412 YNCA CEREMONIES. 



LIB. vi. dome appertained to the son of the Coya. It is true, that 

 when the King had a legitimate brother, he succeeded be 

 fore the sonne, and after him his nephew and sonne to the 

 first. The Curacas and Noblemen held the same order of 

 succession in their goods and offices. And after their 

 maner they made excessive ceremonies and obsequies for 

 the dead. They observed one custoine very great and full 

 of state, that a King which entred newly into his King- 

 dome should not inherite any thing of the movables, imple 

 ments, and treasure of his predecessour, but hee must 

 furnish his house new, and gather together gold, silver, and 

 other things necessarie, not touching any thing of the de 

 ceased, the which was wholly dedicated for his Oratorie or 

 Guaca, and for the entertainment of the family he left, the 

 which with his of-spring was alwayes busied at the sacri 

 fices, ceremonies, and service of the deceased King : for, 

 being dead, they presently held him for a god, making 

 sacrifices vnto him, images, and such like. By this nieanes, 

 there was infinite treasure in Peru : for every one of the 

 Yncas had laboured to have his Oratorie and treasure sur- 

 passe that of his predecessors. The marke or ensigne, 

 whereby they tooke possession of the realme, was a red 

 rowle of wooll, more fine then silke, the which hung in the 

 middest of his forehead : and none but the Ynca alone 

 might weare it, for that it was as a Crowne and royall 

 Diademe : yet they might lawfully weare a rowle hanging 

 on the one side, neere vnto the eare, as some Noblemen did, 

 but onely the Ynca might carry it in the middest of his 

 forehead. At such time as they tooke this roule or wreathe, 

 they made solemne feasts and many sacrifices, with a great 

 quantity of vessells of gold and silver, a great number of 

 small formes or images of sheep, made of gold and silver, 

 great abundance of the stuffes of Cumbi, 1 well wrought, 

 both fine and coarser, many shells of the sea of all sortes, 

 1 &quot; Ccompi&quot;, line cloth. 



