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I.
May~a
Capac.,
th~
fourth
Inca,
gains
Tiahuana(;U,
and
whdJ
fort
of Buildings
were
found
there.
HE
Jrrca
Mayta
Capac,
having performed the Ceremonies due to
the 6bCequie5 of his
dead
Father, tefolved to vifit the remote
patts
of
his Dominions
5
and though
.~e
had
alre~dy
in
th~ tim~
of
his Father travelled thofe Countries,
yet
bemg
then
in
his
Minotity, and uhder the Tuition of his
Parents
and Counfel–
lours, he
had
not the opportunity to demonftrate the
Excellency
r>f
bis
Verroe~
nor
yet
to
be
obferved
by hiS
people,
as
he
was
now,
b'eing an
abfolute
Prince.
Wherefore.afrnt
the
example
of his Anteftouts he honoured
and
fatlsfied the
foveral
Provinces
of
hi~
Kingdom
with the lufl:re of
his
Prefenc~;,
giving
futh
tefiimohie5 of liberality, courage and
generous
difpofition
to
his
Cu–
rll.tM,arid
all
other
his SubjeCl:s,
that they remained
with
great admiration of his
Royal
V
ertues
and
Abilities
6f tnind.
. Having
accomplifhed
this
Vi(iration,
he
re-affumed
the
defign
of
enlarging
his
Dominions after
th~
example
of
his
Anceftours covering
his
ambition and cove–
toufuefs
under
tne
fpedous pretence
of reclaiming the Nations from their barba–
tity
and vain
fuperfiitions,
to
a
more
civilized
life, and to the true and religious
W6riliip
and adoration of
the
Sun:
Accbrdingly
he raifed an Army, and in the
Spring following he began his
match
with
tV\
elve
thoufand
Men under the Com–
mand of
four
Generals and their
Inferiout
Officets,
taking his
way as
far
as
that
place, where the
Lake
T iticaca
empties
it
felf; which
being
the Countrey of
Col–
l1to,
plain and even, and
the
people firnple, and
yet
docible,
it
was the more invi–
ting
and more
eafily
fubdued.
Being
come
to
thi
fiream
which runs from the Lake, he
made floats,
on
which
he Ferried his Army to the other fide ,
and
then fent his ufoal Summons to the
next Inhabitants ,
requiring them
to
fubrnit to his
Government
and Religion.
Thefe
Indians
having
heard
the report of thofe
Miracles
which
the
lncM
had per–
formed,
without
much
difficulty fubmitted
to
his Com!11ands ; and amongll: the
,
relt,
the people of
Tiahitanacu
were reduced
t6
obedience ; of whofe great and
incredible
Edifices,
it
is requifite,
that
v\·e
fhould
declare fomething
in
this
place.
A!l'ongll: the mighty Works
and
Buildings 6f that Countrey, there
is
a certain
Hill, or heap .of
~arth
thrown up
by
hand;
which
is
fo
high, that
it
is
a fubjeet
of
great admiranon; and lefi:
wi
h time
it
fhould
fettle, or fink lower,
it
is
founded on
great
Stones
cemented together : And
to what end this was done,
no