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Royal
Commentaries.
BOOR
VIII.
The
Caciques
ho
lived
in the parts adjacent to the City came thith r to
bear a
part
and fhare in the
Solemnity, attended
with
their
K
indred,.and
a–
bility of
their
Provinces;
~d
attired in all the finery and gallantry with which
they
ufed to drefs tbemfelves at
times
of their own moft
Religious
Feafts;
of
which
we have
given
a Narrative in
the fid1:
part of thefe Commentaries; e
_
ry
Sept or
Linage
carrying be
Enfigns
or Si
nals
of their own Race and Fa–
mili
., in which
they
take
much
ride,
and
iliew
great oft ntation.
Some of them came in
tbe
habit
s
H ercules
is
painted)
v.ith
the
Lions
Skin, the Head
of
which ferved him
or
a Cap;
and this is
the
moft .honou–
rabl drefs, for
they
value,themfelves very
muc.h
to be defcended from a Lion :
Others
app
ared with
great Wings
xtended
at a
large
breadth
like to Angels,
which
they
took from the Fowle .calkd
J:>y
th
m
Cunt1tr,
which is
much
in
fteem
with them,
and from
which
they
alfo
glory to derive
their
defcent.
Others
were habit d in C oathes painted with Rivers, Fountains, Lakes,
Mountains, Caves, a
Rd
the like, hav ·og a Trad...
tioll
amongft them,
that
their
Forefathers had tbeir origina l from
fuch
places. Others had
ftrange
devifes
with Gold
~rnd
Silver,
and Coronets
of
Gold: Some appeared like Monfters,
having their Hands hke Claws, or the Paws of Wiid-beafts which the}' took
in
hunting.
Others feigned themfelves to
be
Fools and Idiots, endeavouring
in all guifrs to pleafe and divert their Kings
and
Governours. Some would
att the
part of Riches and
G
randure,
others perfonated
Mifery
and Poverty;
and every
Province affumed fomc
thing,
that
they
th ught might
adminifter
to
divertifernent and delight. ar.d
which
might
ferve to make
up
the folemnity
of
the
Fdtival;
w
ll
knowing
that variety
was
pleafing, and contributed much to
the
fati
faction of the
Milld.
By
fuch
Scenes
and Reprefentations as thefe,
with
which
the
Indians
did
ufe
to celebrate
the
F
eafts of
their own
Kings,
did
they
now, though
with
more oitentation appear, and
bear
a part in
ihewing
honour to the
Moft
Holy
Sacrament.,
which is our tnre
God.,
Redeemer,
and
Lord of all; the
which they
performed
withfuch
Devotion and Sincerity, as
plainly demonfrrated
them to
be a
People
freed
from
the
Superftition
ans!
Vanity of their Gentilifm.
.
·
The Clergy and Citizens were
not wanting
alfo
to
contrib'1te
their part.
t:'O
render
this feftival the
more
great
and
glorious;
to
which
end a
Scaffold
was
ereCl:.ed in the Yard leading
to
the
Church,
on
that fide which
fronts the
Chief
Market-place,
where tne Moft Holy Sacrament was expofed
in
a rich
Circle of Gold
and
Silver.
The Officers
of
the Church placedtbemfe1ves on
the right-hand., and thofe of the City on the left : with them were
feveral
of
thofe
l ncas
which remained of
the
Royal
Line;
to
whom they
gave a
place
of
Precedence.,
in token that thar: Empire
was
their
Patrimony.
The
Indians
of the feveral DiltriCl:.s paffed in their Chairs, or Sedans, with
their
Kindred,
and Attendances ; every Province
finging in
their own Mother...
l anguage,
and
not
in the general
Tongue
which is
common to
the
Court, the
better ro make a
difference between bne
Natidn
and another.
•
ith
them
they
arried their Drums, Flutes, Pipes, and
Cymbals,
and other
fort
o rural and barbarous Mufick; and feveral of
the
Men were followed
by
their
Wive ,
who ferved
to
bear a part in the Chorus.
The fobftance of
their Sangs
were Praifos to God, returning
him thanks
for having brought them out of Ignorance, to the light of true Knowledge.
And rend ring alfo
Thanks
to the
Spaniards
of what condition
foever,
whe–
ther
Spiritual or T emporal, far having inftrulted them in the Doctrine
of
the Chriftian
Faith.
Ocher Provinces,
according
to
the Cuftom in the times
of
their Kings,
fent
the
Men only,, with<>Ut the company or foci
ty
of
their
\.V
omen.
To
lhe
upper fide
of
the Church-yard., or
Cymet rie,
which is
about feven or
eight Steps
high
r
than
the
Market-place,
they afcended
by
Stairs
to
adore
tl
e Moft Ho ly Sacrament;
every
Sept, or Race in
diftinCl:
diviuons, being
fe–
parat d
from
each
oth r ten
or
tw
lve paces
diftant, to avoid diford r
and
onfu!ion; and having made their Adoration.,
they
defcended
by
another pair
of b ck 'Stairs, which was
eretl:ed on
the
right-band
of the Scaffold. Every
acion
proc d d according to its Seniority, which
was taken
and meafured
b1 rh
tim
that the
lncJ?s
had made the Conqueft o t hem :
So tbofe
~'ho
re
t
1e
laft
fub
ued ,
were placed t h
fit
in the P
roceffion
and thofe
1'
ho
ere
the
rnor
•
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