Hiftorie of the Indies lit. 7. 



ft, but contrariwife hecfpake freely to the common- 

 weale, that as they had made a free ele&ion of him , fo 

 they fliould choofe him that ihould feemefitteft for 

 their good government, advifing them therein to have 

 a care to the good of the common- weale,and feeming 

 grieved that he left them not freed from tribute & fub. 

 ieftion 3 hce died , having recommended his wife and 

 children vnto them, he left all his people forowfull for 

 his death. 



ofthefecond King^nd what happened m his wgne. 

 CHAP. ro. 



obfeqtiies of the dead king performed , the An- 

 tients,the chiefeofthc realaie, and fbme part of the 

 people aflembled together , to choofe a King , where 

 the Antients propounded the neceffitie wherein they 

 were, and that it was needefull to choofe for chiefe of 

 their citty, a man that had pity of age, of widows,and 

 orphans, andjo be a father of the commonweale : for 

 in very decde they fliould be the feathers of his wings, 

 the eie-browes of his eyes , and the beard of his face, 

 that it was neceflarie he were valiant , being needefull 

 (hortly to vfe their forces,as their god had prophefied. 

 Their refoliuion in the end was to chufe a fonne of thq 

 predeceffbr, vfing the like good office in accepting his 

 fonne for fitccefTor, as hee had done to the common. 

 weale, relying thereon . This young man was called 

 PitzibvitK, which fignifieth a rich feather, they fet the 

 roy all crownevpon his head, andannointedhim, as 

 they havebeeneaccuftomed to doe to all their Kings, 

 with an ointment they call Divine,being the fame vri- 

 wherewith they did annoynt their IdolL Pre- 



fently 



