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Royal Commentarier.
ing all che ways with Flowers; exprelfmg che joyfulneís oftheir hearts, after the cu.;
fiome oftheir Coumrey., and_ as was ufual at cheir greateíl: Feíl:ivals. In theíe vifits
the
Inca
fpent three years, not omitting at the due feafons-to celebr¡ue cheFeafis of
th_e Sun, ~hich chey calle~
Raymi,
anq
Citua :
_And tho~gh the~ could_not be per-., ·
formed w1th fuch Solemmty as at
Co:u:o,
yet
m
compli¡nce w1th their Religion .
they expr.eífed their Devotion with fuch Rices and Cernmonies,.as che circumíl:an~
ces-of time and place would- admit.
.
And now having accompliíheq
his
Prógrefs,.he returned to .th~'Oty, where
his Preíence was great!y defired, as the Proteél:our and Defender of ir, ot rather
as he who had laid a new fóundation of an abandoned and ruiid place : And
therefore the Court and City affociated rogether wich. new Sonn .ts and Panegy-
. ricks, compoíed in his praife,
tO'
meec and c0nduét their Adored
·
g
to
h.isplace.
of Refidence.
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CH A P. XXVL
The Valiant
Hanco•huallu
flies out of the E~pire of the
Incas.
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Hus, in-die manner whicb we have dedared, chis
Í~c~
travelied twice tbrougb
ali Qg¡ircers of his Dominions ; and when that in his fecond Progreís he
paffed through the Province
of
the
Chich,M-;
which .is the moíl: remate part of
Peru
to the Southward, News was brought hirri of the flight of the hrave
Hanco–
huallu_;
at which he
was
greatly copcerned, wondring at die reafon; or caufe, for ·
fuch a refoltttion.
This Man> it feems, was King of the.
qancas
;
and though for
nine
or ten
YearsJ1e had proved the gentle Government of che
lnc,u,
who
in
revenge, or pu–
niíhment, of his late offence, had not diminiíhed·the leaíl: poim of his Powet or
Jurifdiétion; bue rather, on the contrary, treat~d him wich due honour and r~–
fpeél:; yec
"in
regard that he and his Forefathers had reigned as abfolute Lords
and Princes over many Nacions, whom they had fubdued by ~ir 1\rms :md
Power ; his generous fpirit could not yield to afly Subordinatiot;i, or hold his
Coumrey in feud to a Superioar : He alfo ~nvied the
J2!!echuas
for the E(l:eem
they had gained in the favour of the
Inca,
by tbe Services, which
in
the late·War
tbey had performed ; and by whoíe means and affiíl:en~ the Viétory was wreíl:ed
· froll) himíelf: No~ could he_ ertdure t? behol~ that 'pe?pl~ whic~ "YªsInferio':lr, a~d
once_truckled to h1m, to íl:and now
m
eql!!thty, and
m
compet1tion w1ch h1m for
Honour and Power : the which unpkafing imaginations fo poffeffed
his
diíquiec
mind, that contrary to the feníe and opinion of che I¡.ords and Nobles of his
Countrey, he refolved to purchafe his own Liberci and a:bfoluce Power, though
with che lofs and-refigmtion gf the Eíl:ate he poueffed
in
his own Dominions,
In
order hereunto he imparted
his
Refolutions to cer~in
lndians,
who were
his
Friends, and fa,ichfull to his lntereíl: ; giving them to underíl:and, that he could
not fupport a Subjeétidn- to the
Will
and Dominion of another; and therefore
was refolved
to
Abandon his Native Patrimoriy and lnheritance, to recover-an
Abfolare Sovereignty
ill
remoce patts, or dye in proíecution of it. This defign
of
Hanco-huall~
bein~ rumoured abroad amongíl:
bis
people, it was agreed, tliat
fuch Men as inclined to his pany, -fhould, with cheir Wives and Children, d~part ·
privately in fmall Companies, leíl: Nwnbers of People and Troops íhould" make
a noife, .µ1d give jealouíie
to
the
Inca
;
and chat at length they íhould affemble and
me~t at a general Rendezvous in fome place beyond the Dominions of ~e
Inca,
where he himfelf would follow afier them
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and appear in theHead of chem as
A
a
their
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