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B OK Ml. Royal Commentdrief.
How having adored the Sun, they went in Proceffian to bi$
Te1nple, and fatrificed a Lamb to hit11. 1
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1-Arii.L things being well prepared} and difpofed on the Eve, the F~4fi being
I1 come, the Inoa, accompanied wlth his Brethren, attd every one rank~d in
his place and order~ according to his Qg_aliey and Age, went in procefiio~ by break
of day into the Markec.. place e>f the Cicy, which they call H1t1'P4yp11111 w~re re..
maining bare..foot, they looked attentivelv _toward the Eafi in ~eet~~~of'i of th~
Surls Rillng; when fo foon a1i they fuw him appear, they all 1 wl}!., cafl:–
ing themfelves down on t!ieir breech~, (which is as much as wit~ our kn~izs)
adored and worlliipped him, and w1ch ope~ Atn:es and Ha!lds lifted p, p~mng
them before theit Mouths, threw empty Kilfes mto the Air, and fo worfh1p
with profound reverence, acknowledging the Sun for their God, and their n(
ral Father.
The Curaca.t, which were not of the Bloud Royal> affembled in J1. fepar~te
Company in wother place called Cuflipt1t4,. where they performed the fame Cere...
monies with the IncM. Then the King raifing himfelf on his Feet, whilft the
others remained fitting, he took cwo great Cups ofGold, which they caf1Aquill11.,
into his Hands, filled with that Drinlt which is their chiefBeverage; and then i
the name and {lead of his Father the Sun, (being elleemed the fuft-born) he lif–
ted up the Bow~ which he held in his Right.hand and invited the Inca, being
himfelf, and all his Relauons, to the Feilival, ro pledge him in that Llquour ; for
t1'is Ceremony of drinking one to another, is the moft familiar infiance can be gi–
vai of Friendiliip and Good-will.
Having performed this Cerem tio,o, he poured the D rink which .
was in his Right-hand Bowl inno a dedicated tD the Sun ; trom which
the Liqueur ran into a fniooth Chanel, made of Stone, which reached from the
Market-place to the Temple, as if the Sun himfelf had drank it. Then the I nca
drank of the Bow 1 which he held in his I ...efc-hand, pledging the Sun, giving to
every Inca fame part thereof, in a finall Cup of Gold, or Silver, which every one
had ready to receive it; fo that by little and little they had drained the great
Bowl; the Liqueur of which being fanailied by the hand of the Sun, or the I nca,
was efi:eemed ofVirtue and Bleffings to all thofe who ·communicated of it; and
of which all thofe of the Royal Family received. The Curaca& drank of another
Cup, though of the fame fort of Liqueur, prepared by the Wives of che Sun 7
which was not efieemed fo holy and facred as that which was confecrated by che
Inca himfel£ . .
This Ceremony being performed, which was but an AnteQafi to what they
had afterwards to drink, they proceeded all in their order co the Temple of the
Sun; and being about two hundred paces from the door, they all (except the
King) pulled o!f t~eir Shoes, and walked to the Gate of the Temple. Then the
Inca, and all his Kindred, entred in, and performed, as legitimate Children, their
Obeifance and Adoration to the Image of the Sun; whilil: the C1J.r11ca1, as un–
worthy of fo great a Privilege, attended without in the great Court, which was
before the Gate of the Temple.
Then the Inca offered with his own hand thofe Veffels ofGold with which
be had ~nfonned this Ceremony ; and the other I ncas delivered theirs into the '
hands of the ~nefis, who were I ncas and particularly nominated and dedicated to
the Sun; for 1t was not lawfull for any Inca to officiate at this holy Service> who
was a Secular, or not ordained co thiS facred FunCtion. When the Prlefis had
' thus received the Chalices from' the Incm , they w-ent afterwards to th~ Gate, to
F f 2 take