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tains, where he Iiv d like a Fugitive and :a Salvage Perfon.
To
br· g this De–
fign
about, the
Vice-
King alted according to the former methods, and fent Mef–
feng~rs
to him,
inviting
him io
come
out of thofe Mountains and live amongft the
Spaniards, (Jnce
they were become one People with them; which offer,
if
he
·
was difpofed to acct
pt,·
he affured him, that the
King
would' beftow .on him
the
.
.fame
Lively
hood
and
Support that he had formerly given to his Brother. But
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thefe Propofals did
not
prevail, according
to
the hopes conceived., nor anfwer
Ex–
; ·. petl:ations.,for
want
of thofe Inftruments and Meffengers, both
Spaniards
and
In-
dians,
which were formerly employ'd. Moreover on
the
Prince's fide, greater
diffi~ulti~s
prefented,, for
~is
Kindred,
an~
Subjects who were· with him,
~ffright
ed
hIID wi th
the
fior)'tofb1s
Brother; tellmg
h1m,That
the
Allo~ance
given him
y
the
Spaniards
was
f
mall
and
inconfiderable, a.Ifd
tha.t the
life
of his Brother
afterwards
w
s
very lbort, caufed (as they would infinuate) ;
by
Poifon.,
or
fame
treacherous or fufpicious manner of dealing; therefore
they
;ldvifed
the
Ipca
by
no
means
to move out
of
bis Retiremen.t, being more fecore
in
his
Banifhment
than
in
the faithlefs Hands of his Enemies.
This Refolution of the Prince be:
·
ing
made
known
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the Vice·King, .by thofe
lndiaris
who went
to~
arid 'Came from
tbofe Mountains., of which
fort
of
Informers.,
there were
many
ho. were Do–
inefti.ckServants
in
the Houfes
of
Spaniards:
His Excellency
confider~d
with
his
moft intimate Friends of the ways and methods which were to be ufed
r redu–
cing that Prince to the
Terms
they required; who all agreed, That
nee the
Inca
refufed to
a~cept
th fair C<?nditions which
~ere
offered to him ; that
they
fuould
look
o·n
hxm
as
an
Enemy,
an
profecute
him
by
force
of
Arms:
For in
regard
that
he
having feated
himfelf
in a Station which much
infefted'
the ways
from
Coz..co
to
Humanca.and Rimac,
where his
Indian
Subjeets pillaged and rob–
bed all
the
Spanijb
Merchants and Travellers,
wbkh
paifed tbofe R.oads,
and
committed
many
other
outrages and infolepcies like mortal Enemies;
it
was
but reato.n to declareWar againft him. Moreover
it
was the Opinion of
th~
wife
Counfellors
of
thofe
t~mes,
That
many
Infurretl:ions might be raifed in
that Empire
by
this
young·Heir.; being countenanced andat1ifted
by
the.Incas
his
Ki
nfmen,
who
lived
amoQgft the
Spaniards,
and
by
the
Caciques
his Subjeets, and
by
tbo.fevery men,
who
wer~
born
of
Indian
Mothers.,
though
their
Fathers were
Spaniards;
all which would joyn,
and
rejoice at a change ; being willing to bet- ·
ter their Fortunes, which were reduced to that
mean
degree,
that
moft
of them
wanted
even
Bread to fupport the neceffities of Humane
Life.
~oreover
it
was alledged., That'
by
the
Imprifonment of the
Inclf,
all that
Treafure
might be
d1fcover_~d;
which appertained to former
Kings,
.together
with that c;hain of Gold,. which
Huayna
Capac
commanded to be.made
for
him–
felfto
wear on thegreat and folemn·days of their Feftiva, and
efpecially~n
that
day, when he gave a name to bis eldeft Son
H11afcar,
as hath been formerly
rela–
ted; all which, as was reported,
theJndians
concealed. And in regard, 'hat
that Chairi of Gold with the remaining Treafure belong'd to his Catholick Ma–
jefty
by
right of Conqueft,
it
·was Juftice and Reafon . o take fuch courfes as
might retrieve thofe R iches which the
Incas
concealed., and
had
conveyed
aWci7
·
from
the true Proprietor : Befides .all which, many other matters wei:e alledg-
ed, which
mi~ht
incite the Vice-King to take the
Inca
Prifoner.
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But
to return An wer to thofe
.Accufations
which were charged on the
Jnca:
We. confefs, that many years paft, ·in the time of his Father
Manco
Inca,,
feveral
Robberies were 'committed on the Road
by
his Subjects:
but
frill they had that
.
refpelt
t
the
Spanifh
Merchants,
that
~hey le~
them go _free, and never
pillag'd
· them of th ir Wares and
Merchand1fe.;
which
were
m
no manner ufeful to
tliern; Howfoever
they
robbed the
Indians
of their
Cattel
bred
in
the
Country~
which they
qrove
to the Markets, being enforced thereunto more out of necef–
.fity
tlian
choice : for their
Inca
·livin& in the Mountains, which afforded no
tame
Cattel;
and only produced
T1ge~s,
and Lions, and Serpents of twenty
five and thirty-Foot long, with other venom'ouslnfetts (of which we have given
·
a
larg~
account in
this
Hiftor~)
his
Subjects yvere
compelled
for
the natural
fu–
ftenaoce of their P r ince, to fupply him with fuch Food as
they
found in the
Hands
of
Indians~
which the
Inca
Father of this Prince .did.
ufually
call his own, .
faying,
That
be who
was
Mafter of that whole Empire might lawfully chal–
l
enge fuch a proportion thereof, as was convenient to fupply his necefl3ry and
t!
latur.alfupport. But
this
paifed
only
in
the
time of this
In.ca~and
a~
I remem•
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