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BooK
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Royal
Com1mntaries.
CH
i\
P~-
XIX.
Of the Reception which
the
Inca
gave
t0
the Emhalfy of thé
Spaniards.
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B
u
T now to reaffume again the 'Thread of our Í-Iüfory' .We fay, ihat the'
Majar General whkh was fent oüt to{tecei\1~:
Hernando Piiarro,
and
Hernan7
do de Soto,
having performed his Complemébts,
and
adored them with profounq
Veneration, turned to his Captains, and Souldiers; and declared
to
them ; thac
ch.efe were the Sons of their God
Viracocha;
at which .che
lndians
¡:nade them
a
low Rev€renrn, beholding, with
great·
adi.niFation
ehéir
Afpelt , Habit and
Voi~e, and
fo
accompanied them to· the Pref~nce of the
Inca:
The
Spaniardi
heing entred, were nmch allonifhed to ~~old th_e greatnefs and Riches of the
R.oyal Palace, and the number of the King s Family, and Attendants,; and fuch
was che wonder of both parties, that it
is
not to be determined which was che
greater: The,.A:mbaífadours:ma,de theirObeifance afrer_
tlie
Se_anifh
~aíhion, with
low Reverence to the
}11c~
wqo was feated
iJ)
a Chair of,.,Gold; w,it,h w,hlch the
King was.
hig}lly
pleafed', ancl 1íranding up,
he
emfut;i.<;ed thefl! :winh n:_¡~ch 'kind,.
neís, faying,
Cápac
Virac~~a,
'Ibou,ar;t -,v~kome
to-
mi
:!Jominidf!S
;,
the
w,hich
words
Bf¡u Va/era
repeats in die Ine#)IJl,Languag~, beiqg ,very ~kilfu) in that TQQgue, the
which I
omit as not n
e~eífary.Then the
Inca
ía,Ee d0wn, an~ Seats wer~ brbughc
1
alfo of Gol~,_which
were.pr~pared by 9rdei;_
of
tJ1e
Jr1ca
for the Ambafia<:iouts
5
for they bemg eíleemed forJGndre4
of
the ·S1:m,
1
\t ple-a,fe,d the
Jnca
to rn.ake. no
difference between himfelf and chem, and more efpecially, becau[e one of them
was Broc~er
~~
the Governour: ~hen.they wer~ face~fhy
1.n{a
turning hisPace'
towards
bJ.S
Kmdred who attended him,
Beh9tt4.
fa1d he,.
the vei:1 fqce, C.01ft1te-11at¡ce';
and
Hahit
of 01Jr God
Viraco,cha,
-jn-
the fáme·
m4n,ná
,a-n,d form
114
·t>he
loca ViraCooha,
.
our
Anceftour de/cribed; and rep.qrted to have,an_ta_red to 'him.
As
nhe
Inca
wa~ f.aying
thefe things
' "--two
young Maid,ens-, very ·handfomé" and of the R,oy,d Bloud;
(which they ca.}led
N11.fla,)
e{f§red into the ~ham,ber,
~~h
of tpem
qrryjog
twd
finall Cups of Gold in th~r Hands, filled with fuch L¡qupm as the
Jt11t
.u-
ufual–
ly drink; and thefe weue atcended with
four
Y.ouths of the fame K.,indr~q, ,tbough
not of che lawfull Line, in re,ga,rd
.their
Mothers were.NaeivélS of che E:ingqom
of
Atahualpa-.
The Maidens ha,ving bowed before,
che
Inca,
delivered Qae of the
golden Cups into his Hand, and the other to
He-mando
J'i"f
arro,
as the
Inqa-
direéted.
And theh
Tit¡,t
Atauchi,
wh0. was the King's Brother, anei qe thjt was font on
this
Embaífy to che
Spaniards,
told
Philip,
che lnterprecer, that Iie íhoulg acqUaint
them, that che
Inca
was defirous .to drink wich them, which, according
to
.che
cuíl:ome of cheir ,Councrey; was an evidence of Refpeét, ·Peace sind ev~tlalling
Friendíhip:
flernando Pifarro
having underíl:ood th~ Wmis of tbe lnterpreter;
made .a low Reverence to che
Inca,
took che Cup and orank: Then the
Inca
having drunk llwice, or chrice, of bis own Cup, gave the remai.nder to his
Brother,
Tttu Atauchi:
Then he took one of thofe Cups which the other
Maiden brought, and ·01tlt;red-che other to be given
to,-Herna_ndo de Soto,
who ·
did the fame ching as his Companion had doHe before
him,
and che
Inca
ha–
ving drank twice, or thrice, as .before, gave tht remainder ro bis Uncle,
called
Choquehuamam.
Having chus dránk, the Ambaífadours began to declare
their Meílage, but the J(ing defired them to de{ill
far
a while, that he rnighc
behold and admire the form ·and figure he faw
in
them of bis God
Vir11cocha;
·and at thac.iníl:a-i;it fix Boys, an<l fix Girls, very well habited, carne in, bringing
green and ,dry f~uirs, offeveral forrs, with their finefl Bread, and Wine nJade of
the Seed of
th~
'(ree
Mullí,
and with them chey brought very fine Towels
rnade of Corroa, becaufe. flax did not grow
in
their Coumrey ; chen one of che
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·Maidens
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