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here he-promifed t~ himfellfecurity oflife, and defence from che Loyalty
and-Valour of that people. Wich chis intentioa and defign ·he deparced from
Co-t-co:Wich a retinue of fuch
JiicM
as were able
ro
follow him, aqd carne to che
Straics of
M11yna,
about five Leagues Northward from·che Cicy, towards che Sea
of
Zm:,
and there poíl:ed himfelf on che top Mountain, from whence he could
furvey che Enernies Carnp, and defcry what they aél:ed in che way as chey.paffed.
The King having chus abandorred
Cozco,
the Cicy was expof~ to open v1olence,
none 9aring to propofe, much lefs aél:' in the -defence of it; every one endea- .
vouri11g to fhift for himfelf, and fave his
life
in the beíl: inanner he was able. Of
thefe Fugitives, fome repaired to che Prince
Piracucha
,.
informing him of che Re–
bellion_of
Chincaf,,:Ju,
and of the flight of his Father; and chac chere was
no
r_ofiibilicy in
fo
íhorc
time and warning to:withfiand or make head againíl: tbe
Enemy._·
1
·
,
The Prince deeply refeming chis fad news of che flight of bis Father, and che
nakednefs of the Cicy, cornrnanded chofe who brought him the advice, and chofe
few Shepherds tbac ·were with him, that they fhould immediacely repair to die
City, and orcler chofe that they fhoul9 find rhere, and as many as they fhould
meec.
in
che ways, that they fhould with fuch Arms as they had, and wirh as
much fpeed
as
they could po{fjbly, ,repair to che
Inca
their Lord and Maíl:er
s
gi–
ving them likewife to underíl:and, t~at it was his intention
fo
to doe , and cfoé .
this was his Order aria Special Command to chem. Havi:ng iífued ouc chis ad:
vice, the Prince
Viracocha
proceeded in Qgeíl: of his Facher, and without vifiting
- thé City, he took a fhort cut; and lofing no time, overtook him in che Scraits of
Muyna,
from whence he was not as yet departed , and being_ covered over wich
fweat and duíl: , holding a Lance in his hand, which he had cafually taken up on
the way, he prefented himfelf before che King, and with a grave and melancholy
countenance, he thus addreífed
bis
Speech
to
hím.
·
How
ü
it,
Inca,
that upon a report (whether true or [alfe, is 11ncertain)
oJ
fome
few
of
your Subjeéls rifen in Rebellion, you Jhould abandon your City and Court, and jly be–
fare an Enemy, not as yetjeen, nor appearing
?
How can you yield and refign th~Tem¡le of
the Sunyour-Father int.o the power of yowr Enemin, to be polluted by their prophane and un–
hallowed feet
;
giving them thereby liberty to return to their ancient Abominations; and
there offer again their detejfable Sacrifices of Men, Women and Children, with otl:er un–
·humane and Hnnátural qfJions, from whichyour Anceftours had reforméd them? What ac–
count jhaU we be able to render of the charge committed to
1#
for guard and defence of thoje
Pirgins dedicated to the Sun,
if
we abandon and leave them to the_brutality and lufts of our
Enemiei? And what benefit {hall we get
by
faving 011r lives, with
tm
lofs
oJ
our honour
ll(Jld admijfion of all the evils and mifchi-efs imaginable
?_
For my part, I {hall never affent
unto_it, but rather appear Jingb before the face of my Enemies, and lofe my life in oppojing
their entrance into
Cozco,
rather than live to fee the defolation of that City, and thofa a–
/;ominable praél:ices committed in that Sacred and Imperial Court, which the Sun ana his
Children·had founded: wherefore !et fuch
tl4
have courage follow me, and 1 jh11/ljhew them
how to exchange an infamom and loathfome Life for a noble and honourable Death.
Having faid thu1:; much with deep fenfe ancl heat of fpirit, he took his way
to- ·
wards che Cicy, without lofing
fo
much time as to eat or cirink. The
lncas
o[
the.
Bloud, who untill now had accompanied che King, and wich them his own
Bro-–
thers, Couúns ;md neareíl: Relations, ·to the number of above
400 0
Men, returned
and followed the Prince,·
fo
chat onely fome few old and impotent Men remained
with the King:
As
many as they met in che way they marched ,. and chofe alfo'
who were fcattered abroad in the Countrey, they called-and fummoned unto
them ; giving them to underíl:and, that che Prince
Viracotha
was returned
to
che·
. City with intention to defend chat and che Temple of his Facher che Sun, with
the laíl: drop· of his bloud. With chis news, which was foon fpread over all
places, the
Indians
were
fo
encouraged, ( che prefence of the Prince giving coun–
.tenance to che refolucion) that they all unanimouíly returned to che Cicy, inten°
ding chere to dye wich .great alacrity and chearfulnefs with cheir Prince, who evi.:
· denced
fo
much refolution and courage in their defence.'
.
,
.
In
chis manner, and wich chefe choughts, he entred che City, and from chence'
immediately taking che ·direét road towards.
Chincafuyu,
which was che Pafs by
which che Enemy marched; he commanded bis
An:µy,
without any delay, to fol•
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