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which
ti~e,
he lived
in
great
pea~e
and.profperlty; at. the
end-of
which he
dyed,
being uruverfally lamented by
his
Sub1ett ,
having
hIS
place allotted
to
him
a–
mongO: the Kings his
Predecefit>rs,
and enrolled
in
the Lill and Number of
their
Gods. He was embalmed according to the cufiome of their
Countrey ;
and
his
Obfequies·perforrned with cries, and fighs, and
facrifices,
and other ceremonies of
Funeral,
which
continued
for
the [pace of
a
whole
year.
He
left
the Univerfal inheritance of
his
Empi~e
to his Eldell: Son
Yupam111i,
and
his
Wife and Sifter
Coya
Anah1earque,
befides which he
left above
chree hundred
Sons and Daughters ; and that in all, with legitimate and natural Children, he
made up
the number
of
more
than
four hundred
1
and
yet the
Indians
efieem
thefe
but few, conGdering they were the iffue of fo great, and
fo
good a Father.
The
Spanifh
Hiftorians confound the
Nam~
of this ather aod Son in one de–
nomination, calling the
Father
T11panqui,
and the Son
IJ1ca,
whereas
Inca,
was
the
Royal Title, as
AnguftUJ
was to the Emperours. The canfe
of
this miftake
a–
mongll: the
Spaniards
arifes
from the
Jndiam
rhemfelves, ' ho having occafton
to
mention. thefe
two Kings,
fay
Pachacmec Inca, T11panqui;
\
hich
the
Spaniard.r
tttlf–
underfianding, take
to
be
one
perfon, and fo confound the
Father
with
the
Sori;
though,
in reality,
the
Indians
make great difference,
diilingailhing
.this
Tupaftqui
from
his
Father and others by
the
fimame of
Tttpac,
which
i
as much as to
fay
(refplendent)
in
like manner they dillinguifh another
Inca Tupanqui,
by
the Father
of
Hnayna Capac,
and anorher
Yupanqui
by the Grandfather of
Huafaar
;
and
fo
give
fume
difrinlti-On
to them
alt
hich I Elenore
fur
betEef
clearing
£he
Hifiory
to
obferving and intelligent Reader .
'
•
CH AP.
xxxv.
Of
the School which
he founded
and
enlarged,
and of
the
·
Laws he nzade for good
G'overn1nent.
J
B
L a.r
Yalera
difcourGng of
this
Inca,
hath
thefe following words :
"
Ptracoch11
'' being dead, and placed by the
l ndian.r,
amongft the number of their
God~
" the Grand
Titu
his Son fucceeded in his Throne
by
the Name of
¥anco Capac,
cc
untill fuch time as his Father ga
e
him the Name of
Pachacntec,
which fignilies
«
as
mm::h, as
if
they lhould
call
him
the
eforrner
of
the World
:
the
which
" Name was verified
by
the many famou Affions he performed,. and the
man~
" wife
Sentences and Proverbs which he uttered;
the
which
were
fo
excellent
ana
'' renowned,
that
having
deferved
that Augufr Title, the formet
ame begaa to
~'
be forgotten. This
Inca
governed his Em ire with that vigilance, prudence and
" courage both in War
and
Peace, tha he not onely enlarged
it
cowards
all
the
" four quarters of the World, which they called
Tavantinfuyu,
but firengthened
'' .and
corroborated
it
by
fuch
excellent
Laws and
Statutes,
as
were
iudged
ortby
'' co be confirmed by the Wifedom of our Catholick Kings ; thofe onely excep–
" ted, which had refpett
to
the Idolatrous
ices of their Religion, and
to
die
" permillions of their Inceftuous Marriages.
Th·
Inca,
above all thing , ampli...
'' fied
and
endowed with Honour
and
Revenue chofe chools
which
the
Inca Roe–
"
ca
had
firfl:
founded at
Couo:
e ncreafed the nu
er of Mailers and Tea–
'"' chers; commanding, that no Officer, Captain or
u dier,
fhould
be capable of
" any Honour, Office or Digni_gr,
~t
he onely that co ld !peak, and who was
' knowing-and skilfull in the Language of
Couo.
And that no pedon might
'' plead excufe (or
his
ignorance therein, he ordained and appointed feverat Ma·
" fiers to
c:each that
Tongue to all the Nobles,
and
to
other capable
co
ferve
in
'' publick
employment~
fo
that the Language of
Coz:,co
became the common and
" un'verfal
Tongue of all
Peru:
However
oflate
(I
know not how)
by
negligence
~
of