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R.oyal
Commentaries.
in procefs of
time
the
Inca
finding himfelf
ag~d,
an.clburchened
~
1
ith
years,
-
fummoned a general
Affembly
of the chiefefi of
hlS
S
ubJe~,
at the
Cuy
of
Couo,
and
in
a
folernn Oration gave them
to
underfiand, that he mtended.
lhordy to re·
turn to Heaven, and take his
Repbte
with
his Father the. Sun, (\ hich w?rds the
Kings defcended from him did
a~ways
after
ufe.before
their
9eath)
and
bemg
now
to leave chem
the
ultimate
tefhmony
of ctll his favour
which
he had
to
bequeath
to
them was
'the
Appellation
of
his
own
Royal Name,
that
fo
they and
their
Pofierity might be
honoured
and
re~owned
through
all
the
~orld:
and
as a far–
ther evidence
of this affeetion,
he did
not
~mely
bequeath. this
Ho!1our to
th~felves onely but to defcend
to
their Pofienty, and that without difference
or
di–
ftinCl:ion
th~y
might
all
affume the
honourable Title
of
lnca,1;
for
having been
his
fuH:
Subje&
and fuch
as
had fubmitted
to
his
Will
and
Pleafure,
he
loved
chem as
Childre~,
and therefore
rej~ced
to
bellow
upon the,n
his
Royal
N~me
and
Dignities
in
hopes
and
expettauon that
they
would
ever after be
obedient
to their
prefe~t
King and his Succeffours ,
affifiing
t~em
to
red~ce und~r
their
Dominion frlch other
Indian11
as had not as yet fubtrutted to their Empire; all
which he defued them to lay up
in
their Hearts and
memory ,
as
loyal
Subjeets;
yet notwitlillanding he would not have
it
be underfi:ood that he intended co be–
fiow the Name
of
P
allM
on their
Women, which was
a
Title
fiill
to be
appropri–
ated
to
their Royal B!oud and
Family;
for that
Women
not being capable
to
bear Arms, and
ferve
in
the War againft their Enemies> were not worthy of
ct
Title
fo
truly
ma~ficent.
Thofe
Indians
"'hich
obtained this favour,
were
properly
thofe
who
inhabit
Peru,
and were called
!neat,
and
tbeSpanillrdI,
and ocher Nations, out of courtefie>
call
their Women
PallaJ,
andC~tU:
For
there are
v~ry
few
of
che
true
Royal
Bloud
of
thofe
Kings
remaining;
and
fuch
as
do,
are
by
reafon of
their
poverty
and ne–
cefficy unknown and
obfcure, unlefs
it
be
here and there
one ;
for the tyranny
and
cruelcy
of
Atahualpa
bad defiroyed
them
wholly, ac:id
thofe few which
did efcap_e,
at leafi: the prinCipal and mofr famous amongfr
them, perilhed by other
dillrefies
and calamities, as we
fhall
hereafter
make
appear
in
jts
due place.
All
the
di–
fiinetion which
the
!»ca,
Manco Capac,
referved
to
himfelf
and
hiS
Succeffours,
was
a
coloured border on
his
Wreath,
in
nature of a Fringe,
which
bound
his
Head from
one Temple
to
the
other;
the
which was
common
to
none, but the
Inca
and the
Prince his Heir, who wore
it
narrower
than his
Father,
and
of a
fallow
colour~
What
Ceremonies
were ufed at
the
Infialment of the
Prince,
and'
hen he was
fworn,
we iliall declare
in
its
due
place, when
we
~ome
to fpeak of the
Horfe~
men
which the
IncM
armed
out againfi:
their
Enemies.
'
Thefe
rivileges and Favours proceeding
immediately
from
the gratioufnefS of
their
Prince,
the
Indians
received with great Thankfulnefs and ApplauCe, becaufe
the
Inca
made them
to
believe that
it
was
by
the
appointment
and order of the
un, \: ho obferving their Compliance, docility, and ocher merits, had
conferred
thefe
marks of his
good
acceptctnce
on
them.
And
when they
farther
confidered
the
greatneiS
of
his
lafi
Favour,
which
was
the
Title
of
Inca,
and '
hich
was not
one1y allot ed
to
themfelves
i
but was
to
defcend
a]fo to
their
Pofi:erity ,
they
·ere "
holly
ravifhed With
the
Bouncy
and
Liberality
of
his
Royal Mind
not
knowing hm to
receive
it
~ith
other
fenfe
than
Tranfport
of
Admiration'·
fo
that
it
became the common fubjeet of
their Difcourfe,
liow
that their
Inca'
had
not
onely
trar
formed
them
from
Beafrs
into
Men, and infrrutted
them
in
all
tping
nece{fary
to
humane
Life, and
taught
~hem
thofe
natural Laws
which
con–
duce
to Morality, and the knowledge of their God the Sun, \
hich
\.\a
fufficient
for
~er
co ha e obliged them
to
ren:ain
his
Vaffals and Slaves, and
might
jufi:ly
ha e
impofed
on
them.Taxes and
Tnbutes, but
that infiead.chereof
he
had
con...
ferred
on
them the Ma1efiy
of
hi
~wn-~arne,
w
ic~
being
fo
acred and Divine,
that
none durfr take
1t
formerly m
his
mouth ,
without
great Veneration was
nO\'
~ad
f?
~ommo~,
that
e\ ery
o:ie
might pronounce
it
with
an
audible voice;
by
h1ch
pnv1lege
bemg become
hlS
adopted Sons,
they
did for ever after dedi-
t~
rhemfelves for lav
an9
aff~s
to
him.
v
ho w~
the
undoubted
Progeny
and
Child
f
the
un.
Th~
Indums
?emg
afiomfhed
With
the confideration
of thefe
gr
at
favours
and affechon '·
th~rr I~ca
had
befl:o
ed
upon
them, they returned
bi~
all the bleffin&s
and
pra1[es
1magmable,
fiudying
what
ames.and Titles
they
m1ghr
confer on
~,
agreeable. tothe
~reatnefs
of
hi Mind , and his
Heroick
ercues; and on
thIS
confideratJ.onthey mvented rhefe
t \VO
ames, one ofwhich
'i
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