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BooK
V.
Royal
Commentaries.
r•
xxv.
The
Inca
vifits the
remote
parts of
his
Empire, and
Avt.:.
balfadours come
thither to hinz, offering
the Subjeaion
.
and Va/fa/age of
the.irPeople.
T
HE
Inca P'iracocha
having provided all
thin&s towards the work of this
great
Aqueduet which was neceffary for watenng the Herbage of thofe Coun–
tries, he paffed
fr~m
the Proyince of
ChinchtJtfayu~
to
Cuntifuyu,
with
~ten?on
co
, vifir all
die parts of his Empire. The
firft
Provmces which offered
m
this Jour..
ney belonged
to
~echua,
two of which being of greater note, than others,
we(e
Cotapampa,
and
Cotanera;
to
which
th~
Inca
made extraordi!1ary 9em<;>nfrra–
tions ofHonour, out of refpeet to the Service they had done him,
m his late
War
againH: the
ChancM.
Thence he tra':elled forwar9s through
a~l
the other
Provinces of
Cuntif
uyu,
as
well the Moumamous Countries,
as
the Plams and
Val–
lies, and Lands.along the
Seacoft,
that
fo
no place or Region might complain
of
disfavour or want of the
Inca's
prefence, which was the mofl: wetcome and defi–
rable
obj~tl:
to them
in
the whole Univerfe.
In
all
the places where he came , he made firiet inquifition concerning the be–
baviour of hls Officers and Minifters, and in what manner they difcharged their
Duty and Trull:; fuch as were found
guilty
of any negleet, or injufiice, he puni-
. fl
ed with the urmoft rigour and feverity, faying, that thofe who had made ufe of
the Royal Authority to pillage or opprefS
bis
Subje&, were more criminal than
thofe common Robbers, who
in
contempt of the Imperial Ordinances and
La~
s,
and by force of their own private power, invaded the Rights and Properties of
the People.
From
Cuntif11yu
he entred into the Provinces of
Collafuyu
,
paffing
- fro
one unto the other, as they offered
in
his way,
all
which he comforted with ,
the
Rays of his Favours,
V\
hich he imparted
in
their refpeCtive degrees, as well
to
the
Commonalty, as to the
CuracM;
and on the Sea-coaft he journyed as far
a~
- to
Taracapa.
During the flay which the
Inca
made in the Countrey of the
ChancM,
Am–
baffildours came to him from the Kingdom of
Tucma,
which the
Spaniards
call
Tucuman,
being difiant about two hundred Leagues Southweft from the
ChancM
;
addreffing themfelves unto him after this manner.
" Moll: mighty
'' Prince,
Capa Inca Viracocha,
The Report of your famous Deeds, the Equity
'' and Jull:ice of your Prnceeding, the Excellency of your Laws, infiituted for
,_, the fole Benefit and Welfare of your Subjects, the Purity of your Religion,
'' Clemency and Mercy, and the wonderfull Miracles which yoUF Father the Sun
" hath performed in your favour, and for your affi!l:ence, hath reached tbe utmoft
" Confines of our Dominions, and is yet carried farther on rhe Wings of
Fame
7
" the which Report hath made fuch impreffion on the Hearts of all the
CHracM
: of
Tucman,
that they have fent us hither to implore the powerfull Proteltion of
your facred Empire, and that you would vouchfafe
to
own them for your peo–
:: ple, and that as fuch you would
a~p?int
Inca:
of the Royal Bloud
to
prefide
over them, who may not onely adm1mfl:er Juilice to them, but
like~ife
infirutt
cc
~hem
in thofe Laws, and Cl:lftorns, and Religion, which they are to obferve ·
" m hopes and expeetation of which, we do here in the name and behalf of
all
:: out Kingdom, profl:rate our
f~lves
before you,, as the undoubted Off-fpring and
" Iffue of the Sun, acknowledgmg you for our
King,
and Lord, and in tefiimo-
ny thereof, we do here offer ur Perfons, with the Fruit of our Lands as Li·
" very and Seifin, and in token and evidence that we furrender our
Perf
ons and
'' Lands into your poffeffion. Having faid thus much
they laid open their Pre–
f~ms
of
Garments~
.made of Cotton, Pots ofexcellent'Honey, as
alfo
Corn, and
dwers forts of Pulfe; but as to Gold, or Silver, they produced none, being not
of