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Royal

Commentaries.

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K.

VIII.

C Fl -A

P.

The

Conquejf of the Province

Hua~rachucu,

and

whence

that Name was

derivel

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HE Great

.T11fac

lr1C11 T11pattq11i

(

vyhofe

Name

of

TnJM

fignifies

Brigmtne'5

and Splendour, and indeed ·the greatnefs of his

At..

chievements deferve no lef§ a

Title)

fo foon as his Father was

dead ,

took upon

him

me

coloured

Wreath,

and having com–

plied

with

the

Obfe~uies,

Rices, and Funeral

Ceremonies

and

Sacrifices due ro the

memory

of

d€ceafed

Kings,

in

which.

he

fpent

M

fitit

Year of

his

R€ign,

he cook a Ptogrefs

into

the fev

al Kingdoms

and

Ptevirnces

of

his

Empire~

for

it

was

the

confiant

Cuftome of

the

young

Heir,.

fo

foon

as he came

to

hiS

Sovereignty, to

fhew himfelf

to

his Subje&, that

they

might

both know and love his

Perfon,

and

that both

the publick

Counfellers

in

Provinces,

and

particular

Perfons might have

opportunities

to

reprefent

th~ir

Aggrievances

perfonally

t-0

the

King, whereby

the Judges and

Minifie~s

of Ju–

fiice might

with more care perform their

Duties,

fearing to tyranize

and

opprefs

the people.

,

Having in

thefe

Jouroies and Vifitations

pa~d

four long

Yeats; with Which his

people remained

highly

fatisfied and aontented, be decreed that

fonrty

thoufand

Men fuould

be

raifed,_

and

put

in

s

againft

the following

Year,

that

fo

he

might proreed

forward

iru

the

ConqueRs

and Defigns which his Ancefl:ours

had

proje&ed .

The

great pret<mce

dn

which

the

lhca.1

did moft avail themfelves, and

that which

befl

co ered

tfile

Ambition

they

conceived

for

enlargem

.·

ent of

the

Em–

pi

e was

a,.

Z~al

towards the Welfare of the

l~di,ms,

whofe unhumane and befrial

Cufroms

they

defired to reform, and improve to

a

more

moral and

political

way

of

livihg,

and to a lwowledge

and worlliip

of his Father

che

Sun,

whorn they

owned and proclaimed

fur.

t:heir God.

.

The Army being

raife~

and

all

things put in ordet for tbis Defign, and a

Go..

vernour appointed for Rnle

of

the City, the

Inca

took his

march

by

way of

Caj[tlJ

mare-a

inrending

to

invade

the Provine€

Qf

Chaohapaya,

which,

a

Bla.r·Ya/era

fay ,

fig!lifies the

Co~nttey

offtout

Mea; in

lies

Eaftward from

Cajfamarca

the Men

bemg

very

valiant,

anti

the

Women

beautifull.

Thefe

Ch1tchapt~A1

adored

r·

~rs.,

and wodhipp

ird

Cnntut

for their

princip~l

Gad;

on report o

which the

Inca

Tupac

was

greatly

moved

to

reduce

this

Pro

mce w

hi

Empire, being famous

al

refpeets,

but

the

ap:Proacli

o

it

vas difficult,

th

I

fil

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