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BooK

IV.

Royal

ommenr:arize

•

Of the Idols which the

Indians

Antis

wotjbipped, and of

the Conquefi_made

01:1er

the

~harcas.

thofe Provinces of

.'4ntu~they

_commonly wodpippe.d Tygers for their Gods;

and

great. Serpents~

tfi

cker tbab

Man

h1gb,

and twenty five , or

thirty

foot in len.f;th, though

fame

others mig 1t be lefs, called

Amaru

;

they are a

certain fort of a Huggifh Serpent, which are not venomous, and, as _they fay, were

charmed by

a skilfull

S<:lr<:erefS,

that

th~y

fhould

doe

harm

hav1qg

before;

been

tfangef'ous, and very

polfdnous.

The Tiger l:ltey

ado

ed .

his

ni·mb1eh~

and

bravery

faying that Serpents and Trgers were tl\e tru·e and natural Inhabitants

and

Lo;ds

of that

Cotintrey, and therefore

did

jull:ly

require reverence and refpett

from Men who were but Strangers

and

Aliens in

it.

They worfhipped

alfo

the

Plant

Cuc;,

Coca,

as the

Spaniards

call it. Thus

f~r t~

Prince

Ya.,huar-Huacac

having

en\a.tgeq

his

Dommions, bei g almq!l

\:hh't~

e•es

in length?

~nd

ill

Coootrey

ill ihhaBlred;

found himfelf !topped

m his

farther

pr©grefs,

by tH'r

Mountains;. moorHh Grounds .and Bdgs,

wllid.l

interrupted

hitn

his

pafilge,

add

which

confine and give bounds to that

Province,

properly inltned

:Arki,

~- hence

«it

that fide takes the Denotrlinatibn of

mifa.Ju

The

Prirnce having finifbed this

Conque

ft~ ret

urned to

Co~co

where

his

Father

for that prefent; thought fie to repofe, and

Jay

afide all farther defigns ·of

ne#

Enterprifes; for on die fide of

~ntifuy1t,

which is to the Eafrwar<:J, tpere t·etnained

nothing

t'o

conquer;

ana

to the

eil:ward, which they

called

Cuntifayr-t,

there _was nothi

ng m

ore·td He

reduce~

for they were come as far

t'd

the

Paci–

fick

Sea,

the

5.ea

Zur,

that the Empire, from

E.afi

Weft,

extended

at.leafi aq hand

ed. L

e~es

crofs along by the

way

Coz:.co,

and then

frdm

Nmth

t-0

Sbuth it reached two huntired Leagues:

All

which traet ofLand the

JncM

la–

boured

malll:lre, .and cultivate, ancl adorn with Royal Palaces, Gardens, B.:ith9.

anti plates of Pleafare for divertifement of the

Inca;

anti for better convenience

the Countrey, they erefred in all the great Roads Magazines and

Granaries~

wherein to lodge their Ammarlition, Arms, Corn, Provifions, and Cldthing

fdr

th~

common Souldiery. .

Some

Years

being paffed id t:his mahner with peace and

~uier,

when

the

King

/ flea lf.oca

refolved to add anotlier famous Atchievement

tHe glory of his Reign,

that fo

perfon he might put an end

the entire Conquefi: of thofe g eat Pro–

vinceS, which were called

tfiarca!,

the beginning ofwhich was commericed in the

time of

bis

Father,

iii

the Divifion of

Co!lafuya:

And in order hereunt0

com:.

manded thirty thoufahd Men to be levied, which was an Army gteater thah any

t}lat his Ancefiours had

yet

brought into the.field; to command this Army fix Major

Generals were appointed, befides other ipferiour Officers; and the Prince

ahuar-

U11acac

was, widi four other

lncM

for his Counfellors, ordained

remain at home

for government of the Kingdom. The

Inca

took his Journey from

Co:{.co

by way of

the great Road towards

Collafeyu,

and in his march all the forces came in to

m~ke

liis

Army:

And being come

the Confines of thofe Provinces of

Chuncurs,

Pucuna,

and

M uyumuyu,

which bordered on his Kingdom; he fent his fummons

to .them, acquainting them, that he 'vas come to reduce thofe Nations, and re .....

quue them to live under thofe Laws which his Father the Sun had ordained ..

and that

leavi~g

their Idols made of Stone and Wood, they fhould worfhip

onely for their God ; and

lhat

forfaking their corrupt Cuflon1S and Manners

they fuould learn and follow the light of Nature, and the

InfituCti~ns

of his

wi–

do~,

whkh would

dire~ the~

in ways more agreeable to humane Life. The

Nauves

of the~e C

ountries received the meflage with great anger, and the young

and hot

Capra.ms

betook themfelves to their Arms, and anfwered with fury and

rag~

, T

hat it wa

s a hard cafe for them , that they mufi be forced to renounce

therr own natural Gods, and adore a {hanger , and a God unknown to them ,

du e

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