192 / 1060
Royal
Commentari~s.
of the Gro th of their Countrey; and whi h the
Spaniard1,
notwithftanding
the
fearch and purf
uit
which they made after it, have not difcovered
in
thofe
Q!ar–
ters.
The Ambaffadours having made thefe Prefents, they profl:rated themfelves
with
profound reve!ence before the
Inca,
ho
rec~ived
them with a
gr~tious acc~tance,
.
according to hJS accuftomed goodnefs ; and
m farther
token of
his
favour, lie com–
manded the
Incas,
ho
were
his
indred, to drink \'\
ith them, which was
the
greatefi Honour he could confer. At this entertainment they were farther
aifu–
red of the Good-
ill
of the
/nc1t,
and how much he took this voluntary
fubmif..
fion and refumarion of chemfelves and
ountrey in good part ;
in
return where–
umo, chey <tffured them of all the
kind
treatment imaginable , and that the
Inca
diilinguifhed between thofe,
ho out of good-will and affettion, freely
became
his
Subje&, and thofe who by force of Arms were compelled to Obedience.
Then they gave them for Prefents to their
Curaca1.,
eftmems of fuch
fort as were
made for tlie
Inca,
oven by the hands of the eleet
irgins,
and
hich,
for
that
reafon
ere accounted Divine and acred ; and to the Ambaffadours many other
Prefents were made of different
qualities.
Then the
lnca.s
of the Royal Bloud
were appointed ,
ho
ere to infiruCl hem
in
Religion, and prefide over
them
as Go ernours; that leaving their befiial and brotifh courfe o
living, they might
recei e and obferve the Law and Ordinances of the
IncaJ :
And
in
compan1-
with rhefe Minifier , feveral Artifis and Workmen ' ere fen ,
\~ho
were
kllfoll
in making Aquedu
, and cultivating the Land , that
fo
by good husbandry the
Eftate
of
the un, and of the King, might be improved and increafed.
The Amba!fadours having been
(bus
entertained
for
fame days at the Court
of the
I nca,
where they obferved the good
rder, and Rule, and Excellent
La s
of his Government:
hey confeffed, that
fuch
Confiitutions
as
thofe could have
no ocher
riginal
than
from the un, ot fomething Divine; and that: their own
Cufioms and
La s did
artake ofnothing but
what~
a
brutifh, and without any
Morality. And with t i confideration being
made
zealous
for
the
lnca>s
Service
and Glory, hey exprefied themfelves
in
this
manner to the
Inca:
Sir,
faid
they,
we
are
greatly
fanftble
that the
'Wo'r/d u made happy l.Y
yowl'
Laws
and
Government;
of
'Which
that
every
part
may
partakf fome jhare
and
proportion,
we are to
mak,_e
kzlown
unto
y ou,
tha~
not
far frfJm
our
Countrey,
to
the
SoHth·Weft
from
UJ,
the-l'e !Jes a Kin;:dam called
Chili,
which
u
very
rich
and
populom
;
and
tho11,gh
we
our
Jelves
have had
no
Commerce,
or
cor–
rejpondenr:e
therewith,
by
reafon
of
thofa fnowy
MotmtamJ,
and
inacce!Ji/;/e
Pajfagu,
'Which
divide
UI
from tkcm
;
yet we have received/Jy an undouhted Tradition from
oHr
Forefathen,
that
thc-l'e
u
fuch a
atifJn
worthy
the EmPlt?Jment
of
JOI-Ir
Arr/1.t>
and
of
your
Dommiox
•
'Ihe which we the
more willingly
diftover,
that
fa
thry alfo with
m
mtf!Y Adore
yo11r
Father
the Sun, and
enjoy
the fame common Benejitf and
La'WJ
which aye
made
and defigned to civi..
liz..e and improve the Nature
of
Mankjnd.
!he
Inca
having taken notice of
this
ad..
vice, ordered the Ambaffadours to be difi arched, that they might
r turn again
into their own Counrrey.
Thence he proceeded for\X.
ard
on
his
progrefs through
all
the Provinces of
Col-
1.rftfJ'u,
difperfing his avours and Reward to the
Curacas
and
aptain , not neg–
leding the
ormnonalty, and peo le of low degree and onditi
n ;
fo
that
all
forts,
from the
highefi
co
the lowefi, received particular Cati facrion and content–
ment from the prefence of the
Inca :
or
fo
much had the ame of
his
Divine
ream, and his
ietory at
Yah11arpamfa,
raifed
his
Efieem
in
the minds of the
peo–
ple, that they not onely received
hiin
ith Joy and Acclamations, but paid
him
Di
rine Honours and
eneration, as
if
he had been fame
ew God ; though
no'' by the Mercies
of
the true God hey have quitted that Idolatry, and being
d1fa
ufed, and rightly informed in Religion, they nely conferve a gracefull Me–
mory of that
ing, who \Vas
fo
fortunate and pro itious
to
th
m
both in
War
and
Peace.
rom
CollafilJ'U
he paffed into
A ntifayu,
wl1ere the peopie being poor and
me n,
were nor able
to
dernonfhate fuch
ll:enration and Magnific nee as others had
done ; ho foe er, according to
t
eir
degree and quality
they fhewed as joyfuU
he:irts, as their limplicity ''a
ca
able to expre£
:
In
id nee of
which,
they ere -
re Triumphal Ar
hes
in the way by which he
\Ya
to
pa~ ~
the
which
being
formed
of
imber, they
overe
\
·icn
ufhe ,
an
°'
ned with
arlands,
ftrm~·-
·ng