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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
III.
rendred an account to the
lnc11.
of their fuccefs; and particularly, that having
made
enquiry into the fecret cuftoms of thofe Native , and
int
their Rices and
Cere...
monies,
as
alfo
hat Gods they worfhipped : They obfe
ed
and found, chat
their
chief
Deity
as
the
ifh
which they killed and eat; and
alf<,
chat there were
So.
domites amongft them; but howfoever, that this
ickedne s
wa
not general
or
common to alI the
allies, but
co
fome few ; nor
~as
it openly
rac
ifed, but
in .
fecrer, b
ing
that
"hi h
nature and the light of humane rea on did abhor.
They
rther
li
e
ife acquainted the
Inca,
that being arrived to the utmoft bounds
which
are tem1inared by the ea, th re remained on that fide
no
other Land
co fubdue
he
Inca
was
mu h pleafi
d with the RJation of thefe
onquefis, and much
mo~·
that
it
had coft no bloud;
wher~fore
he fent
to
Command his ouldiers, chat
h:
'ing
left and efiablifh d fuch
rders
a
'
re neceffary
for
the government and
e~
curity of thofe
ountries, they {hould return to
Couo;
but firfi, that they fuo
Id
make
firia
inquifition concerning thofe who were dl:eemed guilty of that unn •
tural
ftn
of od my, and not onely burn thofe a · e
in
a
pub
lick
place, who
V\
ere
evidently con ilted of that crime , but even
ofe
~ho
·ere but fo much
as
fufpetted thereof; that they fhould alfo burn and defiroy their Houf
es,
their
Trees
and Inherirancv lea ing them a fad fpeltacle to their neighbours and acquaintance.
And farther, the
Inca
commanded that they iliould proclaim and
pabJifh
this
h1s
di
againfl:
odomy
for
the future
ro
be, That whofoever !hould be found
guilty of chi aborninauon
that not onely he fhould be d ll:royed
in
particular,
but likev ife his
elations,
hi
eighbour , and all the Inhabitants of the parts
round fhould be unHhed '
ith
the fame defrrultion,
mine
and defolation.
All '
hich being erformed exactly ac ording
ro
the
leafure and direchon
of
the
Inca,
this ne\ La'
as'
itb great admiration and
all:on.i{hment of the
a–
tives ut
into
execution on the
ffendour ;
for
being
a crime
fo
fharnefull
and
detefiable
to
the
l nctt,
and his proper ubje&, the mention and name thereof
was
not \Vithout fome abhorrence taken into their mouths;
fo
that
if
any
Ind11m,
who
was a
ati e of
Couo,
fhould at any time in
affion r vile
his
neighbour with
that word and
0
probrious term, he
"as
refencly looked u on as one defiled,
and
for
many days allured, until!
his
mouth \\ re cleanfed from a \Yord
fo
filthy
and detefiable.
The
General and his Officers having in this manner executed
all
the Com–
mands of the
Inca,
they returned
to
Couo,
\: ·here ch y '' re receiv d in great
triumph, and re\ ard d "ith honour and favour agreeable to their merit. But
many years
had
not paffed after thefe Conquefi , before the
l nca, Capac
T11panq11i,
refolved to begin
a
new
xpedition
in
per{(
n for enlargement of
hiS
Dominion5
on the fide of
CollafH.Ju;(for as yet in his late March
he had not afTed che Di–
vifions of
Contifuy u.)
ochat
in
order hereunto, he c mmanded that
t\
enty thou
fand
fi
lea: men fhoul
be put in a
r
adinefs againfi the
follm
1
ing
year.
And
that in the mean
tim
nothing !h uld be omitt d, ' hich might contribute to the
due adminillration
o
hi Government, he
a
pointed
his
Brother
Agui Titu
to
re·
main De uty
in
his
place, and that the four Major-
enerals which
had
accompa–
nied
him
in the laft \
ar
!hould be his Counfell
.
Into their
la
he
chofe
four other Generals, and oth they and
all
the
Ca ains
and
Offi
er o the
AtmY
\ ' r not of
le~
degree or quality than that of an
Inca
;
for though the
orce
\~ hi
h came from divers Pro ince
ere condu ed by their o ·n
hief or
om–
mander, yer aftenvar s,
hen they cam
t
be united with the Imperial
Army,
an
I nca
was
gi
en to prefide o
er
th
m ,
fo
that the
hief beca1 e, a
it
were,
h·
Li urenant;
by
1
luch means the whole
Army
had
IncM
for
their
fficers,
and
yet
none e med
to
be
difi
laced or a quitted of
his
charge. By ' hich method
and
poli y in gov rnment, things
ere preferv d in their jufi: balance; for unlefs ic
·were
in
matters of
L1\
and
Jufrice, which admitted
f no difpenfati n, it
was
a
Maxim among{{ the
IncM
never to difoblige their
CuractU,
but in every thing
to
rend
r
their
Y ke
fo
eafie and gentle, that rhe
Indi11n1
might be fond of it;
and
chat the rove of the people might be the baGs and foundation of their Govern..
menr.
Mor
ver,
the
Inca
thought
fit
t
take
his
Son,
\V
o
·a
hi Heir,
to
ac..
·ompany him ;
for
though
he
w
re
young yet his
ears '
·ere aapable
of
educa..–
ion and praetice in the War.
CH A P.
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