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prehenfton and fear he conceived from his finifier Omen ; and being alfo moved
with
compaffion of
th7
Piard ufage,
~d un~rural
treatment which the
l'!ca
!hewed .
towards the Prince
his
Son, they 1udged
1t
warrant and reafon fuffic1ent to re-
. enge his caufe
in
detefiation of the bafe
C?\
ardife and
tyr~~ny
of
this
mean·fpi–
rited, and yet
cruel,
Inca:
Wherefore with what exped1uon and fecrecy tney
could, they incited their Neighbours to rebe_ll, who being
~lready
well difpofed
in
the matter, they eafily took fire and puttmg themfelves
rn
Arms,
and
with
a
body of thirty thoufand Men rnard1ed direltly againft the Imperial
City
of
Couo.
The principal Authours and Contrivers of
t_his
War, beftdes·other Lords, were
three principal
Curacas
of three great Provmces , all comprehended under the
common name of
Chanca:
The firll of thefe Lords was called
Hancohuallu,
a
Y
ouog Man of twenty
fix
years of Age, the fecond was
Tumay H1taraca,
and the
third
Aftu
Pluaraca
;
the two lall of which were Uncles and Brothers to
Hanco-
~
h11all11.
The Ancefrours of thefe three petty Kings, before the timei of the
lnca.r,
waged a pel}X;tual War with their Neighbouring Nations, efpecially with the·
people called
~echua,
under
which
denomination five other great Provinces were
contained: For which reafon, and for the Tyranny and Oppreffion which they
fuffered from them the
fl#-echuas
were greatly pleafed to accept and receive
the
Proteetion of
the
111ca1.
And
fo
on the contrary, thefe petty Kings greatly re–
fented the curb and
powerthe
Incas
impofed upon them, by refuaining them
in
their Progrefs and Conquefis, rendring them
in
the place of abfolute
and
fove–
reign Princes, Tributaries and
affitl, which they fiomached and fuppreffed un–
till
this feafon,
in
which they e!l:eemed
it
convenient to vent their hatred. And
in regard that the life of all defigns
is
fpeedy execution, and that now they were
to furprize
th~lnca,
unprovided of Men, and power of Refill:ence, they did
not
doubt, but by one fingle Viltory to render tliemfelves Mafiers again, not onely
of their ancient Enemies, but of all the Empire of the
Incas.
With
thefe probable hopes and expefutions of fucceff
es,
they invited
all
their
Neighbours, as well thofe that were Subjefu
to
the
Inca,
as
thofe that were not
,
to partake with them in the defign and reward of the enterprize; the which ap–
peared
fair
and prornifing in this prefent conjuneture. To thefe Summons the
In–
dians
eaftly yielded, expelting great advantages, and depending on the
great
re–
nown and fame in War, which. the Ancient bravery of
the
Chancas
had acquired:
And
having conllituted
Hanco-h11allu
their
aptain-General, and the two Brothers
Major-Generals,
with
other
Curacas
for
Colonels and Officers, they marched
di–
reetly
ith refolution to Summon and make demand of the
City
of
Couo.
r
·C
H·
AP.
XXIV.
The
Inca
abandons
the
City,
and
the Prince
fuccours
it.
S
o
foon
as the
Inca Yah11ar-huacac
under!l:ood the certainty of this News,
and
of the approach of the Enemy, he was affi-ighted and terrified
within
him–
felf; for it feemed a furprize to him to underfund of a rebellion, for as yet no
fuch thing had ever happened in the }?rovinces, during the leniry of that Govern–
n?ent \ hich the
Incas
had exercifed from the time of
M4nco Capac
to thofe very
days ; under the fecurity of
which~
and ouc of the hatred he conceived to his Son,
to
whom he could nQt allow the nonour of divine revelation, he neither would
give credit
to
the dream,
nor
hearken to the advice or counfel of
his
kindred ;
but having blinded his underfianding with paffion and prejudice he found himfelf
nfuared in inextricable
difficulties,
having neither time to levY a force
f
ufficient
to encounter
hi
Enemi
, nor
a
Garrifon
in
readinef5 to defend the
Cicy,
untill
ther relief or fuccour could be adcnini!hed. Wherefore
in
thefe doubts he re–
fol ved to give
\Vay
to the Torrent of his Enemi s rage, and ret'lre towards
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