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IBooK

.fII.

R.oyal

Commentaries.

Tbei .Curaca

replied, That they would

fiincerely.ebey

his

M~jefiy,

an? that out

of a

r~fpett

rhey bore to his Service, they prornifed to be his true Fnends

and

faithful! Allies.

b .

Aftenvard thefe

Caciq11e1, Cari

afld

Chipana,

emg

pnvate togeti.ilei:, entte

into Difcourfe concerning the Laws of the

Inca,

the Goveti:rnent of

h~s

Hou

..and Court and die rare adminifiration of

Juftic~

through his

whble

~gdom

where

Injury or Offence paffed without pu.mfhmenr; but.

mo.re

parncularly

they ·obferved the gentle compulfion :ind

foft

v1olen~e

ufed

his

War, as

al–

the fweetnefs of his temper, and impartial Beh.av1our towards them both;

all

which being rare and admirable evidences of

his

Excell~ncies

and Vermes, they

-both refolved,

after

fome Ihort conference together, to yield thernfelves and Sub–

jelts to the Service and Devotion of the

Inca.

And hereunto they we

more eafi–

ly inclined, becaufe they

perce~ved

that. the

In.ca

bega1~

to approach near to them,

and

to have his Confines contiguous with t

heir F

rontiers, and therefore confide–

red

that

it was good to make a Vertue of

~eceffity,

and feem to

~o~

that. out

Choice and free Will rather than by bemg .compelled

what is irrefifiible,

loofe

all

the merit of

~oluntary

Submiffion. With this Refolution prefenting

themfelves before the

Inca,

they implored His Majefiy's Protetl:ion, vmving unto

him

all

Homage and Obedience,

d~firing

alfo that he. woul.d be plea[ed to fend

Infirutl:ors to

em, who might diretl: them and their Sub1etl:s

the Laws of

his Father the un, and inform them of all particulars

which may

be requifite

for

his fervice.

anfwer whereunto the

Inca

told them, That he accepted their good Intenti-

ons,

and would watch all occaGons to requite them ;

then he commanded that

fuch

e!l:s ihould be given

the

Cacique.r,

as he himfelf wore, and to their

Kindred and Attendance, Garments of

courfer Thread,

for

which they

made many acknowledgmems of Duty and Obligation.

this manner the

Inca

reduced chofe feveral People and Provinces to his E:npire,

which

within the DivHion of

Collafuyu

were fubjetl:ed to the Dominion of thofe

Clf–

'Dique.s.

Moreover he added to thefe new Conquefis the Countries of

Poco,

Ata,

M"ru,

Macoha,

Caracar!t,

and all thofe other Provinces which run as

far Eafl:–

ward

.as

t;he great Mountain

-0f

Antu,

together with

all

that wafte and defart

<Joanrrey wh1ch reaches to the borders of that Province which

called

Tapac-ri,

and now by the

Spaniards Tapacari,

containing in breadth thirty

I ..

eagues; and by

reafon

~he

eoldnefs

-0f

it is much unpeopled; howfoever it is fruitfull in pa–

fiures, /an<!l

·ab0unds with all fort of

Canel

and wild Beafls, and is

full

of Foun·

tains

and partitularly there

one Spring of

Water~

iifuing

from Mines of Sul–

phur,,

hot, that none can

fuffer

his hand in it for a moments fpace; and 'yet

what

fiill

more obfervable , there are other Springs, not

far

from thence, of

cold and pleafant Waters, both which meeting

afterwards

together, make that

River,

wnich

called

Cochapampa.

Hav~ng

tr-aver[ed this de

fart

Countrey,

which

abounds, (as

have

faid)

with

F.onnrams

~nd

Paftures, there appears

Mountain,

which

defcends for [even

Leagues, and leads to the plain of the Province

Tapacri,

where my Mafrer

Garci–

taf{o de

Pega,

had his firfr proportion allotted to him ia the Lands of

Peru:

Countrey very

fruitf

~ll

and populous, ll:ored with

all

forts

of Cartel,

for

the

fpace of

ency i:eagues

length, and abC?ut . twelve

breadth: About eight

Lea~es

farther, 1s diat moil: pleafant Provmce of

Cochapampa,

which

a Valley

tfo~ty

Leagues long, and four broad , all which is made

fruitfull

a plenti–

f~ll

River, that waters

t~e w~ole

Countrey: Thefe two pleafant Provinces, with

divers

others, werer the

mhent~n~e

Cari

a~d

Chpana,

(as

before related ) and

were no:v added to the Dom1mon and Empire of the

Incru,

extending fevemy

Leagues

m length.

thefe parts, becaufe

they

were pleafant and ferti!e, the

Spaniards

in the Year

S?)

•

fettled a

Colony, which

they

called

St.

Peter

Card;nna,

named by

the

chiefand £?.rfr

Pl~nter

thereof, who

was a

Gentleman, and

Native of

Burgo1,

cal·

led Captain

Lewis Ofario.

!~e

Matters of thefe

two

C'!ciqu_e1

.being

this manner ordered and difpofed,

•

t~e

Inca

commande9

o of his prmcipal Officers to make a furvey of their C oun-

tnes,

an~

take

~ith

them

fuch

Perfons as were proper and able

govern thofe

new Sub1e&,

and

mfi:ruet

and teach

them

the Laws

they were now

to oh-

ferv~,