50 / 1060
,
Royal
C01nmentaries.
BooK
Il,
neceffities
but
what were
readily
fatisfied; for being
h~ld~en
of
the
utl,
all
the
Wealth and Riches of their
oumrey wa efteemed their
tance, and their
occafions were fatisfied by the Mandates fent
t
the Jufl:ices,
and
the
overnours
of
Provinces
for a
fupply.
or were they liable co the Wlworchy paffion of Re...
v.enge, for none could provoke chem
t?
anger by
injuri s,
~'
h
f<
ughr all
v
ays
and
mems to pleafe and oblige them,
fc
r
bemg
adored.~
God ,1t
\~·a efi~emed
blafphe–
my and facrilege to difgrace them by
ord .' or
m1~r
them
1~
their
fiates; an?
therefore it may be faid, that never
was
Indum
pumihed for d1frefi e , or
a mali–
tious acrion again!l: the Perfon of an
Inca.
Hence it is that the
pani(h_
Hill:orians
have reported, that an
Inca
was
not capable ofbeing puniilied for any
£fence what–
ever ; which
i
a millake, and i a much a to fay, that the
/ncaJ
\
ere Libertines,
that they might be arbin·ary, and by Law
alt
againfi
it;
or that there
ere
one
Law
for them,
and another for their People·
\.Yhenas an
Inca
'
as
rather expofed
tp
the greater [everities, than any other;
for
he forfeited
his
Pri
ileges,
as
de–
graded of the Honours due to the Royal Bloud, and efte med
£
r
AHca,
'
hich
is
as
much
as
a
Traytor and
a
Tyrant. Thus\ hen
the
Spanitn·d1
ommended
and
applauded
the
juft and generous atl:ion of the
l nc.u,
the
Indian1
would make
an–
fi.ver, that
it
as not Change, in regard they
w
re
lncM;
and
if
they
difapproved
at any time their roceedings,
as
in
the
afe of
Atahualpa,
'
ho
by Treafon and
Rebellion difpo!fe!fed
H1111fcar,
hi elder Brother,
and
rrue
eir to the Monarchy,
(as
we
fhall
rel te
in
its due pla e,) their
eply
that no
I nca
could be
guilty
of
fu
h
Enormiti ,
and'
if
he were,
he
as
no
crue
born
Inca,
but
fome
Bafrard
or Impofiour of that Family.
In
every Province, according to the
f<
ur
ivifion , the
Inca
onlHruced
his
dif–
ferent
ouncil of War, of
T
uftice, and of hi
reafury; every one of which
maintained their fubordinate
fficer , one under the ocher, even to
che
ecurions
of Ten, all which in their refpetl:i e plac
rendred an account to their immediate
Officer ,
till
the Report came
t
the upreme Council. The chief o ernour of
every Divifion had the Title of a
ice-King, and\ ere al ray
Jnc.u
of the
true
Bloud, and Men approved
for
Prudence and good
ondu
, both
in
the time
of
War
and Peace. And fo
umch fhall
fuffice to
hav
poken concerning
their
Law
and Cull:oms. We fhall now proceed to the Hillery of their
Lives
and
Aetions, relating thofe matters vhich are moft famous
and
obferv
ble.
CH AP. VII.
Of
the
Life
and
Reign
of
Sinchi
Roca,
fecond
King
of
the
Incas.
S
lnchi.Roca
fucceeded.
his
Father,
Manco Capac;
this
name
Roca
•
pronounced
wuh fome
afpitar~on
at che top of the Mouth, and as
BltU Ya/era
fa
fi
ni-
fies a
prude~c
and experienced Prince;
Sinchi
fignifies
valiant;
f(
r
th
ugh
he
tad
no
W
~rs
with any, yet becaufe
he
was active
in
wr
filing, runni g, , aultin
t~owmg
the
ftone and lance, and excelled all other of that
age
in
tho
e
Ex~~
cifes,
_he
~as furna~ed
the
aliant and Magnanimou .
Th1. Pnnce
~avmg
performed thofe Obfequies which were due to the folemni_.
ty
of
hiG
Fathers Interment, took upon himfelf the Cr wn of
his
ingd
~n
,
hi
h
~a
no other than
t~e
coloured
Vv
reach, bound about his
T
em
I ;
dete;m:U~
1~
the
firfr
place
t
rnlarge the Borders of
hi
ominion
he
alfembled
th
·
g
c11dh
Cr:ractU
an1
Counfellours' hich his ather had affig;ied him, and in
aeg~~:
an .
eno~
Oration, amo.ngfi other thing ,
he
told them, that
in
p
rformance of
the
Will
ofhIS Father, (which he
decl~red
to him at the time he wa about
co
re–
turn
to
Heaven)
he
ref< lved to
go
m
erfon,
and fummon
the
neighbouring Na-
tion