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BonK
VI.
Royal
Commentariei.
over others, wbo wete ·not really, and duly bis Subjeéts. ·This King (for,
fo
we may cerm him~ hearing that the
lm¿as,
marcheq againíl:
hirn,
j0ined·wbac fuxces
he :was al?le
co
make, and boldly atcempced to meet, and: giye ·
a•
ílop
co
che Ene–
ID½
ac che pafs of che River; where after feveral Skirmifh~s, wherein maoy·were
ílalo on each íide, che
Inca
at leogch paífed che River, by_h~lp of fome flat bóco:
ITJ.~d_Boats, aod Floacs, which he had made for th:it purp<;>fe. : Nor did
cheXuncM
rpa~e all che reíiíl:ence t,hey were able, ··in regard cheir Kiog,
<;hFtquima,ncli
dedared
h~
Deligo of retreaciog to che Valley of
Ruar.eµ,
whichi,,, as:he falíly fupp.ofed;
)1/<!5
1 ~~~
moíl: advancageous Pi:ilih , but bein
g' blnskilf1:lll· io-che_Art,ofWar, Ji.e'was
aeceived _io -his Jl)_eafures, as will hereafcer· aI)pear; .for che
lm;as
having well en–
camped cheir Army, mad~ thei,i; b.eoefit
of
_cfüs.ill Counfot jnd in lefs: than
a:
IJ!Qn~hs till}e gained all che clelightfull and pl~(ant Valley_of
fluqncu.
.
.
· The
Inca,
for fecurity of his Ar-ear, aod for Convoy to his Proviíions, .hayiog
left
a
fufficient force in
R1mahuanac,
marched forward ioto
Huarcu,
where a cruel
and bloudy War began, for
Chuquimancu
having gachered all bis Forces
into
a
Body, to che number of c·wemy _tho~fan<i_~~n, _preten9ed with good Conduét
· ana·Scraregems ofWar to defend fiis people, and -gain che repucation ofa renow–
ned Capcain.
On
che ocher fide che
Inca&
ufed all cheir Arts to fubdue chem wich
the leaíl: effufion of Bloud _that was poffible; th01.~gh in chis War eighc momhs
time
paífed, wich many°'bloqdy Skirmifhes; not to be avoided, during which time
-the
Inca.
relieved cheir Armies 'vVith three, tome fay four exchanges of cheir forces;
and thac che Enemy-might defpair of wearying them out, and confrrain chem at
lengch
to
remove their Camp; they gave them fure evidenres,of che
ir·
ref9lucion
to concinue in chat íl:ation untill their·furrender; foras
a
'token chat they lived at
eafe, with ali che oonveniences 0f che Cicy, chey called che Quarter of che
Inca
Cou:o;
and to che pares about ic, where che Army was lodged they gave che name
of che principal íl:reets..
Pedro de Ciefa
fays, chat chis War cominued above four
years, and chat che
Inca
in that time founded a new
Cicy,
which he called by che
nall}e of
Co.:.oq;
bqc chis l\ehnioñ,he pretends
to
have received froín
(h&
Ilm-
,u
themfel11¡es, who out bfvain
1
glory mighc -~e apt to ;rnagnifie che greamefs of cl-ieir
Aétions: - Bue che t.ruth,is, the four -years ~ere no other than <f,relieving
of
che
·Army four times, .and rhe Foundation pf
a
(:i;;y.
_}Vas
no oth~,chan
che
den_omiña-
tion of
Co.;,co
giv~n to the Camp.
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,By this time¡che
Tuneas
began to be foQijble of Hunger and Faníine, ·which
is
~-~-moíl: crud Ene~y, and that which ~~at€~ and _bri~gs_l~w the heat and refolu–
·t~on
?f
th~ moíl: proug and_Jiaug~ty Sp1J:'llts,;.,bu_~ forn,e,
n_rne..
before ~h~t extrem_e
l;;arnme d1füeífed them,
Jh~
~atiyes of
Rt.fn.qhua,nf!,
had tníl:antly pe~~uoned, their
King
Chur¡_uimancu
~o
fubmici,to che
Incas,.
before.it~as to_o.'·lafe,-,and before cheir
0bfiinacy1hacl ~xafperaced che-mind of ch
e Inw-co·give
a,wa~1their Houfes; Lands
and Inhericances to their
1
N~¡ghbG>urs of
Cbincha,
·
who ,Were .tfu.eir mortal Enemies ,
'Fhe people·R((!i(l'g
4
pprehen1tve
of
thefe 111atters> ¡¡nd findjng !their King·obíl:inace
iQ
bis refül:enc;:e,~privately.wicl-l-~rew, and fkd frorn che Cal,'Ilp,,\giving privare in–
:t,elligence
tq
che
~-nea
of the fondicion ¡¡nd want in che Ene~ies Army.
:
,:,,Ch~quim.:¡rzaff(
gvowing n0,w.,fenGble ofNsW~aknefs and I)iíl:rtfs, anp fearing to
b~ :wh9Jly,abanqoned ,by hjs-:iPtQple, ¡md at :lengch to fall witho1Jt any.condi~ons
YlfO
th~ haJ)p§ ,,Of the-.Jnmt_,·9ég@
C(;)
fi}ew_himfelf inclinable
l'.O
hearken to pro:c
pofals
ofPeac~; -whereup0n°~lJing
a
t.:o,unc;il.,: they re,folved-_to go in Perfon, and
.wichom,Mediacion ofAmbat-fadours, to hqmble ,themfelves befote the
Jnc"a1_;
and
accordingly. chey proceeded c9 the Roya-1 ,Qgarpers, where caíling themfelves on
,t§~ir
knee_s, they begged,.tyle;rcy_and P,ardon'for theirüff~nc~, declaring rheir rea–
<!!fieís
to ackno~vledgerchem(elve~ Vaífal_s,~o tl1e.
!Jifa,
fin~e 1t was che pleafüre and
~eterm¡nation
o{
the Sun hi~;;F~th~r,
1
to make-nim füpreme Lord and Soyereign
of
-che Univerfe.
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t"·rii
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:The
Inc'!1,
bqtb
Uqcle a(\d~ephew; courteoufly re~eive9 them, according to
Jheir uíual Grace and Favoµr,_[!ffpring, chem bÍ pardon, aQd-having veíl:e~ chem
,wA;h
fuch~Gan~t:Rts as {x;ere tac~qíl:0II,1a.r,'., 0ifp_¡tt€hed the111
1
with rnntentrnent, and
l~~ence to,re~urn,unto -cheir ,Q\-yn homes. _ - ,
h
:•
,
_
. .The,NaJiv~·,of chefe
foq_r
3
Provinces,) ik!:!_thofe of
Chinehá,
rnak~ greac boafi·
mgs of che wond~i:full Prowefs-a11d Valom: of_cneir Anc~Q:9.¡;¡t'~, whom che
Incas
were not able
co
fubdue in lefs, than
four
years
W
ar; beficles many othrr
Sto–
ries oftheir mighty Deeds, which we omit, beéaufe they are noc percinent to our
Hitl-ory.
Hh
Howfo•