436 MEXICAN SUCCESSION. 



LIB. vi. weil t from Vilcabamba and came vpon assurance to the 

 citty of Kings, where there was given to him the valley of 

 Yucay, and other things, to whom succeeded a daughter of 

 his. Beholde the succession which is knowne at this day 

 of that great and rich familie of the Yncas, whose raigne 

 continued above three hundred yeeres, wherein they reckon 

 eleaven successors, vntill it was wholly extinguished. In 

 the other linage of Vrincusco, which (as we have said 

 before) had his beginning likewise from the first Mancocapa, 

 they reckon eight successors in this sort. To Mancocapa 

 succeeded Sinchi Rocca, to him Ccapac Yupanqui, to him 

 Lloqui Yupanqui, to him Mayta Ccapac, to him Tarco- 

 guaman, vnto whome succeeded his sonne, whome they 

 name not, to this son succeeded Don luan Tambo, Mayta- 

 pana^a. This sufficeth for the originall and succession of 

 the Yncas, that governed the land of Peru, with that that 

 I have spoken of their lawes, governement, and manner of 

 life. 



CHAP. xxiv. Of the manner of the Mexicaines common-weale. 



Although you may see by the historic which shall be 

 written of the kingdome, succession, and beginning of the 

 Mexicaines, their maner of comrnonweale and governement, 

 yet will I speak e briefly what I shall thinke fitte in generall 

 to be most observed ; whereof I will discourse more amply 

 in the historie. The first point whereby we may iudge the 

 Mexicaine governement to be very politike, is the order 

 they had and kept inviolable in the election of their king ; 

 for since their first, called Acamapich, vnto their last, which 

 was Montequma, the second of that name, there came none 

 to the crowne by right of succession, but by a lawfull nomi 

 nation and election. This election in the beginning was by 



1 TLis name is not in the lists of other authors. 



