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BooKIX.
nór cómmit any other ·wickednefs
<;>f
this namre ; bue.that t~ey ího~ld adore thi
Sun for their univerfal God, and hve amongíl: Mankmd w1th Jufüce and Rea,,,
fon. All which the
Inca,
who[e Farher was
ti.\!~
SQn, pmnoun~, ,as Legiílá.ton
of chat great Empire, from .}Vhofe 1.~C\lfils.n0nhiñg was to be fubtraéted ·or,
diminiíhed upon pairt.
.f',Í
Deathl'.ft
'fo
whidt
Tumpalla
and his People anfwe-–
'red, that they woulci'icomply wich'whatfoever the
Inda"
íhould pleafe to enjoiit
thern.
The Solemnity of the Feíl:ival being pafi, which was provided for die more
decenc reception of the
Inca,
the
Caracas
had time to think upon what they hacb
done, and confidering more mamrely of the rigour of the new
Laws
impofed up–
on them, and how contrary they were to their ancie1~t Cuíl:oms, and reíl:riétive
0f
chofe Paíl:imes and Divertifements they formerly enJoyed, they began already to
efieem a foreign Subjeétion _grievous unto chem; and
fo
being defirous to retum
to cheir old befüality
1
_che lílan~ers aad their Neighbours confpired together to
.kill
che
Inca,
and all
tus
Army,
m
a treacherous manner, when che firfi occafion.
íhould occur. To which end they confulted their Gods, privately reíl:oring their:
Idols to forne fecret and convenient places, _which thac they might reconcile
for,
the lace affront pffered them for their Revolt and Defertion, tney facrificed
to
them, demanding their Counfel and Advice, whecher che EnterpTife they had
now defigned íhould be füccefsfull and profperous, or not: To thIS demand thft
Devil gave them chis Anfwer, That chey íhould go on and be profpernus.
With
which thefe Salvages became fo proud arid confident, chat they had immediately.
proczeeded to che Execution
of
it, had they not been diífuaded by their Magicians
and Diviners , who advifed chef!! to ~ave p~tience
for
a while,
for
cha~ their
Gods were willing
to
defer che Execut10n unull a better and more fecure oppor-:
tunity.
CH A P. V.
The
Iflanders of
Puna
Ma/facre the People and Captains of
Huaina Capac.
W
Hilíl:
Huayna <;:apac
was ordering a~d difpofing Affairsfor t~e.beccer govern•
mene of thIS People, and reducmg them to a more polmcal way of
li–
ving, in che mean time che
CuracM
were meditating che manner how to execute
·. cheir Treachery; an occafion for which feemed
to
offer it felf, at che time whe11
che
Inca
fending his Captains and MiniHers with Commiflion and Infl:ruél:ions, to
inform and teach che Nations of ~he Main-land che Laws, Doéhines, Cufl:oms
and Religion of the
Incas,
for he then withdrew his- Forces
frorn
che Iíland, che
Nacives readily fupplying Boats and Ferries
to
tranfport them into chofe pares to
which they were defigned; which being performed, che
lnca
alfo recurned to
Tumpi:{,,
on other important occaGons; for whereas the[e Princes employed their'
who\e time. to b~Gnefs for the ~etter governrnent of the~ People, they omitted
nothmg whICh m1ght tend
to
therr good, and to che happmefs ofcheir living and
therefore might moft juíl:ly be íl:iled Lovers of che Poor , and Guardi;ns•
QÍ .
their People.
So foon as che
Inca
was deparced, his Capcains and Offiters prepared
alfo
for
their paílage, ordering Boats and Ferries for cheir tranfponations, ene which
were provided by the.Nacives, in fo finall a number, as were noc fufficient to
carry ab'ove half che People at
a
time, che which they purpofely contrived, chat
fo
being