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Vl.
CH AP.
XIX.
Of the Ancient Conquefts, anll vain Rodomontadoes, of the
Chinehas.
T
HE
Inca
much fatisfied with
this
fubmillion, congratulated with the
Curttca
Chincha
the happinefs of the enfumg Peace, whereby an end " as put to the
miferies of a bloudy
War,
which was defuuCtive to his people: And
[peaking
kindly
to
this
great Commander of the
Tunca1,
allured him of pardon from
rus
Brother the Emperour ; and becaufe he perceived him to be much dejected and
afllitted
for his fault,
he encouraged
hitri
with
many
kind and
obUging
expreffi..
ons, telling
him,
that the King
his
Brother was a
gratious
and mercifuU Prince,
who never recalled to memory the enmity fhewn him at firft, provided that ha–
ving once fubmitted, and acknowledged him for their
Lord,
they did never af:
terwards return
to
their rebellion
:
And as an evidence of favour
and
acceptance,
he commanded, that Vefiments fhould be given them of the fineft fort ; and
fo
all
concluded in a mutual fatisfaetion.
Thefe
Indians
of
Chincha
boafr much of thi refill:ence they had made
againft
the
Inctt1,
pretending that they repelled them twice, becaufe they reckoned the ex–
change of
the
firfr
Army with
die
fecond to be a kind of retreat. They report
alfo, that the
l nctts
were many years before they could conquer them , and that
at length they fubmitted upon conditions and promifes ; and that they were won
rather by gifrs and prefents, than fubdued by force of Arms. Thus was the mild
ufage and treatment which the
Incas
{hewed to them, interpreted for a
fign
of
their m
n Valour and Courage; v.rhenas,
in
reality, the power of the
Incas
was
fo great
in
thofe days,
that
they
could
with facility have fubdued them, had
they
in earnefr applied their Strength, and Military
Art>
in that Conqueft : but Men
have liberty
to
talk of the Mighty A6tions of former times, and of
their
Ance~
fro r ,
without
offence
to any
in
the prefent
Age.
They report farther of themfelves, that before they were. Subje& to the
Inca,
they were-of that power, and Martial difpofition, that they made frequent Inprr–
fions
into the Neighbouring
Countries,
from
whence they
carried Spoils
and
Trophies of ViClory; that they were
fo
dreadfull
t0
thofe who inhabited the
Mountains, that thofe people, or fear of them, deferted their Countrey, and that
they often came as far as the Pro ince of
Co//d.
All "' hich appears to be falfe,
becaufe thefe
Yuncas
are
naturally
a fluggllh and
dull
Nation, and not given co
labour, or travel, and therefore
1t
is
not
probable, that they would undertake a
Ma
h
-df
almofi:
2 00
Leagues,
through
greater Provinces, and more populous
than their own. And that which makes this
report
frill
more improbable is,
Thac
the
Yunca1,
being ( as we have fetid ) born
in
a very hot Counttey, where
it
never Rains, and where confequently the noife of Thunder
is
never heard ; are
fo
affiigbted with the found,
and
claps of
it,
fo often
as
they enter
into
the
Hilly-–
Countries, that with confternation and terronr they return into their own Cli–
mate ; -and therefore
it
is not credible they fhouJd
adventure
into
Mrnmcains
here the voice of Thunder
is
ofren heard, and
Jhich their ignorance made
fo
horrible and affiighting
to
them.
WhiHl:
Yupanqui
employed himfelf in Efiablifhing the Government of
Chincha,
and putting all things into the heft rder and poll:ure he was able ; he gave intelli–
gence
to
his Brother of the fucc
G
of his
roceeding , defiring him to
relieve
the
Army, vvhi h remained then on
uty ; bye chan
for anotner,
that fo he might
proceed in the entire conqu
a
of the
Yuncru.
And
\Y
illl: he was thu feding
che
Go–
vernment
in
Chinchtt,
and irnpofing new
La,\·
and
Culto1ns
on them ; Informations
were brought him againft err in erfons guilty of
odomy,
to
which fin that
Coun–
trey was much addi
d: All whi h
he
took, and condemned, and burned alive;
commanding their
oufi
to be throv. n do vn, th ir Inheritances
to
be
defiroyed,
.
their