'y, and of chofe greacn~~ which·che

!Pa~iards

do now !n r_eality en¡oy, I r~nnot

país chem _by, withouc m¡ury and preJud~ce co the ~gmnmg,_ Pro&refs aryd

?é·

riod of chis Monarchy: Howfoever havmg fucked m a fincency w1th my Milk,

I {hall give a true Accounc of ali chat I. heard, and received from my Parents,

promiíing, chat neither favour nor affeéhon to my People and Bloud íhall encline

me eicher

conceal che bad, or beyond Reafon applaud che good or naturfl Ver–

tues of chem; for chough Gentilifm

fuch a Sea of Errours, chac every ching

may be believed of it, which is new and prodigious; yec I íhall deliver ncthing

but what che

Spanifh

Hiflorians have be(ore intimated of chofe J(ings and

Countries; and that I may not feem to obtrude any thing out of partiallty

my Kindred I fhall confine my felf wichin che bounds of che

Spanijh

Writers,

intending that tl1efe Papers fhall ferve for a Comment co cheirs, and co reétifie che

Ertours they have made, as

Tir¡¡es, Perfons and Countries: which indeed is no

wonder, if confidering che little knowledge chey have in the language, chey

have been guilty of many miflakes relating to chac People.

fine, whatfoever I fhall relate of thefe People, who were deflroyed, before

they were known; either in reference to. cheir ancienc_ ldolacry , Government,

Laws and Cuíl:oms, it íhall

clearly la1d clown, w~thout comparing ic wich,

divine or humane Hiíl:ories, or che Governments ofour time; becaufe all comparr–

fons are odious ; but rather leave chofe reflexions to the Reader, who finding

fomething of fimilicude herein to che íl:orie~ of Holy Wric, and

the Fables of

.Ancienc Gentilifm

may apply chem according to bis own fancy and humour.

For my pare, I having been a natural

Indian

born, and educated

Arrns, have litde

or no abilities or füength of my own, and therefore have need of che favour and

afiiíl:ence of the Candid Reader.

CH A P.

XI.

tJf

thofe People

whzch

the firfl

Inca

fent to inhabit divers

Countries.

B. '

to recurn now to the

Inca,

Manco

Capac :

After he had founded che

City of

Couo,

and divided it imo two pares, (aswe have aJready declared)

he planced many ocher Colonies. To che Eaíl:ward of chis Cicy he placed chofe

People, which now excend themfelves over that craét of Land which runs to che

River called

Paucar tif!mpu;

and chirreen feveral ocher Nations he feated on both

fides of che Royal way, called

AntifHyu,

which for brevity fake we omit parti–

cularly to nominare, being all or che moíl: pare of che Lineage, or Tribe called

Poques.

To che Weflward in che fpace of eighc Leagues in breadth, aqd abouc

nine or ten in lengch, he ¡:,lamed thirty feveral Villages, which fpread themfelves

on one hand , and che ocher as far as che Roy:il way of

Cunrifo.yu

Thefe People

formed three diflerent Nacions, namely

Mafc11,

Chil/qu

i, Paperi.

To che North

of chis Cicy were feaced cwency Villages, which were diíl:inguiíhed by four

narnes,

vi:G. M ayu, C11,ncu, Chinchapucyu, Rimac tamptt;

che remainder of che Peo–

ple feated chemfelves in che pleafant valley of

Sacfahuarma,

where che ramous

Battel was foughc, wherein

Gom;alo

Plc;arro

was caken Prifoner. To che Souch–

ward of che Ciry thirty eight or forty other Villages were planted, eighceen of

which were of the Nation of

Ayarmarca;

and extended themfelves on one fide

and che other of che Royal high way of

Collafuyu,

for the [pace of thirty Leagues

in length, beginning from chofe pares which are overagainíl: che

Safi»M,

and reach

withi11