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HE
puülant and powerfu1l
H11ajna Capac
being ;bfoluc~ Lord
o(
·rus
f..mpire, ernplo,yed the
füft
·yeai;
of -his.Reign_in iperfciming
'.the
Funeral Solemnities of
his.
deceafed Fathen ;,.,and then af–
.terwai:ds, to
H1~
grctat 1joy,_and fácisfaétion· df,his people, ,made ·
. his
p11og1Jefs in vifiting divers:parts oflhis
Emp>ire;
and'fv.ery-
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, wher.e as he paífed, che
Curaca1
.carne forth-
to
meet and receive
him,
and
the people ·{lhowecl.Dheir ways wich Flowers, and
maa!e,
T-riumphal
,Ar–
ches with Caililes
and
Ruíhes, covered with·Rofes and Flowers, and odoriferous
Herhs ; a!l ,places.''Fefouncded Wiith loud Acclamations1of che peopie, repeating che
A!lilguft Titles ,of
t?be1Jnad,
e[¡¡,ecia,tly' ,nt:le Name of
Huayna C:apac, 'Huayna
Cap.ac;
whidll they ofcem echo&tl, as nhac which comaineG! moíl: of Gi-andeur and fümown ;
the wnich :he
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háviñg'deferved from bis infancy, did now, as•they believed, merit
a greater advance of.Adoration, being placed in degree of a God.
A
cofta
writing
· i:n'the :i4:th Chapterof
ibis
fiXt?h Book in commendation of this Prince, hath cheíe
wo11ds
:
'' ífhis
H-11t9na Capac
was adored by his people in
bis
life-time for a
" God,
and
with thac divine Worlhip which was oever befare l!l.Íed towards his
:: Anceíl:ours, as a.nci~nc Men
füll
living do remember, and relate of.their own
knowledge. As ;rJa1s
Huayna Capac
had newly begun to rnake his Journey
imo divers parts of bis Empire, news was brought him , thac líe had a Son and
Heir born, wb~ was afterward~ ca~Ied
Huafcar. Inca :
This Chrld_ being greacly
defired, fililed
alll
che Court w1th ¡oy; and was·
fo
pleaíing to fas Father, that
he returned
ro
Coz..co
,
to
be prefent at the Encertaimnents whicro iwere made for
celebrating the Fefüvals of bis Son's Nativity, ami was there received with al!
the evidences of joy , and cordial welcome , as could be póílibly· expreífed.
This Solemnity being paíl:, which laíl:ed for ·t\'.'.enty days ; che
lnct1.,
out of the
:ibundance of joy, which he conceived for che Birth of an I-foir, began to emer–
tain rhoughts of doing and contriving fomething
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extraordinary, ancj never be–
fare invented agai,!'líl: the time that bis Son was to be wea0ed , at which time
they
~ut
offhis
firíl:
lock of Hair, and gave him bis Name , which, as we have
faid in che forrner part of this Hiíl:ory, was che rnoíl: folemn Feíl:ival that they
kept, being obíerved by ali forts of people, from che King to the Beggar; every
·one having a fhare, and being concerned
in
Ehe Birth
and
Welfare of che Prince,
who