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Royal
Commentariu.
BooK
IV.
creature, which I ~now not what to_call
it,
becaH[e I never [aw the likt before: Efe ca!led
to me and faid Coujin
I
ama Ch1/d of the Sun, and Brother to the
Inca, Manco Capac
and t~
Coya Mama, Ocelo Huaco
bis Wife and Sifter, who were the firft of your
Fa~
mif:y, and
by
them I am Al!ied in BloHd to your Father, and al!
of
you, ~eing ~a/led
Inca
Viracocha;
and am fent by our Father :h~ Su~ to orderyou, that you ,mmcdiately carry
thú Advice to
mJ
Brother the
Inca,
acquainting h1m, that the greateft part of the Provinces
of
Chinchafuyu,
as_ wel~ thofa who are under his -pominion,_ as thofe whích are not,
are
in
rebcllion and are umted
in
confederacy to aj{ault him, and w,th a ftrong and nHmerOUJ Arrr:1
to caft him from hi~ Thro~e~.an~ deftrbJ the Imperial City of
Co~co;
"!herefore I order
you immediate/y to g,v~ this inte/Jigence to my Brothrr_ the
Inca,
a~vijing h1m from _me, that
he provide againft this emcrgency, ~nd takt fuch v,gor_om refolutio~s to prevent 1t, as the
importi,1nce ~f thi1 matter doth requ1re.
And a1 to th,ne own part1cu(a:,
!et
me tell thee,
that in what misfort1111e foevcr thoH art, thou lofe. not thy couragc or
fpmr,
for I /hall ever
be at hand;and reat!J to fuccour thee as my own
ftefh
and blóud; and therefore I ftriét!y ad–
,ncnifh thee not to attempt an_J thing, how great foever it be, unworthy thy Fl1mily 11nd ancient
B!oud, and the Greatnefs of thy Empir.e; for I will ever be a(Jiftant, and near to fuccour
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thee in thy greateft and ultimate exigencieJ.
Having faid cn~fe words, che
Inca Vira–
cocha
vanifhed, and I faw him no more ; and chen returmng to my felf, I delayed
no time
to
come and appear before your Majefty to comm1micace unto you ch~
parciculars of chefe Matters.
CH A P.
XXII.
Of
the Confultation which the
Incas
he!d
upon
the
Advice
which the
Apparition gave.
T
HE
Inca, Tahuar-huacac,
out of che great difpleafüre and prejudice
which
he had raken
to
his Son, y.,ould noc give any belief or credence to his
Re–
lation, bue rather terrned hirn
a
Fool, and irnpertinent, and that fivelled wich che
vanicy of Revelations from his Facher che Sun, he was come to impofe his Enchufi–
afms for divine Truths; and therefore ordered him immediately to return to
Chiu,
and to confine himfelf wichin chofe bounds on penalty of his higheíl: difpleafure;
in compliance to which fevere admonition, the Prince recumed again
to
his re–
tiremenc, and the keeping of his Flocks. Howfoever che
Inw,
who were Coun–
fellours, :md had che King's Ear,
and
of a nacure very füperíl:itious and credulous,
efpecially of Dreams , took
this
advercifement in anocher fafhion, than che King
apprehended ic, telling him, tbat fuch an A.Pparicion as this was nocJo be ílighced,
efpecially lince it prefented it felf in che fonn of
Viracoch~,
who was Brorher to
che
Inca,
and of Alliance to the Sun, in whofe name and behalf he brought this
Meífage. Nor was it credible chac rhe Prince íhould be
fo
much an Impoíl:our,
as to dare to entitle che Sun to fuch an apparent forgery, or delude che
Inca
his Fa–
ther wich a Lye; and therefore that it were beíl: to examine the macrer more
füiétly; and by Sacrificing to the Sun, make judgment of che good or bad
0- –
mens, and not negleét any care or diligence whacfoever in a rnatter of
fo
high im–
portance ; for to leave che maccer negleéted and flighced, were
to
contemn che
advice which che Sun had fent, and his Me!fenger
Viracocha
;
and, in fhort, to add
-Errour unto Errours, and Sins unto Sins.
· Notwichíl:anding ali which, che
Inca
had conceived that prejudice againíl: his
Son, thac he oould upon no terms admit che coURfel which his Kindred gave him,
but rather termed che Vifion he declared, to be rhe effeét of a wild and furious
brain, imagining by !yes and forgeries to bring his extravagant humour again inco
repute; wnich was fuch an aggravation of his former folly, c.hac- he deferved
011
this very fcore co
be
deprived of che inheritance, and declared--for ever·uncapable
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