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BpoK

II.

Royal

Commentariet.

·

his Royal Tents; but their force

waS

repelled with force, apd were always

r~pul

...

fed with

lofs and difadvantage. The

Inca

confidermg

well

the fhame

and

d1fho–

aour it \\ ould be to him to be foiled by this People; for that others by their

Example might take 'courage to rebell

and

refi!l: him;

he

difpatched immediate

Ord

ers for new r

ecruits to be fent him ; but thefe he defigned rather for rerrour

and

ofl:ent.uion,

than neceffity, and in the mean time he firaimed the Enemy

fo,

chat there

bein

g

a great [carcicy of all Provifions amongft them, they were com–

pelled at length

to

make their

way

by force

df

Arms; the Batcel

was

very hot

and bloudy, many being

killed

and wounded

on

both

fides~

till at length che

Aya–

viri

being"'' orfl:ed, never

durft

ibew their Faces any more in Batte}. The

Inca,,·

not being willing to take this advantage

to

delltoy them utterly endeavoured

ra·

ther by Famine to reduce them to his Obedience. During which Siege he re–

cruits which the

Inca

had fent

for,

arrived

in

his Camp, the Report of

which

fo

difmayed

the

Enemy , that they immediately furrendred

ahd

fu

bmitted

to

the

Mercy of the

Inca;

who firfi having feverely reproved them with bitter cermes,

for having refifl:ed the Offipring of the Sun, he pardoned their Contumacy and

Rebellion; and

~eaving

Officers and Infl:rucrours

to

teach them

in

the ways of Re–

ligion and humane Living, and to require from them that rithes which they

had

forfeited to the Sun and the

Inca,

he proceeded againfi that' People which they

call

Pucara.

,

In this Countrey he built a Forcrefs, for better defence of his Frontiers

and confervation of his Conquell:s; and the rather., becaufe the fimation of the

place being by nature {l:rong, was by Art and Indufl:ry rendred impregnable,

and

ferved to reduce the People of

Pucara,

which

were by no other means

to

be fub–

dued, but

by

a

War; which having done, and furnifhed

his

Fortrefs with

a

firong Garrifon, he returned with great Joy and Triumph unto

Couo,

IX.

The Conquefl of

Hatun Colla,

and the Fables which thofa

of

Colla

report concerning their.

Original

M

A

ny Ye

ars

~ad

not paffed before

Lioque Yupanqut

returned

again

to

the &on–

th

~

tie.rs

of his

Co~quell:~,

tpat

~e

might

~nake

a farther progrefs

in

reducing

e

lndutns _,

an?

enla!g1~g

his Dominions.

. The

R~porc

whidi the

InctU

had

R1'ead.from their begmmng, of being

fent

from the Sun

to

irtflruet:

and reduce

ankind from

a

b.efti~l

way

of

living to Rules of Morality and Political Society

had made preparation

m

all places

for

reception

of

their DoCl:rine

and

becam~

n:ofi:

plaufible

an~ ·~revalent

in the minds of thofe People,

whd

kne~

not l:iow

to

d1!Coyer that ambmpn of the

IncM,

which they had concealed under the fpecious

pnn~1ple

of the

Suns

Commands: with this pretence the

Inca

Cent to raife eight

or

nme thoufand

~en

well

armed, and having fet Officers over them, and cholen

Counfel)ours for h1mfelf, he pa«ed the Countrey of

Colla}uyu,

and at length arri–

ved at

h~

r.

Fortrefs called

J!ucara,

w.her~ afiern·ar&~

that great overthrow

was

given

th

FranctJco

Hernande~

Giron;

which

IS

fince called the Bartel of

Pucara:

from

~i~~ce

he fent

Ambaffadour~

t?

Pau_car

co/la,.

and

Hatun co/la,

(which

are Coun–

Sub

~~a

largdQtbendt?

conta1m~g

divers Nations) requiring them

w

yield ready

f

hu

ion

.a?

e

tence to

hun ;

and that being admonifhed by the exam

le

0

t.

e

Ay~vsri,

they

!?ould fear to oppofe the Progeny

of

the Sun, lefi the J!ke

J}\~IT}err

0 /

Famme and

Slaug~ter ibo~l~

be the rewards of their Rebellion

0

moil:

p~f~cfp~l ~Ila

gave e':f toh

tliis.

admomt10n,

and

affembling their

Chiefs

or

ll

en amongu

t

em

m

Hatun

Colla,

which

is

Colla

the great· they

·

genera

Y

concluded> that

all

thofe

Plagues

and

MiCchiefs

which had

b~fallen

the

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