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BooK
Ill.
Royal
Commentaries.
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, CH
A P.
XVII.
Of the Conquefl of five large Provinces, hejides
others
of
lefs confideration.
-
T. ·
H E
Jnca
having
fecured: the
Coan
trey
of
Cha.;:tr~t11 '~
ith
a
fuffident. forc_e
and fupplied
it
with @'fficers requifite for admm1firation b_orh of thei:
~eh,gious and civil Government.
He
proceeded forward to ot_her
adJacen~
Provmces,
amongfr which
Charctt
was
of
g_reat Renown, comprehendmg many different
Na–
tions and Languages under its
Domin~on;
all
~hich
were
in
the
J?~vifion
of.
Col–
lafuyu:
The diief or principal Countnes of
whic~
were_
T11tura,
Siplfpo,
C~aq11i;
to
the Eaftward of which and towards the Mountam
Antu,
are
other Provmces
cal–
led
Chamuru
where
gr~ws
great plenty· of the
Herbwhich they
call
C11ca,
though
it
be not
fo'
go9d as that which grows about
Coz.co.T~ere
is alfo anqther Pro–
vince named
Sacaca,
with dhers more, which for brevity fake we omit;
to
all
which the
Inca
fent his Summons
in
his accuftomary form and manner.
Thefe feveral Nations, who had already been informed of
all
the particulars
· which had pailed in
Chayanta,
returned their anfwers. much after the fame man–
ner; the fubfiance of all which was, That it was their great honour to have the
knowledge of
fo
holy
a
R~ligion,
as thar which enjoined them to adore the Sun,
and to ferve the
Inta,
wh.o
was
defcended from him; and that they had the pri–
vilege
co
be offered fuch good and wholfome
Laws for
their Government: And
therefore defiring his Majefiy
co
receive them under
his
potent Proteetion, they
refigned up their lives and fortunes to his difpofal; and in regard, that having
re–
ceived
new
Laws and fuperfiitious Rites, differing from thofe of their adjacent
Neighbours, they fiood
in
great danger of having their Apofiacy revenged by
them; they therefbre defired, that thofe people alfo might be reduced, and obli–
ged to embrace the fame Laws, Religion and W orihip with them.
The
Inca
returned them anfwer, That they iliould not need to trouble them·
felves for thofe matters, but that they 01ould rather with entire confidence remit
all
their care unto him, who knew the times and ways beft for their protettion,
being aifured that their fubjeetion to him was their befi fecoritY, and that none
had ever fuffered for receiving
his
Laws and Vaffalage, but rather lived with joy
and comfort under thofe infallible
Oracles
which the Sun had gratioufly difpenfed
to
them.
With
thefe aifurances this people, without other Qieries. or Demurs,
yielded themfelves ; on which particulars
we
!hall not farther enlarge, in regard
nothing of moment offers on that fubjett.
In
this Conquefi the
Inca
[pent two'.).
and
Come
fay three years ; and having left Guards fufficient in the Coumrey co
rurb and prevent all Incurfions of the Neighbourhood, he returned to
Co~co,
vifi–
ting
in his way
all
thofe Nations which had formerly fubmitted themfelves; he
co~man~ed
the Prince
his
Son to take another way, that
fo
he might pleafe his
Sub1etts
m
other parts, who efieemed themfelves highly honoured with the pre–
fence of their Kings and Princes.
f'he Entry which.the
Inca
mad~
to his Court was very Magnificent and Royal,
bemg. attended by
his
own Captams, and with the
CuracM
of the late fubjeeted
Provinces, who out of
~onou~
to the
Inca,
and curiofity to fee the Imperial Court,,
made u_p Come part of hlS Eqmpage ; and·the people with Demonfirations of Joy
and Triumph were not wanting to welcome the return of their
Inca.
Some
few
days
after the
Prince
Rocca
l~kewi[e
came, whofe Arrival
the
people
alfo
celebra–
ted with Dances and Songs
m
praife of his Noble and Vietorious AClions. Then
re
Inca
~ying
gratified his Commanders for their pains and faithfulnefs
in
the
a~
Exped1uon ,
he
gave the!Il leave to return to their own Houfes, there
co
en1oy repofe and refr after their long and tedious journies ; and refiding now at his
ow~
Court,
he
attended to the government and adminifiration of thofe matters
which
refpeCl:ed
the happineiS
and advantage of
his
Subjetts;
for
his
Terrirories
M
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w~~