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ned Anfwer ro his Heralds, thac they were, with all willing obedience ready
to receive him for cheir Lord and Emperour: The like Anfwer was made by
the lnhabitants of che Vallies upon the Coaíl:; and other In-land Nations cal- ·
led
Chnnana, Chinrn,
ánd
Collonche,
'f
aquafl,
and others, ·feated on che neighbou–
ring parts.
CH A P.
IIL
Of the
puni/h11ient infli[ied
on thofe whó k,i!led the Offiters
of
Tupác Inca Yupanquii
T .
HE
Inca
being encred ínc~
Tumpt;,;
raifed a frrong Fortrefs, and put a con.:
fiderable Garrifon iótó it; he builc
alfo
a Temple for che Sun, to which he
adjoined a Houfe forrhe Seleét Virgins; che which Work being fuilihed, he
paífed forward into che Councrey of thofe who had ílain che Captains, Iníl:ruc–
tors, and Doétors of Religion, which his Father
Tupac Tupanqui
had forrnerly –
feated in that Countrey, for the better Government and Erudition of that people,
as we have formerly mentioned. In memory qf which treacherous Villany
Hu- .
·
ayna Capac
fent his Meífengers to them, commanding them immediacely to repair
tó bis Court, to render an Account of the wickednefs they had perpetrated ; and
though they were corifcioµs of ~he Faét, and trembled with che thoughcs of the
punifhment they had deferved, .yet they durfr not refufe, or negleél: che Summons,
and therefore in due fenfe of their demerit they humbly approached che
.I,nca,
ca–
füng themfelves with ali fubmiílion at his Feet. The
Inca
hereupon aífembled all
the
CuracM,
-Ambaíf¡¡dou·rs, Courifellours, and Nobles, who were pre~nt at that
Meeting, when his Father, at tbeir requeíl:, fent bis Officers and Iníl:ruétors a–
rnongíl: chem, che which they had treacherouíly murchered; and all of chem ap–
pearing before·him, a certain Colonel of che Army Uood 11p, and made a Speech
to them in behalfof che
Inca;
and in che firíl: place upbraiding them with trea–
chery, breach oftheir Fáich, and cruelty, he accufed themofIngratimde, and wané
of Underíl:anding; for thac whereas chey ought to have adored che
Inca
and his
Officers, for withdrawing them from their brutiíh and beíl:ial Life, to live ·Iike
Men, with all che Comforts and Enjoyments of. a rational Being; they on che
comrary had barbarouíly and cruelly murchered che Auchours and Iníl:rumencs of
their Felicicy, to the great di(bonour of che Sun his Father; for which offence
they had deferved
fo
fevere a putüíbrnent, that if'their whole Nation. of both
Sexes, aQd all ages were extirpated, and .their Race extinguiíbed, they were not
able with the eftuíion of al! cheir Bloud, to make expiation for chis.heinous crime.
But in regard that
Huayna Capac
was an
Inca
to :whofe Namre Mer\'.Y and Clemen–
cy were moíl: agreeable, and whofe Ticle it was to be a Lover of che Poor, he
did freely forgive al! che common people; and as co tho[e Auchours and Contrivers
of this Murther, though they had al! deferved Deach, yét he was contented to de–
cimate them, and every tenth Man to die, as his Lot íbould falL upon him, that
fo
it might be evident, thac che
Inca
had no Spleen or Hatred to any m particu-
. lar, but onely to punifh Offenders, as Truth and
J
uíl:ice required. And farther,
that aMark and Tefümony of chis Treachery might remain in che Memory of
future Ages, che
Inca
commanded that rhe
Curaca.·,
and p!'incipal .Períonages of
che Nation,
Huancavillca ,
íbould have cwo of their Teech drawn from above;
and cwo from benearh, and for ·ever
to
be
fo
cominued to them, and their Po–
íl:erity, and
co
remain as a Mark whereby to reproach che falfity of the Words
pronounced with their Mouths, and che breach of che Pr01nife
of
Fidelit:y and
Vaífalage made
to
his Facher
TMpac Yupa;7qui.
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