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chey judged
to
be drc¡nk up by che Sun; they alfo fet meat for him to eat, and
when any novelcy oco.rrred, they [ent him t~e advices of it by ;Meífengers, and
when they were vill:orious, they returne9 h1m .Thanks for th~rr Succeffes.
In
purfuance of this ancienc cufiome che Pr-mce
Viracocha
fent adv1ce to the Sun of
chis his Vill:ory; and comrnanded cpe Prieíl:s? ~har'having !ecalle~ chofe others;
which
f;.
or fear were fled away,_ t~ey íhould ¡om together m offen!}_g new Sacri–
fices wich Prai[es and Thank[g1V1ngs,
to
che Sun. Anocher Meílénger he dií–
pacched to che Houfe of the Selell: Virgins, giving them co underfiand, chat by
means of cheir Prayers and Interceffions, che Sun had beíl:owed chac Favour and
Vill:ory upon him.
A
chird Meffenger, whom chey call
Chafqui,
he difpeeded
to his Father che
Inca,
giving him the parciculars of all che lace.Succeffes, defiring
him to continue
in
che farne íl:acion where he was, untill he íhould
in
perfon pre–
fenc himfelf befare him,
·
CH A P.
XX.
The Prince pzirfues his Conquefl, retunzs to
Cozco,
fees his
Father, and difpo/fe/fes him of his Empire.
H
Aving made che[e difpatches, he feleéted íix thoufand Souldiers to accompa-
.
ny him in che purfuic ofhis Enemies; che teíl: of
his
Anny he disbanded,
gi-
ving them licence to return unro cheir own homes; che Body which he referved
was cornmanded, befides other inferiour Officers,
by
cwo Major-Genera1s, who
were his Uncles; and with chis Force cwo days after che Bacrel; he marched in
the purfüit of hisEoemies, noc with incencion to creac chem ill, bue to cure rhem
of cheir fears, aífuring them of pardon for their-late Offence; fo rhat as man
y
as
they ovei:_took, in ca[e chey were wounded, he ordered rhem
to
be cured; and
fuch as were whole and found, he treared them with genclenefs and kind ufage;
fending likewi[e Me!Thngers to the refpeétive Provinces and People~to aífure them
of the pardon and favour of the
Inca,
and that he was coming in perfon
to
give
rhem farther tefümonies thereof. Having by the[e pre-advices comforced and
encouraged the people, he mai:ch<!d with greac expedirion, and being come
to
the Province of
Antahuqy!la,
which belongs
to
che
Chanca-s,
ali che Women and
Children aífembled together, and carne forth to meet him, and carrying green
branches in their hands, wenc crying,
O thou undoubted Child of the S1m, who art the
Lrn1er amJFavourer of the Poor, have compajfion upon u., and pardon
m.
The Prince received thefe people with grace and favour, .celling chem, that ic
was noc rhey, but rheir Farhers, and Husbands, who were guilry'ofche crime; and
that even them alfo he had pardoned
ÍO!i
their aétual Rebellion; and
to
aífure
chem hereof, and confirm them in this belief, he was come in perfon to pronounce
their pardon wich his own mouth. He ordered likewi[e that they íhould give
them fuch provifions as their neceílities required, treating them wifh all civility
and affeétion imaginable, and chat efpecial care fhould be taken of the Widows
and~Orphans of tho(e who were ílain
in
the Baccel of
Yahuar Pampa.
In
this manner he oyer-ran all che revolted Provinces, coníl:ituting
his
Gover–
nours wich fufficienr Guards over them , and made fuch expedition , thac in a
rnooths time (as the
Ihdians
report, who counc their Months by rheir Moons,) he
finifhed bis rnarch,and returned again to bisCicy of
Co~co.
The
India1:s,
as well chofe
who were loyal, as chofe who had rebelled, were wonderfully furprized with this
firange gentlenefs of the Prince, who[e Humour and Difpofition being fowre and
fevere, promi[ed nothing but Revenge and Deíl:ruétion ro the laíl: drop of bis Ene•
mies bloud; bue finding his Nature ocherwife changed,
they
concluded
that
the
command