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BooK
V.
Royal
Commentaries.
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C HA P.
XXV.
The
Inca
vifits
the re17.1ote p__arts of
his Empire,
dn,d
.A11i–
_bafadours come thither to
him, offering
the Subjeéiio11;
ami Va/falage
of
their People.
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T
HE
Inca "f/iracocha
having providéd all thin~s tówards ihe work
of
chis great
Aqueduét, which was neceffary_
for watenng rhe Herbage ofchofe Coun–
tries he paífed from che Provinée of
Chinchafuyu,
to
Cuntifuyu,
wich inten~ion to
viíir'
ail
the parts of his Empire. The 6ríl: Provioces which o~red in this Jour–
ney, belonged
to
fkechua,
two of which being of greater note, than o'thersj
were
Cotapampa,
and
Cotanera;
to
which the
/ne~
made extraordinary demoníl:ra–
tions of Honoui', out of refpeét to the Service they1iad don~ him, in his late
War ag:linft
che
Chanca,,.
Thenc.e he trave!led forwards through all che other
Provinces of
Ct-tntifuyu,
ás well the Mounrainous Countries, as the Plains and Vat
líes, and Lands-along the Seacoíl:, that
fo
no place ©r Region might complain of
disfavour, or wantof che
Inca's
prefence, which was the moft welcome and defi-
rable objeét to them in th~ whole Univerfe.
_
In
all the places where he carne , he made íl:riét inquiíition concerníng the be•
haviour of his Officers and Minifter~ nd in whac manner they difcharged their
Duty
and Truíl:; fuch :is were found gu1lty of any neg)eét, orinjufüce¡< he puni-,
fhed wich the ucmoíl: rigour and fevedty, -faying, thac chofe who had ¡nade ufe of
che Royal Authoricy
tó
pillage ór opprefs his Subjeéts, wer~ more criminaf than
chofe common Robbers, who in comempt of che lmrerial Ordinances and Laws,,
and by force of their owQ' prívate pow~r, inv~ded th~ Rights. and Properries of
che People. From
Cuntif
,fyu
he en~red mto the Provmces of
Cal/ll{uyu
,
pa!Ttng
,from one unto the other, as they offered in his way,
all
which he comforted with
che Rays of -his Favours, whic~ he imparred in cheir refpeétive degrees, as well
to the Commonalty; as
to
che
Curacd4;
and on the Sea-coaíl: he jour1:1yed as far as
to
Taracapa.
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During the fiay which che
Inca
t'nad,e in che Co-µntrey of che
CbancM,
l\m..
baffadours carne to him from the Kingdom of
Tucma,
_whic;h che
Spaniard;
call
Tucuman,
being diíl:ant about two hundred teagues Southwe/1 from che
Chdnc,u;
addreffing themfelves unto him after this ..manner.
" Moíl: mighty
'' Prince,
Capa Inca Viracocha,
The Report of yqur fámous Deeds, ~he Equi,ty
" and Jufüce of your Proceedings, che Excellency of your Laws, infütuted
for
'' the fole Benefit and Welfare of your Subjeéts, rhe Purity óf your Religion,
" Clemency and Merey, :md rhe wonderfull Miracles which yoür Farher the Sun
" hath performed in your favour, and for your a!Ttíl:ence, harh reached che utmofr
" Confines of 0ur Dóminions, and is 3/eC carried farther on the Wings of Farne
~
" the which Report hath made fuch imprefiion on che Hearts of all che
Curaca.
" of
Tucman,
chac they have fent us hirlier to implore the powerfull Proteétion of
" your fac;red Empire, and that
YOIJ
would vouchfafe to own rhern for your p~o·
" ple, .and thac as fuch you would appoint
Inc,u
of the Royal Bloud to preíide
'' over them, who may not onely adminifl:er Jufüce to thern,
bur
likewi(e in(lruét
" them in chofe Laws, and Ci11lóms, and Religion, which they are to obferve
~
" in hopes and expeétation of which, we-do here in the name and behalfof all
" our Kingdom, profirace our felves before yoú, as che Qndoubted Off-fpring and
" Hfue of che Sun, acknowledgipg you for our King, and Lord, and in cefümo–
" ny thereof, we do here offer our Perfons, with the Fruir of,our Lands, as Li–
" very and Seiftn, and in token and evidence chac we furrender our Perfons and
" Lands into your poífeffion. Having faid chus much, they laid open their Pre–
{ents of Garmems, maqe of Cotton, Pots ofexn:!lent Honey, as alfo Coro, and
.dirers forrs of Pulfe,; but as to Gold, or Silver, chey produced none, being not
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