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BooK
VI.
Royal
C01nmentaries.
Countrey, chanting out the
ongs
~hich
they had compofed in honour and
praife of the mighty and exceJlent Achoo
erformed
by
t~e
Gei:ieral
Capac
Yupan_–
qui,
and hi Nephew the Pnnce, by whofe happy begmnmgs
his
ad er conce1-
ved entire fatisfaet:ion and hopes, that he would one day anfwer the defrres and
expeetations of his Subje&. After the Citizens the ouldiers folloi\ ed
in
their
rank and orders, according
to
their Companies and Divilions ; finging alfo the
Songs which they had compofed in praife of the
H~roick
Aeti<;>ns of
chei~
Incru,
making their Valour, and
Cond~Cl:
,
~nd
Excellenc1:s, the
fu~Jeet.
of their ?n–
net
adjoining thereuneo Panegynck m commendauon of their P1ecy1. Chancy,
Llb~raliry
and Magnifi ence cowards their Captains and ouldier , filling up the
· burchen of their ongs
with
the Names of the Uncle and
e
hew, adding Titles
unto chem, and Dignities which their Vertues and brave Actions had acquired.
After the Souldiers followed the
IncM
of the Bloud, all armed with the fame
fore
ofWeapons,· as well thofe who had remained ac home, as thofe who had been
at the War; all being equally to <hare in the Booty and Honour ; the Merits of
thofe who had prefided over the Civil Government at home, being no
lelS
efiee–
med than the hazards and labours of thofe who adventured abroad.
Amidll: the
JncM
was rhe General and his Nephew funounded, and afier them
came the
Inca Pachacutec,
mounted on his Chair of Gold,
in
which order they
proceeded to the facred Limi and Verge of the Temple, where the
lnctU
a1ighc–
ing1 took off their Shoes, and all, excepting the
Inca,
who wa Emperour wal–
ked barefoot
to
the Gate of the Temple; at which place alfo the
Llca
himfelf
with bare feet, attended onely by
lncM,
entred in and wodhipped; and having
given thanks for the Vietories obtained, they all rerw·ned to the publick Market–
place, where they celebrated the Fefrival, with Songs and Dances,
with
Eating
and Drinking, which was their bell: entertainment on thofe days of merriment.
In
their Dancings they obferved
this
order to avoid confufion. Thate ery
ati–
on according to their Seniority and Place took their turns
in
Dancing after the
mode and fafhion of their Countrey, whilll: their Servants beat the Drums, and
other Inll:ruments, joining
in
the
Chorm
at the end of
every
period.
1hofe ho
had performed their Dances drank one to another, and then arofe and danced
again,
in
fu~h m~nner,
as
this
pa!lime interchangeably
co~tinued
fo_r
the, hole
day. And m this manner was the Ceremony and folemrury of their Triumphs
obferved, for the fpace of a whole month; which we have here defcribed more
particularly on occafion of the Vietories which
Capac YHpanqui
had obtained; be–
ing then folemnized
with
the moll: order and magillficence.