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Royal Commentarie1.

BooK

VI.

freiliment father

than

as any eifential Ceremony. belonging to the Order. From

this word

HuarACu,

which

fully

exprclfes all the Solemnity of

this

Feilival the

word

Huara

is derived which fignifies a Cloth or Vefiment, and implicitely de–

notes, that that Perfon who deferves fuch

Habit,

hath a lawful! Title ofpretence

to all thofe Dignities, Honours, and Royalties, which may be acquired, either by

War

or Peace. Moreover they placed on the Head of rhefe Novitiates Garlands

of two feveral

forts

of Flowers; one was of that which they call

Cantut,

being

a very

beauti~ull

form, _and of various Colours, Cuch as yellow, murry, red,

aqd

others, all bemg very lively and chearfull. The other fort of Flower was called

Chih1Jayhua,

being ofa deep incarnation, not unlike the Gilliflowers of

Spain.

Thefe

two forts of Flowers were appropriated onely to thofe of the Royal Family; it not

being lawfull for the Commonalty, nor for any

Curaca,

how great foever he were,

to wear that fort of Flower. Moreover they

wor~

l!J)Oh their Heads the Leaf of

an Herb callee\

Pinay Huayna,

which fignifies youthfulJ, being very verdant and

green, and bearing a Leaf like that of toe Lilly ; it conferves

felf frefh for a long

time, and though

be withered, yet it continues its colour.

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All the Badges of Cbivalry and Honour, fuch as the Flowers and Leaves be–

fore mentioned,

and

other things, were conferred alike on all Novitiates, as well

as on the Heir apparent; who was differenced from them onely in the W reach

which bound his Temples, which was four fingers broad, not round, as the

Sp_ani–

ards

imagine it, but like a Fringe, made of

Wool~

for the

Indians

had no Silk

rheir Countrey, the colour was ofa ale yellow, like a Lemon-colour. This di–

fiinetion was not worn by the Prince, untill he had pa{fed

his

time of Appro–

bation, and then it was

his

fingle and peculiar Badge of Honour , not being al–

lowed to any other, no not

his own Brother.

The laft Royal dillinCl:ion they gave unc0 the Prince, was a kind of Pole-ax>

with a Handle of about a yard long, which they called

ChamJi.

This I

had an

edge like a fword on one fide, .and the poinc of a

Di~mond

on the odier, being

like a Partefan, onely that

wanted a point. When chis Weapon was put into

his

Hand, they faid

Aur:acunap1te,

which

a Noun of the Dative Cafe, and figni–

fies for Tyrants, for Trayrors, .for cruel Perfons, for falfe Breakers of their Faith,

for this and much more this word

Auca

fignifies ; thefe Arms which were put

in–

to his Hands, ferved for an Emblerne of Ju!Hce, with which he was

punHh

Offenders: the other particulars ofFlowers, and odoriferous Herbs, fignified Cle–

mency, Piety, Gentlenefs, and other Vercues and Royal Endowments of a Prince,

which he ought to make ufe of towards his faithfull and loyal Subje&. For as

hi Father the Sun had caufed thofe Flowers

grow

the Fields for the con-

tenement and pleafure ofMankind ; fo likewife otfght

Prince to cultivate the

owers of Verrue

his Mind, that

he might juHly claim the Title of Lover

of the Poor, and that under that charatkr and QOtion

1tls

Name might finell

·eer

and

precious

the World.

The Officers of Chivalry having in the prtfence of the

Inca

made and oonclu–

ded this Difcourfe unto the Prince ; then immediately the Uncles and Brothers of ·

the

rinc prefenting themfelves on their Knees before him, adored and reverenced

him

r the true and undoubted Child of the Sun, and Heir of the

Inca.

The which

eremony feerns a kind of lnfialment of the Prince, and Admiffion to the here–

ditary Succeffion of the Empire; which being done, they bound his Temples with

the yellowifh Wreath. And thus the Feaft of the Novitiates, admitted into the

rder of Chivalry, concluded.

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