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Royal

Commenta rieJ~.

Bo.oK

It

mend and prai[e·the

lncM

of

Per~

for difalloV\

1

ing rhe Sacr-ifices of i1Umane bloud;

;ind on rhe con'.rary,_

to

blame ~nd abhor tho[e of

Mexico

f?r (uffé'dng ~nd making

lawfull füG:h DiaboltCal ,i\Toríh1ps; and Sacnfices, both w1rhm and wtthouc cheir

City, as che Hifrory of che Conqtiefl of th:it Cou trey doth truly aver

5

which

bf.

'i.ng

wrote by the P,en of the General who made tbe Conquells, was moíl cer–

tainly authemick and.true, and did

de[~rve

t?

have been owned

by·

him, thac

fo

they might have carried as,greac auchonty wnh chern, as the Commentaries

did

of

Ju!im C4ar,

for ~1_aving h~sName affixed

to

chen:.

. . .

Ac the entrance

meo

cheir remples; or

.ª~

rhe

n_me

of their bemg there, the

Chiefarnongíl: chem clapped h1s hands

to

lns eye-brdv•;,s, puJling fome of the hairs

from chence, which he blew towards che ldol in token of reverence: And rhis

fort of Ad,oration chey never u[ed cowards their

Incas,

but onely to Idols or Trees

or other (bings- into which che Devi\ entred and [poke

to

rhem ; the

[ame

w~

praél:i(ed by their Prieíl:s and Sorn~rers, before chey encred imo corneirs and fmec

pla~es

to

difc?ur(e wich tl1e

Devi),

imagi~ing th~~ by fucb fubrniffion. and reGg–

naé!on of the.1r Per[ons, they obhged

their

FarmUar to hear and anfwer them.

And of 1::his Idolatry

I

Gan give cefümony,, becau(e I have feen ic wich rny own

eyes.

.

AH

the Priefis of che Sun, Ín the City of

Couo,

were of the Bloud-RoyaI ·

though for the inferiour Officers of it, füch others were affigned,. as had gained th;

privilege of ·eing e lled

Inca..

Their High Prieíl: .was either

ta

be

~rother or

Unde to

rk.ir

Kíng, or fome ofüer of neareíl Bload ; rheir Prieíl:s u(ed no

Vefte

rnents different from others.

In

other Provinces, rhofe which were Narives or

related o che Prindpal me~? were !Dade P1:iells, rhough che_ Chi~fPrieíl ¡¡mo~gíl:

them was an

Inca,

cha~ mat(ers rn1ghc bear fome conform1ry w1rh the Imperial

City; which rule was alfo obíerved in all Offices relating to War and Peace, chac

fo

che Nacives mighc have rheir íhare in rhe Government, and not feem to be

ílighred or n_egletted. . They had alfo fome Houíes for Virgins, which profeífed a

perpetuál Vírgit'lrcy, where cpey ever retnained Reclufes: of whkh ; and of rhe

King's Concubines we íhall bave

occafion hereafcer

ro creac more ac Jarge.

All

tÍ1e[e

Laws

'ín

Governmenc, a~d Rices in R:~ligion, tl1ey pretend for rhe

greater auchoriry of them

to

have rece1ved from then- fuíl:

Inca, Maflco Capnc .

and

thac where Matters were imperfeét, ic was left

to

hisSucceffours to efiabli{h

and

complete : For as they affirm that thefe Laws, both in Religion and Govern..

rn<mt, were derived from the Sun, and infpíred by him into rus Children che

In–

CM

;

[o

1c

is hárd

tb

affirm,

to

whom

in

particular füch and fuch·Laws ·wére to

be

attribuced.

·

.

·

CH A

P.

v.

the

Divífion

of

the

Émpire

into

four P

art:s,

ti7Jd

of the Regz"..

flets /zept

by

the

Decurions, and

what

~heir Ojfice was.

T.'

H-E

lncM

divided cheir Empire

into

four Pares, which rhey caHed

'J:'qvan–

,

tinfuyH,

~nd íignifies che four Q¡arters of the Heavens,

vi:t.

Baíl, Weft;

~

Nonh and Souch. The Cicy of

Coz.,cu

they eíleemed che Peine ~nd Cen(re of all~–

and in che

Jndla11

Language

is

as muchas che Nave\ of che Earth, für the Coun–

rrey of

Peru

being long and narrow, in faíhion of a Man's body, and chac

City

in che middle,

it

may aptly be termed the Nave! of chat Empire. To rhe

Eafi–

,1vard chey called che Coumrey

A,ntifuJ'u,

from che Province

Anti,

which excends

all along chac greacMoumain, which runs chrough rhe ínowy de[ert Eaftward.

To rhe \V'eíl:ward rhey called che Coumrey

Cuntifa1Ji1,

from thacfmall Province

Which is ,alled

Gunti

;

to

the

Norchward

lies

che Province

Chinchn,

and

to

che

Souch~