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Boo~
IX.
Thefe Nations received the Sentence and Execu~ion of
J
uíl:ice with great Hu–
mility and Refignation; eíl:eeming d~emfelves_ ver_y happy that the Infliétion of
their puniíhrnent was no greater, fea'.mg th~t 1t i:mght have extended to a gen~ral
Maífacre of rhem all who were concerned m chis Treachery; for fince the ume
tbat che Empire of che
_lncM
be~an t0 ~e dila~ed, nothi~g was punifhed_ wich
fo
much feverity as Rebelhon; which Cnme bemg cornplicated w1th the v1le fin of
Ingratitude, made the puniíhment infliékd feem eaíie, and n?t bear an equality
with what the offence deíerved; fo that when the whole Nauon of
Huanca-villca
was puniíhed for ali _che reít, chey fupp_oned t)1~ Sentence with Patience and
' Moderation; and their
CuracM
and Caprams, w11lingly coníented to have cheir
Teeth drawn; and to íhew their readineís herein, they made it the Badge and
Diíl:inél:ion of their Nation, drawing out the upper and nethr J"eeth of cheir
Children fo foon
as.
having íhed them, chey were grown again; whereby it
is
obferv~ble, thac ruéie and barbarous People are as well pleaíed with Mode–
ration in the Execution of Puniíhment, as ochers are in che Exceífes of Be–
nefics.
1
was once acquainted with an
lndian
Wornan of
Huancavillca
in
Coz.ca,
who re-
counted unto me at large ali this Story; the Men and Wornen,
(as fhefaid) of
that Countrey, did ufually boar their Noíl:rils, for carrying Jewels of Gold and
Silver in them; and
I
remember when
I
was a Cl,Ud, that a Neighbour of ours,
called
Coca,
had a Horfe of a Cbefnut colour, which being brolien-winded,
for
·his
more eaíie breaching they ílic his Noíl:rils, with which Novelcy the
Jndians
'be–
ing much pleafed, chey called the Horfe
Huanc11villca,
in firnilicude of one of chat
Nation.
CH A P.
IV.
The
foca
vifJts his Empire, confidts t{Je Ol·acles, anJ gain;
the Ijland of
Puna.
T
HE
Inca Huayna Capac
having reduced chofe Provinces ; puniíl1ed the Of–
. fenders, and placed füfficient Guards and Garrifons for fubjeéting the peo–
ple, and keeping them in obedience, he returned
to
che Kingdom of
J2..!!_itu,
and
1hence taking a compafs to the Souchward, he proc~eded to che
Charcas
by
way
of
Co:uo,
being a Journey of abqve feven hundred Leagues in length. He alfo
fenc vifüors to the Kingdom of
Chili,
frorn whence they broughc rnuch Gold
to
himfelf, as they had done to his Facher; in which Travels he fpenc four Years,
and then refided two Years in
Co:i:,co.
Afcer which he raifed fifty thoufand Soul–
diers out ofche Diviíion of
Chinchafuyu,
which is co che Norch of
Coz.ca,
comman~
ding them to make their Rendezvous on the Fronciers of
Tumpiz.,
whilfr he
itl
Períon defcended into che Plains,
to
vific che Temples of tbe Sun, ofwhich chere
were rnany of great Devotion in thofe pares.
In
the
firft
place he went
to
the
rich Temple of
Pachacamac,
whom they adored for the unknown God; and there
commanding the Prieíl:s
to
confult the Oracle, who was the Devil, concerning che
happinefs of his Succeífes, aníwer was ma<le, chat he íhould proceed in bis Encer–
prifes,
for
he íhould be profperous in thern, and in all ochers chat he fhoald un–
dertake; for chat he wa~ chofen for fupreme Lord of ali the
fo:.ir
Qiarters of che
World. Hence he paíl'ed
to
the Valley of
Rimac,
wbere that famous prating Ido!
was feared, che which he confulted
in
cornpliance with che Capitulations which
bis Great-grandfather had made with the
Yuncr,u,
ofwhich one was, that rhac Idol
íbould be always conferved by him in great veneration, and having receive<l his
Anfl1/er, which was foil of Ambiguities and Flatceries, he proceeded forward
co
the Vallies
wbich
border upon
Tumpi:i:,;
where being arrived, he difpatched_his
'
·
accufio-