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Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

III.

were now become very large, extending from

Cou:o

along the Coall: of that

Sea

which

called

Zur,

above one hundred and_ eighty

Leagu~

_as far as

Tutyra

and

Chaqui

;

then to the W ell:ward from the City , the Domffilon reached feventy

Leagues one way, and eighty another: and to the Eaftward

ran to the River

aucar tamyu,

being thirteen Leagues full Eafi from the City ; and to the South–

eafi

forty

Leagues;

that the Empire being grown thus large and wide, the

Inc

thought

fit

for fome time to

fix ·

boundaries to his Conquefis, that fo he might at–

tend to the confervation of what he had already gained, and to the benefit

and

fecurity of his Subie&: And now living for fome years in peace and p!enty he

had leifure to enrich and adorn the Temple of the Sun, and of chafe felecred

Vir–

gins which the

Jnca, Manco Capac,

had endowed: he alfo built many otherEdifices

both within and without the City, and in divers Provinces, where they

wer~

moll to advantage. He made likewife Aqueduet,. and ·opened Springs for wate–

ring

th~

grounds;

built

divers Bridges to

~a{S

Rl\rers

and Streams, co the great

converuence of publick Roads; he opened di.vers new ways for commodious tra–

vel , and for better communication of one Province with another.

fhort he

omitted nothing which might conduce to the publick benefit, to the

adva~tage

of his Subjeds, and to the greater Glory and Grandeur of his own Majefiy.

HAP. XVIII.

The Prince

Inca Rocca

reduces

niany and

great

Provinces

hoth

within the

Land, and along

the~

Sea-coafl.

N thefe, and fuch like Affairs, the

Inca

employed himfelf, for the fpace of fix

or feven years; and then

was judged fit to realfume again the thoughts of

War, for the farther enlargement ofEmpire ;

which end orders were given for

railing an Army of twenty choufand men, under the conduet of four Major Gene–

rals, and of the Prince

Rocca,

who was ro command in Chief: The Defign was to

march cowards

Chinchafayu

which lies Northward from

Couo;

on which fide

their Dominions did not reach farther than

Rimac

tampu,

which was not above

feven Leagues , and

~as

the utmofi: Bounds

thofe O!Larters to which the

firfi

Inca,

Manco

Capac,

had proceeded ; fmce which time the ocher

Incas

did not

efieem

worthy the n·oubles of a Conqueft, being a Countrey defolate, rocky

and without Inhabitants.

The Prince leaving

Co;,;;,co,

came to the River

Apurimac,

which he palfed on

great floats prepared for that purpofe ; and becaufe the Coumrey

defofate~

he proceeded as far as

Cstrahu~ci,

and

Amancay

being about eight or te Leagues

from the

Ci~y,

and without any oppo!ition reduced all thofe poor

lndranJ'

where–

foever he pafied.

From the Province

Amancay

he took to the left hand al ng the

great road, which leads from

Co~co

Rimac,

and leaving the Defart

·hich is

cal–

led

Cochacaf{a,

being about twenty two Leagues over, he enrred into the Province

called

Sura,

which

very populous, and ricli, both

Gold and Cartel, and where

the

Inca

was received with ready fubrniffion. Thence he proceeded to the next

Province, called

Apucara,

where alfo he was received without oppofition; for in

regard thefe Countries were always at enmity together, they v:ere not able to

unite

a common League, nor yet refill:

a fingle condition.

From

Ap11cara

he marched forward

the Province

.Rucana,

\vhich is divided into

two parts, the le!fer and the greater

The People hereof are both beautifull

their Bodies, and ingenious in their Mind,

advantage of which they more–

eafily a prehended the felicity they fi1ould obtain under the Government of the

I nca,

and therefore

with

joy and applaufe received his Commands. Thence he

defcended