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Royal
Comm~ntaries.
BooK
I II.
I
C H ·. A
P.
XII.
The
Inca
fends to Conquer the
QQ_echuas,
who i::ith great
1
willingnefs fubnzit the11ifelv_es.
T
H E
Inca
having
for four
years attended onely to the :idminifiration of
his
Government, and the benefit of
his
Subjetts, thought
it
not fit to fpend
moie time in quietnefs
an~ ~afe,
left
his
Souldiers. livin_g
in .
l?eace
a~d
:eJ?ofe,
fhould grow refty and luxurious , and forgetfull of their Military D1fc1pline ;
wherefore he commanded, that the Souldiery !hould be
in
a readinefs, and
Pro–
vifions made
for War
againfi the following ye)r.
And now the time of entting into the Field being come, he appointed his
~rcr
ther
A11q11i
Tttu
for
is Captain-General and
four
other
Incas
of
his
nearefi rela–
tions, who were well praltifed in the affairs both of· War and
Peace,
to be
Ma–
jor-Generals, every one of which had
an
equal iliare of
5
ooo
Men committed to
bis charge, and all five ·of them
in
joint commiffion commanded the Army : The
defi
n
was
to
carry on that Conquefi which they
hnd
already begun
in
die Divi–
fion of
Contifuyu
;
and
for a good beginning and omen to their
future
proceedmgs,
the
Inca
was
pleafed
in
perfon to accompany them as
far a
to the Bridge of
Had.–
cachaca
;
where having
recommend~d
to them the example of his Ancefiours
as
the pattern for them to follow, he returned again to his
City
of
Co~co
.
The General, with his other Commanders, erttred
into
the Province called
Cotapampa,
where they were met by the Lord thereof, accompanied with one of
his
Kinfmen, ''ho likewife commanded another Countrey called
Cotanera,
and
both of them Nati ·es of
~echua.
The
Cac!!J.ues
hav"tg intelligence that the
Inca
bad fent an Army into their Countrey, aHernbled together, ·and unanimouily
refolved to receive him , as their
King
and Lord, >Nith all readine!S ;
tor
ha–
ving many days expeet:ed and defired his coming, they all upon news of his
ap·
proach went forth '' ith Songs and Dances
to
meet the
Inca, Auqui Titu,
making
great
demonfirarions of joy and contentment, one of them in behalf of all the refr,
expreffing himfelf in
~his
manner:
Inca Apu,
(which fignifies General).
thou art
welcome, bec.11ufa thou art here to give
UJ
a new Being, and a new Tr.tie of being ServantJ
and S11bjects to that great Prince, who tlerives hu Pedigree from the Sun: .And becau_(e that
thou art hu Brother, we honour and adore thee; giving thee to undel".ftand, that harljl thou
not
come
in
a fhort [pace to have reduced.
r-u
to thu Se/vice of the
Inca,
we we/e all rifolved
to go the next )'ettr unto
Cozco,
there to have owned 11nd ack._nowledged our [elves for Ser–
vants
of
your King
,
befaeching him to receive
m
under
hu
mighty defence and protection
;
for the fame of thofe great atchie:vements and miraculom actions performed
by
thu
Ojf-.(pring
of
the.Sun both in War and Peace, have ajfcCtetl
UJ
with (uch wonde'r ttrtrl
love
towards him,
thdt every day _{eems ayear, untill
~e
enjoy the honour and privilege
of
being
hu Subject.; :
And i"ndeed hereby we promife our fe/ve.; tho happinefa of being delivered from the Tyrannies
and Cruelties with which our Neighbours of
Chan
caand
Hancolmalla
have
for
manyyear.1
from the times of our AnceftQ!Jr.t and Forefathers mo.ft grievoufly vexed and oppre./fed
UI;
And
fa
if
thou wilt receive
UJ
under
thy
proteClion, our dejire.r will be fulfiiled, and oHr hap–
pinefl confummated, and
may
thy Father the Sun evermore defend and preferve thee.
Ha–
ving faid thefe things, they made their Obeifance to the
:Inca
and his Generals,
,,
deli
¢ring
a great quantity of Gold to be
[enc
as a prefent to the
Inc"a
their Sove–
reign.. This Province of
Cotapampa,
after the
\¥
ar of
Gonp tlo Picarro,
was the
portio
allotted to
DO'/l
Pedro Luys de Cabrera,
a Nati e of
Seville; ~
and die Pro–
vince
otancra,
and another called
H11awJt:cnpttllpa,
of which we 01all
have
occafion
hereafter
to
[peak, was the
po!feffion
of
my
Malter
Ga?Jilaj[o
de
la
T!
a,
and
was
the fecond Dividend
hich was made in
Per
and of the fir!l: we 1a
1
[peak
in
its due
la e.
In anf\v
t
hereunto the General
Aqui
Titu,
and his C aptains, re..
plied in the name of the
Inca~
that both their deGres and affe
tion~te
expreffions
towards them were
very
acceprable, and
fo
obligin
that they promifed
to
re-
coun