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I.
Rlryal Commentaries.
was
caiac,
·hich fignifies rich,. nor that they meant him
t?
be rich
ih
Good'· or
Wealth of ortune but of Mmd, fuch as
Gemlene~,
Piety, Clemency, Libe–
rality, Juillce and
Magna~imity,
with a defire
and "nclination
to
coi:nrn~nicate
hi
Benefits co all hi Sub1e&; and for that Reafon they
defervedly
gave him
the
Title of
Capac,
\Yhich
fignifies rich
a~d
I?owerfull in
Arm :
The
othe: Name
they
gave
him was
H:sac chacayac,
which
1S
as much
as
to
fay,
a
great
Friend and
Benefaetour to the poor; for as the firt1: denomination
intimated
the
grearne~
of
his
Mind
fo
the other fpoke the
benefits
\~
hich he had
conferred ; fo
that
for
ever
afte;
he was
called the
Prince
Manco Capac,
having been named no
otherwif~
before than
Ma11co
the
Inca;
for
M anco
is
but
the proper Name
ofa Perfon, and
in
the 'common Language of
Peru
hath no fignification; though in a particular
Di–
alect:
which
fome
of them
have,
(~
hich,
as
Come write
me from
Per11,
is
entirely
loft,)
it
fignifies fomething,
as
all
t~e
other Names and. Titles did , which
they
gave to their
Kings , as
we fhall m the fequel of this
Scar~
have an occafion
to
interpret : The word
Inca
figrnfies as much
as Lord , or
King,
or Emperour.)
though
in
its
{hilt
fenfe,
it is
one of the
Royal
bloud ; and therefore the
C'!ractiG
though they were great Lords, yet
they ,
were not called
lnctU :
Pa/la
figmfies
a
Lady of the
Royal
Bloud ; and
fo
for diilinetion of the King from
other
l nctl4;
he
was
cailed
CapA Jnca,
which is as much as ricn, fole
and
fupreme
Lord ~
Here–
after;
for the
fake
of the curious
j
we
fhall declare
and
interpret all
the Royal
ames of
the Men
and Women. Moreover the
Indians
gave
to thi
fir!l:
King ,
and
his
Pofierity
die
Name
ofYntip
Churin,
which
is as much as Child of the Sun?
but
this
we
may
efieem
rather
a
denomination,
proceeding from their falfe bci-.
lief, than a mie and proper addition
w
his
Titles~
,
...
\
Of
the
lafl Will
and Tefldment
and
Death
of
the
firfi
inca
»
Manco Capac&
Anco.
Capac
reigned
many
Y
ear_s,
b~t
how
many
it
is not certain, fome ay
M.
.
'
.
thrrty, others
forty~
employing
J:iis
whole
time
in
the
bufinefs and
aetions
which
w~ h~v.e
before
~ennoned;
and
now. finding the time of his death nearly
approach10g,
he called his
Sons
raget~er,
as
well
thofe
which
he
had
by
his
QQ_een
Mama Oello HP.-ac.o;
as
thofe
whidi he
bad
by
,his.Concnbjnes, which made
up a
great.
number ; for as he
told them , it
was
fit
tha~
the
Children
or
Offipring
of
the Sun fhould be
~any.
He alfo affemblec;i the
Chief
of his Subjeets
and
in
manner
of a
T
~fi~m~nt h~
made this long Difcourfe to
thetn.
He
re~ommen
ded
to
the
Prn~ce
his Herr, a tme
,Love
and
AffeCl:!_on towards
his Subjects
and to the SubJeets, Loyalt:r
and
Service to
their King
and Obed·ence
t~
the.
Laws~ a~?uthin.g ~gain,
that this was one of thofe Ordinances which
th~
un
hIS
Fath~r
had
ui
a.
moll:. particulat
manner enjoined unto hini.
With
hhis
Lefion
h~ d1fi~iifed
his Sub1e& ; afterwards
in
private Difcourfe which
~
mh!e to
his
Children,
he
encharged them , that they
fhouJd
ever
remem-
t
t
they
defcended from
t11e
un, and
that
therefore they ought for
ever to adore him for
~heir
God and
Father,
and that according
to
his example
~ey
fhC?ulhd ohbferve his Laws and precepts, that
fo
their Subjeets in imitation of
em
m.1g
t
c
e mo!e e_afily be. induced to awe and reverence
this
Deity :
thac:
t1f
i
befig
gfcentle and pious, might allure the
Indians
by Love and by the force
0
n~
ts,
or that thofe can never be good Subject , who, obey onel out of
fear; m
fhort.,
he
told
them that
they
fhould
manifefl: themfelves
by
rh~ir
er–
tu
11
ro
be
Cbehibldr
1
~n
of the un, approving their words
by
their
acrions;
for
thofe
a never
e ievedj who
fay
one
thing
and perform another
In
fine he faid
1
,
ha