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BooK

II.

Royal

Commentarier.

'

.

,C

H A P.

X~

The great Provinr:e

of

Chucuytu

fummders

on

terms and

conditions of

Peac~,

and after the

exa~iple

thereof many

other Provinces fuhmit:

l

T .

fl

E

Inca

was

receivec;l at

t'ou.()

with

all the demonfhations of

joy

and

~r·umph imaginable; where J;iavmg relided for

ch~

fpa'e

of

fome

year ,

whIC~

he employed towards

the

advancement of the

common good

and

bene~t

of

h~s

people. he

re~aflmned

his intentions of vifiting agai\1

the

Confine~ o

D om1-

{li9ns,

t

1at

fo

he might

(lfford

his

pe~ple

the

~on_tentt:i~nt

of fee!ng

Perfo~

and

re?):ifying the cormption and

negligence

of

his

Mm1(lqrs

by

h1

o

perfonal

~p~arance.

With

thiS

occafion he

raifed

an

Army

of ten

thoufan~ M~n,

and

wim

them marche4

tq

Batun

Col~a,

an9

the

~onfin~s

of.

Chucuytu,

w~

ich

lS.

~

fa–

mous~

Province,

and fo

aboupq1ng

with

people, that when the

Spaniards

d1v1ded

that

Countrey., they cfrefented

rbat

parc~1.

of ground to the

Emperorn:,

So foon

as the

Jpca

was

~n.tre

into

Chucuytu,

he fent

i\:feifengers

to the

Inhabitaors~

chat

leavinct their ancient

c:uO:oms,

they

r~ce1

v ihe Laws and

Commandments

of

chebSun and 01ould

w01;iliip

and

him for their God: And they,

in

due

com,phancd

hereunto,

anfwered, Th

y were ready and'

illing

with

all

affec–

tion

an.Q cordi9-lity to

.re~eive

his

Injunetions

>

for th t he being defcended from

the.Sun, they were

well

~tfured

of his gentlenefs and venues and therefore with

all

joy they received

hitri

·ror

the~

Sovereign,

under whofo 1adm

and proteltf..

9n

th~r

vromifed

to thetnfelve all happinefs and

fc

curity

.

The

Inca,

acconiing_

·t@

accufiomed

goodnefS,

received

chem

gratiou{ly, pre–

fenting

them

with

fllch

gift

as

were

10

efreem

among£l:

thofe

Indt"ans :

And

finding

the

fuccefs

of

thefe meffitges

to an!\ver his

expettations, he

a

encoura–

ged. to

fend

the

like

Sumrri\ons

to

all

the

Neighbouril}.g

ation , as far

as

that.

place ,

where the

Lake

Titicaca

ernpt~es

it

[elf;

all

l'\'

hich,

after the

e~a

ple

o

Hatu<J Colla

a'nd

Chucu)tu

fi

builtted

thet;nfelve ; th qiofr

p

incipal

of

thern

ere

Hi!lttvi, Chu/ti,

Pum.ata

a{ld

Cipittt;

all

hich

f

urrendred on

tbe

fame

term5~

and

with the fame formalities

that

the

o~hcers

did ;

fo

that there

is

no need to make

repetition

of

the

queftions

formerly

de1naaded;)

nor

the anfwers

thereunto

41

Having in

th\$

peac~4ble

manner

fubjett~d

theie

people,, he disbanded his

Ar–

my,

giving

them

leave

to

return

unto

their

refpettive

homes ;

onely

he

r~rr~ined

fo

rpaoy

Souldiers

as

ferved

for a guard

rp

his

Perfon,

an

as many as became the

dignity and honour of

his

State ;

tog

th~r

with fuch as

were

fit

ro tea

l

and in·

fi_rucl:

chem

~n

the

Relig~on

and

Laws the;:

were

to obferve ;

and that

he

rnigh –

y1eld

more

vigour

and encouragement to

this.

work,

he

as pleafed to attend and

affiO:

hereiq

with his own

prefence;

which

being

accout;ited a

partlculau

demon–

ftration of. his favour to thofe principal

Pr9vince

prov~d

afterwards of great

ufe

and benefit,

as

we {hall hereafter make

appear

in

the

fequel of thi

HiO:o~

v.. And

what did farther oblige the

Curacas.

and others co

the

Inca,

was his perfo-nal refi–

dence amongft them for the who e

Winter-feafon,

during

which

time his

employ–

ment was to

fettle

and

ellablifh himfelf in

the

affecii

n

and good

w~ll

of

hi$

peo_Ple ;

havjng

now

by

his

o~·n e~per~ence

learned,

that

the befi e)$:pedient

tQ

mv1te and

allure

{hangers

to

his

fub1ethon was

Love and

Beneficence

to

his

own

people=.

For

by thefe

means

the

Indians

did

every-\\

1

here

extoll

the

Excellencies of

~heir Pr~ce,

and proclaim

h~m

to

be

a true child

and

otf-fpring of

the

Sun.

And

n~w

wh1lft

the

Inca

refided m

Co!ldo,

and that the Spring

wa returned,

he

again

ra1fed an

fumy

c:f

ten thoufand

Me~,

over

which

be

conllituted

four

Colonels,

~~~

appomted

h1s

Brothe_r

ta

be

their

General, (

whofe name

is

not certainly

ruww ).

to all five of vvh1ch,

he

gave fpecial

order

not to ufe violence,

or break

'1

peace

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