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VIII.

Royal

Commelltaries.

and all agreea to go w_ith hir.n to the

Ciry

'Les Reye1.

On his Journey thither

he was met by the

Caciq'.1e1,

and all che

l ndúms

of the Provinces through which

he paffed, who entertatntd and feafte d htm and his 1-:rain in the bdt manlier

they were ~ble : B~calas, ic was ~¡¡ perform_ed with fa dnefs, by men who com–

pared the prerent orcumítances w1th the annenc gran dure of their

Íncas,

The

Prince travelled in his Chair, noc made of Gold, like that of his Anceílors

b~t of,lefs 1jch rnaterials, carried by three ,hundred

l ndian1,

whom he brough~

w1th htm, and not by thofe who were fub¡ eB:ed to the

Spaniards.

Moreover

by the A~vice and C~u~fel of his Captains,

foon as he nad paffed the Con~

fines of hts own Dorn101on, he cook off the coloured wreath which bound his

Head, lefl: that búng.a Badge and Signal of Soveraignty fhould give offence to

the

Spaniards,

as ifhe laid claim to the Dominions of which he was deprived.

In this manner did chis Prin,cetravel, until he carne to the Cicy of

Los Reyes,

where

foori as he was arnved, he went to make his Complement and Vifit

to the Vice-Kíng, who (as

Palentino

faith in. thefe words) was attending for

him at his own Houfe; and when he carne in, he received him kindly, and arofe

up to him, and caufe~ him to

fic

in a Chair equal with his.

By the Difrourfes

which palled betweeri"them, the Prince gave all the indications of a wife and

pi:udent perfon, and worchy to be accounted of that Line from whence he was

defcended.

Thus far this Auchor:.

Two days afterwards the Archbifhop of the City invited him to Dinner,

when by direétion -of the Chief Governours,

was ordered, That with the

Defert, or laft Courfe, theArchbifhop

Don Geronimo de Loayfa

íhould deliver to

che Prince the Inftrument whereby his Pention and Allowance was fettled; fup–

pofing that beiog.re_ached to him by fuch a hand, it might ferve to enhance the

cftimation of the Prefent. But fome who feldom fpeak well of any man, re–

porte~, · that the Ar~hbifhop íhewed himfelf of?cious in this i:uatter, in hopes

by th1s Prefent to gam another from the

Inca

rn Gold, and S1lver, and Eme–

rolds, or fuch·like fooleries.

BuE

the

Inca

wifely returned a Mathematical de-

-monftration t9 che ~rchbifhop, an~ the Guefrs invjted thither, fufficient toan–

wer their Expeél:at1ons: for afcer the Cloth was taken away, the Uíher of

the Hall brought the Inftrument of Settlement, which afiigned a maintenance

' for fupport of the

Inca

and bis Family, in a great Bafon of gilded Plate: which .

when the Prince had heard, and had underftood the Contents thereof, he ga–

thered the end of the Carpet in his Hand w

hich cov

ered the Table, and which

was made of Velvet, _with a deep Fringe of

Silk.at

the bottom, and fqueeziog

the folds hard with h1s Hand, he held it up

, and f

aid, All chis Cloth with the

Furniture thereof was mine, -and now they pay me with a thread chereof, for

fupporc of my felf and my whole Family. With which the Qinner and E.ntertain–

ment ending, the ~rchbifhop, and the Guefl:s who were with hirn, greatly

wondered at the aptnefs of che comparirpn, fo well fitted to the prefent matter,

CH A P. XL

T,he Prince

Sayri T

upac

returns to

Cozco,

where he is feafled

rand entertained

his own People. He and"-his Wife are

baptizyd. The name which he

took...

The feveral Vijits which

he'made in the City.

HE Prince having remained fome days in the Gity of

Los !?eyes,

demanded

Ieaveof the Vice-King, that he ¡night goto

Coz.co

;

whtch was gran~ed

to him, with many offers ot _Services and Comple

mems,

~s for~erly

Bemg

on his

otlrney, he was met

the way, and treated by hts

lndum

Sub¡~él:s,-as

formerly: And at his entrance into ~he Git,Y of

H11amanca,

~e was met _by !he

Citizens of that place, who entercamcd h1m, Congratulatmg and Re¡oyC1~g

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