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Royal Commentaries.

withio a lirtle League

che Cicy, where that fat:al Bactei ":as fough,c of

Don

1Jiego

Almagro

the Elder, and

H_ern_ando Pir¡arro;

all tlie.other

Nátídris

qa-ye

five

fíx

differenc denominations, which are

fl!!_efj,icancha, ''Muylla, Z!rcoJ, ,f2/!_eht1ar;

H11art1c, Cavinna.

This Nacion of

Cavinna

boaíl: themfelves much of being de~-

(cended from Parems, who próceeded from a certain Lake, where rh'ey report

thar rhe.Souls oí fuch who dye do enter, and thence ·rétilrn again to animare

other Bodies. Thefe People adoted an Ido1 ofa prodig\oús figure, an9 óffet~d a

ftrange fort of Sacrifice to i't; bue the

Inca, Manco Capac;

defiroyed the lqol, ;md

aboliíhed rheir rices, and cornpelled them

he did

all

his ocher fübjeéts to adore

the Sun.

. :._- __

The[e People, who .were not mµch above a hundred rn number, we're bu~

fmall ln the begiñniQg , che greace~

nót

exceeding

hlln~red families, and

che

leífer confiíl:ing of about twenty

fi.ve

or thirry , .whtch afcenyards by

t.he

privileges and encouragements, wh

ich ~h

Inca, Manco <:apac,

befio_w~d upori

the

m, (as we íhall hereafter declare) they mcreafed exceedmgly, rnany .of ,tnem

excending chemfelves inco a thoufand Families, and th~ ·Ieífer to rh1;ee or toúr hun~

dred at leaíl:; che wbkh i!llmunities and favoUFS being'éonfümed, and augmented

Manco Capac

and

his

Succeífours, the people increafed.ánd flouriíhed, till a.U

was defiroyed by che barbarous Tyranny

óf

Atat1hualpa.

Now in the[e our time5>

and about twenty years paíl: thofe· Colonies which

Manco Capat

planted .on chis

fide, and alrnofi all che People of

Pme

do.not now poffefs cheir andent dwellings; .

becaufe

a V

ice-Roy,

we íhall íhew in-its proper place, joined them afcerwards;

onitiog

fi.ve

or fix into one, and fometimes feveh or eighr, as was moíl: agreeable

to hisp

urpo

[e, from whence many inconvenieócesaccnied cothat People, which

we omit, becaufe they are grievous and ungrátefull to rep~at.

CH .A

XII.

In what manner the

Inca

taught and inflruéled hiJ

SubjeEls.

Inca, Manco Capac,

as he planted hi;'tolonies,

every where he taugh-f

them to plow, and culcivace the Land, how to make Aqueduéts and Con–

fervatories for tht:!ir,Wacer, and ali other matters'tending to che more commodi–

ous well-beiilg ofhumane Llfe; he gave cbem alfo fome rules ofCiviliry neéeífa–

fociecy for maincenance of Friendíhip and Brorherhood , as che Lnvs of

Nature

and Reafon diétared; that !aying afide ali animoficies and paffions one

againíl: che pcher, chey íhoulddoe as they would

done by, rnaintaining wichouc

partiality the fame

Law

for others which they al!ow for chemfelves: bue above

all he recommended to them a refpeét which they ought to bear towards che Bo–

dies oftheir Wives and Daughters, for in that vice they were che mofi blameable

and barbarous; and

ord~r hereunto he made Adultery, Murther .and Robbe(y

mortal crimes; and punifháble wich death. He ordered chat nó man fhou!d

have Jll0re chao one Wife at a time, and chat in their Marriages they fhould con–

fine themfdves to cheir Tribes, that they·mighc not make a confufion in che Line- ·

a_ge, and that from cwenty years and upwards they might marry, becaufe before

that time their prudence was not ripe enough to manage their Affairs, nor- go- .

vern their Families, 1-ie employed ochers to gather che more gende fort ofCaerle

ioéo

flocks, which ran difperfec,i and wild chrough the Woods and Fields, cauling

them to make garments of cheir Wool, acc<,xding

che Are which the Queeri

Mama Oc/lo Ht1aco

had taughc them

fot

fpinning anq weaving; he. íhewed them

~fo

how to make chac forc ofShoes wµich they nów wear, and Vl'.hich tliey táll

Vfota,

Over every one of thefe Colonies he

etaaintd

a ChieÍJ

whitih the'y

cálled

éM11éti