HiHorie of the Indies, lib.6. 473 



fix leagues compaffc aboutthc Citty of C#/?0: their ori- 

 ginalhnd beginning was in the valley ofCvfe* , where 

 by little & lit tie they conquered the lands which we 

 call Pmi, paffing beyond gttitto^ vnto the river ofPaflo 

 towardes the North , ftretching even vnto Cbilk , to- 

 wardes the South, which is almoft a thoufand leagues 

 in lengthflt extended in breadth vnto the South fea 

 towardes the Weft, and vnto the great champains 

 which are on the other fide of the Aitiks, where at this 

 day is to be feene the Caftell which is called the Puca- 

 ra of the InguA^ the which is a fortrefle built for the de 

 fence of the frontire towards the Eaft. /The Ingats ad 

 vanced no farther on that fide, for the aboundance of 

 water,fflarfhes,lakes, and rivers, which runne in thofe 

 partes. jThefe ingms paffed all the other Nations of 

 Amarica, in pollicy and government , and much more 

 in valour and armes 5 al though the Canaries which were 

 their mortall enemies, and favoured the Spaniardes, "> 

 would never confeffe it , nor yeelde then? this ad van- 

 tage:fo as even at this day,if they fall into any difcoui (e 

 or comparifons , and that they be a little chafed and 

 incenfed, they kill one another by thouiands vpon this 

 quarrell , which are the moft valiant, as it hath happe 

 ned in Cufco. J The pra&ife and meanes which the In- 

 guas had to make themfelves Lords of all this Coun- 

 trie , was in faining that fince the generall deluge, 

 (whereof all the Indians have knowledge,) the world 

 had beene preferved,reftored,and peopled by thefe In- 

 gxas, and that fcven of them came forth of the cave of 

 P4c^/V.^50,byrea{on whereof, all other inen ought 

 them tribute and vaHTalage, as their progenitors. Be-' 

 fides they faid and affirmed , that they alone held the 

 truejeligion^and knew how God fliould befeived and 



honoured: 



