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Royal
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BooK
VI.
pracuces
which were obferved arnongfl: them ; for they being now his Vaffals
he might exercife an abfolute and defpotical Power
~ver
them,
they
~eing
ready
to hear and receive
all
the Commands and Rules
which
the Sun and
his
Children
fhould enjoin them. Acco
· g to thefe def.ires
the
Inca
in the
full:
place
com–
manded that the people> who were difPerfed through the Countries under ilieds
and trees, fuould be gathered into a Political
f
ociety, and live like Citizens
in
friendfhip and
amity
together, in a Town regularly built with Streets, and fituate
in fuch a Counttey as was both fruitfull and pleafant.
Then
he commanded
that
Proclamation fuould be made, that they fhould own and worfuip no other God
but
the Sun, and that the pebles and fuining Llones which they kept
in
their
hou..
f
es for divine
W
orlhip iliowd be thrown into the fueecs ; and for better govern–
ment
and infiruffion of
this
people , Govemours and
Teachers
were appointed
and
fee over the
.
.
.
If
.
·The
Peopl~
of
C
ff<
marca
maize [o11Je refiflence,
hut are
at
length fubdued
"A.
L
1J
rhefe
thin~
being performed and ellablilhecf according to the defrre of
Huamttchucu,
the
l ncM
proceeded
forward
in
their Conquefis; and
being
arrived on the Confines of
Caf{ama,,.ca,
(which was a
place
famous for the impri–
fonment of
Atahualpa
)
being
a
rich and fruitfull Province,
and the
people ftout
and
warlike ; they difpatched their
ufual
Summons by
a
Herald, requiring them
to yield
themfelves
on terms of peace and friendfhip.
The people of
Caf{amarca
having long obferved
the
progre!S of the
Inca1,
and
the
motion
which
their
Arms
had made towards them, had already provided
for
a
War;
having
pofleifed
the
firong
Holds and
Paffes
of the Countrey, and
fur–
nHhed them
with
ViCl:ua1s, and Ammunition of War; and
in
confidence offuch
fecurity, remrned_a proud
anfwer
of defiance to the
Incas,
giving
them
to under–
fiand, that they wo\lld neither accept of new God , nor new Laws ; nor a Stran–
ger, or Foreigner,
for"
their
King ; but
would adhere to t)lofe ancient Statutes and
Religion, which were known
tb
them and their AnceLlours; and rather than re–
linqui!h them, co embrace Novelties, they ' ere refolved to dye, and undergo all
the miferies
hich a nuel and enraged Conquerour could
inflit1.
With
thiS
An–
f
wer
Tupanqui
being provoked, entred boldly into the Confines of
Caf{amarca,
where
the Natives, like a brave and hardy people, manfully oppofed themfelves againft
him in all dangerous and difficult paffes , being refolved to dye or overcome.
The
I nca,
though
um
illing
to
engage, out of
a
defire
he
had
to
fpare the etfu–
fion
of
blou ,
·as yet forced fometirnes to fight, that he might gain polfeffion of
the mofl: difficult paffes ;
in
defence of which, the Enemy combating with all
their might>many were flain on one fide and the other ; nor did they fometimes
. refufe Bat
el
in the open Field ; but in regard the Conduet aHd Numbers of
the
Inca
\
as more excellent and great, than .rhat of the Enemy, they were forced
co retreat into the Mountains, acid Rock, and fall places ; from whence making
oftentimes their allies, great £laughters did enfue. Thus was the W ar continued
for the fpace
f
four Months, becaufe the
JncAs
were unwilling co take advanta–
ges entirely to dell:roy them , ·but rather to/foffer, and weary them our, untill
their
fury and mettle began co abate
:
During all \Yhich
time, the
Incas
ufed
their
accufioma
y
lenitives, endeavouring to
win
them \
ith
all
fair
and mild treatment;
for as many a hey took
in
W
a1;
they releafed ; fuch as were wounded, they hea–
led and c red , and then Cent rnem a\.vay ; affuring them, that
fo
often as they
took
them,
they '
1
ould ufe them with the fame
compa!Iion,
being
never
wearied
·
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