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Commentaries.
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V.
'' and,help of fuch as were in their journey. Moreover th~y had forne far_cher charge
" and duty laid upon chern, for_ che comrnon good and bene~t, and wh1ch had re–
" lation
to
che fervice of tbe Kmg, and of che
CuracM,
bue mregard there were ac
" chat time great nurnbers of
Indi,mJ,
_which we~e ?bliged to cake their turns ~n that
" Office che which was obferved w1thouc partiahcy or favour to any, che time of
" che tr~uble was
fo
íhort, cha~ no 2_erfon could be fenftble of che inconvenience.
'' It was alfo farcher provided by chis Law, chat care íhould be taken for the arnend–
" mene of che High-ways, and that the Overfeers íhould repair the Bridges, and
" clear che Aqueduéts ami Chanels by which the Lands were watered ,.
ali
which
'' being for the common good and advancage, was to be performed wuhout any
'' charge or expence whatfoever.
' Thefe were che principal Laws which had any relation
to
che Tribute; there
were ocher Orders of Iefs conftderation, which for brevity fake we omit; chus far
being che words of
BlaJ Va/era.
And now I íhould gladly demand of a certain
Hiíl:orian this one queíl:ion; Wherein did che f~verio/ of thofe Laws? relating to
Tribute confül:? which he charges on the
IncM;
and mdeed I would rne morewil–
lingly be refolved herein, becaufe I find th~t che Kings •of
Spain,
of glorious me–
imory, did afterwards confirm che fame, which they would never have done~had
they been blameable, and fevere
to
thac high degree which he pretends; and
in
chis
opinion
Bl:u Viiler,a
concurs wich me. And dius lec us now recurn to the Prince
Viracocha,
whom we !efe embroiled in a thoufand diffiq1lties to defend his own
Reputation, and che Honour of his Ancefrours.
CH A P.
XVII.
The
Inca Viracocha
receives
intelligence
of th~ a¡,proach
of
the
Enerny,
ami
of
the Recmits and
Succours coming
to him.
'T
HE noble Aétions of the
Inca Viracocha ,
do now call upon us to omit oth~r
Relations, and recurn to the Hiíl:ory of his Wars ·and Bravery. We Jefe
him towards che end ofhis Father's Reign at
M uyna,
fr0m whence (as we faid) he
recurned
to
~o.u-o,
rall~ing, and gathering in ~is way the People inco a body, who
were wandrmg, and d1fperfed through che F1elds and Councrey ; and chacwhen
he departed 'from che Cicy, he intended
to
march towards the Enemy wich refo–
lution to dye with Honouri rather than live with lnfamy, and bafely
to
behold
his City made captive by the violence of Rebels , and che Temple of the Sun;
ahd the Convent of che pure Virgins, and all that was eíl:eemed facred by chem
prophaned and unhallowed by the infolence of pol!uted Hands. ·Now we muft
know , chat about half a League Northward from che City, there is a certain
plain, where che Prince
Viracocha
appointed his general rendezvous ;. chat che Peo–
ple both from
Couo,
an~ ocher pares might there meet, and join in a Body, which ·
bdng in a íhort time aífembled, formed an Army of about eight choufand Men,
who were all
Incas,
and refolved
to
dye before che face of cheir Prince and in
defence of theil:C?unt_rey. During chis íl:ay news.carne to che Camp, 'chat rh~,
Enemy. was wtthi~ nme or ren_ ~agues of che C1ty, having already paífed the,
great River of
Apunmac;
1?ut thlS
ill
news was che next day followed by a more.
cornfonable Meífage, which was , chat from the pares of
Contifuyu
an Army of
twency choufand Men were marching for relief of the Prince , being compofed
of che Nª-tions of
~ ech11a, Cotapal'lllpa, Cotanera, Ymara,
and ocher parts borde–
ring on the revo!t~a Prnvinces, and that they were come near, and n;t many
Leagu~s diíl:ant.
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