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Booi{ IV.

Royal Commentaries.

of the Succeffion ; and chat

che Ji)lace of him, fome other of a m0re flexible

and gentle temper, worthy tbe tide of ,beil)g ,aJlied

nheSun, ,ílmuld be ordai–

ned.and procla,jmed tbe ,tr

ue H

eir in theplace acd íl:ead ef a 1:evemgefull, merci–

lefs,and tyra~iqil Prince,

nd of one of a

far

diiferenc- t~ljlper to chac fweec a<L-ld

,pleafanc

humour of bis f)..nceíl-ours, which had been che moíl: .furcible Arms to

·win

-and ·overcome ali

che b

lations they governed. Mor.eover, chat in.WifeGiom

they

011ghc c-0 prov,ide

aga.iR!

l: .~l !lebelLi0n.s, but

f:lOC

en che fcore or belief

ilue

va.in

words of .a wild fellow; who oughc to be pu0ifhed, ami have

his

Head.c11t

.off f

or d~.riog to break the limits a.lÍigned for his Baníllimen~ ·; :10d pr.ofaning

rbe

Sacred Name

.che

Sun

with

pteumce

falfe and emhui'

ia.fück.as

chis: And

therefore he charged them not to mencion chis rnatc~r farther, nor fo.muchas co

.ñame che Pri.nce, for chat he had a.hieady decermined ~n wliiat ·maooer

de.al

with

.him.

T-fie

J,,c41

upon this Command of che King were fileqt, and mgea the matee¡

no far.ther

·howfoever., tfuey ~ould n?t forbear to rnvolv~ che tbing in.their imín-:ls;

.portend1ng

fo~

fact and cilifmal d1(afrers : F9r che

Jndians

were -natarally addic–

~ed

to Signs and Prognofücatioas ; and efpecially if th(;! King, or the.Prince~

the Higlj

Pr_id.t,

who M1ere ·elll:eemed Geds and Oraoles, ha9 any Dr€am , they

wei:e

ti'ev~r

at eafe ur¡till',the Diviners, or Magicians, made ·1the Incerpretation

'Yhiqi they

eíl:een,:ied them[elves

,experc, that chey not onely ~nmmded

interpret the

Drmm,

bue alfo to declare wl)ac the

Inw

~hemíelves

'had-rdate<i

íhor¡r, or IAi.fiaken

ic.

CH A P.

XXIII.

ne 'R.ebe!lion

of the

Chancas,,

and

the:ir Ancient exploits

in War.

Hree

Months after this Úre.1m of the .Prince

Viracocha,

(

for

afrerwards

his.Fr_iends-name.d

him

fro.m

che Vi[ton he ~ad fe~n). a confuf~d and un–

certain rnmour came of an Infürreél:ion in che Provinces of

Chincafuyu,

and thaé

ali the peóple were in Arms, which is from

Atahualla,

about forty Leagues Norch-–

ward from

Couo,

thrQQgb all the Countrieli to the fartheíl: extent of che new Con–

quefls.- This,News-had as yec no cercain authou.r or ground, being bue whifpered

' as

ca[es

of like nature; and though it agreed with che Dream of rhe Prince

Piracocha,

and feemed an Accomplifhment of the words of bis Vifion, yet the

King gaye no heed or credic to it, believing it to be a

Canterbury

tale, or Stories .

che way, broached to revive the Dream of the Prince, which feemed almoft

forgot, and out of rnemory : Sorne

few day

s after che reporc became hotter chan

before, and common in every Man's mou.rh, chough íl:ill uncercair:i, and wichout

any

particulars ; for che Enemies had obllrnéted aH che ·ways and paífages in rhat

manner, that no intellig.enée lhould be-ccarried, and than che lmowledge of theit

Rebellion mighc be

firít

a1aca~ -knówn _l!>y appearance of their force before

Couo.

Howfoevet, ac leAgth <;:ePC!liA and particular :infori:natíon was-- brought, thac the

Nation~

caL!ed

Chanca,'Vramarca: Vi/lea, Vtufulla, Hal'}COhuallH,

and other

Neigh.

bouring Nations, were ali

Arms ; and having .killed aH che Gov.ernotll'S and

Officers. of the

Jnc~,

were now Marching ,with an Army of forty thoufand

M€n

againfr the City.

· .

Thefe Nations ( as we hav.e faid) being all reduced by the power of the King

{nea Roca,

rath~I!' out o.f fear., th!ln love, ·bad ever fo:ice füppreífed·cheir rancour

ana

malice to

the_Jncas,

with intemion 'to owf.l.. a:nd tefüfi~ the fame, when occafion

prefemed; which now feemed fairly co offer it [elfin tbe time

chis

Jnc-a, Yah,w·•

li;eac_ac,

whob€ing a Prince.not addiékd

t-0

War, but racher incimidatedJ:>y che

ªP"

preheníion

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