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Royal Commentaries.
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necefÍities
but
wh~t were readily farisfied ; for being Children of rhe Sun, al! the
W
.ealth
and Riches of rheir Countrey was efteemed cheir inheritance, and their
occafions were f~tisfied by the Mandates fent. to che
J
uílices , and_ the Governours
ofProvinces for a fupply. Nor v.;ere they hable
to
the unworthy paffion of Re~
v,enge, for none could ~tovoke chem
t<;>
~nger _by injUri_es, ~ho [oughc all waysand
rneans
to
pleafe and obhge them, for bemg adored_a~ Gods,
1t
\yas
efieemed blafphe
4
my and facrilege
to
difgrace chem by Words, or m1ure them m thelr Eftaces; and
therefore it may be faid, chat never was
Indian
punifhed for difrefpeél:, or a mali-·
tious aél:ion againft the Perfoh of an
Inca.
Hence it
is
thac the
Spani{h
Hiíl:orians
have reported, that an
Inca
was noc capable dfbeing punifhed for any Offence what–
ever; which is amiftake, and is as muchas to
fay,
thac the
lncaí
were Libertines,
that they might be arbicrary, and by Láw
áét
againft ic
5
or chat there were one
Law for thern, and anocher for their People:
w
nenas an
Inca
was racher expofed
to the greacer feverities, than any other; for he forfeiced his Privileges, was de–
graded of che Honours due to che Royal Bloud, and efteemed for
A;;ca,
which
is
as muchas a Traytor and a Tyrant. Thus when the
Spaniards
commended and
:lpplaüded che juíl: and generous aél:ions of the
JncM,
the
Indi.ans
would make an–
f
wer, cha_t it was noc ftrange, in regard they were
Jnca1;
a11d if they difapproved
at any time cheir proceedings, as in the cafe of
Atahua!pa,
who by Treafdn and
Rebellion difpoffeffed
Huafcar,
bis elqer Brocher, and true Heir to rheMónarchy;
(as we fhall relate in its due place,) their Reply was, chac no
Inca
could be
guilty
of fuch Enorrnicies, and if he were, he was no true born
Inca,
but
forne
Baftard
or Irnpoftour of tbat Family.
In
every Province, according to the four Divifions, the
Inca
confütuted his dif•
ferent Councils of War, of Juftice, and of liis Treafury; every oneofwhich
rnaintained cheir fubordinace Officers, one under che ocher, evento che Dec11ridns
of Ten, ali wbich in thelr réfpeétive places rendred an áccount to rheír immediate
Officers, till the Repare carne to the fupreme CounciL The
truéf
Govemour of
every Divifion had the
Title
of
a
Vice-King, and were always
lnc,u
of the true
Bloud, and Men approved for Prudence and _good Conduét, both
in
the time of
W
ar and Peace. And fo much fha11 fuffice
to
have fpoken concemíng their
Laws and Cuíl:oms: We fhall now proceed to the Hillary of their Llves and
Aétions, relating thofe rnatters which are moíl: farnous and obfervable.
C
·fi
A P.' VII.
Of the Lífe
and
Reign of
Sinchi Roca,
fecond King
of the
Incas.
S
lnchi
Roca
fucceeded his Father,
Manto
Capac;
this
rtame
íl.oca
is
ptonodnced
wich forne afpiracion at the' tdp of the Mouch, and as
Bl,u Valera
fays, figni.. ·
fies a prudent and experienced Prince;
Sinchi
fignifies valianc; fdr tbough he fiad
no Wars with any, yec becaufe he was aél:Íve in
wfefiling,
n.in11ing, vaulring
throwing che ftone and lance, and excelled al! ochefs
of
thát
age in Ehofe
Exer:
cifes, he was furnarned che Valiant and Magnanitiious.
.
This Prince having perforrned thofe Obfequies wbich were du~
to
the folernni.:
ty
of his Facher's Interment, cook upon hírnfelf the Crown ofhis Kingdom, hich
,was no other tban che coloured Wreach, bound abouc his Temples; decerminiog
in che
firíl:
place to inlarge che Borders ofhis Dominions, he affenibled che prin–
cipal
CuracM
and Counfellours whicb his Facher had afÍigned him, and
in
a grave
and ferious Oration, arnongíl: other things, he told thern, cbat in performance ofche
Wíll ofhis Father, (which he declared to him ar the time he was abouc to re–
tum to Heaven) he refolved
to
go
in
Perfon, and fummon the
neighbouring
Na~
tiOni