Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I WHETHER THERE ARE MANY WORLDS: ALSO TREATING OF THE FIVE ZONES
- CHAPTER II WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES
- CHAPTER III HOW THE NEW WORLD WAS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER IV THE DERIVATION OF THE WORD “PERU.”
- CHAPTER V AUTHORITIES IN CONFIRMATION OF THE NAME “PERÙ
- CHAPTER VI WHAT A CERTAIN AUTHOR SAYS TOUCHING THIS NAME OF PERU
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS
- CHAPTER VIII THE DESCRIPTION OF PERU
- CHAPTER IX OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE INDIANS AND OF THE GODS THEY WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER X OF MANY OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAD
- CHAPTER XI OF THE MANNER OF THEIR SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER XII CONCERNING THE MODE OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND OF THE THINGS THEY ATE
- CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY DRESSED IN THOSE ANCIENT TIMES
- CHAPTER XIV DIFFERENT MODES OF MARRIAGE, AND DIVERS LANGUAGES. HOW THEY USED POISONS AND PRACTISED SORCERY
- CHAPTER XV THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS KINGS OF PERU
- CHAPTER XVI THE FOUNDATION OF CUZCO, THE IMPERIAL CITY
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS BROUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XVIII OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER XIX PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER XX THE VILLAGES WHICH THE FIRST YNCA ORDERED TO BE FOUNDED
- CHAPTER XXI THE THINGS WHICH THE YNCA TAUGHT TO HIS VASSALS
- CHAPTER XXII THE HONOURABLE BADGES WHICH THE YNCA GAVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF OTHER FASHIONS, AND OF THE NAME OF YNCA
- CHAPTER XXIV NAMES BY WHICH THE INDIANS KNEW THEIR KING
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THE ROYAL NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
CHAPTER XXV - OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I WHETHER THERE ARE MANY WORLDS: ALSO TREATING OF THE FIVE ZONES
- CHAPTER II WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES
- CHAPTER III HOW THE NEW WORLD WAS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER IV THE DERIVATION OF THE WORD “PERU.”
- CHAPTER V AUTHORITIES IN CONFIRMATION OF THE NAME “PERÙ
- CHAPTER VI WHAT A CERTAIN AUTHOR SAYS TOUCHING THIS NAME OF PERU
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS
- CHAPTER VIII THE DESCRIPTION OF PERU
- CHAPTER IX OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE INDIANS AND OF THE GODS THEY WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER X OF MANY OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAD
- CHAPTER XI OF THE MANNER OF THEIR SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER XII CONCERNING THE MODE OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND OF THE THINGS THEY ATE
- CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY DRESSED IN THOSE ANCIENT TIMES
- CHAPTER XIV DIFFERENT MODES OF MARRIAGE, AND DIVERS LANGUAGES. HOW THEY USED POISONS AND PRACTISED SORCERY
- CHAPTER XV THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS KINGS OF PERU
- CHAPTER XVI THE FOUNDATION OF CUZCO, THE IMPERIAL CITY
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS BROUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XVIII OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER XIX PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER XX THE VILLAGES WHICH THE FIRST YNCA ORDERED TO BE FOUNDED
- CHAPTER XXI THE THINGS WHICH THE YNCA TAUGHT TO HIS VASSALS
- CHAPTER XXII THE HONOURABLE BADGES WHICH THE YNCA GAVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF OTHER FASHIONS, AND OF THE NAME OF YNCA
- CHAPTER XXIV NAMES BY WHICH THE INDIANS KNEW THEIR KING
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THE ROYAL NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
Summary
Manco Ccapac reigned many years, but it is not certainly known how many. Some say that he reigned more than thirty years, others more than forty; always occupied in the works we have described. When he felt the approach of death, he called together his sons, who were numerous, as well by his wife the Queen Mama Occllo Huaco, as by the concubines he had taken, saying that it was well that there should be many children of the Sun. He also called together his principal vassals, and, instead of a will, he delivered to them a long discourse, commending to the prince his heir, and the rest of his sons, the duty of love and kindness towards his vassals; and to his vassals he ordered the observation of fidelity and loyalty to their king, and of obedience to the laws that he had made, declaring that they were ordained by inspiration from his father the Sun. He then dismissed his vassals, while he delivered another discourse to his sons in private, which was the last he ever made. He ordered them always to keep in mind that they were children of the Sun, and to adore and respect him as their God and father. He told them that, in imitation of him, they should see that his laws and commands were obeyed, and that they should be the first to observe them, so as to set an example to their vassals. He told them to be gentle and pious, and to subjugate the Indians by kindness rather than by force, for that those who were conquered by force would never be good vassals.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 91 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869