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Commenta-riu.

BooK

che~ ~g and Leader.

Th~s feemed to ,he t~e rnoft agreeable counfél, and

bea

expedient no recover:tbéir L1berty ; ~or tbat

w~r~ a fqlly, ~nd :rafunefs, to en–

deavo.ur

it by fprce, crJto.fet llp the:LI.' iJ?ov,ver -agamíl: tbe Pudfamce of the

ff1

a :

·.Nay·, though'fuoh _a,defig~ íboul_d_~eem féaf1ble, "md p_ra4icab!e, ·Yet c.:onfideting

.. the gehtlenéfs of the

.bfc.i.,·

and w1th wbat k~nd(i}e_ís and human1ry he had returned

the A&

of Hofrilicies Wltlich they had offered hun, ic would feern a part of in–

gratitude and perfidioufoeís, which could noc enner.imo che Breafi- of a Gene–

taus Prmce to rife again in Arrns againíl: hir,n : But then to recover their

Li–

berty by

-a

'.peaceable

finmender

'nf.theii;,"Etl:acés and

P~ier,

was

onely inno–

cent al}d inoffenfive, bút allowable alfo unrler che ftri&eíl: ci11cumíl:ancés and ob–

ligacions.

by_

which they·w_ere bo1md t? ch~

Inca,

thah who!TI there couJd not b~

a more bemgn, and more 1pidulgent King m che whole Umverfe.

. Witb.

thefe Arguments and Retlons the brav€

Hlmto-huallu

prevailed on the

'minds of tbofe to whom

fuíl: .communicatecthis defign; and the-y whifpering

it one to,the other, it becarne the cornrnon difcourf~; and found fucha general

approbation and concurr_ence, that the

Chancas,.

who naturally loved their Lord

and8ov._~re~n, were eafi-ly-per-fu~ded to run tbe fortuhe of their Prirn;:e ;

that

in tíhort~e ílrey numbred

8000

fighting Men, which in a Body marched out

of thefr Goubtrey, befides Wornen and Children, under the Command and .Con–

ducl: of the Valiant

Hanco-hu-allu

; ·

the fame of whofe Courage, and the fiercene&

of the

ChanctU,

who y,,ere alway-s reputed far a fighting and warlike Nation, íl:ruck

fuch terrour in all places and/regi~ns through which they. rnarched, that none duríl:

oppofe; or interrupt tbem in the4" paífage : The fear likewife · of them caufed

tne InharutanKto fornifh them wich Provifions u~till they carne to the Provinces

¡arma

ánd

Pump.u,

which are about

Leagues diíl:ant from cheir own Coun–

trey. · And 'though"iu this March chey encountred certain inconfiderable Skir–

mifhes, and could ea{i]y--{}ave overcome che Nacives, and planted thernfelves

their poffefiions; yet chey feemed as yet to have too near a Neighbourhood with

the·Empire of the

Inca,

who[e ambit-ion might foon arrive chern, and bring them

under che fame fubjeétion from which they fled, and endeavoured to avoid :

fur

which reafon they marched foi;ward, removing themfelves as far as it was poíÍi.ble

from the reac.h of the

Inca•,

?-t

leaíl: to füch a dill:aoce, as during his life, it was

· not probable chat his Arms could extend. With this intention they travelled,

bending ·on the right hand towards che great Mounrains of

Antii,

irh defigo co

inhabit chere, and people thofe places whkh were moíl: commodiousfor Humane

life. Thofe of this Nation of.the

Chanw

reporr, chaechey removed

200

Leagues

p-om their

?WO

Land, bue-ar what place 'they enrre9, or what parts chey_ peoijled, it

1s not certam; opely char they entred by a great River, and .plan'ted their Colonies ·

by che banks of a great Lake,

here it is faid, chey encreafed in füch Riches) and

pér(ormed foch mighcy Aéts, chat cbey feem rather Romances, than Reports

fic ·

for a true Miílt)ty. And though we may believ~, or fanfie noching too great for

che Courage and Wifedorn of

BancQ- hualb,

;

yec bis Aétions not falling withii:1 the

fubjeét of our Hiíl:ory, we íhall puta period to a Relation of them in this place,

as impertinent and foreign to our prefent difcourfe.

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