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J

Boek

i.

.fhac being calleq

b.y

t~e Sun, _h~ was ,now going to reíl:_ with h_im, t_hac tlwy {hould

live in Pt1aée ~(!.d Unftf cpgecqer,

an,d

chat

1}€

qe~o_ldm~ che.u- a~i?ps frQrr¡_ He.a–

ven, would calfo care

to

favour and fgccour chem

rn

che.u- excremmé? and

dJf):r~;

;i:I,avmg utcereéi th~'fe, and other

fayjngs

~f ljke nauíre,

Manco Capac

dyeg, kiving

füe

Pnnce

Sinchi Roca,

qis el~eíl: S?p;. ','Vbid-i he ijad by

C<ryá

Mama

dello

H11;wo,

his

Wife

anq Sifier, to he

his

He.ir

and Succeífour; TbQf€ Sons

?llQ

Daughcers

r,ihich remained, b.efides the'P.rirn:;e,_ rparried one With ch~ ~cher;

for

th.ey

took

w~at c~re to prererve

t!J¡¡.C

bloqd wh1~h ch~y fab1.1ld~í1y ?e}1eved

tO

pr.oceed

from

f.l1e -Sun, clear and unmixed, becauf~ they eilee!lled 1t D1vme, anq was not

to be

oéfiled with any other humane mixture, chougb

it

were wirh Eh0fe d1ief and

p'rincipal Lords! w_hom théy c~r!1Jed_c11rac&,

.

.

!

.,

The

lnctt, S1nch1 Roca,

marned wi~l

1

Mama

()ello,

pr

,Mama

Cw.a

(as

fome.

w1ll

h~

~

'it)

h~·~Ideíl: Siíler, afcer th~ Exam,ple of h~s Famer, and

h~

Grandfather

ftí,e

Sµn,

who, ac~or9in_g to che~ I-{ea~h.e1'i-fh Do&ri,ne, rnarried_ w,ith

hi5

S.ille.r

t~t

Moon. This tyfarnage was conduded

Qüti

on€ly for con(e11\¡.¡.~10n o.fdie ijloud

q11~ pur~ Cbaor~, bue li~~wie cha~ che Inhericarnze, which

ca.m.e_ as. we~·by

fhe Moch~r as

th~

fa,tber, rnighc eq.uall,y d~fcend to b,och Sexes, TbIS Ma.rnage

y,

füch proxin,1ity of Bloud, th~Y. reporc, wa,s

a

Command of r:he Stm, bu~ ~hác

96

Brotl_1er ~ou,ld i;i¡,arry wicb ch~ Si¡ter, ex,ep~ ooely ch~ Pri.µce aa4 Heir;

ÍOJ:i

in

~1

ochers chis Qea;nefs w:is forb1pdt1i1,

n~e

wh,ch,was a rule alwa){s obfewed,

as

we

íbal!.finó:

i,ri

~lje

(eq,u~l of ch~ H-i/;lory.

¡

,

The death of th~

Inca, Manco C<JPªF,

was greatly 1amentoo by¡

rus

Sub¡eéts;

bis

funeral rices were, obferved

1,

and celebraced for (ev,eral Moorhs;

bis-

BodyJw.as

einbalrned; d1at chey n,ight con(er_ve it by cbem, and oot- loofe che 6ghtand pre~

fence of it; for tbey adored him for a God, and ChUd of che Sun,

fo

that

tl~ey

facrificed Sheep and Lambs, came Conies, Birds and Coro to him, confeffing

him to be Lord and Authour of all chofe good things whic::h chey enjoyed.

Wbru:

tñe Original of chis

Manco Capac

migl-ic oe, as

f;

r-ás I can guefs by che nature

and temper of chis People, he muíl: have been fome

Jndian,

of

a

more elevated

Underílanding and Prudence than

ordinary, and one who had

infüuéted them

in

che

wáy

of living,

and carrying a fubtile mann~r of-deporcmenc cowards chem had

perfuaded them thac he proceeded from the Sun, and

was

come from Heaven;

and chát bis Father had fent him to iníl:ruét and beílow benefits upon chem. And

to gairi a g:eacer belief, an~ ct~dit amongíl: them, he.habi~ed him(el(in a differenr

fªíhiotl

to

chem, luggmg hIS Ears to fuch

a

length , as 1s incredible

ro

any bue

thofe; who have feen rhem, as

I

have done. Nor is

it

(hange, chac chis ignorant

and

bn.itiíli People füould be induced to believe his Genealogy ce have been de.

rived from the Sun, Ílnce we have che examples in Hiíl:ory of a m:)re refined

Peopk, who caught che Doéhine of Demoos, believing Men ofWic, and AH;

and Magnanimity, to have been che,Sons of

'Jupiter,

and other Gods; and having

t

t~ived good and beh~fits from them, and obfervjng1heir Aétio11s_ to correípond

y•,;ith th,eir

W

otds, have readily af~er cheir deach beílowed a·place on .them io

I¡J~aven , a1:d_ wic~q~c much difficulty have be~n ~rfuad~d ever afrer to •aclore·

tij¿~

ft?r l)e1t1es., giyu¡g d-iem a íhare of

W

01fü1p

w1th their Go~

)