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IX.

..R(!Jal Commentaries.

accufiomary Summons ofPeace and War

the Inhabicants of'che Iíland of

Puna;

noc far diíl:anc from che Main Land is a fruicfull

foil

abounding wich ali chings ne~

ceífary fur huma~e Life. ·Thi's me contains abouc ·cwelve Leag.ues in compafs,

the Lord of which was by

Naro~'.l"'ump,,fki,1

onrJ of-·a proud and~haughcy Spiric ;

for having neicher by himfelf nor &ceflourS\itkhowledfúi arw Superiour, chey

domineered over cheir Neighbours, and chereby beiog_ ac difcord arnongíl: them–

felves, were che.lefs able to make he1d or refül:ence againíl: che

Inca.

Moreover

tbis

T11mpalla

was vitious and Jux.urious in bis Manners, and Way of living, for

he kept rnany Wives, and Boys ufed after che ·faíhion of Sodomices; chey

fa-·

crificed che Bloud and Hearrs of Men to their Gods; which were Tigers and

Lions, and tAe Fiíh of chac Coaft, which, becaufe chey yíelded chem Food

iri

greac abundance, were by them, as well as by che cornrnon

Indians,

adored for

Deities. Thefe People, when chey heard che Summons ofche

Inca,

were gready

ÍU!J)rifed and croubled; to which, chac chey mighc recuro cheir Anfwer,

Tumpalla

aílembled che principal Perfons of his Hland, and then wich greac forro,w declared

Unto them, íaying,

Here now appears at the Gates of oúr Houfes a certain Tyrant, who

threatens to tak§ from m all our Goods and Ejlates, and to.dejlroy us all, 11nlefs we readili

receive him for our Lord and Majler; and now in cafe we jhou!d admit him, we mujl re–

nounce. our ancien't Liberty, our Command and Principa!ity, which for mam Ages hath de;

fcended to m from 011r Ancejlours, Nor

thú all, for thú Foreigner not tmjling to our

Words and·Fidelity, will compell m to labour, and ereéf Tower~ and Fortrej{es, and having

p11t

Garrifons into them will force m to mainiain the Charge and Expence, that

mqy

never be in airy capaciry of recovering our Liberty. He will moreover fehe upon the beft

our Pof{e.J!ions, and tak! from. m our Wives and Childre¡i, and the mojl beautifull of our

Daught~rs; and what ú mo(f grievom, he will abolijh our Law's, and ancient Cujloms, and

in the place thereof impofe new ones upon m, makjng 11s worjhip Jlrange Gods, and th,:ITP1

down ottr own, witb which we ,have been ac9uainted; and in fhort, live alter their '1J'!anner

and p!eafure, which is the worjl of fervitudes. Which beinJ, certainly our Cafe, 1 leave it>

to you to conjider, whether we had not better die, than be enflaved, dejiring you to confult

a;zd advife me what courfeoú bejl to be tak!n in thú exigence.

The

Indians

hereupon debating che rnatter amongfhhemfelves, did greatly be–

wail their own weaknefs and inabilicy to ¡eGíl: fo powerfull a Tyranc

and thac

the correfpondence becween them and their Neighboµrs being very ill, there was

no hopes of making a firm and faichfuU Confederacy with them; in conGderacion

of which having no profpeét of defending chernfelves, and chac their refül:ence

would produce nothing bue Ruine and De(lruétion, they concluded at laíl:, thac

the lefs evil was to be chafen, which was to fubmit to .che

Inca;

and to make a .

Vertue ofNeceffity, to diífemble a ready Obedience ur:itill opporcunicy prefemed,

which rnighc acquit chem of cheir fervicude. On chis Refolucion

Tumpalla

did noc

onely render a very favourable and gentle Anfwer to che Meífengers

[ene

by che

Inca,

bue alfo difpeeded Ambaíladours in bis own Narne, and in behalfof all bis

Dominions, to him wich prefents, humbly offering hirnfelf, and all bis Peo·

ple,

bis Obedience ; befeeching him to gracé chat Iíland, and his new VaK!ls,

.with che favour of bis Royal Prefence, which would be the greateíl: felicity chae

they could expeét or imagine.

' The

Inca

gratiouíly receiving chis

Addrefs.of

Tumpa!la,

ordered conveniences to

be provided for paffing his Army into che Iíland, chaehe might 'cake poífeffion of

the Councrey; all which being prepared with greac punétuality, and in fuch man–

ner as che íhorcnefs of che time would permit, chougb not wich foch Pomp and

Oftentation as

Tumpalla

did deGre, che

Inca

paífed into che Iíland, where he was

received wich Feaíl:ing, and Dancing, and new Songs; purpoíely _compofed in

Praife and Honour of

Huayna Capac,

and bis mighcy Aétions. His Lodgings were

pro'7ided in a ne P:ilace, lately builc, for che

Inca

was not

íleep in fuch a

~hamber where any other Perfon had repofed. The

Inca

remaining heré for

fome days, employed hirnfelf in giving out neceífary Orders for che Government,

by Laws, and che Iníl:itucion of bis Religion, commanding che Inhabiránts there–

of, and all che Neighbours of che Main Lancl, bordering rhereª.boucs, which con–

fified of divers Nacions and Languages, thac leaving cheWoríhip of their former

Gods, rhey ·íhould forbear to facrifice rhe Bloud or F.leíh of Men, not eac ir,

z •

nor

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