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Commentaries.

of the Succefljon ; and that

the place

him~

fome other of a more flexib!e

and gentle cernper, wottthy

tb~ t_itl~

bewg allied to the

Sun,

fhould be

.orda~

Q~d

and proclaimed

the

true

1-kir

the place

a~d

ftead of

a revengefull., merc1-

lefs and

cyi;annica·l Prince,

and

of one

a far

different temper to

t~at

fweet and

pl~afaot

hurnoaf

0£

his

A.ncefiours, which had been the moft forc1?le

~ms

win

and

overc-onae

all

the

Nations they governed. Moreover, that

W1fedom

they ought

f>U©vide

~gainft

all

Rebellions, but

no~

on the fcore

~elie£

the

~ain

words of

wild fellow ; who ought

be pumfhed,

and

have

his

Head

cut

, :

Off for

daring to

break

tlµe limits affigned for.

his

Banillnpent ;

~nd pXof~ning

the

Sacr.ed

Name of

th~

Sun

with a

ptetence

falfe and enthuliaftick as

tblS : -

Aod

there

fore he charged·them not

mention this

ma~ter fa~th~r,

nor

much

.name

the Prince,

for

that he

had

already decermmed

what manner to

deal

with

him.

TJle

Jnc'av

.upon

this Command of the King were ftleot, and.

ur~ed nh~ rn~tter

'no

fai:ther; ''hotWfoever, they e-0uld not forbear to revolve

the

thing

their

mmds,

.as

po,rtending

fome

fad and

cli~al

difafters:

F~x tb~

Indians.

were naturally

addic–

ted

Signs and Progno.!lricat1ons ; and efpec1ally

the

King,

or the Prmce,

the

High

Pr1eft,

wh<!>

were efteemed G0ds and

Oracles,

had

ar;iy

Dream ,

they

w~r~ ~~~

t at

eafe

untill

the Diviners, or

Magicians,

made the Inter.pretation

-vvhic;h

tfil.ey

efieemed tbemfelves

expert, that they not onely pretended

}rllt€!iprnt

the

Dream,

but "11f©

decla11e

what

the

Inca,;

themf~lves

had related

{hp~t,

millaken

it.

C . ff

A~-

·–

. ,

XXIII.

The

ll.BiheUion

the

Chancas,

and of

their

Ancient

exploits

in War.

·yt-tree

Months after this Dream of the Prince

Viracocha,

(

for

afterwards

Jlls-Friends-1.1arned him .from the Vlfion he ha..d feen ) a confufed aud un–

certain rumour came of an Infurrection in the Provinces of

Chincafayu,

and thac:

all

the people were

Arms, which is from

Atahualla,

about forty Leagues North–

ward from

Couo,

through

all

the Countries to the fartb efl: extent of the new.Con–

qu~s.

This News had as

y~t

no certaiQ authour or ground, being but whifpered

as m cafes of like nature ; and though it agreed with the Dream of the Prince·

n:acocha,

and feemed an AccomplHbment of the words of his Vifion, yet the

King gave no heed or credit to it, believi9g it to be a

Cantc-l'bur:;

tale, or Stories

of the way, broached to revive the Dream of the Prince, which feemed almofi:

forgot, and out of memory: Some few days after the report became hotter than ..

before, and common in every Man,s mouth, though

fiill

uncertain, and without

~my

,particulars

for th.e Enemies had

obftr~eted

all the ways and paffages in

that

manne~, tha~

no µitelhgence fhould be earned, and that the knowledge of their

RebelUon

rmghc

be firfi made known by appearance of their force before

Co~o.

Ho~foever,

at length certain -and particular information was brought, that

the

rati?ns

call~d

Chanca,

Vramarca, Vi/lea,

Vtufulla,

Hancohualtu,

and other Neigh-

. ourmg Naaons, were aJ.l in Arms ; and having killed

all

the Governours and

Officers of

the

Inca,

were· now Marching with an Army of forty thoufand Men

.~gainft

the City.

Thefe Nations ( as we have faid) being

all

reduced

the power of che

King

Inca_ Roca,

rather out

~f fe~r, tb~n

love, had ever fin_ ce fuppreffed their rancour and

mahce to rhe

I~cas,

wuh mtenaon to own and tefl:ifie the fame, when occafion

prefented·; which now feemed fairly to offer it

felfin

the

time

this

Inca Yahuar–

huacac,

who

being a Princ-e

not addiCted

to War,

but rather intimidated

the,ap-

prehenfion