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BooK

V.

. i66

Commen'tarief•

in

other, ' hilfi:

PO\

er and GreatneG ·

referved for the nfelv

.

This Ribrick

being completed,

it

as furnifhed

ith all

things

nece.ffary, at1d fuch attendance

allO\

ed

as ''

agreeable

to

the

rate and Magnificence

Qf

a

King, fo that

Tah11ar-h11ac4c

found n difference in hi living,

unle~

it

were ln b

ing

freed

and

eafed from

the Bw:rhen of

qo

ernment.

In

thi

fi

litary

~ann~r

this

poor

ing

paffed the remamd r of

hlS

unha

·

y

day

d

po

fed

from

h1 Kingdom and

confined

to

the Countrey, having

ex

ban

ed h·

ondition

\i

ith his

on,'

who

now lived and governed in

the

ity, "'

hilfi:

the

cher

li

ed an Exile in

t

nelds

ha

ing

his

Converfation ' ith Bea

rather than

en.

'

This

unhappy ormne (as the

Indians

lie

) wa

the effeCl: of that direfull

men of

~

ee

ing

bloud ; but yet

in

their political reflexio

on Come

pa1lages

they concluded, that. in

fe

the

Inca,

in

the time of the obfl:inacy and

perverfe~

nef5 of

his

n, had, inftead of a confin rnent. to a

untrey Life, given him a

finall Dofe of

that

Poifoo

which \.\a

in

praetice amongll: the

yrams and

Ma–

gicians

f

that ·Em ire,

he

might afily nave diverted chat fad Face, which

his

Tears _of

loud port nded.

uc

othe , better

in~lin~d

to fpea_k favourably of

the Pnnce,

for

though they could not

'\]

holly acqwc

him

f

Cnme towards

his

Father, yet they moderated

it

in fame manner

:1

by

alledging, that

his

Father's

ate might ha e· been" rfe, in cafe

h.

nemi

had prevailed; for having

fot-

12.ken

the Pr

teCtion

f

hi

iry, and

m

ire, out of mere Co ard· e,

it

was

fome Hap ioe

to ha

e

·

efaul

repaired

by

the

a1our of

bis

n,

under

\ horn die u ceffion

was

fecured, and

his

o

Life

fi

ared

aod

defended.

O–

chers,

eaking

of the general Praife of their

·

1g ,

f~id

to

this

effea,

That .this

unhappy

Inca

had no thought or imagination of oifon, for that all other

his

Predeceffors having made

it

their bufineG

t

prohibit the praCtice

f

it, and de–

fuoy

the ufe

of

it

in the

orld, he

imfi

lf

wa ready to ha

e

·check d fny fuch

motion \ ithln

.•

0\

n Mind )

in

are either

his

hought

or perfuafio of

-.

others had fuggefi:ed fucb a remedy to him.

her herein applauded the Reli–

gion and Generofity of the

lncM,

who fcomed to alt

that

which their m'n De–

crees

had made unla full; it being unfeernly,

and

beneath the Dignity o

the

Sun,s Race, to allo

that

in

themfel

; \ hich they had made illegal

in

their

ubje&.

Many

fu

h

Difcourfes and

eflexions paffed on

this

matcer, according to eve–

.

ry

Man'

particular

fancy

and opinion ;· '

ith

~

hich

we !hall conclude our Hifio–

ry

of

Tah11u-H11acac,

and not farther mention other particular of

his

Life,

leaving

him at

his

Coumrey

retirement

to die

with

obfcuricy.

.

C H · A · P.