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71,e Cif:J being th,u Peopled; Our
inca
táught hi1 ~ubjeq, thofe Labour, whick
apper:.
tained ,mto the Men, as to plough and fow the Land·w1th 1!",;ers fort1 of Seed!, whzch were
ufejull, and for food; to which end he inftruél:ed them how to
mak!
Plough,
~nd
Harrow1,
and other Jnftr,,ments, fit and nece.f[ary f
ur
that purpofe
~
~e fhewcd them alfo the way of
cutting chaneb for the Water~ wh,ch now t.un1 through th11 Palley of
Coz_co, .
and to
mak!
Shon for their Feet. _dn the other (ide the
~en
inftruéled thé Women
_ifr
gpod Hufwifer.J_,
as how to ¡pin and weave Cotton an_d wool, .and to mak.f gant?en(s for their Hiubam&, their
Children and themfelves, with other Offices appertaining
to
the lloufa.
In fam, nothing
wa1
omit;ed conducing to humane Wc!Lfare, which the J(ing did not teach hi1
Men,
and the
J2!!een
her Women, makjng ihem both their Scholars and their Su/Jjeél:1.
:/,
CH A P.
IX.
fhe Aaio
1
1s
of
the
firfl
Inclian
Jíing, called
Manc;o Capáci
T
Hefe
Indians
li,ing in this manner reduced, look!d on
themfalvu much hettered in con–
.
dition ; and with (ing11far ack.._ndp,f.tdgments of the benefi.ts received,
and
with
great
Joy
and fatiJfaéfion travelled rhroug_h the Rock¿ and Thickets to communicate the happy news
of
thofe Chi!dren
of
the Jun, who fw thec.,omwm good of al! appeared
~n
the_Earth, recoun–
ting
thc great good
and bencprs ehry had
r1cewedfrom therp; and to gam bcüef a,mmgft them
theJ Jhewed rhem their new Habit, anti, ,01.oathing, and Dfet, and that they lived in Hou_(es
¡,md in politicabSociety.
This relation induced this wi!d Peop!e to fee thofe wonder1, of which,
heing fHl!J fatiped
by
their own Eyes, they ranted themfeLves amongfl the reft to lt,11n1, and
obey; and thu1 orle calling and inviting the other, the f ame fpread far a_nd near, and the
peop!e increafed in fucb mannér, that in tM firft
Jix
or feven years the
Inca
had compofed
an Army jit for War; and having taught them how tomak! Bow1 and Arrows, and Lances;
andfuch Weapdn1 as we ufe to this day, thffJ were not onely capable to defend, but alfo to
óf–
Jend an Enemy; and to compell thofe
by
force whofe beftial nature detained from Humane
Aj[ociation.
'
.
,
And that
I
may nót he tedious in the rclation of what thi, Our firft
Inca
aEfed, you muft
kpow, th¡t_t he reduced all Eaftward, a1 far aJ the River called
Paucarcampu,
and eighry
Lettgues weftward,
fº
thegreat River ~alled
Apurimac,
and to the Southward nine Leaguu
to"
Qiequefana:,
To thefe feveraf quarters
011r·
Inca
fent out particular Cofonie1, to rhe
largeft
á
hund?ed Famj!ies, and to the ieffer accordfng to their capacity.
T'hefe
are rhe be–
g~nnings
oJ
this 011r <Jity,_ and of this our rich and famom Empire, w,h'.chJ~ur Father~ and
h,s Adherents hd'IJe ilefpoiled 111 of.
T'hefe were odr firft
Incas,
and Kmgs tn the firft ages
óJ
the World, from whom tht fucceeding Princé1, and we our feLveJ are defcended: but how
marij yéars it maj be jince our Father the S1m fent his Ojffpring amongft
iu,
I
am not ab!e
preéifefy to decla__re, bectt.µfe
m}
/Wemory maj faif me in
it,
but I imagine, they
may
be aboHt
400
Tearl. T'his Dur
!ne.a
was named
Manco Capac,
and hú ~een
Coya Mama
ef
Huaco,
who weré,
,u
l·have faid, Brethren of the Sun and Moon.
And thm having
ilt !arge fatkjied thé requejl- you madr to me, in re!ation
of
which , that
I
1r1i(ht not incline
'jou to fadnefs, I abftained from venting iears at
my
Eye1, which notwithftanding drop with
b!oud on my H.eart, caltfed
by
that inwafd grief Ifeef, to fae our
Incas,
t'-nd their Empire
ruined and deftroyed.
.
This large Relacíon of rhe OrÍginaÍ
o[
o'tir Ki.ngs,
Í
received from that
inca
wbich was my Mochers Brother, from whom I requeaed it; and which I have·
cau[ed fairhfully ro be tranílated out of che
Indian
into che
Spanifh
Tongue; which
though ir be not written wich fuch Majelly ofwords
as
che
Inca
f
pake ir, nor with
ihac fignificancy of terme1. as thac Language bear-s, nor to large and particular (to
a:voi:d tedioufüefs)
Ji
it wa~ delivernd ro me; howfoeyer ic may ferve ro give·-
•
fuffo:ienc