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BooK

Royal

Commentttrin.

command of the Sun had altered his Difpo!ition, and reduced him

tbe natural

temper of his Fore-fathers. But the truth is, tbat Ambition and thiríl: ofHonour

which makes gr.eat changes in the minds ofMen, had

miraculouíly operaced on

his rcugh and hard cemper, thac his Nature feemed encirely to be altered, and to

bave put on thac gentle and fweec humour, which was Royal and natural to bis

family.

This being done, the

Inca Viracocha,

made his entry into

Couo

oµ

foot, chat he

mighc appear more a Souldier th~n a King; he defcended thither by the wa_y of

c~1tmenta

and in triumpbant manner, being encompaífed by his Souldiers, and on

each hanct fupported by his two Uocles, chat were Major-Generals, cauGng che

prifoners to be conduéted behind, with great joy and loud acclarnations he was

received inco che Cicy. The grave

Inca-s

aged, and füicken in years carne forth

to meet him, and with due reverence having faluced and adored him and acknmv~

ledged bim for a crue Child of che Sun, entred amongíl: the ranks of che Souldie-–

to parcake of che glory of chis Triumph; adding farther

this

complement to

their Courtíhip, That chey wiíhed chemfelves youthfull again for no ocher reafon;

than chat chey might be Souldiers, and ferve in che \Vars under his forcunate

and aufpicious Conduét.

His

Mother alfo

Coya Mama Chic-ya

with her

o·

men, and others nearly allied in Bloud to che Prince, being atcended alfo with

multitude of

Pal!t:u,

or Ladies, went forth, with Songs and Dancings, to meec

and receive him; fome embraced him, otheri wiped off the fweac from bis Brows

oth~rs frvept the duíl: from bis Feec, füewing tl)e ways wit~ Flowers, and odori–

ferous Herbs, in which joyfull and folernn manner the Prince

firQ

vifited the

Temple of the Sun, in which making bis encry on

bis

bare Feec, according to

tbeir ufual cufiome, he returned thanks for the Viél:ory, which his -Father the Sun

had given him. Then he vifüed the Seleél: Virgins, Wives of the Sun ; and af..

ter diefe two Offices were performed, be departed from the City

fee hís Fa~

ther, who all chis while conferved himfelf within the Straits of

Muyna,

and

the fame place where he hád formerly !efe him.

The

Inca Tahuar-Huacac

received thePrince his Sun witb al! the expreffions'ofjoy

and concentrnent imaginable, congraculating his Succefs, and viél:orious Atchieve~

mems, but yet his Countenance appeared

melancholy and referved, that he

feemed thereby to teíl:ifie more ofEmulation and Envy, than of real Satisfaétion

far tbe íhame and confufion he conceived

feeing his Son viétorious feemed ro

upbraid

his

Cowardife; nor'can ic well

deterrnined, whether the Envy of his

Son's Honour, or the fenfe he had for bafely forfaking the Temple ofthe Sun, or

the fear of being depofed for bis mean and pufillanirnous Beliaviour, was moíl:

prevalent in his confufed mind. Bue certain it is, that at tbis publick imerview

few words paífed between them; what afterwards happened in prívate is not cer–

tainly known., but it is believed by tbe

lndiam,

chac che whole Difcourfe was in

reference to che Governmenc, which of the two íhould reign, and which appea–

red by che fequel, it being refolved between them, chac che Father having forfa–

ken and abandoned the Cicy, was no more worthy to return umo ic.

For Am–

bition, and defire ofGovernment, is

prevale~t in the minds of Princes, that

they are willing to take any pretext to cover their afpiring thoughts;.-andindeed

this

imptitation of Cowardife feeme0 the more plaufible reafon, in thariÍ: was fe–

conded by che fuffiages of the people, and che confent of the Courc; to which

che Father condeftended, being coníl:rained tl{ereumo by force, and by an abhor–

rence he naturally had to War, efpecially to Civil Diffencions. Upon which ·

agr~ement che draught of aPalace was immediately deíigned, and intended to be

built between the Straits of

Muyna

and

,;!2g_efpicancha,

where was an excellenc

Air, and pleaiant Sicuation, and eaíily improveable by Gardens, and Orchards,

and ali the Div<;rtifemencs of Hunting, Fifhing, and other Royal Pafümes; be–

ing much advamaged therein by the benefit of the River

Yucay,

into which many

Streams and Brooks fall, on che Eaíl:-quarter of the Hou[e. The Foundation of

chis Houfe

being

laid, (fome ruines of which do to this day remain) the Prince

returned to

Coz.co

wbere he changed his yellow for the crimfon Wrearh, and yec

was comen

ted tha

t bis Father fhould íl:ill conferve his Royalty in the colour of his

Ribbon, on condition that be renounced the fubíl:amial pares of Government ,

for proud and ambitious Men can endure punél:ilio's, and immaterial drcumftances