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BooKIX
nor commit
_any ?ther wickednefS
<?f
this namre;
but.
tpat
t~ey
fuould
adore
the
Sun for their uruverfal God , and live
amon~
Mankirid with
J
ufiice and Rea–
fon.
All which
the
lnc11,
whofe
Father was the Sun,
pronounced,
as Legll}ator
of that great Empire, from whofe Words nothing was to be fubtratl:ed or
diminilhed upon pain of
Death.
To
which
TumpaOa
and
his People anfwe.
red, that they would comply' with whatfoever the
Inca
iliould pleafe to enjoin
them.
,
-
The Solemnity
of
the
Fefrival
being pafr,
which
was
provided
for the
more
decent reception
of t}Je
Inca,
the
CuractU
had
rime
to think
upon
what they had
done, and confidering
more
mamrely of the
?gou~
of the new Laws impofed up.
on them,
and
how contrary they were to theu ancient Cuftoms, and
refrrictive of
thofe
J?.afiimes
and
Divertifements
they formerly
enjoyed,
they
began already
to
efteem a
foreign SubjeCtioI_! w-ievous
unto them;
and
fo
being defirous
to return
to
theil;
old
befiialicy
1
_the !Handers aBd their
Neighbours confpired together to
kill
the
Inca,
and all
nis
Army,
in
a treacherous
manner, when
the firfl:
occafion
fhould
occur.
To which end
they
confulted their Gods,
_privately
reftoring
their
Idols to
fome
f
ecrec and convenient places,
w
hicb
that
th
y
might reconcile
for
the
late affront
offered them for
their
Revolt
and
Defertion ,
they facrificed
to
the~
demanding
their Counfel
and Advice, whether
the Enter rife they
had
now
defigned
fhould be fuccefSfull
and
pro[perous, or not : To
this demand
the
Devil gave them this Anfwer, That they fhould
go
on
and
be
pr fpernus. With
which
thefe Salvages
became
fo proud
and
confident, that they
had immediately
proceeded
te
the Execution of
it,
had they not been
di!fuaded
by
their Magicians
and
Diviners,
who advifed them to have patience for a while, for that their
Gods were willing to defer the Execution untill a better and more fecure oppor–
tunity.
C
H
A P. V.
The ljlanders of
Puna
Ma/facre the People and Captains
of
Huaina Capac.
W
Hilft
Huayna
Capac
was ordering
and difpofing
Affairs
for the better
govern•
ment of
this
People, and reducing
diem to a
more political way of
li–
ving, in the
mean
rime the
Cu-l'actU
were meditating
the
manner
how to execute
their
Treachery;
an occafion for which feemed to offer
it
felf,
at
the
time
"hen
the
Inca
fending his Captains and Minifiers with Commiffion and Infiruetion , to
inform and
teach the
Nations of the Main- land
the
Laws, Do&ines,
Cuftorns
and
Religion of
the
Incas,
for
he
then withdrew
his Forces from the Hland,
the
Nati
es
readily
fupplying
Boats
and
Ferries
to
rranfport
them
into
thofe
pares
to
which
they
were
defigned; which being performed, the
lnca
alfo
returned
to
Tump~,
on
other important
occafions; for whereas
thefe Princes employed their
hole
time
to
bufinefs for
the better
government
of
their People, they
omitted
nothing
hich
might
tend to
their good,
and to the happine!S of their living,
and
therefore might moft
juily
be filled Lovers of the Poor , and Guardians
of
their
People.
So
foon
as
the
Inca
was
departed, his Captains and
Officers
prep red alfo
f
ohr
their
pafiage,
ordering Boats and Ferries
for
their
cranfportations,
the whic
\ ere
provided
by the
Narives>
in
fo finall a number, as
~
ere not fufficieot
~o
carry
above
half the Peo le at a time, the
which
they purpofely contrived,
tha~
•
0
be111g