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Royal Commentaries.
C. H A P..
XIX.
Vf the 'Gratuities which the Prince
Inca Viracocha
bé¡ioweJ
on
·
his Souldiers after the Viélory.
T
H E
Jnci:u
finding their Enemies to faint, and retreat, cried
oút
the moré
violemly, invocating the Name of
Sutio Inca Viracocha ,
which'was the Vi–
fion tbat appeared to tbe Prini:e, and tberewith füenuouíly invaded the Enemy,
fubduing them. wich mere violence .and dim of Sword ; greac numbers and heap.s_
were ílain, and chrown one on che othe!; the remainder turned their backs, and _
fled, noc being able to rnake farther refül:ence. The Prince hav.ing purfüed the
Enemy a-while, caufed a retreat to be founc,ied, and-Command given to defü1:
from farther {Jaughter, tne Viél:ory being already evidem and complete; and then·
the Prince in Perfon ran through the Plain where the Battel wasfoughr, giving
order to bury the dead, and to cake care thai che wounded and difabled fhould be
cured: To che Prifoners he freely gave liberty é¡nd licence to return into their own
Coumries, proclaiming Merey and Pardon unto al!. The Battel comirtueél for the
f
pace of eight hours, being fought with fuch courage and refolution, chat che Bloud
did noc onely Dye che Fields,but the íl:reams of it overflowed tbe Banks ofaBrook
which ran chrough che Plains; for which caufe they gave the Name of
rahuar
Pampa
to thac place, which fignifies as rnuch as che Field of Blm1d. .
In
this Fighc
thére were thircy thoufand
Indiaris
ílain, eight tboufand of which were·of the fide
of thé
Incas,
thé reíl: virere ,fuch as _took part.Wich the Rebels, confül:ing of feve–
ral Nations of
Chanca
j
viz.
HanchoEuallu, Vrdmarca, Vi/lea
and
Vntunfo/la,
wich
others.
· ··
~
-
Hanchohuallu
havihg received a ílight v<·ound, was carefully ctlred
~
and being
ta–
ken Prifoner wüh two ochers of. his chi~f Officers, were referved for che greater
glory and oíl:emation on che day of Triumph, which was afcerwards with great
Solemnicy performed. But·fom,e few·days afcer, this Uattel, an Uncle ofche Princé
~rit
rnuch gravity reproved the bold infolence of chofe Prifoners, for daring
to
raife themfelves ,up againíl: che Family of che Sun; who, that they might appear
invincible, the very Stones and Trees, by virtue of the Sun were transformed in-
to Men, as was apparent in the laíl: Battel, and would again be made manifeft
fo
often, as Enemies and Rebels fhould dare to lift up their hands and armes againíl:
the Divine Race. Many other Stories and Fables he récoimted in favour of che
Incas
;
concluding as che füm of ~11, that they were obliged in ducy
to
render a
thoufand rhanks to che Sun for fending his Gratious Children inco che World,
comrnanding 1:hern to ufe compaffion and merey, and to receive the Rebellious
Indians
unto pardon; for which reafon the Prrnce did not onely confer lipon them ,
their Uves as·a gifc, but reíl:ore them alfo to their Eíl:ates and Dwellings; and
their
Curacas
to their Dominion and Government , thóugh the crimes they had
committed deíerved no lefs than Deach; conditionally, that for che foture chey
behave themfelves as good Subjeéts, leíl: hy a fecond offence chey provoke che
~
Sun
to avenge i:he firíl:, and caufe che Earch to open its bowels, and fwallow chem
alive. After chis Leét:ure che
Curacas
wich profound hutnility acknowledged thé
favour, promifing ali toyalty, Dmy and Obedience for che future.
After chis Viél:ory che
Inca Viracocha
immediately difpatched away three Ex.:
preíf~; One of them was [ent to che Temple of _che Sun,
to
infonn biln of thé
good news of chis Viél:ory, whiéh by his aid artd fuccour théy had obtained ; for
though they eíl:eemed che Sun for a'God, yec in al! refpeéts they treaced hitn as a
Man, andas one who had need of intelligence and information of matters which
fucceeded; befides which, chey fonti,d other gtofs conceptions of him; as
w
drink to him ; and that he might pledge-.them again on their Fefüval-days, they
filled a Golden Cup with Liquour, which tbey [et in a pare of che Temple .; -·
which was moíl: open to che Sun-beams; and ,whali was exhaled by that heac,
Y
1
they