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Royal Commentaries.

BooK

VII.

Enterment with their

prefen.ce

; the which being obferved by other

Jndian1,

(who

efi:eerned

~11

their Nat

ion and L

ineage much favoured therein)

was hoped that

dili

might be

means to animate

and

encourage

them

to embrace at their

Death

the fame advantages

hich the

Chrifi:ian

Religion produces. With which

{hall

conclude this difcourfe, and pafs on to the Life and ACtions of

this

tenth

King,

whofe

Reign we have

many particulars of great admiration.

CH AP.

XIII.

Of the New Conqueft which the

Inca Yupanqui

defigned

to 111ak._e.

good

Inca Ynpanqui

having bound

his

Temples with the coloured wreath,

and

rformed the

Fun

ral Rites due co

his

Father ;

the

firft

thing

defigned was to render himfelfpleafing and gratefull to his people, by vifiting the

fe eral Pro in

and Kingdoms of his mpire ; which (as we have

faid )

was

efieemed by the

Indians

for the greateft grace and favour which the

Inca

could te–

fiifie towards

ubjeets: For being poffe{fed '

ith

an opinion, that the

IncaJ

were not ofhumane race, but defcended as Gods from their Father the Sun ; they

could not but conceive and fanfie great bleifmgs to accompany

gratious

pre–

fence ; and we may b lieve, that the

Inca

departing with thefe intentions, was

re–

ceived in

all

parts by

his

Subje&s with great joy and adoration.

The

Inca

having

pa~d

three years

this

progrefs and vHitation, returned afterwards to the

City ;

v.here having confulted with his Counfel, he refolved to undertake

brave

and

haz1rdous War towards the

Anti1

on the Eafi-Lide of

Couo

;

for as yet the Con–

fine5of

the Empire were bounded by a long ridge of Hills, by which the fnowy

Mountain extended it

felf;

but being defirous to

pafS

it, and difcover what

Peo–

ple

or Nation inhabited on the other

fide,

the way to paiS was contrived by

fol–

fowing the current of Waters, which

through thofe Hills from Weil: to

Eaft,

for

that the tops

and

precipices of thofe Mountains, by reafon of the Snows,

were

!teemed irnpaifable.

The pretence

for

this War

was

grounded on the common and plaufible co"'

lour

f Religion; the delign of withdra\ ing them from

their

unhumane

and bar–

barous cufioms, and inll:ruetiog them

the knowledge and religion

which the

un th ir Father ha delivered, and all Nations had received, were alwayb forci–

ble arguments, and infallible grounds for making their War juft.

This defire,

and

motives of feeing this Councrey were encreafed

an ancient

relation\ hich the Ancefrors of this

Inca

had received, that the Nation on

the

other fide of chi Moum:ain were populous, and the Land fruitfull ; but char

pare

thereof' as inhabitab e, being nothing but Mountains, Lakes, Bog and

Marifu

Ground.

And

farther

encouragement to this defign, there

was a

rep

rt,

that amongft

thofe populou

ations, rhe greatefi: and moO: confid rable of them

was called

Mlifa,

and fin

by he

SpanJarth Moxos;

a afiage

great

Ri–

ver, ' hich about the

Anti.1

to the

all:

of the

ity · divided into many rivulecs,

being five in number, very one h ving ir.s pr p r Name; but afcerwards on the

fide of the

Am ' ,

they meet together, and

falling

into one fiream,

make a

great Riv r,

lled

Aman1may11.

her this

r empties

felf

orchward into

is not difcov red;

bable, that running Eallward, and

yoing

\\'ith many

cher Riv

rs,

it com

at length to

fall

into that

iver

which ive

call

r of

Plate

;

for the

paniards,

·hen they

firfl:

difcovered chat

Councrey

man ed of

the

ati

, \

hether

rh re

ilver

tho

e arrs

they anfa'ered

that