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'' To rerurn then to our purpb[e; I fay, that I have heard from Old Indians,
" who were Chiefs in the time of the Great Topa Inga iupanque , that fome of
" his Captains, with certam Troops, whick,they had drawn out from thofe Gar–
" rifons which he maintaiñed in divers Provinces of bis Kingdom, had by di–
" vers ;ays of management reduced much peop!e to the friendlhip and fervice
" of the Inca ; the principal fort of which went with thei~ Prefents to the Pro–
" vince of Paltas to pay their refpe& of reverence and. duty to rhe Inca, who
" courreouíly received them with all affeétion, beíl:owing on feveral of them rich
" píeces of Woollen, made at Couo. And whereas the occaíions of the Jnea re–
" quired bis return_ to his principal Provinces, _wlrer~ he ~as fo rnuch eíleemed,
'' that chey íl:yled h1m Facner, and honoured h1m w1th T1tles of Supreme Emi–
" nence : And fuch was his affable difpofüion towards all, that bis Fame. was
" great, and his jyfemory perpetua!. But in regara the occa~ons of his l,(iQgdom
" ;were fo preffing, that he could not íl:a.y, ·and in Perfon vífü1chofe Inditf_ns ; he
" .committed che ,care of thac,Government to cercain Offüer.s: i\,vpd were "Na.~iv¡~'.
" 0f Cow, ,a11d ,""'.hofe charge it was to ·infl:ruól: them in t~e.manner of livi~7
" that they rnight hecome racional Creacure,s, and live witb forne form and rule/
t~ .J,3ut thefe-did not onely lhtfr their Ears ~o neceílary iníl:ruEiio11s, and difdain
'~ the Orders vvhicb, the Officers of Topa l¡iga ,prefcribed; for.their living under,
" Laws in good,,ifociety, and uíing laudable cuíloms and ways ro live, 'fucl1 a~
" ;Manuring their tands, and other matters which contribute to eñe happi¡-i~fs-0f
" of life: But in recurn for füch benefüs, which they ill underíl:bod, they ktl\ed:
<, their Infüuétors, not fufferiog one óf_ them to live and efcar)e ; and tµjs_vil-.:.
" lany they aéted without any provocatioo, or any oppreffion, whereby tliey ,
" might de(erve i1l .from them. ,._lt is , that when che_Inga Topa heard o(
·' chis Maílacre, cemporiziog with the prefent íl:ate of his affairs, he diífembled
" _the matter, not having chat time co revenge che Death of chofe
'-' Capcains aod Subjeéts: Thus far are the of Pedro de Ciefa, with which.
l;ie concludes his Chapter : To which we add, that the Inca having finiíbed the
Cooqueíl: of thofe P~ovinces, returned again, to Couo, to cake fome r~pofe add;
divertifem~nt after bis great labours and cares in War. · '
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