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Royal

Commenta_rie,~

BooK

IX.

xv~

Of the

Tejiament and Death of

Huayna Capac;

and tÍie

Prophecy concerning the

lnvafion

mdde

the

Spaniardi

Vayna Cap,c

reliding in his Kingdom of

~itu,

an humour took hím

in one

of the laíl: days of his Life, to wafh and bath himfelf in a cercain Lake,

onely to pleafe and recreare himfelf: fo foon as he carne out from che Water~

was taken with acold, and fhivering, (which che

Indians

call

Chuccu,)

which was

followed by·a hot

fic

of a Fever; after which finding hipifelf every day to grow

worfe and worfe, .he apprehended he íhould die;

tli

which he íl:rongly fanfied

from a rernernbrance of cercain Prognofiicks,

hich had fome years before been

d~live~ed ip refere_nce che

reunt

9;.in which t~e

Jndia~s

are _very fu~ríl:icious; ef¡:ie–

cially

chofe wh1ch rel,a,

ce.to

die Royal Perfon of che Kmg, wfoch the

.Incas

for

.the reputacion of their ldólatry call Revelacions

arn

cheir Facher che Sun.

Befides thefé

v,afop

'fdgnofiicks and ~ayings delivered by cheir Oracles,

many

affiighting Córl\~ts appeared i_n che Air, and a'.mongíl: che réíl: one wich excraordi-'

nary Rays, of a géeeniíh colour, very terrible to b'ehold; and rnoreover ~Thurl:

derbolt fell

the Palace of che

Inca

hirnfeln all which firange.and omfa'ous mat–

ters bei11g_ put cogecher, did greacly trouble and ¡:íuzle che \Yifedom anél

Are

their Magicians and Philofopners, called

Amauw,

who were che Sages andPriefts

of thát Religion, who being alfo converfant with·familiar Spirits, prefaged che

death of

Huayna Capac,

with che deílruétion of che Royal Family, and che total

Ruine and Downfall of che -Empire, with many other difmal Calarnities and

Misfortunes, which their Nations in general, and every one in _particular was to

fuíl:ain; howfoever thefe fatal Stories were noc vulgarly puoliíhed, leíl chey íhould·

difrnay and terrifie their people with ucmoíl de(pair, wl-io were naturally fuperfii·

tious, and of

rnelancholy temper, apt to receive impreílions of rhis nature.

Huayna Cap_ac

finding him(elf now fenfibly to decay, and his end to approach,

' fumrnoned ali bis Sons and Relations, with rhe Govemours and Caprains of rhe

neighbouring pares co come to hirn, and declared co chem, That he was chen

go–

ing to Heaven, to reíl with his Fath€r rhe Sun, who had fome time fince revea–

led to him, that he woúld íhorcly call him from a cercain Lake, or Foumain, or ·

River. ·

Now in reiard that

am fei~ed,

faid he,

with thú Diflemper

the chilnefa of

the Water in which I bathed, it feem! to

mt:

a certain tok!n that I am c11/led by

Father,

11nd that thw is the time of my Dij[olution.

So foon as

am dead,

would have my Bod_J

opened, as is the Cujlome of Kings; my Heart and Bowels

would have carried ;tnd inter–

red in

Quitu,

a Teftament of my !ove to !hat Kingdom, but

Corps I wou!d have car–

ried to

Cozco,

there to be buried with

Kindred and Anc,flours:

In a particular

Wittn–

ner

recommend

Son

Atahua!pa,

whom I !ove with a tender Ajfeilion, beque11thing unto

h~m my Kingdom of

Quit~,

with w~a_t[?ever additions ht jha/1g~in a~d acqui~e thereunto b¡

hu oM>n Arms; commandmg and en101mngyou that are my Captams to ferve h1m with altFt–

de!ity and A/Legiance, Myour true and natural Prince, requiring you to perform al! Obedi–

errce towards him in every thing; for I fhall illuminate him with RtVelations from

Fa•

ther the Sun.

I farther recommend unto you, and defire you to ufe Moder11tion, and exer–

cife ¡uftice towards our Sub1efls and -Vaf{a!s, that

we may defervedfy continue the Tít!e

of being_ Lover! of the Poor, and that in every thing ;·ou behave your fe/ves

Incas

who

are th~ true O/f-fpring of the Sun.

Havin~ ended chis Difcourfe to his Children

and Kmdred, he fummoned ali che Captams and

Cura.M,

who were not of che

Bloud Royal, recommending to them faithfull and dutifull Allegiance

their

King; and in the laíl place he told chem, Thac chere was an old Prophecy de–

rived by Revelacion from his Father che Sun, That afcer che Reign Qf n,{elve

Kings there íhould come a new Nation, never before known in chofe pares, thac

íhould gain and fubjeél: ali chofe Kingdoms and Provinces, with rnany orhers,

their

own Dominion:

which

great!J fufpcéf

be thofe who now fnil t,1pon 011r Coaft

being