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R <ryal
Commentaries.
BooK
I.
they
have learr:ed from their
h(if)kr,
hHt
tU
for your
pa;-~1,
in what manner can you retain
the memory ofyottr .Anceff<rl'J, or he informed
of
the f!rtgmal
of
J.our
Incas?
~~who
WtU
the
fir.ftef
them, or what wa 1 hi1 nttme? of what lineage., or
tn
wh~t
manner h.e began
to reign? what NationJ he conquend, . and
whe_n he
gave
~
heing to thu great Empire, and
-with what ExploitJ our Anceftor.1 atchseved thm,. greatnefa.
• •
The
Inca
was much pleafed
to
hear me make thefe enqwnes, becaufe
h~
took a
delight
to
recount thofe matter , and
~ning
hirnfelf to me,
Co11fi11,
f
aid
he,
I
moft
TPilling(J
comf{J with
J'OUY
requeft
;
for
it
Concerns
JOU
to hettr them,
a~d
k!ep them
in
your heart
(which is a phrafe
that they
ufe, when they mean that
it
{bould be
committed
'co
Memory.)
Tou
muft k._now therefore, thllt
in
ages
p11,fl
all this Region and
Countrey JOU fee ro11nd
m,
w"4
nothing hut mountainJ,
":1~
wild forejl, and the
Peop~e
in
t hofe timeJ 'Were
lik!
fo
many brute Beaj/J, w1thout Religion
or
Go1Jernment; they_ ne1tker
fowrd,
nor
ploughed,
nor
cloathed rhemfelves, becaufe they k[zew not the art
ef
weavmg with
Cotton or Wool:
They dwelt
by
two and
twg,
or three and three together,
tU
they happwd
to meet in Caves
or
holes
in
the Rocks and Mountains; their food
WM
H erbs, or Graff,
Roots of Treu
~nd
'Wild Fruits and
Man's
Flcjh; all the covel'ing1 they had were L eaves
or
Bark!
ofTr~es,
and Skjn1 of Beafts :
In fhort, they were altogether
f
avage, ?n_1tkfng
ufa
of
their
WQ111en
as they accidentally met, under
ft
anding no
prop~rty,
or
f
ngle
enJf(Jme»t
of
them.
And no'W
J
pray
ob{ervc me with due attention, for I would not be trouMed to
mak..,e
repe·
tition of whtft
I
have /aid. Our F11ther the
Sun,
(for
this
is
the
langu~~e
of the
InctU,
hidi
i
a title ofRe erence and RefpeCt, which they ah ays adJorn,
fo
often as
they name the Sun; for they avail thernfelves much of the HQnour of being de–
fcended from
him;
and
his
ame is fo precious, that it
is
blafphemy for any, and
by
Law he
is
to be froned, ' ho dares to cake this
Name
into
his
mouth,
who
is
not an
Inca,
or defcended from that Lineage.)
Our Father the un
(
faid the
Inca) heholding Men
fa.chas before related, took compa.ffeon of them, and fent
a
Son and
a
Daughter of hu
own frrnn
Heaven to Earth, to inftruil oHr people
in
the k._nowledge ofOur
Father the Sun, that
fa
they might worjhip and adore
him,
am/ e.fteem him for their God:
giving them Laws and PreceptJ, 'Whereunto they might conform their Livu, lik!
Men
of
.
Reafon and Civility;
that they might live
in
Houfes and Society, le1trn to fow the Land,
cultivate Tree.;, and PlantJ, feed their Flock!, and
enjqy
them, and other Fruits
of
the
arth,
M
rational
Men,
and not as brHte Beajh. With thefa Orders and In.ftruClions
011r
Fiither
the
S11n
placed hu two Childrea
in
the
Lak!
Titicaca,
which
u
about eighty
Leag11c1 from hence, giving them liberty to go, and travell "Which way they pleafed, and th11t
in what p/,ue foever they ftaid to eat,
or
fleep, they fhould
ftri~e
a little wedge of Gold into
the gro11nd, (which he
had
given them,) being about half
a
yard long, and
two
fingers thick_,
and where with one ftrok! this wedge jhould
fink..
into the Earth, there fhould he the place
of
t heir H.ibjtation,
and
the Court unto which all People jhould refort.
La.ft!J, he ordered them,
that
when
they
fhould have reduced People to thefe
&!es
and Obedience, that then they jhould
conferve an4 maintain them with Reafon,
[Hf/ice,
Piet
,
Clemency and Gentlenefs, performing
11/l
the good
Offices
of
a /iom Father towards tho{e Children which he loves with tendernefa
•
and
th~t
in imitation of hjm, and
by
his
e~.:ample,
who
dtieth good to
all
the World, ajfordtn;
them
/1
ht to perform their b11jincfs,. and the a£fiom
of
Life, w.arming them when thry
are
of~,
Makfng
their.
paftur~.1,
and
the~r
feeds to grow, their tre_es .to frullifie, and their flock.I
to mcretl[e,
~atermg
the1r
Land.t
n:ith
~
frrnn above,_ and'': tts feafon beftowing che11rfHD
and
.
vourable
weather~
and to
mamfeft hu care
of
all thmgs,fatd, I
every
d19
tak!
a
turn
round
he
lf/or/d to fee and difcover the necejfit1es and want.; of all things, that
Jo
4S
the trne
Fo–
m 'llter And
Parent
if
th~,
I
may
apply
my
{elf
to their fuccour and rcdrefs. Tims
efur
my
x
rr.ple
and
a.rm111/dren,
font
upon the Earth
I
would have )'OU to im"tate me and to
inj/·11
futh
DoEfrbre
i
o
thu People
as
may
convert them
from Beafl
1
unto
e~.
u{
from
J.~ceforth
I
co11.ftit11te and ordttinJ'OU Lcrds and Princes over thu People, that
by
)::r
lnfl~·u[fumJ,
Rettfon and Government, they
ma] be
c®{erved.
'Ibus
Oilr Father the
Sun,
'1.
im~
dccbred hu pleafure to thefa hu two Children he dtr;.patched them
fir
0
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fi
·
'
'Jf
, ,
1m
,
an
tu:
t ..
1 1 1a
t.
eir
Jo'!rne
rom
iucaca
Northw.:trd, at every place -whe;·e thry came to repofa
hey
t1
J
wub
tLeir
wea e
t(J
flr1k.!
it in the grom1d hHt it took._no
pl~ice,
nor would it enter;
ti
c.-tm~
to a P':°r
Inn,
or place to re
in, about {even or eight Leagues
o11th–
~J
1
~
t
,
wh1:h
to thu day
10.
called
acare Tampu,
which i.s as much
M
to
.
mg
r
nli~hmed
ormuory.
'Ibu
10
one of tho(e Colonies which thu
m
t
nt~d,
the lnhab1t.inr1 whereof 6oefl
of
th11
J.
ame an Title which oHr
Inc
be-
upon tr
:
from
11'
ence he and hu
iJ2.!!.
n
defc
nded to
tLe
f'd/19
of
zco,
which
WM
t
r
J
nel
.1
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b
irr n
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