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VI.

Royal Com1nentaries.

with

doing good; for that was the profeffion of the

I ncM,

and was their method

co overcome by Mildnefs and Beneficence, rather than by Tyranny and Oppreffion ;

the W

o~en

and Children which they found in the Mom:itains and Caves, after

they had fed them, and treated them with refpelt, and gentle terms, they fent

away that fo they might relate the courte!ies they had received, and perfuade

their Fathers and Husbands not

perfi!l: longer in their Oppofition and Rebellion

againft the invincible Family of the Sun·

Thefe and fuch like Inftances of kindnefs being frequently repeated during t'he

whole courfe of the War, began to operate on

die

rude and fierce difpofition of

this People, whofe hard and obdurate temper being a little foftened,

was obvi–

ous and plain to them, that it could be no unhappy condition

fall into the

hand5 of fuch, who being incited by a thoufand provocations to defiroy them, did

'not onely feek ways to preferve and keep them from utter rulne, but ho , alfo to

be!l:ow benefits, and even alfo againfr their own Will to iliew them mercy. They

confidered alfo that the power of the

Inca

did daily increafe, as theirs did dimi–

nifh,

and that Famine and the Sword were evils inevitable. Whei:efore conful–

ting with their

CuractU

upon thefe difficulties., they concluded and agreed to re.:

ceive the conditions offered them by the

Inca,

rather than peri!h out of an oblH–

nate and perverfe humolir. Upon chis refolution they difpatched their Ambaff.'1-

dours to the

Inca,

confelfmg the Faults and Errours they were guilty of, in

long

oppofing and trying the Patience of the

lnc114·,

whofe Generofity could not be pa–

rallelled by any·of humane Race; and therefore

confeffin~

them

of he lucid

family

of the Sun, they with all humility begged to be reeeived into tie num–

ber of their Vaifals; and that both the Prince, and the General his Uncle, would

be pleafed to intercede with the Majefty of

the

Irnperialinoa in their behalf, that

would condefcend and vouchfafe to mvn and receive them for his Subjetts.

Scarce were thefe Amba!fadours come

into

the prefence of the

Inca,

before the

Caraca Caj{amarca,

and his Nobles refolved

go themfelves, and perfonally de–

mand Pardon for their Offences; and accordingly appearing before the General,

they proftrated themfelves after the mo!l: humble

fafhion.of

their Countrey, re–

peatirtg

fubfiance the fame words which their A

mbaffadour

had uttered. The

Inc" Capac Yupanqui

gratioufl.y accepted this Addrefs, encouraging them with great

alfurances of the

Inca's

Pardon and Favour; and that he would be as kind and ren–

der of them, as he was of

his

other Subjetts; and for the oppofition they had al–

ready made, and the a& of Hofiility committed during ilie time of W ar, they

fuould never more be called to remembrance, provided chat they continued obe–

dient, and

their Services and Duey performed and endeavoured

deferve

thofe benefits which the Sun had encharged unto his Children to communicate

unto

fuc~

who willingly and without compulfion yielded themfelves and their

people faithfull and loyal Subje& to the

Inca,

which being faid, the

Curaca

and

his

follm~ers bo~ed

tliemfelves, and worfhipped, faying, that their Generoficy

and Hero1ck Actions defervedly entitled them to an univerfal Dominion over all

others, and gave a clear evidence of their undoubted Defcent from the Sun and

E~traCt:ion

from fomething elfe than humane Race. After which they

wer~

difd

· miffed,

and

returned to tlieir own Habitations.

CH AP.