The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

R.oyal Commentarier. _BooK IV~ CH A P. IX. T{1_a,t 1 the Prince, who was He.ir apparent, was to marry his own Sifler, and the re.afons which thej gave.for it. 1. H Aving now decbred che ma~ner in ge,neral; and the way how che common l ndians manied.:, we íhall mche next place proceed to crear of che Marriage of che Prince, who was Heir apparent. In explanation ofwhich it is to be naced, chat ic was che mofl aqcient Cuíl:ome, and fundamental Law ofchofeXings, chat the Prince, who was Heir, íhould marry with her chat was his owcíSiíl:er by Fa- ther and Mocher, and íhe onely was capable-of being his LegitirnaceWife, whom chey called Coya, whích 1 is as much as QQ..een, or Empreís; and che E,ldeíl: Son of thefe two was allowed for che true and lawfull Heir of the Kingdom. i · The Original of chis Law and Cuílome was d~ri".'ed fro.m che firíl: Inca, Man_co Capac and bis Wife, Mama Ocelo Huaco, whofe1gnmg t-hemfelves to be che Chil- dren ~nd defcended from che Sun, and to be Brocher and Siíl:er, it "\las cherefore concluded l)y a\! che Jndianr, (who perfeét:ly believed chis Story) that .by cheexam- ple of chefe cwo, che farne Rule was to be obferved in che focceffion of all future Ages; and chis they confirrned ~Y anocher ~::cam~le of rI:e Sun and Moon the~­ felves who being Br(){her and Siller, were 1omed in Mamage; and therefore chis ferved for an undeniable Amhoricy and Argurnenc to prove che Legalicy of fucha Marriage, by an iníl:ance fo convincing, as thac of chefe Deiries: Yer for wánc of füch Iffue female, che Prince might chen marry wich che neareíl: of Kindred, foch as his Coufin-Gennan, or Aunt, who, for want of Heirs male, were capa.- ble of inheriting the Crown, according to che Cuíl:ome in Sptiin. For want of Heirs male by che firíl: Sifier, che Prince mighc marry wich the fecond, or third, and fo on, untill he met :Vid~ one chat~roduced fuch iffue: and rhis Rite was punétually obferved, and t\)amtamed to be legal, from the example of che Sun and Moon, and of che firíl: Inca and bis Siíl:er, and from thac Rule which enjoined che1p ~o k~ep che S~r~ams c_:>f.Royai Blou~ pure and unmixed, leíl: chey fhould incur the imp1ety of m1xmg D1vme Bloud Wltb Humane Race. And becaufe the right of this Inherirance carne as well by che Mocher as che Father, che fame could not be conferved~ unleís they both concurred co make an Heir with an undoubted Ticle. Hereunco they added fanher, chat che Majeíl:y of rhe Qg_een couid not be communicared co any ocher , unto whom it did not apper- tain by Narure; for th<J.t her Conjunfüon and Union with the King could not render her capable of fuch a Charaéter, which was ro be woríhipped and adored in che place of a Deity, for chat were to commit Jdolacry, by giving Divine Worfhip to a Humane Creacure. . Befides rhe lawfull Queen thofe Kings might have many Concubines, bodi of their own K.indred , to the four ch Degree, and alfo ofSu-angers; but che.Children by them were obferved wich differenc degrees of refpeét:; rhe Sons by the Kinf- women were elleemed legitimare, having no mixture of common Bloud, which qualicy was ever eíl:eemed wich high Veneration, when chofe by Sirangers were accounted Baftards ; and though they had fome í·efpeét: fhewn chem above chat of common degree, yet ic was not wich füch exreriour and interiour Devotion as ro -thofe of purer Bloud, who ~ere accounted Gods, when chefe were onely 'ho- . nourecl as Men. So thac the Kmg had three forcs of Chiklten, one by his Si!rer , and Wife, w 10 were l ·girimare, and capable of che Succeffion ; anorher fort was by his Kinfwomen of che fame Bloud; anda chird by Strangers, who were i-epurecl Natural and Baíl:ard-Sons. ~ HAP.