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Royal
Commentarie1.
BooK
IX.
CH AP.
xv.
Of the
Tejfa11ie11t
a12d
Death of
Huayna Capac;
and
the
Prophecy
concerning the
lnvafion
made
by
the
Spaniards.
H -
Vayna
Cap11c
r liding in ,lus Kingdom of
~itu,
an humour took him in one
of the lafl: days of his Life,
to
waili and bath himfelf
in
a
certain
Lak,
onely to pleafe and recreate himfelf:
fo
foon as he came out from the Water
he
was
taken with a cold,
and
.fhivering,
(Which
the
Indians
call
Chuccu,)
which
was
followed by
a
hot
fit
of
a
Fever ; after which finding himfelf every day to
grow
worfe
and
worfe, he
a~preh~ded
he fh?uld
die~
the which he fuongly
fanfied
from
a
remembrance of certam Progrro{hcks,
w
hlch had Come years before
been
d~live~ed
in
refere_nce thereunto;
in which
the
lnd1a1!i
~e
,very
~J?Crftirioas;
efpe–
c1ally m thofe which relate
to
the Royal Perfon of the King, which
the
Inc1u
for
the reputation of their Idolatry call Revelations from their Father the Sun.
Belides thefe various Prognofiicks and Sayings delivered by cheir Oracles, many
affiighting Comets
ap~ared
in the Air, and amongll: the refi one with exrraordi:
nary Rays, of a gteenHh colour, very terrible to
behold~
and moreover
a Thun–
derbok fell
in the
Palace of che
Inca
himfelf; all which fuange
and
ominous
mat–
ters being put together, did greatly trouble and puzle rhe Wifedom and
Art
of
their Magicians and Philofopners, called
AmauttU,
who were the Sages and Priefis
of that Religion, who being alfo converfant with familiar Spirits, prefaged the
death of
Huayna
Capac,
with the dellrqetion of the Royal Family, and the coral
Ruine and Downfall of the Empire, with many other difmal Calamities
and
Misfortunes, which their Nations in general, and every one in
particular
was
to
fufrain;
howfoever thefe fatal Stories were not vulgarly publitbed, left they lhould
difinay
and terrifie their people
with
unnofl: defpair, wlio were naturally fuperfii ..
tious, and ofa melancholy temper, apt to receive impreffions of this nature.
Huayna
Cap_ac
finding himfelf now fenfibly
to
decay, and
his
end to approach,
fummoned all
his
Sons and Relations,
with
the Govemours and Captains of
th~
neighbouring parrs to come to him, and declared to them, That he
V\
as then
go–
ing to Heaven, to
rell:
with
his
Father the Sun, who had
fome time
fince
revea-
·
led
to
him, that he would fhortly call
him
from
a
certain
Lake, or
Fountain,
or
River.
Now in regard
that
I
am
fei~ed,
faid
he,
with
thu
Diftemper
by
the
chilnefl of
the
Water
in
which
I
bathed,
it
famu
to me a
certain
tok!n that I am
called
hy
my
Father,
and
that
thu iJ
the
time of
my
Diffelution.
So
foon
a-.r I am
dead,
I would have
my
Bot/J
opened, as is the Cuftome
of
Kings;
my
Heart
and
Bowels I would have carried
~nd
inter·
red
in
Qµitu,
tU
a Teftament
of
my
love
to
that
IGngdum, but
my
Corp.I
I
would
have
car–
ried
to
Cozco,
there to be buried with
my
Kindred
and Anceftour.r.
In
a
particular
man–
ner
I
recommend
my
Son
Atahualpa,
whom I
love with
a
tender
Ajfellion,
beqHe11thi11g unto
him
my Kingdom
of
Qµitu,
with
whatfoev~I'
MAitionJ
he jhttll gain and
acquire
thereunto
hy
his own Arnn;
commanding
and
enjoining
you that are
my
Captain.I
to
farve him with a!IFi–
de!iry
and
Allegiance,
tU
your
true and natural
Prince, requiring
you to
perform
all
Obedi–
ence
towards
him in every thing
;
for
I jhall
illuminate hz·m with
RrvelationJ
from
my
Fa–
ther the Sun.
I
fl
her recommend unto
you, and
dejire
you
to ufe
Moder11tion,
and exer–
cife {uftice
towards
our
S11bjell1
and Vajfa!J, that
fo
we
may
deferved!J
continne the Title
of heing
liruerJ
of
the
Poor,
and that in every thing
) 'OU
behave yoHr fa/vu
M
Incas,
who
are the true pff-JPring
of
the Sun.
Having ended this Difcourfe
to
his Children
and Kindred, he fummoned all the Captains and
CuractU,
who were
not of che
Bloud Royal, recommending
to
them faith
full and
dutifull Allegiance
co their
King; and
in
the laft place he told them, That there was an old Prophecy, de–
riveo by Revelation from
his
Father rhe Sun, That after the Reign of twelve
King
there 01ould
come
a new
Na
n, never
before
known
in
chafe
pares, that
ihould gain and fubjelt
all
thofe Kingdoms and Provinces,
with
many ochers,
to
their
own Dominion:
which I
great/y fufpetf to
be thofa
~ho
now
fail
upon 011r Coajl,
'm1g