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Royal
Commentaries.
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IL
~ace
with the people, unlefs
in
cafe of abfolute neceffity; defir.ing rather,
accor~
oing to former
examples,
to reduce them by gentle and moderate terms,
than
by
war and feverity, {hewing themfelves rather compaffionate
Parents,
than
Martial
Captains. Accordingly
this
General and Officers proaeeded
in
th~ir
defign Weft.;
ward, as
far
as
that Province which is called
Hurin
P11ca.ffa,
and
with
profperous
fuccefs
reduced
all
tno[e they met
for
the [pace of
20
Leagues,
as far
as
to
the
foot of the Mountain
Cordillera,
and the fnowy defarr.
In
reducing thefe
JIU!ianr
fhete
was little
or no difficulty, becaufe they were a people which
lived
at
1arge:
without Political Society or Government, the weaKer giving way to the pride
and power of him that was fuongefi
~
and being by nature fimple and credulous,
fo
foon as
the fame was fpread of the Miracles which
w~re
performed by
thiS
Child of the Sun, they all flocked in
to
be
i~ceived
for
Vaaais to this great and
wonderfull Monarch : Howfoever, three years were fpent
in
the reducing of t11efe
people, for they were of fo dull and !l:upid a genius, that, like bea!l:s,
they
were
not capable to com_prehend or learn thofe eafie rudiments and principles which
were infi:illed into them. Having completed this conquefi, Officers were placed
for
their better government, witli Infuuct:ors to teach them, and fuch Comman–
ders and Souldiers
as
might
(erve
to
proteet
and
defend them ; and
fo
the Gene–
ral and four Captains returned to render an account
to
the
Inca
of
their A&
and
Negotiations, who all that time was
~mployed
in vifitlng feveral Countries of
his Dominions, where he encouraged their
induftry~
improved theqi
in
their
Arts,
and in cultivating Lands ; raifwg publick Edifices, and making
Aquedu&~
Bridges and High-ways for the better communication of one Nation
with
ancr
ther. After which he returned witl).
his
Captains, whom he grarioufly received
Unto
his
Imperial Court, with intention
ta
fix
a
term and limit to
his
proceedings,
for having enlarged his Dominions
40
Lea~es
to the Northward,
and
more
than
20
towards the Eafi, he judged
dris
addition
a
fufficient encreafe
for
his
Reign,
.
-
His
reception
into
Co~o
was
with wondetfall joy,
for
his
liheraliry
and
gentle
nature was generally obliging ; the temafoder of his life
he
paffed in quietnefS and
repofe; performing attions of
J
ufHce and Beneficence towards
his
Sabje& ;
du–
ring which time, he fent
Mayta Capac
his
eldeft
Son
and Heir twice
t<Y
vifit
his
Domiq.ions,
accompanied with Wife and Aged men,
that
fo he might know and
be
known
to
his
people, and might have fome trial and praetice in affairs before
he came to handle the Government. And now the
Inca
finding himfelf weak,.
and
near
his end he called his eldeft Son, with
his
other Brethren, and
in
man–
ner of his lafr
Will
and Tefiament, he earneftly recommended to rhern
the ob–
ferYation of rhofe
Laws
and Ordinances
which
their Ancefiours
had
pr~fcribed
;
that
they fi10old take care of their Subje&, and in every thing behave
thernfelves
lik~
thofe that are worthy of
fo
pt.ire and bright a Family, as that of th€
Sun:·
And lafilyl he encharged the
InctU,
who were
Captains,
and the
CuracM,
who
were Lords of the people, that they iliould be mindfull of the Poor, and
obedi–
ent to
their Prince; and efpecially that they fuould live
in
peace and anicy,
for
that now he was to leave them, being called by his Father rhe Sun to afcend
un–
to him, that he might reft and defill: from
his
former labours and travels. Having
ended rhefe faying,
Lloque
'Yupanqui
leaviQg many Sons and Daughters ofliis Con–
cubines, though out
one
who
was
his
true Heir and Succeffour, and two Daugh–
ters by
Mama Cova
his
lawfull
Wife, died.
The
Death of
this
Inca
was greatly
la–
mented through his whole Dominions, for his gentle temper had gained him the
affettion of all, and
his
V ertues procured him the ell:eem of a God, and rank
with the other Children of the Sun, whom they Adored for Deities. And now
for diverfion of the Reader, we iliall defifr a while from profecuting the Wars
and Conquefis, which were almoft all atchieved afier the like manner with the
former, and fhall relate fomething of
the
Cufioms they praltifed and the Scien–
ces they a rained,
CH AP.