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Royal Commentaries.
BOo VIII.
Amongfr the many other Illufuious QQ..alities with which this Prince was
ed~
<lowed,
~e ~ad
one,
?Y
which he
~oft pa~ticularly
obliged his Subje&, giving
early Indications of his
ercue, which merited
the Name
of
Capac,
during
the
time he
was
Prince, and which afterwards he
~onferved,
when he came to be
fole
Monarch ; The
~
hich particular quality was
this :
That he never denied any W
0 _
man the grant of her Petition, of whatfoever age, quality or condition !he were
anfwering her according to her .years ; for
if
fhe
ere elder than he, he would
fay,
Mother,
what you
dejire,
fhall
be
4one.
•
If
fhe were of equal years
with
him
he would ufe the compellation of Sifter; if younger, he would call
her
DaHghter'
and fay,
what
thouMkeft,jhalL
be
performed;
and to
all
Women generally he would
lay his hand on their
left
fhoulder,
in
token of his favour and refpeCl: ro
them
And this Magnanimity of mind he carried
fo
even and conll:ant, that in mat:
ters
6f
great importance, he would condefcend- to the diminution of
his
own
Right
and Prerogative of his Majell:y.
As
we
fhall
hereafter
m<t>re
at
large
difcourfe.
.
This
Prince being now about twenty years of Age, purfued his Wars,
gainll1g'
on the Kingdom
by
little and little, ever treating
with
them
1
and offering terttis
of Peace and Friendfbip.
Bot
this barbarous Nation, whicli went almoft
naked
aoq was ignorant of Political Government, would never give ear to propofals of
Accommodation.
Tupac
the Father obferving the good Condua of
his
Son,
committed the abfolute Government of this War to
his
management,
and
fo
returned to
Co:uo,
the important affairs of his
mpire
requiring
~
prefence
there.
The
ifrince in the mean time,
with
the aflifrence of
his(Captains,
fo
well
ma:
naged the-War, that
in
the fpace of three years he became abfolute !vfafter of
the"
Kingdom of
~itu,
though fome
lt1dian.t
of that Counn·ey fay,
that
he
was
fi.Ite
years;
b~~
then they count the two years,
in
which his Father wa there
in
per–
fon,
ata:iburing
the Conquefi of chat Counrrey to them
both.
The gentlene{S
and gq_oq-narure of the Father and Son was the caufe of
this
long continuance
of
the War· for had they vigoroufly proceeded with fire and fword, they might
foon ha
~
completed their Conqueft ; but they willing to fave the Bloud of
the
atives, preffed upon them
as
they retired, and fo won the Countrey
by little
and little; though the
Indians
fay, that the War had continued longer, had noc
the King of
~itu
died at that time ; they fay alfo, that .his Death was
occafro..
ned by grief, for feeing himfelf
in
an unhappy condition, devefied of the greatefi:
part of his Dominion, and unable to defend the remainder ; and not
daring
co
trufr, or confide in the Clemency of the
Inca
,
whom he believed he had provo–
ked ro that degree, as never
to
obtain his pardon ; he died with the pretfure of
his great troubles and affiietions ; he being dead, his Captains prefently yielded
themfelves to the mercy of
Huayna Capac,
who received them
with
obliging
terms, commanding them to be vefted ' ith Garments of the finell:
fort,
and pre...
fented them
V\
ith other gifrs, which
V\
ere moll
in
efteem amongft the
L
ittnJ;
treating al(o the more common fort of people with great kindnefS and friendlhip :
In fhorr, he performed
all
the generous ACtions he
V\
as able to them,
to
render
his
lemency the more apparent and perfpicuous to that ftupid Nation: And to
oblige all that whole Coumrey in general, fo foon as the War was ended, he nor
onely made them Aquedu& to refrefh, and make fruitful! their Soil ; but alfo built
a Temple there for the Sun, and a Houfe for the Select
irgin , adorned with
Ri-
he , and other 01belliilimems agreeable to the quality of thore Edifices
:
fo
erformance of which, thofe
I ndians
had great ad antage, for their Couhttey
yielded much
old, which they had digged for the fervi e of their own King,
and mu h more afterwards for the ufe of the Prince
H11ayna
Capac,
becauie
they
found that they very much gratified his humour
by
Prefenrs of that
Metal ;
his
affi
ion and coveroufue{S of '\ hich, tranfported him to fuch extremities of
o~
reflion, as' ere never before praetifed
by
l ncan
Kings, which was the caufe of
the uine
f
their Empire, and occafion of all that
mifery, v•'hich
afterwards
ex·
tinguifh~d
this Royal Famil .