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VI.

Royal

Commentarier.

. CH A ·Po

XXXIII.

Of the Miferies and Sufferings

the Great

Chimu

and

his

Obflinacy

therein

;

and

how

at length he

Wa5

forced

t oyield.

:"IT_THilfr

the War was thus carried on with great refolution,

th~ twen~

thon–

J·\v

fand Souldiers which the Prince had demanded for a recruit to

his

Army

arrived which much abated the haughty and confident humour of

Chimu,

find...

ing, to

hls

great forrow, all

his

hopes and expeltations difappointed; for on one

fide he perceived the force and firength of the

l11ca

to be doubled, when he.

~uppo-

fed, or imagined it to be

decreafe~

; and on the. other,. he fou

nd the fpmt an

courage of liis own people to be deJeeted and t€rrified with the

appearance.of

new Army ; being of opinion, that they were now rather to fig

ht m complianc

with the humour of their Prince, than

hopes of making defence againft the

power of the Enemy

Wherefore being much difmayed and terrified, the chief

and principal Lords addreifed themfelves to

Chimu,

advifing him not to contend,

or hold out UQtill the

laH:

extremity, but rather accept the offers and propofitions

made to them by the

Inca

;

there being no reafon to perfilt longer

this ob!Hna–

cy, which would give opportunity to their . inveterate Enemies to enrich them·

felves with their fpoils, carrying away their Wives and Children

into

flavery: To

prevent which, no farther delays ought to be made, left their lalling ob!Hnacy

fhould provoke the

Inca

beyond all fufierance, and bowels of humane cornpaffion ;

and that cafting away the terms of Mercy, he iliould entirely extirpate their race

with fire and

word.

With this difcourfe and admonition of his Friends, (which feemed rather like

Menaces, than wholfome counfel ) the brave

Chimu

lofr his wonted courage, not

kno'?Ving what to doe, or unto whom to fly for fuccour ; all his Neighbours and

Allies fainting under the fame dread and fear of the

Inca :

So that

length not

knowin_g where to turn, he refolved to accept the firft offers and propoficions

which

hould be made to him by the

Inca

;

for his great Soul could not bear a fub–

rniffion in Perfon, or that the firfi: proffers !hould come from him , left it fhould

betray• a meannefs of his Spirit, but rather that the Propofals and Articles of

Peace fhould come to him from the

Inca.

And in the mean time covering this

his intention to his own people, he encouraged them to continue the War ; tel–

ling them, that he had

fiill

hopes, and did not fear with the help and vaiour of

his people, but to conclude this War with great honour and advantage. And

therefore he encouraged them to fiand up in the defence of their Coun ey, for

whofe fake and fafety they were obliged ro dye with Weapons

their hands and

not for every fmall difafl:er to faint and yield ; it being the manner of War

doubtfull, and to lofe that one day, which they might re-gain the next:

If they

were troubled to have feen fome of their Wiv and Children carried into flavery

that they fhould cqmfort themfelves with the thoughts, that they had the

advan~

tag~

of their Enemy in that particular, having made greater Depredations on their

Wives, than they ever did upon their . And therefore that they {hould not

!hew

ahoy

Defpondency of mind, but rather truft to his judgment and perfuafions who

ad more care of their fafety than he had ofhis own.

With thefe faint encouragements and counfels rather than with folid hope

the

Great

C~imu

difmiffed his people, amongfl: whom he was much troubled

find fuch de1ected and difconfolate countenances ; howfoever, putting the heft

face he c_ould on the bufinefs, he maintained the .war, untill fuch time as the ufual

Propofit1ons came from the

Inca,

offering pardon, peace and friendfhip according

the accu!l:on:ed

fi~le

often and often repeated. Having heard the Propofals

renounced agam to him, he feemed to entertain them witli the fame indifferency