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IV.
Royal
Commentaries.
mene oí che Temp es of the Sun, which \\"ere
\·ery
numerous, and oí che Cloi–
/1ers oí chofe Virgin which \\ ere equally confiderable, and ro embellilh
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e Roy:11
Palaces wich agreeable pomp and magnificence; che quantiry confumed in che
Services oí
C11racas,
and greac Men was liccle, and chac chiefly in rheir Cups, or
drinking ' effel , \ hich was alfo limiced and moderaced according co fuch a de–
gree of Weighc and Number as che
Inca
was pleafed co allow chem; chere
w
s
alfo fome íinall maccer licenfed for cheir Garmencs and Cloaching, when che grand
Fellivals were celebraced.
le
is
a greacerrour and miflake of chofe who reporc, chacany of chefe [eparaced
Virgins mighc bwfu lly be given for Wives co che great Commanders and Cap–
cains by any favour or diíp nfaoon oí che
Inca
;
for being once deaicaced and
confecraced for Wives of che
Jnc.
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and admicred to thac proíeílion, chey were
ever afcer rendred uncapable of
[o
lo a condefcenÍlon as co own aoy ocher Hus–
band; for chac were co prophane tbac Sacred Char:1éter whereby they were de,
dicaced to che
Inca,
and an injury to che Woman, who rhereby would be forced
to renounce ali che grandeur and privileges fhe enjoyed, under che Reverend Title
of one Married coche
Inca,
chac fhe mighc receive che lefs honourable condirion
of a privare perfon. And lince it was a fundamental Law arnongfl chem,
Thn,t
none
wa1 to
he injttred,
much lefs oughc any diminution
to
be offered to cheir Kings,
who, as we have faid, were hqnoured and adored by chem under- che Nocion
of Gods.
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:Women ,~hofe were
whom the
Inca.
prefe11ted ,and be-
flowed
in
Marriage.
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H E truch is, there were fome Women, of whom che
I,11:a
rnade Prefencs·
to füch
Curaw
and Captains, who by cheir Services had mericed rewards
from him; bue then thefe were bue che Daughters of ocher
Curaca;,
which
che
Inca
cook from chem to beflow inMarriage upon chofe who had deferved well
from hi.m, which [eemed a favour
to
chemboch ; unto che one that che
Inca
would
vouchfafe to receive and pre[er his Daughcer ; and
to
che ocher, that líe was pleá–
'fed to beíl:ow her on hirn wich his own hand, being for chac reafon eíl:eemed pre–
tious ; for not
fo
much che gifr, as che Donor bejn_g regarded, rendred che leaíl:
prefent from che
lnca's
hand equal co ché higl:fefl. creáfüre, .as
if
ic had fomething
of Divinity conferred wich ic. Somecimes, chough bu( feldom, che
Inca;
pre–
ferred cheir natural Daughcers of che Royal Bloud to che
Curacas,
and Gover–
nours of Provinces for '{Vives, as lignals of his favour, and as engagemencs
to
them
to
concinue in cheir Loyalty ; of which [ore che
Inca
having many
to
beíl:ow
abroad, had no nece!Iicy to have recourfe co chofe for a füpply, who were encred
in
rhe Sacred and Royal Foundations ; for chat would have been a diminucion
to
their exalred Degree, a violation
to
their_Religion, andan impiecy to mix di-
viQe gce "yich prophane Bloud.
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