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CH AP. XVI.
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Of the Conquefl of
Yauyu;
and of the Triumph celebrated
in honour of the Vncle and Nephew.
T
H E General was .much pleafed
with chis
Conqueft , and confidering the
fruitfulnefS of the Soil, and pleafant firuation , he efieemed it the heft
Flower he could add to
his
Brother's Crown, and therefore moft worthy to-be
improved;
C{)
which end, he directed that the fcattered Cottages,
fhould be redu..
ced into a Town,
in
which the people might live
in
a more comfortable and po–
litical Society.
That
a Temple iliould
be
ereeted to the Sun , and
a
Hou[e
for
the felea Virgins, the which were afterwards fo well endowed, and adorned by
the
Magnificence of fucceeding Princes, that
they
became the mofr renowned
and famous
Edifices
of
all
Pen~.
Moreover Teachers
~ere
appointed to
inlhuet
them in che Rules of their Idolatrous
W
orfhip, and Governours , and Magi–
fuaces fet over them co precide in civil matters; Officers were alfo ordained to
gather the fruits belonging to the Sun, and to the
Inca;
befides Engineers,
and
Workmen for making Aquedu&, and draining Lantis; and lafily, .Guards were
q~artered
in
their
Countrey , to
fecure
the Peace,
and
conferve them
in
Qbe..
d1ence.
All which being performed and efl:ablifhed ; they refolved to return to
Couo;
but by the way
to
fpend a little time in reducing a corner of Land,
which
they
had left behind, for which being out of the way, they had not touched at
it
in
their march oucwa,rd.
This
Province was called
Yauy11,
the Countrey
was
moun–
tainous, and rocky, and the people warlike; howfoever
it
being concluded
that
twelve choufand Men were fufficient
for
this Atchievement,
che reft
of the Army
was
difmiffed, that they might
not
be haraffed and wearied with unneceifary
Marches. Being arrived on the Confines of this Province, the ufual fummons
were di[patched, offering
them
terms either of
War
or Peace.
The
Yau_ytines
entred into confultation upon the matrer of thefe fummons, and
in
debate thereupon divers opinions aro[e; fome were ftout and obll:inate,
and
were ready
to
dye
in
defence of
their
Gods, and their ancient Cuftomes; but o–
thers, of more cool and prudent temper, refuted
the
ra!hnefs, and
folly
of
fuc&
refolucion, confidering that they were already furrounded by a puilfant Enemy ,
whom other greater Provinces than theirs were not able to refill-, nor their
Gods
to defend them. That the Clemency and Wifedom of the
lncM
was
amiable,
and
fuch as
@ught
to
move them
to
defire, and embrace rather than decline
their
Government: With which confideration they unanimoufly concluded on
a fur–
render, the contrary courfo chreatning nothing but entire ruine and defolation;
[o
chat this more moderate counfel prevailing, they unanimoufly received the
In~tU
wich fo1emn Fe!Hvals and Rejoicings; and the
Jnc.u
in
return vefted their
CuractU,
and Nobles, ' ith Garments of the finefr fort, called
Compi,
and the Commonal..
ry
with
Avafca,
which was of a courfer thread, all concluding co the general
fa–
ti
fatl:ion of that people, who were overjoyed and proud to become the Subje&
f
Co
gracious, and powerfull
a
King. Officers and Governours being here appoin–
ted and eflablifhed, according to
tlie
ufual Stile and Cufiome ; the
!neat·
returned
co
Couo,
whence the
Inca
Pachacutec
went out to meet
his
Son and Brother, and
conduct chem to the City; commanding that they fhould be carried in trium–
phal hairs on the Shoulders of Come People belonging to the late conquered
Pro-
ince, and received with all the joy, and fefiivicy, hich
vvas
due
to
the
felem-
nicy
of that day.
..
The feveral ations which lived
in
the
City,
and the
CwracM
which prelided
over chem, did every one
in ·
their feveral orders,
\:
ich different iollruments of
rums, and Trumpets, and Cornets, prefent chemfelves afcer the fafhion of
rhefr
Coumrey,