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was
Capac,
which fignifies rich, .not that they me'an_t him t? be rich
if}
Goods,_
or
Wealch of Fortline, bue of Mmd, fuch as Gemlene~, P1ery, Clemen_cy, L1be–
rality, Juíl:ice :md Magnanimity, with a delire and i~clinacion t<? coµimunicate
his Benefits to ali his Subje~s ; ánd for_
that Reafon chey defervedly gavk bimche
Tirle of
'capa'c,
which íignifies l:ích and powerfull in Arms: The ot!,er_Name
they gave hím was
Hurlc cha_cuyac,
which
-is
as
rnuch as
to
fay,
a gfeat F;·iend an~
·Benefaétour to che poor; foras che fuíl: dénomination intimated t~e greatñ_efs of
his Mind,
fo
thé
óther [poke
che
_benefits which he had conferred ;
fo
th_
4
t for
ever after he was-called the Prince
M anco Capac,
having been named no otherwiCe
.before chan
M anco
the
Iicá
\
for
M anco
is bue che proper Name ofa Perfon; 'and
in che 'common Language of
Peru
hach no fignification; chough in
q
particular Di–
alea which fome ofthém·liavé, (which;
ás
fome writé me f~om
Peru,
is entirely
loíl:,)
it
fignifies fomething, as all c~e ocher Naines ancd,Titles did; which they .
·gave _
to
cheir Kings, as .we
{hál!
m
the fe;que1 of th1s
Seor~
have an o~cafion
ro
interprec: The word
Inca
figmfies as much as Lord, or
King,
or Emperour,
though in its íl:riét
[ente,.
ir is one of che Royal -bloud ; and cherefore_ che
c~r1cat
rhough chéy were greac LordsJ yec chey .were noc talled
_Inciu: Palla
fign1~fS
a;
Lady
of
che_Royal Blou~; a~d
fo
for diíl:in0ion of che King from other
,Inca1,
h~
was call~d
Capa Inca,
which 1s as much as nch, fole and .fupreme Lord. Here-•
after, for the fake of che curious ; we fhall d~clare and imerpret_ali ·che Royal
Names of che M;en and Womei;i. Moreover the
Jndians
gaye ·to this firíl: King ,
and
his
Pofierity the 'Name
o[Yntíp Churin, -wbich
is as much ás Child of the Sun.;
but rhis we may eíl:eem rather a denomination , proceeding from their fal[e be-
lief, i:han a true and proper addition
t0
his Titles;
.
XIV.
Of
the iajl
Wid
and
Tefiament and
Death
of
the
fufi
Inca
j
Manco Capaó
·
M,' .
Ancb'Capa'/:
reigned ma~y
Y
ear_s, b~t
hbw
-m~ny
i_t
is not cercain, fomé'
fay;
thirty, others forty, employmg
his
whole t1me
m
the bu[mefs and áétions
which we hav.e before mentioned; and now finding the time of his de:ith nearly
:ipp,roaehing; he called his Sons togecher,
as
well chofe,which he had by his QQ_éeri
M ama Oello Hua'co,
as tho[e whicn he _had by bis Corlcubines,
,wbitli
rnade upa:
great number; for
as
he cold thém, it was
fit
that che Childrén or Offspring
of
the Sun fhould
~
_many. He alfo aífembled che Chief of his Subje&, and in
inanner of
a
Tdlárnem he made this. long Difcoutfe co chem. He ree:ommen–
ded
fo
the Prince bis Heir , .
á
true Lotre and Affeaion towatgs his Subjeél:s
~
' and to the Subjefü , Loyalty and Service
to
th:eir King, and Obedience
to
che Laws, avouching again, thac this was one of r_l:iofe Órginaoce-s whidi
thé Sun bis Fáther had
iri
a rnoíf
parficu1a~ mánne'r enjoined unto him. Wirií
this
Leílon he 9ifmiífed bis Subjefü
5 .
a:ft~rwards in ptivace Difcour[e which
he rnade to his Children;
he
enchárged them, tha'.t they íhoillg ever remem–
ber
thac
they defcended from che
Sun ;
and chat rherefore they ought for
ever
to
adore him for their
God
a:nd Fat_her, a,nd thac a¡:cording to his example
they tbould obferve his Laws and preé:eprs, that
fo
their Subjeél:s in imitation of
them might the more eafily he iÍ1é:luced to áwe and teverence rhis Deity : thac
they being genrle ahd pious, mighc allure che
indians
by Love, ánd by the force
ofBenefits, for chac tho[e can nevér
be
good ~ubjeél:s, .whd obey onely otit
of
fear; in iliorc ,
he
told chem chaé cney fhould manifeíl: them[elves by cheir Ver–
tues
to
be Children of the Sun, approving their words by cheir all:ions; for thofe
fuall
never be believed; who fay one
thing
and perforrn another.
In
fine, he
faid,
E
thac