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IX.

Royal {:ommentaries.

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What remains furvived of the

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Long time afcer I had ·fiñiíhed this ninch Book, I i:ecei.Ved Adviees"ifi:@m

Pem

(

out of which

have fra,med this Chapter) concerning the R:diqul's .

of the

Jncan

Bloud, which beingigteacer than I thought, I have atjded as perrin-en..t

t'o this Hiíl:ory. For in che year

i6o3,

they all joined jn alcetcer diN:éted'.itiblDop

./Welchior Carlos Inca,

6on of

Don Alonfa de Mefa,

'who lived neaiuCozco, aticl

iké–

wife to my felf, deliring us that w'e would interéede in tHeir behalf

itb lhis INfa'-

jefiy, chat he would be pleafed to exempt r'hem from Tribuce, 1árid1 fr0rri ·rhofo

grievous Exaétions with which ,chey were charged in coriímon wifü ócher

Indlans:;

for performance of which, théy ,delegared all and eveuy of

lJS

withTull Po'wer,arnd

Auchoricy from rhem particularly·named, defceridedl from ..fücH and fuc;h a King\

and for better proof of their Lineage, they fem a

yal 'ifree of rheir Pedigcee,

drawn out upon a Yard and half @f whiteTaffüy, made.of!éhefürk of cHe-ch:v,di

Tree, defcending frnm

Manco C'apac

Huayna c_apac,

anm h

is Són

Pmi'llu.;

tbélCh~..f

Incas

being all curiouíly painted in their ancient Habits ; upo(,} ·thefr f-Ieads

ohey

wore che colouredTwiíl or Wreatb, in their·Ears their great Earings w,ith P,a1i&~

fans in rheir hands in che place of Sceprres, being painted.fróm their Breafis

bp-

.wards. The Papers were direlted to qie, which\I addre~.d

Don-Melchior Cdr–

'los InM,

and

Don Alonfo de

Mefa,

then ·refidimg ·in ·the Court at

Y.allado!id,

pecau[e

my ,other affairs would not permit me 'ro

afrená

this

caufe ; in,which líhould ·o–

therwife have gladly employM both rny time ahd life. This Eetter which w,as

fubfcribed by·t:he

Incas,

was wroté

one of rhefu in a ver.y

frir

~ harafütc.; thé

phr¡¡fe,

.er

Ilyle, was partly

Indian,

imd in part

Cajhllian;

rhéy being ali riow 1nurh

conformed

the

Spanifh

r.4ode, and it was dáted ohe

6th

-April

16ó

'I did

not think

fic

to infert a Copy thereof here, Becau[e ic is too, fad and tragicál ,

re–

imunting che dolefull eHate into which diey we}e fallen.

1flie .,f\.ddfefs is1penn'd

wirb focb affurance ·of his Majeíly's favour,· fhat' (as we·all believe ), whenfoevér

his Carbolick Majeíl:y íhall be informed, and inade fenGble. th~reof,, he

w'ill

ríot

onely ea

chem of their burthens; but ~eíl:élw'fucb privileges on rhem as are .de-

cen,t and becoming the Royal Off-fpring of Kings.

The Scheme vvhich they drevv of their Pedigree vvas e¿,altly framed,.'for the

Kings vvho vvere

Incas

vvere painted in cheiifevernl Eigur.es, denotíng on each

fr:le che deCcendencies from them, vvich chis Infcription~

apac Ayullu,

vvhich

ís

the Royal Off.fpring, and is che Title in common to ali, fignifying thereby, hovv

ali of them vvere derived from che

firíl:

Inoa Manco Capac

t~en che Pedigree of

every King hach its particular diílinétiofl vvi;h ditferenc<Names ; by vvhich ap–

pears, hovv tvery one defct!nded from fuch ano fuch a King. Tbe Iíiue, or Pro–

geny, of

Manco Capac

they call

Chim11. Panaca,

from vvhich forty

Incas

are fuccef–

fively deícended. That of

Sinchi ,Rocca

they call

Raurava Panaca,

from vvhence'

pr,oceeded fixty four

lnca-1.

That of

L!oque Yupanqui

che third

Inca,

they call

Hahu–

aniva Ayllu,

from whence defcended fix~y three

Incas.

That of

Cap11c Yupanqui

they

call

Apu Mayta,

from whence are fifty fix. That of

M ayta Capac

the fifth King,

rhey call

Vfca Mayta,

from whence are thirty five. That of

Inca Roca

they call

Vi–

caquit11.u,

from whence ar~ fifcy. That of

Yahunr Huacac

che fevemh Kfüg, chey

call

Ayl!i Pa,Mca,

from wl1ence are fixcy nine. The Iífue of

Inca Pacharntec,

and

his Son

Inca Y,1panqui,

being joined cogether, are called

Inca Panaca,

and make up

a double number of ninecy nine.

Th(lüff-fpring

defcended from

Tupac Inca Tu-

panqui,

they ~ali

Capac Ayll11,

which fignifies no more than the Royal Progeny,

which confirms what we have declared before concerning rhac Title ; and of this

branch rhere are onely eighceeo. The Off-fpring of

Huayna Capac

they cal!

Tumi–

pampa,

in remembrance of that folemn Feíl:ival which be infl:icuced in honour of

the Sun, and celebrated, in cfo¡cwide.and open Field, which is fituate in tbe Pro–

vince of

Cannaris,

where he ereéled Royal Palaces, and Store-houfes, for fopport

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and