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."..Royal
Comme'll-taries.
" fi
ettion, every one became laborious,
an~
that indull:ry pr9duced
fuc~ abun~
'' dance of all things neceffary to humane Life ; that thofe thmgs were given al–
" moll:
for
nothing, which now are to be
pur
~hafed.atexceffi~e
rates.
W~at
other
" Laws and moral Con!Htutions they obfer
ved, either relatmg to Men
m a
com–
" mon
~r
a
fingle capacity, they were
all
regl!}ated,.
?od
f
qnared by the
~ule
o(
" right Reafon;
an~
which
may
be
kn~w~
and
.col~~Cted
from thofe
part~cuJars,
" which we
{ball
hereafter relate; ·concernmg the
Lives
and Cufroms of this Peo–
,, ple And we
{hall
hereafter;
iii
the eight c;ind ninth Chapters, fpecifie the
" caa
0
fe
and manner why and how they came to loofe tbefe Laws and Cufioms,
'' which were thus
~orthy
and commendaqle; .
all
whi~h
declined, a_nd
fyll .
with
" che Government of the
IncM :
, .
And that
t~e
barbarity of the
Indians
1s
m?ch
" more favage, and their living much
lefs
poliuc~l,_
and
great~r w~nt
of all things
'' neceifary
in
thefe days arnongfr them,
than.~as . m
th@ ancient
tunes,
when
the
~'
JncM
bore the fway and rule
in
thofe Domm1ons.
CH AP.
How
tlJey
conquered and Civili'l.§d their
new Suhjeas.
T-·
HE
Policy and
Arts
which the
kctU
ufed
in
theit Conquefis, and the
man~
ner
and methods they purfued
in
civilizing the People, and reducing them
to a courfe of moral Living, is very cutious, and worthy to be obferved. For
from the fufi foundation which their Kings laid of Government, which ferved
afterwards
for
an example , or pattern to tlieir Succeifours, their Maxime
was,
Never to make War on their Neighbours without jufi caufe, or reafon; fo the
Barbarity and Ignorance of the People feemed
a
good and
lawfull
motive, and
next the Oppreffion and Violence which the Neignbours ufed rowards their Sub–
jetts,
was
another; but before they attempted
on
them by any
a&
of Hofiility,
they fufi fent their fummons three or four times, requiring their Obedience :
Af–
ter any Province was fubdued, the
firft
thing that the
Inca
did, \Vas
to
take their
principal Idol as an Hofl:age, and carry
it
to
·Coz.co,
where
it
was to remain in the ·
Temple as a Captive, untill fuch time as th
e People, being difabufed by the Va–
nity
and Inability of their Gods, fhould be reduced to
a
complyance with the
Inca&
in their
W
odhip and Adoration of the Sun. Howfoever they did not pre–
fently overturn and demolifu the firange Gods of the Countrey fo foon as they
had fubdued it; but rather out of refpelt to the Inhabitants, they tolerated for
fome time their Idols, untill that having infirueted, and perfuaded them in
a
bet–
ter
Religion,. as they thought, they might without their difpleafure, and perhaps
With their corifent, defl:roy and fupprefs the God they had adored. Next they
tarried the principal
Cacique
of the Countrey, with all his Sons,
to
Couo,
there
ro
~refs,
_and treat them with
all
kindnef5 and humanity; by which occafion they
informing them of the Laws, Cufioms and propriety of their Speech; and inll:rucr–
ing
th~m
in their fuperfiitious
~ites
and Ceremonies, they became more eafily
reconciled to the Laws and Servttude of the
Inca:
After which the
Curaca
be–
~ng ~efiored
to
his
Ancient Honour and Rule,
was
permitted to return unto
his
Sub1eet:s, who were commanded, as fon11erly, to obey him as their natural Prince
and
Lo~d.
And
thJt
the conquered Nations might be reconciled with their
Conquero~rs,
and that the :a?cour and malice which lay on the Spirits of thofe,
who conce1yed them[elves m1ured, by
a&
of Violence and
War,
might be aba–
~ed,
and affoaged
by
gentle Lenitives, an
Aa
of Oblivion was
paffed,
and Ban–
quets \' ere prepared for fea(Hng of the new Subjetts, t%ether With the Conque–
ro?~S
of them?
th~t
fo
a
perpe~ual
Peace
and
Amity
might
be concluded by a
co
4
aliuon of their Mmds, reconciled at thefe Feafis · to which
alfo
the blind the
lame,
a~d
the. infirm were
admit~ed,
that fo they
ilio
might
partake of the boun·
.tJ
and liberality
of the
Inca.
At
thefe Banquets they
were
entertained witn the
Dance
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