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being on che Water, they mighc be able
to
maíl:er that Party, and execute their
Defiign, which was to kill thern all: Wherefore one half~cing.~mbarked toge–
ther witb their Luggage, or Baggage, whicb was grear,, for ic appertained for the
moíl: pare to
IncM
of the Blobd, who were flear che Perfon of che King, and
therefore carried·many changes of Apparel wirh them, which were very·fine :
Thefe Traitors which condu6ted.the Boacs beiog come to fucha place of che Se?
where they had defigned
to
execute their Treachery, cuc che Cor-ds and Ropes
which bound che Timbers and Planks of cbe B.oacs cogecher, whicb carried che
l11c11-1,
with which ahl che Caprains and Souldiers being pluraged in che Sea, the
Aífaffmates took up che Oars, and che Arms belonging to chem, and cherewich
kriocked them on che Head, not fuffering one of chem to efcape with bis Life.
And though fome gf thein endeavoured
to
fave chemfelves hy fwimming, for
moíl: ofche
Indians
are very expert in thac Are, yet it availed them little, for they
were not fuffered to come aíhore
by
che People of che Coaíl:, who preyed upon
them in fuch manner, as che Maritime Creatures do upon chofe of che Land:
In
chis manner thefe Iílanders having gained their Viétory , and made themfelves
Maíl:ers of che Spoils, which were very greac, they with much Joy and Triumph
íaluced one che ocher from Boac to Boat, applauding che contrivance and fuccefs
ofcheir Defign, with which they were fo,elevated, being an ignorant and fottiíh
People, that they believed•they had now not onely fecured their ~iberty, bue
were
able
alfo
to make chemfelves Maíl:ers of che Empire. With chis vain opi–
nion chey returned
to
-che H1and, and with like Diffimulation and Wickednefs of
Intention, took aboard che refidue of che Captains and Souldiers, which remai–
ned for che fecond advencure, whom having brought
to
che fame place where che
former Villany was perpetrated, they aéted che·like on them; and then remrning
home, they col1')pleted their Villany, by putting.all the! Governours and Mini~
· íl:ers to death,. whom che
Inca
had lefc to doe Jufüce, and
to
overfee che Revenué .
b,elonging
to
che Sun, and
to
the
Inca,
che which they aéted with incomparable
Cruelty and Difdain of che Royal Perfon of che
Inca,
placing the Heads of che'
murthered at ihe Gaces of their Temples, and facrificing their Hearcs and Bloud
to
cheir Idols, complying hereby wich che Vows they had made co their Splrits
ª°'d Devils, _in cafe they would favour and profper their Attempt.
·
CH A P. VI.
Of
the .Punifhment
which
was infliéled upan thefe
faithlefe
Rebels.
T
HE fad
ll(lWS
of chis unhappy fuccefs being made known to
Huayna Capac,
he received it with as deep a fenfe of trouble, as the lofs of
fo
many
Inw.
of che Bloud Royal, and of Men experienced in War and Peace <lid require,
c9ndoling much that their Bodies íhould be caíl: into the Sea,
to
be che Food
and Prey ofFiíh; far which being full of forrow, he put himfelf into mourning
Weeds, which amongíl: them is a Clothing of a greyiíh colour, called
Ve!tori.
Bue che Anger and Indignation of che
Inca
foon .overcame his forrow, for having
aífembled bis People together, and provided all things neceífary , he wich che
greaceíl: Expedition imaginable paífed into the rebellious Provinces upon che
Main-land, and with great
facilicy
fubjeéted che Inhabitams, who were a filly
people, wichout Counfel, Pollcy
>
or
Milicary
Art ,
whereby to ·defend chem–
felves.
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