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VI.
Royal
CommentarieI.
extremity:
f
:)t
in this pofiure of War they perfified for the fpace of tw? Months
longer refufmg all propofals of Peace, though tendred to them every eight Days
by
th~
Inca1
;
and oppofing
t~em
with. _Arms in their ha_nds,
i~
de(pight of Fa–
mine, and Sword, and all the mconvemences of War ; ir:nplormg
~n
the mean
time with
earneft
devotion, and vows, the affifrence of their God
Chincha Camac ;
to whom the Women efpecially diretted their prayers, and with tears and facri–
fices
beg~ed
his
proteCl:ion and deliverance of them.
It
is oofervable that the
Indians
of this famous Valley of
Chincha
adored
an Idol,
which they called
Chincha Camac,
.fafhioned after the form of
Pathacamac,
or the
unknown
God,
whom (as we have faid
before)
the
Inc1t.t
fpirit.ually,
o~
mentally,
adored: for they taking notice,, that the Inhabitants of the Ne1ghbounng Valley
had eretted an Idol, named
Pachacamac,
which fignifies the Sufiainer of the Uni–
verfe,
and dedicated a Temple to it; did after tneir example mould another Idol
after
fimilicude of the former, giving it the Name of
Chinchacamac,
or the Sufiai–
ner or Protetl:or of
Chincha
;
for the other denomination being Univerfal, feeined
in
ilieir fancy, of fuch a vaft extent, that the God, who had
fo
great an employ–
ment, as the care and confervation of the Univerfe, could not be at leifure
to
de..
fend them, or think
fo
narrow a corner, as
Chincha,
worthy his trouble or con "'
cernment; wherefore that they might gain
a
more peculiar Deity,
and
fqch
as
they might appropriate to themfelves, they figured a
Chincha ca.mac,
or a Dome–
fiick:
Goo,
by whofe favour and power they promifed
to
themfelves fuccour ..and
deliverance from their Enemies.
The
Incas
all this while patiently endured the teadioufnefs of this War, and
the obO:inacy of their Enemies, who could not as yet provoke them to defiroy
them utterly, though policy of War and neceffity compelled them to firaiten; and
difirefS them
as
far
as
they were able. At length
Capac Tupanqui
having obferved
me obftinate refolution of the Enemy; and that
he
loft both time and reputation
by
a
teadious attendance on their pertinacious humour ; and confidering that this
~entlenefS
and mercy towards the Enemy, might be converted into
a
cruelty
to–
~ards
his
own Subje&, in cafe that long delays, and protraetion of time, fhould
produce
a
ficknefs in the Camp,
as was
much to
be
feared from the violent Heats,
and unwholfome Air : Wherefore to avoid, and prevent this danger, he dHpat–
ched
a
Mdfenger to them ; acquainting them in exprefS terms, that having alrea–
dy
complied with the cornpaffionate and tender Inftrutl:ions of his Brother the
Inca,
by his long forbearance of them.; he fent now to let them know, that he
gave them eight days to yield, and furrender thern[elves? in which fpace of time,
in
cafe they fubmitted,
they
fhould then
be
pardoned, and received
to
mercy ;
and if
they
refufed, that.they fhould no longer expel! compaffion, or quarter, for
that he was refolved to put them all to the Sword, and people their Counrrey
again with a new Colony and Nation more wife and obedient to the
Inca :
which
meifage being delivered,. he ordered the Heralds to return without attending for
an anfwer.
The
Tuncas
being ten·ified with this pofitive meffige, apprehended that the jufr
rage of the
Jnca1
might reafonably tranfport them to an execution thereof; for
that the
Inca1
having received fuch bad returns for all the pity and gentlenefS they
had iliewn towards them, no other forbearance could be now expeded ; and con–
fulting their prefent fiate of famine, and want, and other incommodities ofWar
they
took a refolution to fend their Ambaffadours to the
Inca
to implore his
par~
don, and that he
~vould
vouchpife to receive them
~or
his Subje&, promifing ro
~change
the rebellion and obfimaq they had ufed, mto a faithfull and loyal Obe...
d1ence to the
.;nca
;
the day followmg the
Curaca,
accompanied with
his
Kindred
· and Nobles, went to
l}Hs
the hands of the
Inca,
and perfonally make tender of
their Duty
and Obedience.
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