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VIII.

Royal

C01nmentaries.

the Sun.

parti~lar

and efpecial !Danner. he.encharged to h!s

Eld

fl:

rl~e

care of conquering the BJrbarous Nations, with intent that he might refo1rn their

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· manners, and reduce them

the rrne Religion of the

S~n,

ana. reach them to

}iv~

in Societies, and with Political Government, and that

all

t~mgs

he !.hould imi–

tate the exan pl

his

A:ncefiors. Lafily, he

encha~ged

bun

reveng~

that

perfidious treachery, of winch

t~e

people of

uert~ Vie~o, a~d. _the

parts ad1ace!1t,

and efpecially thole of

Huancavrl!cas

had been guilty m killing thofe Caprams

and Infirutlors, which at their requefi he had

f~nt

amongfi them,

~ell:

the

impu–

nity and remifnefs in punifhment of that lngraumde iliould be of ill example

<>ther Subjetts ;

an~

that after h.a1:7ing chafiifed. this offence, he fhould

endeavo~r

to reform their belbal way of hviog, by teachmg them to Manure and Sow their

Fields and cover their Bodies. And farther, he encharged them to live in love

-and

ai'niry

together,

for

that he was going fo refi, and repofe himfelfwirh his

Fa–

rber the S

. Thus the Great

Inca Tupac Yupanqui

died, leaving

his Subje&

perpet•

memory of his Piety, Clemency, and many other benefits

befio\~

his

Empire.

confideration of which_, his people? befides his Tit!es and Ap–

pellations of Honour,

com~on

~ther

Kmgs, _gave him the fuperemment deno–

mination of

Tupac Yaya,

which figmfies the glorious and refplendent Father. Be–

fides

the

Prince, who was his Son and Heir, he left five Sons, w11ich he had by

his

Siller

Mama Occlo;

his fecond Son

was

called

Auqui Amaru Tupac Inca,

after

the

name

his Father ; the third was

.f2.t!_ehuar Tupac,

the fourth

Hua/pa Tupac

Jn-

panqui,

which was *my Great-Grandfather by the

~others

fide ; the

fifrh

was

The Au–

'Etu

Jnca Rimachi

;

and the fixth was

Auqui Mlt.)ta.

Hts Body was afterwards

thour.

well

embalmed, that when

faw it in the year

1559,

it feerned to

alive.

Blas Yale-t"a

[peaking of this

Inca,

hath thefe words, which

have tranflaced out

of Latin.

Topac Yupanqui

delivered this PhilofPphical difcourfe by way of Argu–

ment._ ''

Many fay

that

the Sun lives, and that he

the

Maker of all things ;

" now .it is necelfary, that the thing which

the caufe of the Being of another,

iliould

affillent and operate in the prcduetioo thereof; now we know rhac

" many things

recejve

their Beings, during the abfence of the Sun, and therefore

not

die

Mak.er

of all thirigs

And that the

Sun

hath not

life,

is ·

evident,

for that it al

ways m

oves in

its

circle, and yet is never weary; for if it had life,

would require reft, as we do; and were it free, it would vifir other parts of

'' the

Heavens, unto which

never inclines our of its own fphere; but as a thing

" obliged to a particular fiation, moves always in the fame circle, and is like an

" Arrow

which

direCl:ed by the hand of the Archer. He faid alfo, that this

Inca

did often repeat that Saying of

Inca Roca,

the fixth King,

as a

politick and

'' wife

fentence; which was this: That

was not

fit

that Sciences, which be–

,, long

to Noble perfons, fhould be communicated to the common and vulgar

people, lefi they grow proud, and contemn the wifedom of thofe to whom the

'' charge of Government is committed ; it

fufficient

for

them to learn the trade

" of tlieir Fathers, and follow theit profeffipn, not afpiring to thofe improvements

of mind, which appertain onely to Princes and Rulers of the people. He had

,c,

this other Saying 1ikewife, That Covetoufnefs and Ambition render

Man un–

capable to govern himfelf, or others ;

for

Covecoufnefs diverts the mind ·of

'' Man from its true objeet, that is, from the common \\

elfare,

to his

o'~m

private

" interefi ; and Ambition corrupts the underfianding, making it uncapable

" other counfels, than fuch as tend to its .own exaltation and glory. Thus

far

are the Words of

Blas

P'alera

concerning the fententious Sayings of

Tupac Inca

Yu-–

pa11qHi.

And fince we now approach

near

the time

which the

Sp:miards

obtained thi

Empire;

it will be convenient to declare in the following Chapter, what Provi–

fion were then found in thofe Countries for the fuftenance of humane life. And

then

nex~

the

life

of_Huayna

Capac,

fhall

fhew

what things were wanting,

and

fupplied by the

Sp1Wuirds,

that

one thmg may not

confounded

with ano..

er.

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