Hiftvrieofthelndits 



wasbyeleftion, as the Empire of the Romans, and 

 that of Ptrn , washereditarie , and they fuccceded in 

 bloud,as the Kingdomes ofFraunce^nd Sprint. I will 

 therefore hcereafter trcatc of thefe two governments, 

 (as the chiefc fubieft and beft knowne amongft the 

 Indians,) being fit for this difcourfe, leaving many and 

 tedious things which are not of importance. 



Of the Government of the Kings And Ingua* ^Peru. 



C HAP. 12. 



XHe Inziw which ruled in /V/7/,beingdcad,his hut- 

 full fonne fucceeded him , and fo they held hini 

 that was borne of his chief e wife, whome they called 

 Coy a. The which they have al waies obferved fince the 

 time ofan IngtM,calld TxpMgrijWho married his fitter: 

 for thefe Kings held it an honour to marry their fitters. 

 And although they had other wives, and concubines, 

 yet the fucceifion of the Kingdome appertained to the 

 fonne of the Coy*. It is true , that when the King had 

 a legitimtfte brother, he fiicceeded before the fonne, 

 and after him his nephew , and fonne to the firft. The 

 W4&a,id Noblemen, held the (ame order of fucce 

 fion in tKeir goods and offices. And after their maner 

 they made exceffive ceremonies, and obfequies for the 

 deadiThey obferved one cuttome very great & full of 

 ftatc, that a King which entred newly into his King- 

 dome, fliould not inherite any thing of the movables, 

 implements, and treafurc of his predeceffour , buthec 

 mutt furnifh his houfe new, and gather together gold, 

 filver, and other things neceflarie, not touching any 

 thing of the deceafed, the which was wholy dedicated 

 for his Oratoric orj7/w<<, and for the entertainment 

 of the family he leftTtHe^vhich with his oipriog,was 



abvaycs 



