4000003871

R.oyal

Commentarie1¡

BooK

VII. ,

ly the ,Digruty and Honour of his,

Maieíl:~,

Jha&

rus

Souldi~

tboold not

lofe

groopd ,

or retreat

oné

íl~p

fr~

die

Poue~of}s

rheg

had

game~;

fo .

,hat,

length

Chiii

heing made

ihe

íeat ofWar,

~as mv~d

by the/nc~

iifcy

thoq–

fana

Men, proviEJe? with a~

mUGh

rnnvemeat;e,

and ¡>lcmty,

tne.y

ruíd

quartered within

Gicy

0fCou11.

. Of

all

rnatt~rS<

t.hªE

fucceeded, inteM~g,etilce

was §iv~ to

the

11,11 fi:om _ t

i,ne to

time,. and havm~

ma~e

neceffary _prov1fioQ.S:.

f9r_

ferur10g,

the

laté

Congue.tt~

they–

concinued their maréh ro the Southward,

(ubdumg aU

rhe

Natioo

s.~fure th

eftl

che

River

_M1tu'fl~¡

which

is-almofi

fifty

Leag~

diftant

from

the

V31leyóÍCbiU.

Whac

Bauels

SkinnHhes paifed-,here

noc pa-rticularly

known,

and

rher:efore

iti&

probabfo

diac

matters-Were ended by way offriendfhip,

Compoíjrion _

being- always ch~

firíl:

Trial which the

JneM

maG!e

the btginning,

befote-

mey

pµt matters

che e~éremities

ofa

War.

!he

Jnr;t:U

ha-d

no~

enlarge~ their

Em–

pire above two huqdreci

aoo

fixty Leagoos

lmgth, che dütance bemg

greac

:from

Atacama

th~

River

MAulJi

,cmuncing

the

Defarcs as

wéll as

the

inhábir.crd

pfaces-; ,for from;

4t.tcama

CopilJapH

are eighty Leagaes;

from

€.opay11pH

ClltJ,,;,,,..

t_H

:¡.re .fighty

m0re,

ftom

CuquirnJlif-

Chili

are

_fifty five , aoo th@o ftom

CbiJJ

to che River

Maulli

ar~ almoíl:

fifty

mpre;

all whith

was

not

as yet füffident

r.o

fatisfie the

varice and Ambition ofthe

Inca-1:

For having given out che neceífa:–

ty orders for Government, and fecuring che late Conqueils, and rnade provifion

againfi all accidencs and concingencies which might happen in War, chey procee–

ded farcher, paffing the-River

Ma11/li

with

twenty choufand

Men,

where, accor–

ding to cheir cuílome, they in che

firfi

place fent their Summons to che Proyince

P11r11ma11ca,

(called

che

Spaniards Promaucaes)

requiring them either to ac–

cepc che

Inca

for cheir King and Lord, or orherwife provide to defend themfelves

Anns. The

Purumaucans

having received inrelligem:e of che approach of che

Jncll4,

had

puc

rhemfelves into a poílure of Defence, and having made an A!Uance

wich their Neighbours of

Antalli, Pincu,

and

Ca11q11i,

refolved to dye, racher than

lofe cheir ancienc Liberty; and en chis confidence gave for ,Anfwer., Thar che

Conqueroilrs Oiould be Lords over che conquered, and that the

IncM

fhould foon

underíland in what manner the

Purumaucans

Were ufed to obey.

Three or

four

days after this Anfwer che

Pur11m11J1cans

having joined with rheir

Allies, appeared in a Body, to che number of

1.0

choufand Meo, pitching

their Camp in fight of che

IncM,

who

füll

continued to repeat their inftant

fo}i.

cirarions for Peace and Concord , procefüng to them , and calling the Sun an.d

Moon

wimefs, that they carne not to deprive or def

poil

them oftheir Lands

aríd Eílates; but onely with an intention to Feduce them

to a

manner of ratim:tal–

living like Men,

and

impofe nothing more upoh ·them , than the

oríhip and

Acdo¡arion

the Sun, whom they required them to accepc for their God, and

r-he

Inca

for

ch~ir King and Sbvereign. The

PHru;11111,can1

replied, That they would

nót

pend nheir time in parlying, or vain

Dif

putes, bue would refer che Controvetfie

tá

be decided by che Sword, and thac the

lncM

fhould accordingly provide

the

hext

crlay

for

Tria], they

being

refolved neirher

fend other Propofals, nor

.t,eiv~

them.

CHA P.