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~OOK

VIII.

Royal Commentaries.

them, fo now they could not indine their minds to any fervile fübjeél:iori. Here–

wirh a crael War began, for all the fair offers and pretences of rhe

Inc;

could a–

vail nothing; for their ancient liberty and freedom íl:ill prefenting ,it felf hefore

them, íl:opped their Ears to

al[

the gentle words of favout tbe

lnca

expreífed, fay–

ing, That d;ie greateíl: favour and grace he could doe rhem, was to leave rhem

to their own libercy. All chefe chree Provinces being aífociaced together, una•

nirnouíly c5mtributed to che aflifrence of each .orher, and ivade fiout oppoíition;.

having kill~d about

8oóo

Incas;

wirh which ílaughcer che

lnw

being enraged;

perfecqted ilie Enemy wich fire and

word, and all che_mifei:ies of War, whidi

they,fupporced wich great pacience and equaliry of mina in concernplacion ofcheir

liberty, which they difputed and defended wich. greac refolucion; forno foonet

were rhey forced from one íl:rong Hold, but they pbíl:ed tQ a_µocher, and chence

anothet, a.bandoning cheir Countreu, and Hotifes, wichput care of rheir Wives

and Children, refolving to dye with Arms

iri

their hands, racher chan become ch~

Slaves and Vaífals of anocher.

. The

l11cas

fiill proceeded in the Conqueíl of this Countrey; un.cill éhey had for–

ced them into a comer of it ; where having forcified them(elves, chey endured all

extrernities ; and though reduced

che ultirnare poinc of perifhing by famine;

yec fiill continued conílanc, and refolved not to be fubjeét to che

Inca

the which

fome of their more fober and intelligenc Captains confidering, and finding rhat

upon thefe principies all of thern muíl: neceffarily dye and perifh, without know:

ing any caufe or reafon for it: And feeing that othet Narions, as free as they, had

fubm,icted to che Dominion of the

Inca ,

under who!T) cheir peace and plency was

augrnented,.rather chari in che leaíl: abaced or infr~n,géd. Thé Captainsand Chiefs

having this communicacion together, agreed to yj eld themfelvesand people to the

Inca;

the which was performed, though not witl'iou( forne rnuciny and fedition a

rnongíl: che 'Souldiery ; howfoevér the generalicy being .Jed by che e:is:ample and

diétates of their Commanders, did all aclaíl: fubmit, and yield unco due obedi-

ence.

, '

The

Inca Tupac

received them with all e:xpre(Iions of grace and favour, telling

them,

how rnuch ·he pitied their folly, which had fo tmneceílarily betrayed cherri

to the laíl: extremities of wanc and famine ; but now to relieve rhem in chis con!.

dition, 'he ordered, that chey fhould be encertained and t~eatyÚ like bis own Chil~

dren: And chat whereas man;y of them perifhed in che late War , fo chat cheir

Lands and Dwellings wete void and depopulated ;

he ordered, that they fhould

be agáiá íl:ocked and .fupplied by peop]e tranfplanted from other Provinces. And

thl;l~ che

Inca

having provided matters

for

due adrniniíl:ration ofthat Government,

and fett!ed and-eíl:abµfhed cheir Dofüir:ie and R

eligio

n, he returned'again ro

Co,:,co,

being more troubled and uneafie fo.r the lofs and de.íl:ruifüon_ of chofe poor

Indians,

than tjred or wearied with the fatigues, and inéommodioufne[s of the War; ot

whicq.

was fo fenfible,, that he WG>u!d often fay, tbat if he were·aífured that the

otqer Nations, mme rel!Ilo~e, had taken exarnple by the obfün¡¡cy bf the[e , chac

he would defer the 9onqueíl: ofthern for the prefen~, ar¡d uncill fu.ch a conjuñéture

of time, as rnight render.themrnore pliable, and better r;lifpo(ed fp receive the Go-

. vernrnent of tne

I11oas-.

· ,

Wherefore che Gr@at

Tapac

r.efraining from War, (pent fevéraJ years in vifüing

~is Kingdoms, adorni,ng theq1 with ll:ately Edifi~es,in every'J.~roi!!l~e, and inhabi–

ted Councrey, fuch -as Royal Palaces, Fortrdks, añd Houfes for publicktStores,

Aqueduél:s and Ternple_s dedicated to che

?UP,

with Conve1m for the Seleét Vir- .

gíns~ befides rnany ocfier publi~kWorks, fuch as ¡paking High-ways and open

Roads, ofwhich we fhall treat more at large in .che Second Part; bue more ejpe–

cially his care was, to finifh the Forrrefs of

Cow,

'che Foun'd¡¡.tioh'of which was

laid, and begun by his Father the

Inca

Yap~nqui,

Having thus fpent fome years

che exercifes and employments of Peace; rh~

Inca

re-aílumed bis choughts of conquering che Provinces, which lye Norrhward,

called

Chinchafayu

Tbe firíl: ~arter he Carne to,

wasHuarmcu,

whic

h con

tains ma–

ny Nations, but ali independent each of ocher, living fwtered up a.nd clownche

Fields, wichout government or cornmunication, but in perpetua]War and Figh–

t,ings:•they had fome Fortreffes ·and íl:rong Holds on the tops of Mountains, to

wfach 'at any time, when they were woríl:ed, they _fled for refuge

ali which peo–

ple, by fair c~rms, according to che accuíl:ornary clemency of che

Incas,

were

witli

much facility reduced to cheir command ; chough at

firíl:

cheNatives of

Huanucu_

R ri

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