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VII.
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Koyal Commentaries.
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Of the
q1Jiet
Life of
the
inca
Y-üp~nqui/an"d
~f
th~·'Átlions
wherein he employetl himfel/untiill
the
tbizrhf 1;i~ Deatb.
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f,I~,
KY.1g
7[upt1nqui
~avíng eílabtlhétan~ ·Confirfrle_~;-~(ie ~ onquéHs-w1'id1
. ·.-_ . h1s Captams,had made, under che tecum~ of go9d_.fJws; and fett,lcrd
Re–
.J\gion in all .
P.art5,
hav¡ng .alfo made
provifibfiJfor
his
o\ii
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á'·Rp'yal Revenúej)' ·é!nd
. /crNrated a maincainance for the Ptiéílhood óf ·thé Sun, he rtrderrili!:]ed_
io
put -:in
end
to
his tarrher Conquefts, wpich aJe now (ar extend~d•. reaching no leís ,tl\an
·a,
choufand Leagiles1 in length;
fo
rbac he '1-~fólv~a·
to
{pem:P che r~mainder of his
I;>ays,in ereétiríg Monumems and--'frophies óf h)s greatnefs; wlíi:~h P-iigqt .~ver
-confervé hi~ Memory in grean,Ren0wn.
1'0
which end-
he
bµilt' n_ew Forrreífes,
and manyTemple/i dedicated to th<f Sun, Mtb Houfes for the'Seleét Virgins; Roy–
al Palaces, and made many Aqueduéts,
W
~lks and Garderis;
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He· alfo en9ówcrd
th~
Temple of the Sun in·
Cóúo
with greilter Riches , of which tnough it ft9bd
in
QO
need, yec he thoughc it a du~y to comribute fome thing towards ch~ glory
ofbim whom he honoured, and eíleemed fod1is Father;·and more efpecially he
bu'fied hirnfelf in building and completing the Fortrefs at
Co,;,co,
for which bis Fa-–
ther had made1,provifion of all materials, and gathered great quantities of Stones
,!ncl Roc-ks, of whic~ we fhaill hereafter ha_ve,occ~Gon
to
d\fcourfe J?Ore as)arg~.
He alfo perfonally v1füed ali che pares of h1s Empire, that fo .he m1ght w1th h1s
·own Eyes fee che Stace of chings, hear che Complaints anp Aggrievances
Qf
his
people, and provide a Remedy and Relief for his Subje&'
j
M
all ',\
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hich he atteó-
oed-with
fo
much care and compaflion, that he worthily defervéd td be furnámed
:The PioUJ,
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In
thefe Employments this Prince with great Pe~ce and 1:ranquillity
fpent bis time for feveral Years, beiog greatly belo_ved and obeyed by his Subjeéts;
ac the end of which falling Gck, and finding within himfelf his end to be near, he
called the Prince, who was his Heir, and h1~ other Sons together, recornmeiiding
ro thern by way of Teílamem the íl:riét obfervance of their Laws, and religjous
Rites of their Idolatrous Worlhip; and above all encharged them to perform
and admjniíl:er }afüce
to
theír Subjeéts in che moíl: equal balance, and therewich
be gave themhis Bleffing of Peace, for that now his time was come to depare chis
Life, and reíl: with his Father che Sun, who called and fummoned him to bis
Manfions of Felicity.
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Thus dyed
Yupanqui
ful!
of Glory and Triumph, having enlarged his Empiré
above five hundred Leagues in lengch to the Souchward, being as far as from
Ata–
cama
to the River
Mau!Li ;
and
to
the Northward one hundred and forty Leagues,
along che Coaíl: from
Chincha
to
Chimu.
He was lamemed with great.grief, and
-having ranked him in the tenth Order of their Gods, who were· Cfold'ren of thé
Sun, becauíe he was the tenth King, they celebrated his Obfequies with great fo.
lemnicy, which, according
to
their Cuílome, continued for ene [pace of a whole
Year, offering um_o him many Sacrifices. ·He left
Tupac Inca Yup,anqui
his rieir
~nd e\deíl Son, wh1ch he begot of his_Wife and Siíl:er, called
Coya Chimpu
Ocelo,
cd
fucceed hirn in al! his Domihions. '"J:'he proper Name of chis Queen was
Chimpu;
but the word
Ocelo
was a facred Tide amongíl them, he left rnany legitimare Sons
and Daughcers of the true Bloud ; befides many otfuer natural Children~ to thé
number of :ibouc two· hundred and fifry ; which was no great m~tter amongíl:
them, conGdering the many Worpeh , whi'ch chofe Kings mainta-ined in every
Province of cheir Dominions. And becarife this
Inca
laid che Foundation of this.
greac
\lv
ork, it is requifite that we fhóuld creaeofit immediately afee( the Life of
its
firít
Founder, betaufe ic is che rnoíl excellemTrophy ofche
Incan
MagnifitenceJ
and that which rnay ferve for a rnacter of Oíl:entation and Glory , not onely
w
che Auchour himfelf, and the preceding Kings, but fufficient
to ·
derive Honolir
to ali rheir Poíl:erity in future Ages; . -·
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