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BOOK
VIII.
Roya~
Ctnnmentaries.
and
all
agreed to go with him to the
City
of
Los Re; 'es,.
On his J ouncy thither
he was met
by
the
Gacique.s,
and
all the
Indi~im
of the Provinces through wh rch
he paffed,
who
enter tained
and feaft ed him a nd
his
Train in
the
b
ft
manner
they were able :
But alas,
it was all performed
with
fadnefs,
by
men who com–
pared the prefent circumftances with the
antient
grandure of thei r
Inca.f.
The
Prince travelled in his Chair, not made of Gold., like
that
of his Ancefturs
but of lefs rich materials, carried
by
three hundred
Indians,
whom he
brough~
·
with him, and not
by
thofe who were fubje.:l:ed to the
Spaniards.
Moreover
by
the Advice and Counfel of his Captains,
fo
foon as he had pafied the
Con~
. fines of his own Dominion, he rook off the coloured wreath which bound his
Head
left
that being
·a
Badge and Signal
pf
Soveraignty ihould give
offence
to
the
Spaniards,
as
if
he laid
claim
to the Dominions of which he was
deprived.
In this manner did this Prince travel, until he came to th€ City of
Los
Reyes,
where
fo
foon as he was arrived, he went to make his Complement and Vifit
to tbe
Vice-King,
who (as
Palentino
faith in
thefe
words) was attending
for
him at
his
own Houfe; and when
he
came
fo,
he received
him
kindly., and arofe
up to him, and caufed him to
fit
in a Chair equal with his.
By
the D ifcourfes
which
pafied
between them, the Prince gave all the indications of a
wife
and
prudent perfon, and worthy to
be
accounted of that Line from whence he was
defcended. Thus
far this
Author.
Two days afterwards the Archbifhop of the City invited him to Dinner ,
when
by
direltion of
the Chief
Governours.,
it was ordei:ed, That with the
Defert, or laft Courfe, the Archbifhop
Don Geronimo de
Loayfa
iliould deliver to
the Prince
th~
Inftrument whereby his Pention and Allowance was fettled; fup–
pofing that being reached to
him
by
fuch a hand., it might ferve to enhance the
eftimation of the Prefent.
But fome who [eldorn fpeak well of any man, re–
ported, that the Archbifuop fuewed himfelf officious
in
this matter, in hopes
by
this Prefent
~o
gain
a~other
from
~he
Inca_
in
Gold,
and Silver, and Eme–
rolds, or fuch bke fooleries.
But the
Inca
wifely returned a Mathematical de–
monftration
to
the Archbifbop, and the Guefts invited thither, fufficient to an–
f
wer their ExpeCtations : for after the Cloth was taken
away,
the Uiher of
th~
Hall brought the Inftrument of Settlement, which affigned a maintenance
for
fu.P.port
of the
Inca
and his Family., in a great Bafon
of
gilded Plate: which
when the Prince had heard, and had underftood the Contents thereof, he ga–
thered the end. of the Carpet in his Hand which covered the Table, and which'
was
made
of
Velvet,
with
a
deep
~ringe
of
Silk at the bottom.,
.and
fqueezing
the folds hard with his Hand, he held
it
up., and faid., All this Cloth with the
Furniture thereof was mine., and now they pay me with
a
thread thereof,
for
fupport of
my
felf and
my
whole Family. With which the Dinner and Entertain–
ment ending, the Archbirhop, and the Guefts who were with him, greatly
wondered at the aptnefs of the comparifon, fo well fitted to
t~e
prefent matter.
CH
AP.
XI.
The Prince
Sayri
Tupac
returns to
Cozco,
where
he is
feafted
and
entertained
by
his ·own
People. He and
his
Wife
are
bapti~d.
The
na1ne
which he tool<...
The fetJeral Vifits which
he
niade
in
the City.
T
HE Prince having remained fome
days
in the
City
of
Los
Reyes.,
demanded
leave of the Vice-King, that he might go to
Coz:..co;
which was granted
to him, with many offers of Services and Complements, as
torm~rly
: B ing
on his
Journey,
he was met in the way, and treated
by
his
Indian
Subjelts, as
formerly:
And
at his entrance into the
City
of
.H11amanca,
he was met by the
Citizens
of
that place,
who
entertained him, Congratulating and
Rejoy cing
.
·
with
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