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Royal ·Commentaries.
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VI.
CH A P.
XII.
Of their Edifices, and Laws, and new Conque/is ohtainel,
hy,
the
Inca Pachacutec·.
T
HE Holy-days or Feíl:ivals being over, the Officers of the Army,
Cnracii
and common Souldiers, were rewarded atcording to their refpeél:ive de–
grees and qualities, ahd meric
of
their valout ; for the Aél:ions of particular Per–
fons were taken nocice of,· and as every one fignaliied himfelf fo was his Rewat'd.
Then did the
Inca
refolve again í.lfcer fome
few
months ;o vifit his Domihions,
which were always·pléafed and ehlivened with che Bleffmg and Favour of bis
Ptefence.
In
the mote famous Provinces where he paífed, he commanded rich
and magnificenc Temples to be ereéted, wherein che
Jhdians
mighc' with the nibte
áwe and reverence adoréhe Sun; and likewife founded l-Íoufes for the feleél:
Virgins; for chefe cwo were always Neighbours, ahd where one was, the other
was built by
it.
This great care which che
Incas
took to have cheit Subjeéts
in–
cited in their Devotion, was a farther endearment of chem
to
their Kings; for
it made thel:n not onely religious, bue gave chem che· privileges of Nacuralii.a–
tion, and beinl,t Citizens of the City of
Couo.
Befides thefe Temples he builc
Forcteífes and Caílles on the Frontiers, and Royal Palaces in che Vallies, and
in
the places of beíl:
Air
and moíl: delightfull ficuation, and in chofe pares which
were in che common Road and way, ac fuch diíl:ances as were moíl: convenieht
for che
lnc-M
to take up cheir Lodgings and Refidence, when they travelled or
marched with cheir Ar11:.1y
:
He alfo bulle Magazines, and Srore·houfes
in
every
Province, for the provifioh ahd maintenance of che People in years
of
Dearch
and
Famine.
:'
'
He ordained many Laws and Sratutes, indulging to every People and Nacion
their owh ancienc Cunoms,
in fuch things as did not concradiél: or incerfere with
the Religion eíl:ablifhed, or oppofe che rules of common honeíl:y; by which gen–
tlenefs che people lived without Tyranny or Compulfion, noc being fenfible of
any unpleafant a\ceration, bqt fuch as tended to cheir good and benefit, leading
them from a beíl:ial to a rntional and moral Life, whidi was-the greac defign and
incencion of the
Inca1.
Having in this Vifit and Travails fpent chree Years, he recurned again to
Coz.co;
where having paífed fome Monchs in joy :md feíl:ivals, he confulced with b
is Bro–cher, who was his chiefMiniíl:er, and others of his Council, concerning che en–
tire Conqueíl: of the Provinces of
Chinchafuyu,
for there were no other Countries
on that fide remaining to be fubjeéted to their Dominion; for on che other quar–
ter, towards
Antifuyu,
bordering on che foowy Mouncain, there was noching dif–
covered befides Rocks, and Precipices, and inacceffible places.
.
_The
Inca, Capac Yupanqui
having
fo
well acquitted himfelf with Prudence and
Valour in bis late Expedition, ic was refolved, that he íhould again rake up_on
himfelf che Command and Conduét of the Army; and that his Nephew, called
Yupanqui,
who was Prince, and Heir apparent , a Youth of abouc fixteen Years
old, íhould accompany h~ in the War, it being che cuíl:ome for young Men of
thac Age, to cake up th~ir Arms, and make cheir firíl: Campaign; according to
tbe Ceremony praétifed m
Huaracu;
(as we fhall hereafter more particularly Dif–
courfe). that
fo
they bein~ initiated, and exercifed in military Difdpline, and
Ares, !J1~ht become expenenced a~d vali~nc Ca_ptains in their more mature years.
To chis mtent fifty choufand Sould1_ers bemg lev1ed, and put in a poíl:ure ofWar, ·
the Uncle and Nephew marched w1th che Van, which was ·one third of che
Ar,
my
towards che Pro:vince called
Chuc11rp11,
which was ch€ ultimare extent of che
Empire on that fide.
Thence