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VIII.

Royal Commentariet•

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the Conquefl,

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ma~y

other

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gfe4t Provifz_cés~

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of-Quitu.

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~ivlnit fettled ~pd eftabliíhed ,affai~s

Can11;fo!

retuFned to'

<;ouq,'

wHey~'·

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f~n( fev.'eral years in

thc:;

;dmini

ílratión

0fgood

Govern–

!l}~t,-a~d

othér juíl:

a~i~n~ ~p~rr,tining_

the

Offi.ce

of a G~eat:K;ing.

_But as'

n~tural to f>µ.¡fl¡t~t Pnnc~ to be amb1t1ous, ~nd clefirous

t9 e

n)arge the1r Em–

pi,-e

Ukewif~

this

/nea

thoqght it not

fit

~o l9fe longer

ti.me

_a·rePQfed

Hfe¡

bue éo _proceed ln'~js Conquefts ; ro which e~d'fie raiíed a cohji_derable

Aii#!y

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with

wnich he ~ .ched to

ihe

Qmfiqes of

'rumie'ampa

;

froll\ wpenc@ beginnjng

his

Conquefts, he

n;duced

many Provinces as far as

the Border~

rhe Kingdom

QÍ

~itu~

which

~i-~end

.little le(s th:.m

Leagues _in lengtJ'i ;·t~e chie(places'of

wbid:i

are

Chanf~ñ, ,Moc~

fl.!!.efea 7 P11mall(ltf11;

wb1¡:h figmfies the -S:ountrey -of

Lions

becaufe t.hsY ab01Jn~ ~ore in th,ofe par_ts,

!~~!-1

in the ,~lac~ rh,eteabouts

.and

are ado{ed

15y

the'lnhab

1ta_n~

Ticcampt, Tiuca'Jfa, Cayampi,

Vrcolla[H,'

and .o–

thers of lefs n~te, for the~r

Go.as

die

whi~h places, being very thiti of people,

were

eafüy

reduced; .and mor,eover; the Lands are very oarren,·a'nd-the ~qple

fottiíh, w¡thout

t<mls,

or Government, or R.eligioo, or .Pol,iti«al-Gommunica.-·

tion: every Qne a9ored thac for God, which_

'they

¡noft deftred,, or ,ra-ther ,they'

woríhipped nodürig, Uving

brut~ beafis, fcattered and wandefipgiri t~e Field~

and

Wood~, whom ·there

was

more trouble to ·rnfüuét-and J.nform,

wJth

any kiad

of good manners, than to overcome, Ór reduce ~thefe they ~-aught~?' ':P'ªk~Clodís,

and Shocs, and to Manure the Land ; for watermg ofwhteh, 'tbey -rnade

Aqm~·

duéts and Chanels for them.

all thefe Provinces the

Incas

made large Roaas,

and High-ways, and Store-houfes to lay up Provifions for fuíl:enance,of the Sou1-

diery, and Chamber_s for their Kings ; but would not honour fo vile and fervile a

fort of Inhabitants with the beauty ofTemples dedicated to che Sun, or wirh the

Houfes of SeleQ: Virgins ; the.¡, being capable of little more, chan to keep rhem–

felves dean from Lice, by obligation of that Tribute they were

pay in them.

Whilíl: the·

Inca, T,epac Tupanqui,

was chus employed in reducing and inílruéting

the Provinces before mentioned ; ocher Nations which are feated to the Weíl:–

ward of thefe, bordering on the Confines of cha.e Province which the

Spaniards

call

Puerto Piejo,

or theOld Port, fent th@ir Ambaifaclours tothelnca.wirh J)refents,

befeeching him·to receive them for his Subjeél:s and Vaífals, and that he would be

pleafed to fend them Captains and Teachers, who might iníl:ruét chem in the way

of living in Societies, and how to manure their Lands, thac they might live like

Meo,

and not like Beaíl:s, promifing for themfelves all loyalty and faithfulnefs :"

Thofe thac made che firíl: motion to fend chis Embaífy, were .of the Nation of

HHancavil!ca.

The

Inca

gratiouíly received their Addrefs; commanding thac fads–

faétion íhould be given them in all cheir defires; and fo Teachers were fent to in–

firuét them in Religion, and in the Laws and good Cuíl:oms of the

Inca

;

Engi–

niers were alfo fent them to make Aqueduéts, and manure their Fields , and re–

duce them into Societies: Bue afcerwards the ingratitude of chis peóple was fuch,

that contemning che favours and promifes which che

Incá

had made them, chey

arofe up againíl: his people, and barbarouíly murthered chem all. As

Pedro de

Ci~

ef•

in bis Obfe¡yations reports, which becaufe ic ferves

confirm che particulars_

we have ofcen repeated in chis Hiílory, t<;mching che gentlenefs and good-namre of

the

Incas,

who were always ready to teach and inílruét the

Indians,

who fubmir..:

ted to their Dominioa; we have here inferted the Words of

Cie,a,

that

what we have faid concer

:~~.R

-!~e

Incas,

may alfo be confirmed by che authori:ty'

tlreSpan~

Writers:

ti.is

vvords are thefe which follow.