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Bo9K ,IV.
that they muíl: rejeét their own Laws and
Cuao!ns,
and r~ceive new ones from
che
Inca·
who
in
recómpenfe thereof would unpofe Tributes and Taxes, and
ferve hit;fel of their labour ;md Cervices, as of Slaves and Va~ls; which beit1g
conditions noc to be endured by a People
fo
free as they, they reíolved
to
defend
themfelves, and dye in che Defence of their Gods, their Coumrey and 1heir
Li-
bercy.
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HA
P.
XVIII.
Ofthe Argument and Debate which the Old Men held on ,this
matter, and in what manner they received the
Inca.
N
Otwithílanding this hutf of che young Souldiers, the more ancienc and con•
fiderate amongíl: chem, were of opinion, thac they fhould not fo foon
break forth into a War, but firíl: of all confider, thacfor feveral years chey have
had a neighbourhood and converfe with the Subjeéts of che
Inca;
and that they
could never hear otherwife from rhem, but thac tbeir Laws were good, and the
Yoke oftheir Governmem gemle and eafie: chat he creared his People rather like
his Children, rhan his Subjeéts; that che Lands which they required, were nót
chofe which the
Indians
had in ch,eir poífeffion, but fuch as lay waíl:e, and untna–
nured by them; ·and that he required no other Tribute than che Fruit and Benefit
which thofe Lands, culcivaced at his own coíl: and charge, fhould produce, and
not exaét any thing at the labour and coíl: of the
Indians,
to whom he rather gave
than dirninifhed from cheir Eílates; and in proof and evidence hereof, wichout
ocher argument, they defaed chem to enquire, and confider feriouíly .vichouc
paffion, how much che Subjeéts of che
lnca-s
were improved in cheir Eíl:ates; and
how quier, civil and profperons chey were become, ·rince rheir fubmiffion
to
his
Government; how ali their Diícords, Anitnofities, and Civil Diffentions, which
in former rimes had miferably
corn
and diílraéted chem, were now ·appeafed; how
Eíl-ates were more fecure, and more proceél:ed from Thieves, cheir Wives, and
Daughters from Rapes and Adulceries; and in fine, how quiet and well eíl-ablifhed
was che publick Welfare, where none duríl: offer injury, nor none could receive
it
without redrefs.
That chey fhould farther confider, thac many neighbouring-Provinces, being
well facisfied and allured by che genclenefs and happinefs ofchis fervicude, did vo–
luncarily, and of their own accords, offer chernfelves, and beg the Protefüon of
the
Inca
and his Laws. And fmce thefe chings were thus apparenc, it were betcer
to fubmic readily and wichout conflraint, chan defending thernfelve~ for che pre–
fent frorn th:icwhich chey know chey muíl: in a fhort time yield unto, provoke
che
Inca
to that degree of Anger and Difp!eafure, as might divert him frorn chofe
good lntenti0nsand Favours which he defigned cowards chem; and thac therefore
it
were more íafe and fecure, boch for cheir Lives and Eíl-aces, their Wives and
Children, to make aV~rcue of Necefficy, and fubmit with a voluntary furrender:
and that as to their Gods, wbicb che
Inca
impofed upon them, reafon
it
felf in–
íl:ruétéd, and caµght them, chat che Sun more vifibly deferved
to
be adored and
woríhipped, than any of chofe dumb and infenfible Idols, which they had made
and formed wich their own hands. With chefe Argurnents , and ochers of che
Jike nacure, che ancienc and fage Perfons
fo
far prevailed, chactook off che mectle
and heat of che young Men,
fo
that they ali un~nimouíly went to receive che
Inca;
che young Men marched with Arms in cheir hands, and che old wich chei.r Pre–
fenrs of fuch Fruics as cheir Coumrey yielded, faying, That che Fruics of their
Land were in token of chac Livery a!Jd Seizin which chey were to give unto che
Ir.carhereof: che young men profeíied cha
e
their Anns were to ferve che
Inca
in
,
his