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IX.
From the Subjeél:ion of thefe people on thé Main , the
Inca
paffed into che
Hland, in his way·whereunto he encountred a ílighc reftfience on che Sea, bue
fo
inconfiderable ~nd weak
1
thac che Enemy was immediacely ov~rcome, and yielded
co·Mercy. Whereapon Che
Inca
commanded all che principal Auchours andCoun–
fellours of chis Defign, together wich che Captains, and Souldiers of chiefeíl!
note, who·were in any wife concerned in chis Treafon., to be feized, and brought
before his Tribunal of Juíl:ice; to whom one of the Generals made a grave
1
Speech , reprefenting to them che deformity of their Wickednefs, aggravated
wich all che black circumíl:ances chac were poffible; for chat whilíl: che
Inca
was
fiudying cheir good , and endeavouring co reclaim chem from their beílial and
brutiíh Life, that they might enjoy a condition more agreeable to a racional Be–
ing; that then they were contriving to difappoint his good lntentions by che
woríl: and fouleít Cruelcies: Wherefore fince Jufüce was
to
be
performed, and
that the
Inca
could not exercife chat Clemency and ·com affionwhich was natu–
ral to his Temper, chey were co prepare chemfelves
to
recé!ive a puniíhment agree–
able to cheir demerir; upon which Sentence being paífe , it was exe~uted with
divers forts ofDeath, according as the
Inca
'direéted; chat
it
might have fome con~
formity ro chat kind ofCruelty which chey aél:ed on che people of the
Inca,
chey
rhrew fome inro the Sea, wich great weights to ftnk chem
to
che bottorri; others
they ran thr9ugh che Body with their Lances, and pirched them on Spears before
che Gates of their Temples; others were quartered afrer rheir Throats were cut;
orhers they killed with their own Weapons, and ochers were hanged.
Pedro
de
Ciefa
baving ac large defcribed che particulars of chis Rebellion, and rhe Revenge
of it, •.vrices afterwards chefe Words.
"
In
this manner many thoufands of
lndi–
"
ans
were killed and de{b-oyed wich different Cores of death; che principal Lea–
" ders of which Councils were either drowned or empaled. And after
H11ayna
. "
Capac
had done Juíl:ice upon chefe Offenders, he commanded that this difmal
" íl:ory fhould be made che Subjeél: of thofe Songs which were to be recited on
" their days, and times of Calamity, which they in dolefull Dit~ies compo[ed ·
" in cheir Language and Propri'eties of their Countrey. After wl.1,~ che
Jnc4
at–
" tempted
to
make a Caufey over the River
Guayaquile,
which certainly was a
" great and magnHicenc work, according to chofe remains which to chis day ap–
" pear of ic
j
bue it was never finiíhed according to the manner thac he defigned,
" being called to thi~·day che Pafs of
Guayna Capa ;
al! which being performed,
'' commands were g1ven
to
obey the Governour who refided
in-
the Fortrefs of
"
Tumbe:t,
wich other rnatters relating ro Government
j
and fo che
Inca
departed
" from thofe Qg_arcers. Thus far are che Words of
Pedro
de
Cief11,
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