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BooK
IV.
Royal
Com1nentaries.
fayu,
where he promifed to him(elf
fec.uri.tyof~ife,
and defence from
th~
Loyalty
and Valour of
that
people.
W
1th
this mtentlon and
de~gn
he
depa1 red from
Couo
with a retinue of fuch
lncM
as were
able to follow
him ,
and came to
th~
Straits of
Mayna,
about five Leagues Northward from
~he
City,
towa~ds
the
Sea
of
Zur,
and
there pofted himfelf on the
cop
Mountai?, from whence he could
f
urvey the Enemie Camp, and defcry what
th~y
aeted
m
the way
as
they
paf!e9.
The King having thus abandoned
Cor;co,
.the City
was
exp?fed to open v10lence,
none daring to propofe, much lefs ac:t i_n
t~e
defence of it ; every one endea–
vouring to
fhift
for himfelf, and fave his life
m
the
heft
manner
he
was able.
Of
thefe
Fugitives, fome repaired
to
the Prince
Piracocha
,
informing
him of
the
Re–
bellion of
Chincafuy11,
and of the flight of his
arher ; and that
there
was no
poffibility info {hort time and warning to withfiand or make head againfr the
Enemy·
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h.
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The Prince deeply refenting this fad ne\vs o t
1e
fhg
1t o
1s Fa er, and the
nakednefs of the City, commanded thofe who brought him the advice, and rhofe
few
Shepherds that were with him, that they fhould immediately repair to the
City and order thofe that they fhould find there, and as many as they fhould
meec'in the ways
that they ihould with fuch Arms as they had, and
"virh
as
much
fpe~d
as
th~y
could poffibly,
repai~
to the.
l~ett, th~ir
Lord and Malter s gi–
ving them likewife to underftand, that it was hlS
mtent10~
fo.
to doe,
an~
tnat
this was his Order and Special Command to them. Havmg iffued out thlS ad–
vice the Prince
T/ira{,ocha
proceeded in Qg_eft of his Father, and without vifiting
the City, he took a fhort cut ; and lofing no time,
overtoo~
him in the Straits of
Nuyna,
from whence he was not
~s y~t
departed? and bemg covered over with
f
we1t
and duft, holding a Lance m his hand, which he had cafually taken up on
the
way,
he prefented himfelf before the King, and with -a grave and melancholy
countenance, he thus addreffed his Speech to him.
How
io
it,
Inca,
that upon a report (whether true ur fa/fa,
i1
uncertain)
of
fome
few
of your SubjeCls rifen in Rebellion
,
you Jhould abantkn y o11r City and Court, and
fly
he–
fore an Enemy , not as yet
faen,
nor
appearing
?
How can you yield and
refign
the Temple of
he Sun
JOUr
Father into the power of y our Enemie1, to be polluted by their prophane and un–
ha1 o d feet· giving them thereby liberty to
ret11rn
to their ancient Abominations, and
·th,
"e offer again their deteftable Sacrifices of Men, Women and Children, with otl
et
1111-
humane and unnatural afl-ions, from whichyour Anceftoar1 had reformed them
?
What ac–
cot•nt fhaUwe be
ah
le to render of the .charge committed to
UJ
for guard and defence
of
tho/e
Virgins dedicated to the Sun,
if
we abandon and leave them to the brutality and lufts of our
En mies
?
And what benefit {hall we get
by
faving oHr lives, with the lofs
of
our honour
mid
admi/fi<>'ti
of
~t!ll
the evils and mifchiefs imaginable? For
my
part, I /hall
ne'l/Cr
aj{ent
unto it, but rather appear Jingly
before
the face of my Enemies, and lofe my life in oppojing
their entrance into
Cozco,
rather than Live to fee the defoltr.tion
of
that City, and thofa a–
bominabl
e prailices committed in that Sacred and Imperial Court, which the S11n
ana
hi1
Children
hf.Idfounded : wherefore let fuch
M
have courage follow me, and 1
/herll
jhew them
how to e
xchange an infamou.5 and' loathfome Life for a no!ile 11nd hrr11ourable Death.
I
Having faid thu' much
with
deep fenfe and heat of fpirit, he took
his
way to–
ward
e City" without lofing fo much time as to eat or drink. The
Incas
of the
Blo
, who untill now had accompanied the King, and with them his own Bro–
ther , Coufins and nearefl: Relations, to the number of above
4000
Men returned
and
followed the
Prince,
fo that onely fome few old and impotent Men 'remained
'Yith the""King :
As
many as they met
in
the way they marched , and thofe alfo
who were fcattered abroad
in
the Countrey, they called and fumrnoned unto
th~m; _- gi~ing t~ern
to underfiand, that the Prince
ViracficJm
\.\as returned to the
City with mtentton to defend that and the Temple of his Father the Sun with
the laft drop
o~
his bloud. With this news, which was foon fpread
o~er
all
places., the
lndums
were
fo
enc
ouraged, (the prefence of the Prince giving coun–
t~nance
to the
refol~tion)
that
th.eyall unanimoufly rett!rned to the City, inten-
. dmg there to dye with great
al
acmyand.chearfulnefs with their Prince who
evi...
denced
f
o much refolution and courage in their defence.
'
. In
t~is manne~,
and
wi~h
thefe thoughts, he entred the Cicy, and from thence
1m~ed1ately
taking the direet road towards
Chincafo,,yu,
which was the Pafs by
which the Enemy marched ; he commanded his
Army
without any
delay
to fol–
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