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CH
·AP~
XIX.
Of the Reception which the
Inca
gave
tQ
the
E't
!J.ba/fyaf
the
Spaniards.
B
UT now to reaffiune again the Thread of our Hifiory, We fay, That the
Major General which was fent out to receiv@
Hernando Pifarro,
and
Hernan–
do
de Soto,
having performed his Complements, and adored them with profound
Veneration, turned
to his
Captains, and Souldiers, and declared
to
them,
that
thefe were the Sons of
their
God
YiracQ~ha;
a.t
which the
.(ndian1
made them
a low Reverence, beholding with great admiration their Afpett:?
Habit and
Vo.ice, and
fo
accompanied them to the Prefence of the
Inca:
T~
Spaniards
being entred, were much afronllhed to behold the greatnefs and Riches
of the
Royal Palace, and the number of the
King's
Family, and Attendants; and
fuch.
was the wonder of both parries, that it is not to be determined which was the
greater: TheAmbaffitdours
made
their
Oheifance after the
Spa11ifh
Fa(hiop,
with
low Reverence
to
the
Inca,
who
was feated
.in
a
Chair of
Gold~
with
wh~h
tbe
Killg
was
highly pleafed ,
and fial}ding
up}
he
embraced them
wgh
much kipq
nefs,
faying,
Capac
Virac0<;ba,
Thou
liYt
wel'o1Jlfe
t()
wy
DomJniorz1;
the
which
word~
1Jl111
Ya/era
repeats
in the
Indi1tn
La!}gllage,
~ing
very
skilfoU
in
that
Toqgue,
th~
which I
omit as not
neceiliuy.
Then
the
In~a
4ate
down,
and
Secits were
brough~
alfo
of Gokf,
which
were prepared
b~
order
of
the
l11c4
for
the
Ambaffadouts5
for
they
being
efieemed for
Kindred of the
Sup,
it
pleaCed
the
Inca
to
m~e
p9
difference
between hirnfelf and chem, and more efpecially,
becau[e
one
of chem
was
Brother
to
the Governour
:
.When
th~y ~'-e-re
(ate, the
Infa
turning his
Face
towards
his Kindred who attended
him,
B,hold,
faid he,
the
PPJ
Jlflce,
Cpu11tprJ4nce,
tJnd
Hahit of our God
Viracocha,
in the
f
#fJe
m4nrtoP
and
form
P4
tbf
lnca
Vira<;:ochelj
o,1tri.Anceftour
defarihed, and
r~portod
tQ
hav~
appMred
f(>
him.
As
the
lnc4
WAS
faying
thefe
things,
two young Maidens,
ve1·y
handfom~,
and
of
~he
Roy'Jl BJoµd,
(which
they called
N11fta,)
@ntred into
the
Chamb¢r,
ea~h
qf
!Pero
carryjng two
(mall Cups of Gold in the;.r kJii;ids, filled.
wjtQ.
fqch Liqum:ir as the
I11s111
qfyal-
1y
drink; and tbefe were
attend~
with
four
Y
ouths-0f the
f<J~€
J{indrecl,
~hqµgh
I)Ot
of the lawfull Line,
in
regard their Mothers
~er~ Na~iv,:..s
of
th~ J~ingdom
of
At11hualpa.
The Maiden§ hav"ng bowed before
the
Inca,
~I~v~.cd
OAe
Of
~he
golden
Cups
into
his
Hand, and tlie
o$~r
f
o
Hq~@do
Piy11m,
QS
the
lnca
dirll&:d.
And then
Ti.tuAtauchi,
whq wa.s the
Kings
Br~~r,
ana
he
~hat
w
as fent
QJl
this
EmbaflY
to the
Spanittrd.r,
t9ld
fhilip,
die
l~~rpr<=i~r, th;i~
he
Q
:iOQ.ld;JCquajnt
them,
that
the
lnca
was defitQ\iS
to
drink
with
them
1
wh~h
1
ac
cording
w
the
cufiome
of
their Countrey,
wcis
fla
evid~m:~
of
R€f~, Pe.u~
and
~v~daRing
Friendiliip
:
Hernan~
Pi;ttrro
Jia:
ing
un<lerftwd
the
W
,or~
.of
the
jiiter.preter,
made
a
low Reverence to the
lnM,
t<isik
Y1Y C\ap
an~
d,rank:
Tht1n
the
Inca
having
drunk twice, or thrice, of his
own
Cup,
~ve
the
remzj-Od€r
to his
Brother,
Titu
Atauchi:
Then
he
took
one
of
thofe
<;ups which
tne other
~aiden
brought, and orderoo the
otbei:
tp
~
given
co
Ifernando
d,e
Soto,
who
d~d
the
fame
thing as 'his Companion
h~
doi;e
b~<1re
him
and rh€
Inc~
ha-
.
vmg
drank twke, or
thrice,
~
b@forn,
gay
~ the remainder
t9
-hj~
U;11cle,
call~d
Choquehuamam.
Having thus
pra.nk,
th
e Ambaffi.dOQ.rsbeg,an
to
~eclare
their
Meffage,
~ut
the King
defir
~ them~-0
ik ft.fi foi4
~ whil~,
tbac
h€
might
behold and.
admI,re the form and figure he
faw in them
-0f
his God
f/irftcQch{I;
CJnd at that
mftan~
fix
Boys,
and
fix
-Girls,
v~ry ~vell
hµbit€d,
came
in
brin_ging
green
and dry
Fruu:s,
of
feveral
fort-s,
widi
their -iieefi
Bread,
and Wine
made
of
the
Seed
of
the Tr-ee
M11/li,
and with
~hem th~y
brought
very fine Towels
made
of
CQtton
bpcaufe
Fl~x
.did
not
gr-ow
~n
their
CQUnu·ey;
rhen
ope
of
~h€
Maio
en:;
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