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:.fenc cheir accufl-c§_a
~ii.ry'Smnfl¡oñsrtb the
piwple;
··req1:fit'Íng -them có render
ind
fub;
·mi.tchemfelvesr0·
a Child
oftheSun, whó,was
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feritfrom 'hiYFaí:h~t to
give
t'lierrt
a new RfdigioD;_- and·-Uaws; and <Suíl:oms, t:h'aHo they fnigJ~t·Uve 1-ike Me_a·,J::and -
.nor like Beaft:s
5.
crtor- would
it
avail rhem ro
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fly aljto·t~~1:r1Arm$ ',forJl1íct6ill·Pot
defence, for that eicher by fou! means or fiür, ·t_hey ·muffob'ey ,tl-ie
Inca;
:wfürwas
-Soyereign Mopar-ch
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the four.p~rts of.the'
W6tld.'.
Thfl~Hmves of
Copi?JapJ,~e;–
ing
affrighted
q.l:'
éhefe Srtmrnóas/ betook theinfetves 'irpm~é;Jjárely to their Arms;
-being refo¡v@d to d€fend the Confines ·or tbei¡- Countrey_;· whete ar
firíl:
th~y_"had
fome
light Skii:mifhes 1and Encounters} both}¡1ai
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ties
tryiQg·~na'provirlg rkCou–
,rage and force ofeách other. _The Jnc.u; ·irt~ompliance',with2rhe comJtland
_of
·cheir King, faintly managed their Arms, ·beipg unwilling_
(ór
úfe·'Fire,
and.Swo.ra,
an~-other Extremíties of War, b'ut' tather by
á~
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llying ,\Íit-Ii:-0h@m f
ometlmes inWórds, and ag'ain with Blows, ,indu~e thet'r(toi'a fqbrnrifohl.
' The Enerny
1órí
tbe other fide -rema:ined in great perplexicies-at1d
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tfoubts
whaqo
doe; che tefr'atir
antl dread whioh they apprehended in oppofing·-che'Déicy .0f th~ Sun, madechem
.fear that fome ·greac Curfe ór M.tledifü~n V.:6ul_d-
be
the-
elfeét''<:lftheir Rebéllion;
yet the defire ~hey ·had to maintain therr Libei;ty, and
die
ª~fiem
W
offhiP,
<:>f
their Gods, was
a
moíl:
prevalent A:rgument á~ain~ ali Innovauons,
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of.
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Valley
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and of' other ~um7?1ons fe~t to divers new Nati.i.
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this doubtfuH condition and fu(penfe were che people,of
·Copayapu,
w
hen the
· fecond
Army
carne to the Succour anq Reinforcement of che former ; wirh
the fight of which, being now totally difcouraged, and ouc of·all hopes of ma2
·king refiíl:ance, they carne to a treacy, and accepced all the conditions both~ofoi–
vil mai,ners, and religious·
·w
oríbip, which trae power of a prevailing Enemy was
pleafed to impofe upon them. All which being advifed to the
Inca,
he wás great–
ly
pleafed wich che fucceís, conceiving thac he had now an open and plain Field
before him to the Conqueíl: of
Chi!i,
which untill now he very much doubted,
apprehending thac che diíl:ance and difficulties of the way would render rhe En–
terprife almoíl: infuperable. Tbe Province of
Copayapu
having fubmicced on com·
pofition, rather chao fubdued by force, che
Inca
followed the courfe of his good
Fortune; commanding ten thoufand Men more to be raifed, and furnifhed wich
Arms and neceífary Provifions for their March, and cherewith to be difpacched
away with all Expedition, for reinforcement? of che former Army; which being
thus füongly recruited, they marched eighty Leagues farther into the Countrey;
, where, after many difficulties, and much labour, they arrived ac lengrh ac anocher
Pfovince, or Valley, called
Cuquimpu,
which they fubdued. Whac particiilars
occurred in this Encerprife, whac Bactels were foughc, or what ireaties paífed, is
not cercain, for thac being a,Councrey very remoce, che
Indians
of
Peru
were not
able to render any perfeét accottnt of particular matters, more chan in general,
that cheValley of
CuquimP:'
was added
to
ch~ Dominions ofche Empire. Thence
- they proceeded forn,ards, conquering ali the Nations before them, as far as
to
the
Valley of
Chili,
from whence thac Kirtgdom takes its denomination. During
ali
the time
Gf
chis War, which (as fome fay) bíl:ed fix years, the
Inca
with great
care reinforced his Armies from time
to
time , furnifhing them with Arms ;
Cloths, Shoes, and all-provifions and necef!aries requir@d ;
for
it
concerned greac•
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ly