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BooK
V.
Royal
Commen
comm<Jlld of
th~
Sun
haid
al~ered
his Difpo_fition, and
r~d.uced
him
_to
che natural
temper of his Fore-fathers. But
th~
truth is, hat Amb1uo:i and rhirft ofHqnour
which
makes
great changes
in
the mmds ofMen, had f
~
rmraculoufly
opera~d
on
his
rough and hard
temper,
that h\s Nature feemed eaurely
to
be altered, and
t?
have ·put on that gentle and fweet humour, which
was
Royal and
natural ro his
Family.
T~
· being
done, the
Inca P'iracocha
made
his
entry
into
Co~co
on
foot,.
that
he.
might appear more a Souldier than
a
I\~g5
he defcended
rh~rher
by_ the way of
carammta,
and in triumphant manner, bemg
encompaffe~· by
his Sould1ers, and on
ea<::h
hand fupported by.
his
two
Unc~, rh~t
were
Ma
1or-Geoerals, caufing the
prifoners to be concluded behind, with great joy and. loud
~cclamatioris
he
w~s
received into the City. The grave
IncM
aged, and fincken
m
years came forth
to meet him, ·and with due reverence having faluted and adored him. and acknow–
ledged
him
for a
true
Child of the Sun, entred
among~
the ranks·
of
-che Souldie–
ry,
to partake of the' glory
o~
this Triumphj adding
fartl;i~r
this complement
to
their
Courcfhip, ·That they w1fhed themfelves youthfull
agam
for
no
other reafon.;
than
chat
they might be Souldiers, and ferve in the Wars under his
forruna~e
and aufpicious Condutt. His Mother alfo
Coya
Mama·Chic-ya·,
with her
Wo~
men, and
oth~
neatly allied
~n
Bloud
ro
the
~rince,
·being
artend~d
alfo with
a
multitude of
PallM,
or Ladies, went forth, ·with Songs and Dancmgs, to meet
and receive him; fome embraced him, others wiped off the fweat from
his . rows,
others [wept the aufr from his
F
t,
{hewing
~he
ways
W!th
Blowers, an odori–
ferous
Herbs,
in which joy
full
and folemn manner the Prince firfr
vifited
the
Temple of the Sun, in which making his entry on his bare Feet, according
to
their ufool cufiome, he returned thanks for the ViClory, which his father rhe Sun
had_
given
him.
Then he vifiteq the Selett Virgins,
Wives
of
the ·Sun ; and af–
ter
ftiefe
two Offices were performed, he departed from the City to fee his
Fz–
tber,
who
all
this while conferved hirnfelf within the Straits of
Muyna;
and
in
the
fill1e plaee where he had formerly left him.
The
Inca Yahuar-Huacac
received the Prince his Sun with
all
the
e~preffions
of
joy
and
contentment imaginable, congratulating his SuccefS, aod vietorious Archieve...
-ments, but yet his Countenance appeared
fo
mdancholy aod referved, that
he
feemed thereby to teflifie more of Emulation and Envy, than of real Satisfaction;
for the fhame and
c~nfufion
he conceived in feeing his Son
ietorious feemed
to
qpbraid
his Cowardife; nor
can
it well be determined, · whether the Envy of
his
Son'5 Honour, or the fenfe he had (or bafely
forfaking
the Temple of the Sun, or
the fear of being depored for
his
mean and pufillaniffious Beliaviour, was mofi:
prevalent
m
his
confufed mind. But certain.
it
i , that at this publick interview
fe~v
words pa«ed
b~t~een
.them; what
aft~rwards
happened in p1:ivate
is
not cer–
tamly known, but 1t
1S
believed by the
I'1dtans,
that the whole D1fcourfe was
in
reference to the Government,
whidl
of the two fhould reign, and which appea–
red by the feque],
it
being refolved between them; that the Father having forfa–
ken and abandoned the
City,
'~as
no more worthy to return unto it.
For Am–
bition, and defire of Government, is fo prevalent in the minds of Princes, that
.
th~Y.
a:e
wilJing to take
a~J
pretext to cover their afpiring thoughts; and indeed
this
unputauon of Cowardife feemed tqe more plaufible reafon,
.in
that
it
was
fe–
conded by the fuffrages of the people, and the confent of the ..Court; to which
the Father coqdefcended, being confirained thereunto
by
force, and
by
an abhor–
rence he naturally had to War, efpeciaUy to
·~ivil
Diffemions. Upon which
agreement the draught of
a
Palace was immediately defigned, and intended to
be
b~t
between the
.Stra~rs
of
Muyna
and
~efpicancha ,
where was an
exc~llent
·
Air,
and
pleafant
S~t'1ation,
and eafily improveable by Gardens, and Orchards
~d
all the Diveniferner:its of Hunting,. Fifhing,
and
other Royal Pall:imes; be:
mg much advantaged therein by
th~
benefit of the River
Tucay,
into which many
S~eams
and
~roo
fall,
on the Eafi-quarter of the Houfe. The FoJ.mdation of
tins Houfe bemg laid, (fome mines of which
do
to this
day
remain) the Prince . ·
teturne to
Co~c~,
w!1ere he changed his yellow
for
tlre
crimfon Wreath, and yet
~
c
tented
tti~t
his Father fhould
frill
conferve his.Royalty in the colour of
his
Ribbon, on
oondit.
~n
that
he
renounced
the
fubfianrial pans of Govern.ment .,
for
proud and
ambit ous Men can
endure punctilio's,
~nd
immaterial
circumfianceg
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