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Royal

Commentaries._

BooK

III.

any other Gods, chough fome Writers maintain a different opinion. Wheo che

Spaniards

firíl: encred che City of

Couo,

chis Figure of che Sun fell to che loe of

a certain Nobleman cailed

Macio Serra de Leguifano ,

.whom I knew, and lefc

,,. AGame ar

there alive when I carne thenc~ for

Spain;

he was fo great a Game/Jer at ... Pri–

Cards.

mero, and all other Games ; chac though che Image ·was very great, yet he

rnade a íhifc ro lofe it in one Nights play ; whence chat Proverb carne, as

Acofta

fays,

P/a.J_ for the

Sun

befare the

Day

break¿_.

Sornetime after which, che Common–

Council of the Cicy caking notice, bow much chis Son or Mernber of theirs was

given to play , and how much he lo/J, choughc

fit,

as che befl: expedient to

wean him from that Vice, to chufe him

Alcalde,

or Chief Jufüce in Ordinary,

for che fpace of a year :

execution of which employrnenc he applied himfelf

with fo much diligence and care in che di[charge of his truíl:, chac being a Gentle-–

rnan of excellent pares, he took noca Card in hand for che whole year follow–

ing; che Cicy ob[erving chis his aéhve diligence, continued him in Office for a_

year longer, and afcerwards kepc him coníl:ancly employed in one publick charge

or other;

that this

Macio Serra

difufing his courfe of Garning, carne ar length

.to abhor it, calling to mind the many dangers, croubles and inconveniences

to which it had betrayed him; which ferves'as a pregnanc example co demon–

füate co us, how much idlenefs concribuces to Vice, and employmenc unto Ver–

tue. Bue

return to our Hiíl:ory, we fay, that a Calcula.te may in fome mea–

fure be made of che Riches of chat Cicy, when an Image of Gold of chat pro–

portion and value fell

che lot and íhare of one fingle perfon. On each fide

of chis lrnage che Bodies of the dead

lnca1

were placed , embalrned with fuch

rare Are ( we know not how) chat chey feerned ftill living : cheir po/Jures were

fitting on Chairs of Gold, ereél:ed on chofe very Frames of Gold on which they

ufually fate when cbey

ere alive : their Faces were turned towards the people;

onely

Huayna

Capac,

as if he had merited a fupereminence over ali che orhers,

was placed wirh his Face towards che Fig-ure of che Sun, as if he had been che

moíl: beloved, and greateíl: Favourite of ali his Race; and inde~d bis Verrues

and Royal Endowmems, which appeared in him from his Infancy, were fuch as

procured for him a degree above che

reíl-,

and a place arnongíl: che Gods which

they adored. The[e Bodies, with what Treafure they were able, the

Indians

con–

cea!ed in fuch fecret Vaults, ch:it none of chem carne to appear untill ch-is year

1559,

whíin the

Licenciado Polo

made a difcovery of five of them, three where–

of were Kings, and the other two were Qgeens.

The principal Gace opened to che Norch, as it

is.

at prefent ; befides which

there were feveral other finall Doors for betcer convenience of che Ternple ; ali

which were lined on che infide with Places of Gold, as alfo che Jambs or Po{ls of

che Doors. On che top of che Temple withc;mc, on che higheíl: Wall, was a

large Circle of Gold in form of a Crown, of above a Yard

breadch, which

e~cornpaífed che whole Temple.

CH A P.