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ha,v¡ng ~n .thi; ..

m.ªnner

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whqfe.-:~•fatne

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<;'.¡lH(lpt,

~,íligll~

bf€í11,1Íf

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9,b.(€\l~lCJ

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9011~1Hí9n

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.fuch, as wa~i'e no

iµlpre.ff

¡0u

!!.l

,he

nnnds of Mtm,

fo

,as

-v-1tlwuc

ch~

hdµ,

ofLec- .

ters.

t~

c01;ifen¡e if in_ rem~mbrapce :

I:I~

fe~med now ro la3/.\aGde

a.11 _th©

though~s .

of

War,

af\cd Co11queíls q(f!~~ P,r9vmm, ,¡nd to

makf

ch~

{;0,v.ernJl}fQ,~

filJi

h1s ··

Do1ninions, ,\nd tlie Co11f@p,ra.ricimof

r

pt;

con1qion.

P€!il~e

an~, qqietn~fs to .he h!S

onely employmenc : As to bis Son, he rhought ic no.r ¡.:mW€tf1Íent, _n0r f~qur~ to

remove him far from his fight, that

·fo

he might more eafily app]y chofe remedies

to

reclaim hiin, as beíl: fuited w.ith bis condibion

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nor did he judge it

fit

to

im–

prifon, and difinherit, and chufe fome other i11 bis pja._ce,. fQ!. chª~-f~~111~d

ª1'!

~xp~–

dienc too violeñt: anél wicñout Example, and was a new an2 onpraél:Heácafe to

depofe che true Heir, and degrade che Divinity of the

lnc,u

of its Right and

Honour

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befides, ic appeated doubtfull how far che people would afient

to

chis

impiety, and how

il1

they ,i0uld cake chis

lmfh

ufage of'cbe Prince and Heir

to

the Empire.

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In

this wavering and unquiec condicion, 'which deprived the

Inca

of all content· ,

inenc and iegofe, he paffed three years without any obíeryable occurrence

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ring which liime,. he twice Commiffionated four of his Kl.ilfrnen to vifü his Do–

minions. giving to every one t~eir refpec1ive charges, and.difpatcpes in,to diíl:ÍiÍél:

pares of bis Dominions, in or~er

to

perform fuch publick

W

orks as might con–

duce to the honour of che

lnca

1

and the cornmon benefit of his Subjeél:s

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fuch as

che making of Aqueduél:s, rajGng Magazines for laying up Provifi.ons, Royal

Ho~les, Fmintafps-.¡pd Bridges,. ~aufeys, ~nq,fucl1 o~4er Works of

pqbJ4

ufe.

But

for hj.s own ,part, ~1e never

h¡i~

the c~urage to depa~t from his

Cpprt

1

bqt one~

ly ~here to ¡itten~-

~o~

i:elebrat!e the Fefüv¡il_s

sl

the Sun, an~ fu~h ltke, an9 aµ–

miniíl:er Ju{qce t<;> ,?i~ Subjeél:s. At the

~IJd

of ~his long ti¡TI€, on~ gay abguc

Noon the Pri.Qce entred-into thei P,alace of,his Fc1cher, wifhqu~ qny CQ!DPªllion

or Attendance, like a Perf9q forlorn, ¡md in ~isfFwqur·of pis

lr¡fa

j

an,á

[~pt

bün

, word, that hél was tber~ cq·f~ak with hini, ·h,aymg aMeffege ofhigh impommi:e

to

qdiver: Tl1e

Inca

mad~·a ,quick Anfwer in pis fudcjell:Pa(licm, thac he íhould

w¡cbout Demur or Reply rec~ri again to the place qf bis C:onfíne-p1ent,

Ql}

penalty

of bein_g procee~es{

again.íl

: accorqing

to

that fevere punHlvriepc which che

Law

infli~s on

rl

1ofe who ·break che Roy_al Comn,~np. The Prince made anfwer,

that he was not come thicher iifconcempt of bis Com111::incls,

hµt

il'!. 9bed~ev.c,e

to

the·Meffage and Injunél:ion of another

Inca

as great ¡is hirp(~)f, wno fent him to

impart unto him matters of high and eoníiderable importanG€ ~,which i( !,e were

plea(ed to hear, he defüecl

co

be gdmitted aríd

t:J

have Audümce; if not, he had

complied with the Comman'ds

Óf

him rh~t

fent

hjrp, a11p fhoul_d return again

to

render an accouI)t .of bis foccefs.

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The

Inca

hearlng him mention another, as Great a Lord as himfelf, ordered

him

to

be adrI¡itted, for he wondered at che imperrinence of cJ1e Meífage, and che

boldnefs of any wbo fhould dare

to

ernploy his baniíhed and difgra.ced Son with

Advices of any nature whatfoever. The P1irKe being introduced, and íl:anding

hefore bis Father,. fa~d

Íll

rhis manner :

I arn come, S,ir, ·to ma~e" k.powrz un'toyou, that

.fitting 1hú day, abotlt Noon, under one

of

thofe Y,reat Rock;, which are in the Fiel4s of

Chita,

where,

by

your Order,

1 w,u

emp!,oyed to feed the Flock¿ of our Father the Sun

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J

k__now not

whether I wM ajleep, or well awakf, there appMred prfore me a Man in a ftrange Habit,

and of a Figure different from

us :

Beard was above

a

/pan

in

fength, his GarrpentJ

Ion¡; a11d loofa, m1ching down to his. Feet~ and about hiJ Neck,.

he

ca-t'rie¡}. a fort of living

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