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as formerly ; howfoever, as if he were bec~me a!ittle more pliable ~han he had
been he anfwered that for his pare, he conrmued mche fame refolut1on never to
con<l~fcend, unlefs for rhe.good and quiet of his Subjeéts, ~hom he would there–
fore confuir and .atlhecordiog'·to nhéir Direfüons.and Ref0lves ; and fo having
aífembled his Relari01is and Captains, he acquainred them with the Propofüions
of che
Inca,
and rhat rhey íhould confider of them, and of _rheir own welfare
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, far
if it wer.e rheir opinion ro fubrnic, an_d obey, _he would prefor th€i.¡.' will and
fafecy, befare his own Honour, or Sovere1gncy.
·
'Jfu(t
Ca~uains were over-joyed
to·
find their
Curaca
chus
to meet their delires,
and
co
receae from tl1at principie, which would have been rheir defiruétion; ana
thereupon took che liberty to tell him, that it was reafonable and juffl: to yield un–
to fucha mercifull Prince, as was the
Inca,
confidering that when it was in
his
power
to
h:ive fubdued them by force, he would rather invite them by che cerms
of fv1.ercy. This being the general fenfe of ali che p~ople, ir w.as.pronounmi -witla
a e011ncdence ofFree-men, and not wirh the awe apd reverence of Va.ffals
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:md
tfierewith thé Gtéat
Chimu
being alfo convinced, and aífenting, difparched rus
Amba~dours to the P,rince
Yupanqui,
fupplicating
?.
thac h~-~9u~d be ple_a~d.
~o
dífpén_fe one
R!IJ
oftñar merey and <:ompaffion no h1m and h1s St1b1_eéts, wh1cn
like
~he
bngl'lt Children of the Sun, chey had call upon all che fourquarters
of nhe
Worl'd, which wére fubjeéted to
rhrir
power : che 'which he wicn rfie mor~ confi–
~ence í~plornd,)1aving h~d fucp frequenc examples and pr~cedeóts'of Cletnency
and Juíhce, wl'nc;h both h1s Fatner che
Inca,
and orhers ofh1s Ancetl:ors, had da1-
Jy
and freely impaned tqMankind; and rherefore he vyas no lefs aífured·of his
indulgénce towards his Subjeéts, who had lefs fault than
himfe.lf, having rátber
continued in their rebellion by liis infrigation and encour
1
gemenr, than by any
incll.nation or perverfenefs in rhemfelves.
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The Prince being well fatisfied with chis Embafiy, that he mighc fpare che ef–
fofion of that blóud which he had
fo
long feared, received che Ambaífadours
ac–
cording to his accuíl:omed grace and favour, encouraging chem ro 1-ay afide all ap–
.prehen/íons of difüuíl: ; and for bercer affurance th'ereof, he
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dvifed·them ro bring
their
Curaca
wirh chem, rhat he mighc perfonally hear
bis
Pardon and Abfolut,ion
pronounced by che mouch of che
Inca
himfelf, and receive favours and prefenrs
from his own hand.
The brave
Chimu
having abated the haughtinefs of his fpirit, with much bumi–
lity and fubmiflion. prefenred himfelf before the
Inca,
and profuating wirh
bis
face in che Duíl:, often repeaced the fame fupplications, which he had made
by
J1is Ambaffadours: And
in
chis poílure continued, untill the Prince, being great·
ly_affeéted with che fenfo of his affiiétions, commanded cwo
oí
his Captains to
raiíe hirn from che Earth ; and chen told him, that he did noc onely pardon him
whatfoever was paíl: ; bue aífured him, that he could have done much more,
in
cafe he had commicced greater offences. That he was not come into
his
Coun–
rrey to deprive him of his-Srare, but
to
irnprove, and make it better; infiruéting
them in fuch Laws both ofReligion and Civil government, as would greatly ad.
vancage their condition and happinefs~of living : And in evidence hereof, that
Chimu
mighc be fenfible that he was not to lofe his Eílate and Government ; he
did here freely refign it again hito his hands, promifing unto him all fecurity in che
-enjoymenc thereof; condicionally, that rejeéting and deíl:roying ali their Idols
which reprefented Fifh, and other Animals, they fhould Woríhip and Adore no
other rhan che Sun.
,
Chimu
being chus cheared up1 and comforred wirh che pleafanc counten:mce, and
obligíng expreflions of rl~e
Inca
~
again bowed himfelf, and adored him ; and told
him, tliat he was forry for nothing fo much, as rhat he had not yielded to his
firft
Sumrrions; and rhough his Highneís was
fo
GratiGus
as
to
pardon chis faulc, yec
. he could n9t forgive himfelf, being refolved to punifh himfelf for chis crime by
a
perp,ecual penance, and grief, and lamenc:irion for ir in his heart ; ancd thac as to
Religio~, or C~íl:oms,or Laws, he íhould impofe what he pleafed, añd they íhould
be read1ly tece1ved.
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With rheíe ConditiGns che Peace was concluded, and rhe
Chimu
yielded ro Sub.'
jeétion and Vaffalage _; and' thereu_pon borh he and bis Noh>les were v~íl:ed and
honoured. Afi:er wh1ch, for the 1mprovemenc and adornment of their Coun–
trey, Orders W€re given to·erelt Royal Edifices, and make Aquedu& and Cha–
neis for ·carrying Water into their Arable Lands; and for enlarging the Groun8s
for