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R.oyal
Commentarie1.
B©oK
Ill.
the
1nca,
profe!fed themfelves to be
bis
Slaves and VMlils, and
in
tefiimony there–
of offered unto
him
Gold, and Silver, and Lead, and w.hatfoevei: elfe was the pro..
duet
of their Countrey. The
Inca
receiving themlwith
his
accufiomed Goodnefs,
ordered that meat fuould
be
given them to fatisfie t!fueir prefent hunger.;
and
like~
wife provifions
for
their journey, that
fo
they might all return to
their refpe&ive
Habitations lefl: they fuoald faint by
the
way,
and want due refreihment and care
in
their Travel.
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CH AP.
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The Conquefl of thofe of
Aymara:
The
Cura~as ,
are
re.!
ceived to Pardon:
Mark__s are
Jet
up
for boundaries on
the Confines.
T.
Hefe People being fent home to their refpeetive dwellings,
the
Inca
procee–
ded to another part of the fame Province of
~Aymara,
called
H1taquirca,
which even to this day contains two thoufand Families5 frqm thence he.difpatch..
ed Meffengers to fummon the
Caciques,
or Lords
ofVmafuyu
to appear before
him
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for that being defcendea from the Sun, he claimed it.
as
his
Prerogative; to hear
and decide the differences between them and their Neighb©Urs of
AymAra,
about
the pa!l:urage, and places where they feed their Cattle : and that refiding now
in
Huaquirca
he expeeted their coming thither,
fo
that he might irnpofe Laws and
Rule of Reafo on them, whereby to meafure their aetions, that theymight not
like
rure
Beafis
de!l:roy one the other, fur caufes of
fo
frnall import or moment,.
as that of
paO:urage~
fince
it
was evident chat the Countrey was large, and the
grounds abounding with Gra!S, fufficienr to feed the Flocks both of one and the
other People. The
CuracM,
or Chiefs of
Vmafayu,
being affembled together to
confult of this common concernment, gave
this
general anfrver, That they had no
bufinefs with the
Inca,
fo
as to oblige them to repair to his place ofi Refidence,
but
if
he had any occaGons for th m, that he iliould feek them
within
their own
Territories, where they were ready to attend and receive him with Arms in their
hands ; whether the Sun were
his
Fathet,
or not, they did neither kne>w nor care,
and if he were, yet the Sun was no God of theirs, for they had natural Gods of
their own, whofe ProteCtion and goodnefs they had
fo
well proved, as not to
' change them for any other : That the
Inca
might bellow
his
Laws and Ordinances
on his own Subjects, for that they would accept of none \ hich refirained them
from a liberty of taking that, to which their Arms and Power gave hem a right
and title; and by the fame Arms they would defend themfelves and their Coun–
trey againll: any who fhould dare to dHl:urb them in their Peace and enjoyments.
This, they faid, was
all
the anf\ver that they would give, and that
in
cafe the
Inca
required
any
other, he fhould appear in the field, and decide the controverfie
like a valiant Souldier. The
Inc~
Capac
Yupang_ui,
entering jnto confultation with
his
principal Officers, upon this anfwei.-of thofe of
Vmafayu;
agreed and conclu–
ded, that the fuccefs of this War depended on difpatch, and dierefore that they
iliould without delay make an attempt upon them, the fuddennefs of which
i
ould
fo
difuatl: and confound·them, that the f_urprifal and fear, more than the
real hurt, would affright them into
fub~iffion;
for that it being a Law and
Ma–
xime of the firll:
Inca, Manco Capac.,
and from him derived
to
all his Royal Pofie–
rity
to
f
pare the bloud of the
IndianJ
and gain them by all arts and contrivances
of Gentlenefs and Invitation; and that War and Force were
to
be the
lall:
reme–
dies :
In
confideration of which
1
Capac
Yupanqui
thought fit to make ufe of this
Strategeme, commanding eight tnoufand feleet Men of his
Army
to
march
day
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