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BooK

III.

Royal

Commentaries.

nour to touch his Perfon, that for ever afrer they might be

ackno~v

!edged for his

Subjeets.

the

which privilege was ell:eemed

a moil: condefcendmg favour.,

be–

caufe

no~e

under the degree of the Royal Bloud, or any other,

witnou~ h~

own

licence, could be admitted

thereun~o

under

lefs

pena~ty

than

~hat

whrch

due

for

the offence of Sacrilege.

this manner the

Inca

giy1_ng te{hmony of

hIS

gra–

tious and gentle mind, cleared the

CuracM

from all fufpic1ons of fear, who hum–

bling themfelves to the Earth before him, promifed to be his faithfull Va!fals ;

for

that having demon{hated fuch an urlexemplary

aet

of Mercy towards thofe

that had deferved death;

did thereby give undeniable proofs of

his

defcent

from the

Sun.

And now to explain the Fable in the preceding Chapter,

faid,

that

the

Captains of the

Inca

obferving the boldnefs which the

Collaons

every day ufed

their obfiinate refifl:ence, gave orders

their Souldiers to treat them with

all

rigour, and fubdue them with Fire and Sword, for that. their b?ld attempts .aga_inft

the

Inca

ere no longer tolerable. The

Collaons

making

their ufual

Sallies

m a

fierce

and

en aged manner, cafr themfelves without defence <5r order on the Wea–

pons of' their Enemies, who receiving their attempt with more Marcial difcipline,

killed the greatefl: part of them, and

regard the Souldiers of the

Inca

had

untill

now rather dallied than fought

earnefi: with them, being defiro\lS to fave their

Lives, and reduce them without bloud; did at length ufe their bell: endeavours

to fubdue

them

by violence, which took fuch effett upon them, and with fuch

ruine and £laughter, that the

Collaons

believed the Report which the

lncM

made of

this battel,

That

their defl:ruetion was not·performed by their Arms, bat by the

P.Ower of the Sun, who, in puni!hment

for

their oblHnacy and rebellion, caufed

their own Weapons to be turned upon themfelves:;

to the belief of which the

credulous and fimple

Indians

being eafily perfuaded, were farther thereby

~dmo

nilhed by the

IncM,

and the

AmautM,

their Philofophers, bow dangerous it was to

fight againfi:

the

Sun, who

was

their

God,

and

difobey

the

IncM,

who were

his

Children.

CH AP.

IV. ·

How three Provinces were reduced, and others conquered,

what Colonies were planted, and the punijh;ient of thofe

who ufed Poifon.

THis

Fable, _with the

~reat

fame

a~d

applaufe which

~he

Piety and Clemency

ofthe

Km_g

had gamed,

was

divulged through all tne neighbouring Coun-

tries _of

!fatunpacaf]a,

where thefe things were aeted, and caufed

much love and

admiration amongll: thofe People, that they voluntarily fubmitted

the

Inca

Mayta

Capac,

whom they acki:iowledged to be

true

Child

of the Sun, and

there~

fore came to adore and ferve

him;.

among{l: which three Provinces efpecially were

horthy of note, namely,

Cauqu1cuYa,

..lJ!allam

and

Huarina,

(where afterwards

\at Battel

fought between

Gonfalo

Prp:t.rro

and

Diego Centeno

)

being all of

.ountnes large

extent, ridi in Oittle, and powerfull wlth the numbers

wRa~lik~ Peo~le.

Thefe bei,ng received into grace and favour, the

Inca

repaffed

e .1ver towards

Couo;

and from

Hatun Colla

feat an Army, under Command

of his four Generals, towards the Weftern pans, ordering them, that having

ha!rd the defolate

~ountrey

H atunpuna,

(the borders of which

Lloque Yupanqu;

ficde

fiocke~ wit~

Cattle,) they fhould proceed towards the People on the

o er

e, who mhab1t the Coaft of the Sea of

Z11r,

and fhould

try

all

fair

ffi~ffi