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Bao

VIII.

Royal Commentaries.

For as ,;e have faict'in the firft pare, thc

Incas

made [evere Laws againít rhofe

who eat human Fleíh: And therefore we mu~ underftaod th is Au th:ir

accor–

_ding to the cuftome of

Mexico,

and not of

Pene,

The R evenue give; to che

Inca,

did not amouot to

17000

pieces of Eight, (foras we have faid before)

the Lands of

Francifco Hernandez..

did not yield above ten thouíand pieces of

Eight

per annum,

Andas -to what he fays, they gave him in the Valley ofYit–

ct1.y,

which was the Eftate of the Son of Marquis

Fr-ancifco

farro,

it was

reality worth nothing,

for that Vallcy being very pleafant, and delíght–

ful,

was divided amoogft the

Spaniards,

who were Citizens of

Coz..co,

and well

· cultivated by them, and fenced in to·make Gardens and Vineyards, as it is

to this day: Wherefore the poor

]nea

enjoyed nothing more, than to have

the Title of being Lord of

Tuca

; whkh notwichftanding, he highly efteerned,

beiog the moft pleafant piece of ground in all the Empic.e. The grant of

which, was not carried to the

Inca

']ohn

de Sierra,

as this Author intirnates,

bue was given him at

Los Reyes,

when he perfonally appeared there, to vifit

the Vice•King, and pay the Complement of Obedience: But that which was car–

ried

']ohn

de S,erra,

and delivered to the

Inca;

was no other than an Aét of

Grace, aod Pardon of all his Crimes, without mentioning any particulars,

or making any pi:omifes of fupport, or maintenance for himfelf or Farnily;

ór fetting out any Lands, tó make qim a Revenue.

In the following Chap–

ter we will fet down every thing methodically as they paffed;

for

what we

have anticipated in this place, is only to íhew by ·another hand, whac Cau–

tion, Subtilty,

Craft,

and Jealoulie, the

lndian

Captains ufed

their Trca–

ties, before they would adventure to commit their Prince into the power of

the

Spaniards.

·. CH A

X..

The Gove'rnours of the Prince confult the feveral Prophefies,

and Prognoftications which were made, concerning the event

of their Prince's departure from the Mountaíns.

Diverfe

Opinious ,arife thereupon_; the

Inca

refolvés to

go;

·he

comes to

Los Reyes,

where he is received hy the Vice–

King. The anfwer which the

Inca

made, when the In–

flrument was delívered to him, which allotted, and fecu–

red a maintenance to him.

H E

Captains and Tutors of the

Inca

cootinued their Debates, and

Confultations, concerning the Surrender of their Prince, into the hands

of the

Spaniards:

And for better aífurance therein, they infpetted the En–

crails of the Beafts, which they offered in Sacrifice, and obíerved the flying

of Birds by Day, and thoíe of the Night; they looked on the Skye, to fee -

whenher it were thick or cloudy, or whethcr the Sun were bright and clear,

without Mifts, or Clouds which covered it, and accordingly they made their

Prognoftications of good or ba~

ortune : They made no enquiries of tbe

D evil: becaufe, (as we have fa1d befare) all the Oracles of that C-0untry

ceafed, apd became dumb,

fo ·

foon

as ·

the Sacraments of our Holy Mother

the Church of

Rome

entered into thefe Domioions. And tho' all the Obfer–

vations made, feemed good Omens, and portended happy fuccefs ; yet the Cap–

tains were divided in their Opinions. Sorne faid that it was

fit

for thetr

Prince to appear publickly, and in the Eyes of his People, to whom nothing

could be

pleafant and acceptable, as the prefence of

his

Perfon. Others

1111 l

faid

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