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BooK

Ill.

Royal

Commentaries.

condition; fuch as were of

firong a Conll:itution '· as to

~efifr

the Poifon and

live . were yet rendred loathfome by botches and b01lsJ

which

broke from their

Bodies and became overfpread with a white Leprofie, nor did it onely affeet:

their

B~dies

but

their Minds alfo, making them

fools, or

fiupid,

elfe

mad

and

raving. whlch were

all

pleafant

effetts

to the revengefull adverfaries, though no–

thing

~ould

more grievous and heavy to their Parents and Relations. The Cap–

tains being informed of this evil

which was

amongfr this People, gave advice

thereof unto the

]flea,

who thereupon immediately commanded, chat whofoever

{hoold be found guilty of that Crime, {hould be burnt alive, that no reliques or

memory iliould

remain

of them.

This Law of the

Inca

was

joyfully received

by the Natives, that they themfelves gave information again!l the Criminals, and

readily with their own hands executed the Sentence, burning not onely the Offen–

ders, but wharfoever moveables alfo were found in their Houfes, wruch they

demolilhed, and laid level with the ground: With chem alfo they burnt their

Flocks

and

Herds, rooted up the Trees which they had planted, and defiroyed

every thing that they poffeffed,

left

the evil and pefiilence of the Mafier iliould

adhere unto , or infett the Inheritance.

.The which punHhment, and feverity

its execution,

affrighred the Natives, that they never afier durfi more at–

tempt

this wickednefs, during the time of the

IncM

;

though

foon as

the

Spa–

niard1

came amongft them, they revived this evil again,

which

till

then

was out

of ufe, and forgotten.

The

Captains having in this manner fettled their Planta–

tions, and reformed this abufe by the rigorous punHhmenr of the Delinqu<!nts,

they returned to

Co~co,

to render

more farge account to the

Inca

of their Nego–

tiations, who gratioufly received them, and gratified their good Services with

due

Rewards.

H A

The

Inca

gains

three Provinces, and conquers after

hlou–

Batte!.

Fter

fome

years

May ta Caf ac

refolved to make another fally abroad

for the

. Conquefl:

of new

Provmces, for the Covetoufoefs and Ambition of the

Inca

lncreafed

wit~

his Dominions

and

Succefs. Wherefore having raifed

his

Army,

and fupplted

t~1em

with fufficient Provifions,

they marched towards

l'ucara

Vmafayu,

which

w~re

the _mofi _remote, or

lafi:,

People which his

prand-Fathe~

(or as fome

will

have it)

his

Father had reduced.

·From

Pucar11

bended his

~ourfe

Eafiward,

to that Province

which

they call

Llaricajfa,

hered the

N~tives

furrendred themfelves without refifi:ence

beins:!

much con–

tente

to. receive the

Inca

for their Lord and Mafier.

Th~n

he proceeded

t~~

Provmce called

Sancavan,

wbich fubrn ·tted with the like readinefs and

fa–

cil!ty ; for the Fame of the

Inca

being now fpread over

all

Countries

and the

gheat

Honours

~tchieved

the

Father and Grand-Father of this

Pri~ce

being

~ommon

d1fcourfe,

moved the Nations in all adjacent parts

that with

ili1anlmoufu corJent they ran to embrace thofe conditions of Vaiialage

which

l1ca

impofe upon them.

Thefe two Provinces are about

fifty

daguesb

~ngth,

and about twenty at one place , and

thirty

another in breadth

~~e::e

popu_lous, and

°:bou~ding

with Cattle. The

Inca

having giveC:

and

fol

m:ru1

chnl?

~he N~t1ves

the doCl:rine of his Idolatrous Religion ,

where

ate

e civil Affairs ,.

paffed

forwar~s

to the Province of

i:acaj{a

he encoumred

no op

ofiuon or contefr

m Batte! , but

every

tbmg

fell

down

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