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37.

R.~yal

Commentariu.

BooKIX.

in the year

aícr.r he had reigned forty two years, _as is reco~ded by

Bla. Va–

lera

and found in his

loo(e

and fcattered Papers, wherem he wntes as a curious

An;iqu¡iry of che Origi~al and Amiquicy ofchofe Kings.

Huayna Ctipac

lived e1ghc years after the News was broughc h1m chat the

firíl:

Di(cÓverers of cho(e Coumries coaíled along:his fhore; during which time he

kept a'p exrraordin~ry wacch on,the Coaft, añd ?ttend_e~ wich greater careto pre–

ferve his people in Peace and Concord; not bemg w11ling to extend and employ

his

fÓrce into new Conquefü, umill fuch time as he was well aífured of che na–

mre a119 condition of that people, who in a-Ship frequented and vifüed his Pom.

And h_erein he was cbe more troub)ed upan rernembrance of che Prophecy of an

anciei;1t Oracle, w'hich forecold thern , thac afcer fuch a Number of years, and af–

ter che Regin of fo tl)any Kings, there fhould arrive íl:range Nations, never before

(een in rho(e pares, who fhould cake their Kingdom from thern, and defüoy rheir

Gove(nrnenc and Idol¡mous Religion : che which Prophecy was fulfilled in chis

nea,

¡¡.s

wé

fhall fee i.n che fequel

chis Hiíl:ory.

- And as a preparative hereunro,

h¡¡ppened out three years befare chis Shlp was

feen

-~h~ Coaíl: of

Peru,

that a prodigious and orninous ftghc appeared at

Coz-eo,

which grearly affeé;ed

Hu4J'na Capac,

and afionifhed all che Empire : rbe occafton

was chis: Thac whil(l they were celebrating the folemn Fefüval, wbich was year- .

dedicattd to tl;eir God che Sun,, a ¡{aya! Eagle ( which rhey call

Anca)

was feea

foaring in che Air, and purfued by five or ftx Kefirels, and other Hobbies, and

(Qlaller Hawks; of which fome, for rhe_rarity of rhem, have bee!1 brought i~to

Spain,

where they are called

Aleto!,

and m

Peru Huaman;

che whJCh exchangmg

t_hejr blows and ílrokes on Jhe ~agle, would not fuffer him t-0 efcape in his füght,

bqt

ki}~ed him wich,the flurters of their wings. The Eagle not being able longer

t.o qe(end it fel,f,' feH ·down

che middle of ,the Market-place amongfi che

Inca.,

as if !he had implored rheir defence and fuccour ; and chey willingly received

her, and finding her body covered over wirh fcurf, as with a fcalS, and plumed of

ali her finaller Feachers, nouri{hed her wich ali che care imaginable ; but nothing

availing to doe her good , íhe died in a few days , not being able to raife her felf

from che ground. The

Inca

and his Miniílers judged chis to be a bad Ornen of

whac was to fucceed ; and che Aílrologers and Diviners interpreced che rnauer to

prefage no Iefs than che deíl:ruétion, and total ruine of their Empire and Religion;

which alfo being followed by greac Earrhquakes in divers places, and fuch as were

excraordinary and violent, as to overmm many high Moumains ; che Prodigies

feerned terrible, and fuch as were che cerrain fore-runners of di(mal Judgrnems.

The

Indians

alfo, who inhabiced che Sea-coaíl:, obferved chacche cide> in their eb–

bings and flowings did nor keep cheir ufual

cour(e,

nor did che wacers comain

chemfelves within cheir dae bounds: Cornees alfo, and íl:range Apparitions were

feen in the Air ; and to encreafe chis cerrour, che Moon was obferved in a clear

and brighc night to be encompaífed with three large

Haloes,

or Circles; the

firll:

was of

bloudy colour ; che fecond ofa blackifh, inclining

green; and-the third

was like a miíl:, or finoak. A cercain Magician ( whom che

l ndiam

cal!

LlaJ'ca)

b¡lving feen and conftdered chefe prodigious Circles about che Moon, entred with

fad and ,~

eeping coumenance into che pre(ence of

Huayna Oapac,

and wich cears

in his eyes told him, and faid,

To you a/one, Sir, it appcrtains to k._n-0w, that the Moon

your Mother,

piom and tender Parent, ma~es ~ own unto you, that the

Pachacamac,

who

the Creatour and S11ftainer

all things, doth threaten your Royal Famil:J and

Em–

pire with grievom 'fudgments, which he dejigns tofcnd upan your people: For the firft blolfdy

(}ircle prognofticates; that ajter you are gone to reft with your Fath,r the Sun, 1h11t then

moft terrible WarsJhall arifa among/f thofe ofyour ow1 Line and FamiL;, which wi/1 open

large~an e{f11Jion

.{{aya!Bloud,

ll be f

u(ficient in

few years to e:1:tinguifh your whole

Ra'ce and Progeny.

Which having

fa.id

, he lec

fall

fuch

floud oftears that he was

not able Íi\rther to utter his word

s: B

at length having a little rec~vered him–

felf, h,e proceeded, and faid,

The fecond Circle, rvhich is blacfv rhre1ttens

yo,ir S11b–

jell

wirh a total deftrullion andfubvC"tji·on of our Religion and Government, ca11fed

the

Wnn

andDif{entions

your own Family

1111d thar then JDUr-F.r¡,pirf jh-all be a/ient1ted

and

tranflated to·another people, and al/your Greatnefs vanquifh ii1to fmMk._and vapo11r, which

thr fignification of the third Circle.

The

Inca

wa.

grtfat!J ajloi,ifhed wiih ihis difmaL

Pre–

diaion ; hd'w_[!ever, not toJhew fe~r, and meannefs of

fpli::_it,

bid

the M agician be¡one, far

tiJJefe

are

(faia

he)

butyour laft mghu Dreams, which tkou declareft to me far Revelations

añd .Advioe, f rom my Mother

the

Mo~n. No,

faid che Magician,

for

rhai

you may

gi,1,1e

better