329 / 1060
BooK
VIII. ·
Royal
Commentaries.
VII.
Th~
Inca
conquers
Quitu,
and
fends to
his Son
the
Prince
Huayna Capac
to
come
to
him.
T
HE
Gica Tupac,
after fame few years of eafe
and
peace, re-affumed again
the
thoughts of War, refolving
to
turn
his Arms againft the Kingdom of
~i
tre,
being a Countrey great and famous, of
70
Leagues
in
length,
~d
3
0
in
breadth the Soil
fruitfull,
and capable, by good Husbandry, of great .improve–
ment
a~d
benefit to the Inhabitants. Wherefore providing an Army of forty
thoufand firong, he marched to
THmipampa,
which
borde~s
on the .Confines of
that Kingdom, fending thence the ufual Summons to the
King
of
J2..t!itu,
who fiy–
led himfelf after the Name of his Counrrey. This Prince was of a barbarous
and rude nature, and confequently fierce and cholerick, feared by his Neighbours
for the
great
Power and Dominion he had over them.
Wherefore.relyi~g
on
his
own force, he confidently anfwered, that he was.Lord and Sovereign h1mfelf,
and
would acknowledge no other, nor receive Foreign Laws, but gave fuch as he
thought
fit
to his own Vaff als ; nor would he forfake the Gods of
his
Anceflors,
which were wild beafis, and great crees, fuch as afforded them flefh and wood,
and other benefits necelfary for the fupport of life. The
Inca
having received this
anf
wer,
would
l)Ot
immediately break
into
Aets of Hoililiry, endeavouring
for
awhile to
try
the effects of gentle allurements, and moderate terms, acc:9rding
to
the rule and maxime of
his
Anceftors.
But
this kind ufage operated little on the
affeetions of
the
people of
!l.!!_itu,
who grew more proud and infolent
1
Lby the
condefcentions of the
Inca
;
which was tlie caufe
1
~at
when the
War
broke our,
it
continued many months and years ; during which
time,
many Skirmijhes and
Bartels happened with
great
!laughter and damage on both fides.
.
(
Tnpac
Inca
Tupanq11i
perceiving chat this War was likely
to
continue long, fent
for hls Eldefi Son
and Heir the Prince
Hua;na Gapac,
that
fo
he might exercife and
pratl:ife
him
in
the
War ,
commanding him
to
bring
a
recruit of twelve thou–
fand Men with him ;
his
Mother was called
Mama Ocdo,
Siller of his Father, ac–
cording to the cufiome of thofe Kings, who always took the Eldefi Sifters for
their Wives: The
Spanijh
Hifiorians fay, that
Huayna
Capac,
in the vulgar
Lan–
guage of that Family, fignifies a Rich
Y
ouch
:
Bue
it
is
certain, that thofe
Indi–
an.I
in
giving their Names and Sirnames
tQ
their Kings, obferved (as we have faid)
other Elegancies and Phrafes in Speech, different from rhe common Language
having ever fame refpeet to thofe fymptoms, and appearances of
Vercue,
which
they obferved eminent and hopefull in their Princes, adding other Augufi Titles
agreeable to the Prowefs, and Illufirious ACl:ions performed
in
their Manhood..
And
fo,
becaufe this Prince demonlhated in his
Y
outb
clear
evidences of a Royal
and Magnanimous Soul, they gave
him
the Name of
Huayna
Capac,
which fignifies
as
much as a
Y
outhfull Spirit, invigorated with inclination to heroick and illufiri–
ous Atchievemencs. For when they gave the Title of
Capac,
which is Rich to
Manco
their
firft
Inca,
they did not mean the Riches ofFortune, but the Exceilen–
cies
and Greame[s of Mind; they ever
after
appropriated this Title
to
the
Capac
.Ayllu,
w~ch
is
to
the Royal Family, and Princes of the Bloud;
fo
they attribu–
ted the Title of
Capac,
to the Feaft of
Raymi,
which is the principal Fellival of cne
Sun;
fo
alfo
they called a Subjett
Capac Runa,
which is Subject and Valfal of the
Rich,
me~ning
the
Inca,
being never given to any other Lord, though he were
·neyer
fo
~ch,
or powerful.I : .And
fo
alfo this
v;
ord
Capac
was given to any other
thmg> which they would
d1gmfie
with relation to Royalty.
sf
Among
fl
•