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,
Royal
Commentarier~
BooK
IV.
CH AP.
IX.
That the Prince, who was Heir apparent, wa-s to marry his
own Sifter,
and
the
reafons which
they
gave
for
it.
H
A ing nm d d:ired the manner
in
general, and the way how the common
Indians
married ; \Ve iball
in
the next place proceed to
treat
of the Marriage
f
the
rince, who
a Heir apparent.
In
explanation
f which
it
is
to
be
noted,
chat ·c
\\as the moft ancient
uftome, and fundamental
Law
of thofe Kings, that
the
rince who
was
Heir, fuould
marry
with her that \
as
his own
iller
by Fa-
er and
'other, and fhe onely was capable of being
his
Legitimate Wife,
v
horn
rhiey ailed
Coya,
whlc
is a much as QQ_een, or
Empre~
; and the Eldefl: Son of
rhefi
n
o was allowed for the true and lawfull Heir of the Kingdom.
he
rigioal of this La 'and
ufiome was derived from the
firfr
Inca,
./V.t~mco
.
apac,
and his\ ife,
Mama Occ/o H11aco,
ho feigning
the~felves.
to be the
hil–
ren and defcended from the un, and to be Brother and
iller,
it
was therefore
cone uded by all the
Indians,
(
ho perfettly believed this Story) that by the exam-
1 of thefe two, the fame
ule was to be bferved
in
the fucceffion of all future
Ages; nd
t
·
they onfirmed by another Example of the Sun and Moon them–
fel
,
o being Brother and
ifl:er, :\'ere joined
in
Marriage ; and therefore
this
fc
rved
fl
r an undeniable Authority and Argument to prove the Legality of
fuch
a
arriage, by an infl:ance
fo
convincing, as that of rhefe Deities : Yet for want
f
fuch Hfue female
the
rince might then marry '
ith
the nearefi of Kindred,
fuc
s l ·
ufin-
erman, or Aunt, who, for
~ant
of Heirs male, were capa-
bl
f
inheriting the Crmvn, according to the
uftome in
Spain
or\ am of
eir
male by the
fir!l:
iller, the Prince might marry
ith the
feco
3,
or third, and
fo
on, un
ill
he met " ith one that produced fuch iifue: and
hi
ite ,
un
lly o ferved, and maintained to be legal, from the example
f
he un an
oon and of the fidl:
Inca
and h·
ifl:er, and from that Rule
, ·hich njoined them toke
the
tream ofRoyal Bloud pure and unmixed, left
they !houl
incur he impiety of mi ing
ivine Bloud
v
ith Humane Race. And
e au
the right of this Inhericanc came as ' ell by the Mocher as the ather,
th
ame ou d not be onferved,
unle~
they both concurred to make an Heir
, ith
undou red
itle. H reunto they added farth r, that the Majefiy of the
oul not
o
unicated
any other, unto ' horn
it
did not apper-
mr · for that her
onjunCtion and Union with the
King
could not
er ca able of fuch a
hara er, ''ruch was to e worfhipped and adored
in the
\ace
f a
it}, for that \'ere to commit Idolatry, by giving Divine
rChip
t
a
umane
reature.
fid
the l
full
ueen tho[e King might ha e many Concubines, both of
t
ei · o n "'indr d t
the fourth
e ree, and alfo of trangers; but the Children
y
th m
w
re
1
r ed with
ifferenr degre
of refpe
; the ons by the
K.inf-
" m n \ e
fie m d legitimate, ha' ing no mixture of common Bloud
'' hich
u ity \ a e\ e
fl: med \'ith high \ eneratioo, wh n thofe by
trang~r
\'\·ere
om te
all r
;
nd
ough they had ome refpe
iliewn them above that
m n de ree
'et
it '
as not \\ irh
fu
h exteriour nd interiour Devotion, a
t
t ofc of ur r
ud, " o
\:er
oumed
o
,
\:
hen thefe were onely ho-
1
n.
o
t
a
~h~
g ha
thr
e
fo
of
hildren, one by his
ill
r
·ho'
e
e~nmate,
and
ap ble of the ucceffion · another fort
•.
-inf'
o
n of
~
m
oud ;
n a
t
rrd by
rrang~rs,
\ ho were
.
• 0
.
AP.