180 / 1060
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Royal ·Commentarier.
BooK
V. ·
they
judged to be drank up by the Sun; they
alfo fet
meat
fo•
him to ear, and
when
any
novel
occurred, they
f
ent
him
tne advices of it by Meffeogers, and
when they · ere vittorious, they returned· him Thanks for their Succeff es.
In
purfuance of
this
ancient cufrome the Pr!-nce
f!iracocha
fent advice to the Sun
of
this
his Vittory; and commanded the Pnefis, that havmg recalled thofe others
which for
fear
were fled away, they fhoald join together
in
offering new
Sacri~
fices, with Praifes and Thankfgivings, to the Sun. Another Meffenger he
dif–
patched to the Houfe of the Sele6t Virgins, giving tnem to underftand, that
by
means of their Prayers and
Interceffions~
the Sun had bellowed that Favour
·and
ictory upon him..A third Meifenger, whom they call
ChafjHi,
he clifpeeded
to
his
ather the
Inca,
giving~
him the particulars of all the late Succeffes, defiring
him to continue
in
the fame
ation where he was, untill he .fhould
in
perfon pre–
. fent himfelf befont
him.
.
CH AP.
xx
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The Prince
pu_rfues
his
Conquefl,
returns to
Coz~o,.
fees his
Father, and
difpo/fe/fes
hinl
of
his Enzpire.
·
•
H
Aving macle thefe difpatches, he eleeted fi
x thoufand Souldiers co accompa–
ny him
in
the purfuit ofhis
nemies; the
re.ftof
his
Army he disbanded, gi–
iog them licence to return unr.o their own homes; the Body which he·referved
• wa commanded, befides other inferiour Officers, by two Major-Generals, who
\ ere
his
Uncles; and
ith
m·
Force two days after the Battel, he matched io
the purfuit of
his
Enemies, not with intention
to
treat them
ill,
but
to
·cure them
of their fears, aifuring them of pardon for their lace Offente; fa that a many
as
they vertook,
in
ca~
they were wounded, he ordered. them
to
be cured; and
fuch
as" ere whole and found, he treated them with gentlenefs nd kind ufage;
fending like\: ife Meffengers to the refpeltive Provinces and People,,
to
alfure them
of the pardon and fayour of the
Inca,
and that he wa coming in perfon
to
give
them farther tefiimonies thereo£ Having by thefe pre-advices comforted and
encouraged the people, he marched
\i
ith great expedition, and being come
t
the. ro ince of
Antahuaylltf,
'
hich belongs to the
ChanctU,
all the Women .and
Children affembled. together , and came forth ro mc:ec him, and carrying green
branches
in
their hands, went crying,
0 thou
undoubted
Child of the Sun, who art the·
.
Lover and Favottrer of
the Poor, have
compaffion
upon
iu,.
and
pardon
m.
he Prince re eived thefe people with grace and favour
telling chem, that
it:
was not they, but th
ir
ather and Husbands, who \: rere guilty of the crime? and
that e en them alf he had pardoned
£
r their a ual
Rebellion~
and
to
alfure
them ereof, and onfirm th m
in
this belief, be was come in perfon to pronounce
their ardon wich his
\\ n mouth. He ordered like"" ife chat they iliould
gi
e
t1
m fuch
ro ifion a their ne effities Fequired, treating them with all civllity
and affe
ion imagin 1 , and that efpecial are fhould be taken of the
ido s .
d
r hans of thofe \\ho were flain
in
the Bartel of
Tl1.huar Pampa.