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Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

VII.

Enterrnent with their prefence;.the which being obferved

o~her

Indian,,

(who

eíl:eerned all their Nation and Lmeage much favoured therem) 1c w~ hoped t~c

chis rnight be a means to anímate and encour'age thern to embrace ac their

Death

.the fame advantages which the Chrifüan Religion produces. Wich which we

{hall conclude chis difcourfe, and pafs on _to che Life and A~ío?s of this tenth

King,

whofe Reign we have many pamculars of greac admiration.

CH A P. XIII.

Of the New

Conquefl

which the

Inca Yupanqui

defigned

'""

to 111a/ze.

good

Inca Yupanqui

having bound

bis

Temples with

the

coloured wreath; ;

and performed che Funeral Rites due to

his

Father ; che

firft

tbing he

defigned was

render himfelfpleafing and gracefull

his people

by vifiting che

.feveral Provinces and Kingdoms of his Empire ; which (as we nave faid ) wa:s

efieemed by che

Jndian1

for che greaceíl: grace and favour which the

Inca

could ce-·

füfie cowards his Subjeél:s :

For

being poífeífed

ich an opinion , that the

Inc,u

were not ofhumane race, bue def<;ended as Gods from their Fatber

the.jun;

they

could noc bue conceive and fanfie great bleifmgs to accompany

gratious a,pre–

fence

and we may believt;, that

che

Inca

departing with chefe iritentions, was re–

ceived in all parts by bis Subjeéts wich great joy and adoration. The

Inca

having

paífed chree years in chis progrefs and vifiracion, returned afcerwards to the City ;

,v.

here having confülted wich bis Counfel, he refolved to undertake

brave and

.hazardous

ar towards che

Ami1

on che Eaíl:-wde of

Co~co

;

for

as ·yec tbe Con–

fine; of che Empire were bounded by a long ridge of Hills, by which the fnowy

Mouncain extended it felf; but being defirous to p:ifs it, and,difcover what Peo–

ple or Nation inhabiced on che orher fide, che way to pafs was conrrived by fol–

Jowing che currenc of Wacers, which run through chofe Hills from Weíl: to Eafr,

-for chac che tops and precipices of chofe Mountains, by reafon of che Snows, were

eíl:eemed impaffable..

The precence for chis War was grounded on the common and plaufible co.

lour of Religion ; che defign of wichdrawing chem from their unhumane and bar–

barous cuíl:oms, and inflruéting them in che knowledge and religion which che ·

Sun their Facher_had delivered, and all Nacions had received, were alwayi; forci–

ble arguments, and ,infallible grounds

for

making their War jufr.

This deíire, and motives of feeing this Countrey were encreafed by an ancient

.relacion which che Anceíl:ors of chis

Inca

had received, chac che Nations on che

ocl;ier fide of chis Mouncain were populous, and che Lands fruitfull ; bue thac pare

__chereof wasinhabicable, being noching bue Mountains, Lakes, Bogs and Marilli

Grounds.

;\nd as a farcher encouragement to this deftgn, there was a repare, that amongíl: ,

thofe ,populous.Nations, the greateft and moíl: confiderable of chem was called

.Mufu,

and lince by che

Spaviards

Moxo1;

to which chere is a paífage by a great Ri–

,ver, which about che

Ar;riJ

to che Eaíl: of che City is divided inco many rivulets,

.being five in number, every one having its ptoper Name; bue afcerwards on che

:othei: fide of che

AmiJ,

chey meec ,togecher, and falling inco one íl:ream, make a

,greac Riv_er, calle~

.;JmarHmay~.

Y\7here chis River empcies it felf Norchward into

1he

Sea,

1s noc d1fcovered;

1s probable, chat runnmg Eailward, and joyning

with many other Rivers, it comes ac lengch to

fall

inco rbat River which we call

the River of

PI-ate;

for che

Spaniardi,

when they

fir(l

difcovered rhac Countrey

9emanded ofthe Na_tives, whecher ther.e was Silver in chofe pares? they anfwered

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