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VI.
Royal C
ommentaries.
Probation being pafr, they were declared worchy of being digcillied by che
Jnca
and
to be enticled true
and
legitimare Childrea of the Sun. Tben carne che Mo~
thers
and Sillers of chefe young Men, bringing chem
Vfaw ,
or Saodals qf Pack- ·
thread, which they put on their Feet, in teilimony that chey had paífed and over–
'ºlll<:
all
the fevere mecllods of milicary Exerciíes.
CH ·A P. XXVII.
r
That t!ie
Inca
c0nferred onely the chiefand principal Mark..
of.
Dignity
;
and that one
of
hi5 Ííindre,d conferred the
refl.
T
Hefe C~monies being perfo~ed, n_otice was given t:bereof unto the
Inca,
who b~ing acteaded with the grave Seniours of bis Royal Family,·carne
to
the
Novitiates, and in a íhort Oracion, acquaimed them, chat they were noc
ro
reíl:
in
che bare Formalicies of Chivalry, and Marks of che Royal Sloud, onely co
fatisfie cheir light humour wich che vanicy of empty Honour; bue
co
emulare che
Vermes of'their Ancefiours
in
cheir Jufüce to ali, and Merey to che poor,; and
-thac being the true and undoubced Progeny of the Sun , chey oughc
to
imirace
their
Facher, fhining wich che fplendour .of good Works , which tended
to
che
comlnon benefic of all his Vaílals, which was che fole Defign and Errant for
which chey were
made, and fenc from Heaven to inhabic che Earch. Then che
Noviciates carne
one.byone to che King, and prefencing themfelves.before him
on cheir Knees, they re¡geived from his hanp the firíl: M~rk and Signa! of Royal
Dignicy, wbich was to have their E<frs bored, and pierced by him in che fofi: pare
ofthe Ear, wich a large Nail ofGold, leaving it in the boles both
for
cure of tbe
W
ound, as alfo
to
widen the Orífice, and íl:retch -the Ear, being ofcen extended .
toan
incredible bignefs.
.
.
.
The
Novitiates, in recompence for chis favour, kií!ed che Hand
of
the
Inca,
and
cvery
one in his
turn
having received che order, arofe from his Knees from before
the
other
Inca;
who was Brothér, or Uncle,
to
the
Inca,
and the Perfon nexc
in
Auchority co him; who having loofed their
V[utM
o[
unfpun hemp, íhod chem
wich
Sandals of Woollen Manufaétory, of che moíl: gencile and faíhionabJe forr
1
after the manner of the King, and che
l ncM,
chat in token of Approbation, and .
having paífed exarninacion, were found and eíleemed worchy. . This Ceremony
of pucting on the Shoes, did fomeching refemble che praétice ofbuckling che fpurs
on the heels of Knighcs of the military Order in
Spain;
which being done they
kiífe~ chem on che rigbc Shoulaer, faying,
That Child of the Stm , who hath given
thefe evidence1 of hú M eritJ, deferves to be kif[ed:
For .the fame Word which with
them íignifiesKiífes, íignifies alfo Adoration, Bonour and Courtefie. This Ce–
remony being pa!t, che Novitiate was-inrroduced into a round Charnber, adomed
wich Hangings, where the ancknt
lncM
veíled him with die Habic agreeable
ro
his Order, which, uncill chactime, ir was not lawfull to put on. Tbis Vefl:ment
was made wich three comers, two of which hung down at lengch, to cover che
Privy·parts, being gire about the Waíl wich a Twiíl: of the Thicknefs of
a
finger ;
the orher pare behind was girt or laced about the Thighs, fo thac though ali the
ocher Garmenrs were füipped,off, yet this habiewould remain a fufficieQt and de–
cene
covering for the Body.
But
the Ehief and principal Mark of chis Ord
er was the boring of the Ears,
which, as it was aBadge of Royalty, fo chis of cheVe.íl:menc was ofChivalry:
die Ceremony of che Woollen Shoes was a Novelcy introduced , Ggnifying che ·
Wearinefs of rhe Noviciate.after his Labours, and were beíl:owed by way of re-
frefhment