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,I

Royal

Commentaries,

BOOK

VII. .

ly

the

Dignity

and Honour of his

Majefiy~

that

his

Souldiers

fuould ooc Iofe

ground ,

or

retreat one

ftep

from the Poudlions

they

had gained;

fo

that

at

length

Chili

being made

the

feat

of

War, was invaded

by

the

Inca

with

Jifty

thou–

fand

~en,

provided

with

as much

convenienc~

and

plenty,

as

if

they

bad

been

quarteted within the City of

Couo.

Ofall matters tbac fucceeded, intelligence was

given to

the

IncA

from

time to

time,

and

having made neceifary provihons for fecuring the

Ian;

Con~uefts,

they

continued their march

to the Southward,

fulxiuing

all the Nations before

them

to

the

ru

Ver

of

MAullf.

which is almofi

fifty

Leagues diftanc from the

Valley

of

Chili.

What

Batce1s or

Skirmifues paffed

here

is

not

particlllarly

known, and therefore

it

is

probable

that

matters

were ended

by

way ofFriendiliip,

or

Compolition; i.c

being

always

the

firft

Trial which the

lnc,u

made at

the

beginning,

before

diey

put

matters co the extremities of a War.

The

lncM

had now

enlarged

their F.m..

pire

above

cwo hundred

and

fixty

Leagues

in

length,

the dillance

being fo

great

from

Atacam11

to

the River

counting the Defarts as well

as

the

inhabited

places; for from

At"'""'"

co

1e

are eighty

Leagues. ftom

C-opltJflt#

co

c,,'Jlli,,,..

f1H

are eighty

more,

from

ps

to

Chili

are

fif

cy

five , and

then

from

Chili

co the River

MAH/ti

are almoft

fifty

more ; all which was not as

yec

f

uflident

to

fatisfie

rhe Avarice

and Ambition of the

lnctU:

For

having given

out the necefil–

ry

orders for Government, and fecuring the late Conquefis, and made provifion

againfi all accidents

and contingencies

which

might

happen

in

War, they procee.

ded further,

pajf

mg the River

MauHi

with twenty thoufand Men; where, accor–

ding

to their cufiome, they

in

the firft place fent their Summons to the Province

of

Purumauca,

(called

by

the

Spaniard1 Proma11caes)

requiring them either to ac–

cept the

Inca

for their King and

Lord,

or ocherwife provide to defend themfelves

by

Arms. The

Purumaucans

having received

intelligence

of the

approach

of

the

JncM,

had

put

themfelves

into

a

poflure

of

Defence, and having made an

Alliance

with their Neighbours of

A»ralli,

Pincu,

and

C11Hq11i,

refolved

to

dye, rather than

Jofe thcir ancie9t

Liberty;

and on

this

confidence gave

for

Anf

wer, That the

Conquerours iliould be Lords over the conquered , and that the

l»cM

fuould foon

underfiand

in

what manneie the

PNr11mauct1.n.r

were ufed to obey.

Three or four

days

after this Anfwer the

Pu-rum1U1can1

having

joined

with

their

Allies,

appeared

in a Body,

to

the number of

18

or

zo

thoofand

Men, pitching

their

Camp

in fight of the

mcM,

who

fiill

continued to repeat their inftant foH–

citacions for Peace

and

Concord~

protefiing

to

them ,

and

calling the Sun

and

Moon to witnefS, that they came not to deprive or defpoil them of their Lands

and Efiates; but onely with an intention

to

reduce them

to

~

manner

of rational

Jiving

like Men, and impofe

nothing

more upon them,

than

the Worfuip

and

Adoration of the Sun, whom

they

required themto accqlt for their God, and

the

/TTca

for their

King

and Sovereign. The

Psmmzaucans

replied, That

they

would not

fpend

their

time

in

parlying,

or vain Difputes,

but would refer the Conrroverfie to

be

decided

by

the Sword, and

that

the

lncM

thould accordingly

prov.ide

the

next

day

for a

TriaJ,

they

being refolved

neither to fend other PropOfals, nor receive

them.

CHAP.