4000003871

.BooK

IX.

Royal

Commentarier.

rraéted om of che_WQrds

cif

the three pre~eding Authours, who treat of chefe

cwo famous Roads ; every one of wbicn exalts their praifes·ro fuch a degree; as

moíl.pleaíes bis fancy,-though che-y all come fhort

that p'raife and a.élmiration;

which_is due to che Greatnefs of fo ~~ghty

Work: Fbr were there i;iothing

mc;,re

111.

rhe tl!att~F., tI-1an _onely a contm~ed d1ílance of five h~nc,Ired Leagues in

length, ~ewere ,!núch ,to be admired

but

hen,we conÍlder ~hat this Road paffes

ove\' afcent~qn.the 'jvlount~i;nsof ;tr,Vó; three,

alid

four Leagues high ; it is ~ben

füange, chat nothing feerns to b~ comparable

it. Befides all which,

V11é

lllUíl:

note, that on che highe~ top~ of tlie Hills,

f~oru

whence was tpe befr proípeét,.

there were erelted certam Lodges, or Houfes of Pleafure, which were feaced oh

~ach íide of the way, wich Scone-íl:airs to go up'

chem, where'che Chair-men

which carried che Sedans did ufually 'refr, ,and .where che

Incas

did

for fome

time taking che Air, and fur.veying io a mofi: pleafant profpelt all che high and

1.o~_er par~ of che ~ountaihs, Vl;~i~h wore .their coverings of~now, or on which,

rhe Snow was faJling, which certamly was·a moft pleafant v1ew; ~or from che

t,ops of (@me very high Mouncains one rnight fee

fixcy,

fevency, eighcy, oran hun–

dred Leagu~s round'; in.which variecy of profpeét che piques of fome very high

Mouncairís were to be feen, that feemed to touch che Heavens, and ocher Chafrñs

.ind Precipices

low and deep, as feemed to éxtend unto che centre oftbe -Earth..

Ofall which Works, chere is notping remain~ but Ruines, and fuch as War ancl

time have not been able

defu-oy. Ortely in che Road by the Plains, and in.

the defarcs ofSand, which are.widé and vaft, and.where al(o á~e fome

Hills

and, .

Dales, chere they have droven in their Piles,

o.t

Poíl:s

óf

Wóód

which being

placed

fight one_ of anocner

do .ferve for Marks

te;>

clir~tt

Travelle~s in théir

.way, where there 1s no path, or beacen road, becaufe 1c bemg all Sand, che crack

and footíl:eps are cove~ed by the

Sand.fo

ofcen as it is moved by che Wind : And

thei-eforé

en.efe Poíl:s are

neceífary to Travellers, as che Needle of the Coinpafs'

is to direébi Ship chrough che f10~tingWaves,

. .,

'I'

I •

¡[/<

1', , ....

,,;,;·,,

·,

}

)

' •

. 1

1h'at

I:Jp~~ni

Capac

receivé1'

News

pow

tf1e

Spa'n

i~r4i·

•

¡•

failed along the Coafi of

Pern:

.,.,,..,

)

'J11'

,,, , .

(

tvayna Capac

bei~

bufted and empÍo

;ed.in

che fotementioned affa'¡rs,

and

refiding in che Royal Falaces of

Tumipampa,

which are che moíl

M~~

cene of any in

~eru.,

advices w~re br?ughc him;:chat fom€íl:ranger,N~ci_o~,-- ne~–

ver before feeri

thofo Countnes, failed along chac íhore to mak:e _a d1fcqr<;ry of

~he l,and ; upon ~hich incelligence

Huayila Capac

was ~nuch furprized, e,nterta~.-–

mg new fears and ·JealouGes of an unknown people,

whom no account pf their

Nlltion¡ or .che. pares frorn whencr: they came could be.given1' ~uc.w~ are

note, chac chis Ship was Co~a¡ided by

Bafeo Nunnez'of /lilbó,

whqwa-s

che

firíl

that d&ov~red che South-Sea; and the Seamen wer~

Spaniards,

wpo ( as we hav~

. /

faid befoi:;e) _were the firft chaé gav:e che Name of

Peru

unto chis Empire, whifq ,

,hap~hed in ilie year

151

S',

che difcovery of which Countrey being two

yea~

b~.r.

fore. 1here .is an Hiíl:otian, who reports, _chat the,Ship ai:i~

Spaniard¡

ortlonged-

Don Francifco de Pifa,:ro,

and bis rhirceen .Companions,. who wer.e che firl}: Dif-

coverers of

Pe-rú

;

in which chere was a nüíl:ake becw~en che fir{l: I>ifcoyer.ers, and

che firíl: Coqqueroirrs : Tbere was alfo fome erro~¡

the

ti.t)1e, .for

chere was

fifteen or fü:teen·years dlffernricé, jJetween one ~nd_ the.othe'r.; (or che firíl difca-:

very o(

Pm,;

and .che Name given to it, happened in ch~ year

1515 ;

;ind

ch~

year when

francifco Pir¡drro,

and bis foµr Brothers, wich

_Don Diego

Alm_agrq

in:-

,vaded

Eha~

Co1mtrey was

153 1,

and

Huay~a Cap .. ac

_died eight years before, bein_g'

B b b

ht,