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them Prifoner?; the moíl: culpable of which, and che moíl: aétive in this Rebel-·
.lion, tó the number of two'thoufand, part of w·hich were
Caranques,
and p;irt Al
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líes with them, were puc to deadí, having cheir throats cu~ within .a Lake, and
their bodies fonk into the deep ; the waters ofwhich being ft;tined with the bloud,
the Lake was·for ever afterwards called
Yahuarcocha,
or the bloqdy Sea, in a per–
petua! Memorial, of chis rebellious crime, and the puniíhment of ir.
Pedro de
Ciefa
menti~:ming this particular, reportsl th~t twenty th~ufand of tbem fuffereq
rhis puhifhm,.ent ; perhaps he means. that
fo
many might be killed in rhis War
on both lides.
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The
Inca Httt1Jna Capac
having executed.
this
juíl:ice
in
thepunHhrnent ofRebels,
departed·for
!2.!!_itu ,
oeing much troúbled, that during bis R,eign, íuch enormous
wicked¡:¡ef[es fhould ·áí-ife, which íhould require his extreme fevericy and rigoúr in
che juíl: puniíhment ; beil'lg an aétion as much conErary to his natural inclination,
as it was ro the cuíl:ome and praétice of his Anceíl:oürs, who moíl: availed them–
felves on the Ticles of Pious and Mercifull : He was moreover much concerned,
that the[e unhappy accideñts íhould cdncur
in
his time, ánd noc Jn the Reign of
bis Predeceffours ; having no example, or precedent óf
fo .
much crm;lty, unlefs it
were in the
ca[e
of the
Chancas,
which happeríed
in
the Reign of the
IncaVirac,–
cha.
Perhaps thf matter being well coníidered, it might be afore-runner of rhat
grand rebellion and defeél:ion, which Was che defüuél:ion of the Empire, and ruine
of the Bloud-Royal, as we fhall now fee
ii:r
che fequel cif chis Hillary._ ,
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P.
XIÍ.
_Huayna-.Capac
makes his
Son
Atahua
1
lpa
lúng
of
~ituó
,
T'·
HE
.Jnc11. Huayna Capac
(
as we have.before noted) had by rhe Daughter of ,
the King of
~
itu,
who was Heir to that Kingdom , a Son named
Atahu–
atpa,
who was a perfon of great underíl:anding, and of a quick wit and apprehen–
fion
~
he was alfo of a fübtile, jealous, and cauciou~ temper, naturally courageous, ·
and addiéted toWar, of a g_ood fhape, and gentile body, with a pleafant Air in
his mouth, as have commonly all the
Incas
and
Pallas,
which are Ladies. The[e
Endowments of mind and,.body were fo pleaíing to bis Father, that he loved him
entirely, and would h~ve him always in compariy wich him; ánd would have
made him
his
fole Heir and Succeífour to his Empire, bue that he could not dif–
i.oherit bis Eldeíl: Son
Huafcar,
who claimed by Righc of Primogeniture a title
tp
all the Eíl:ate and Empire of his Father: Howfoever, as to che Kingdom of
f2.i!i–
tu,
there feemed fome colour of juíl:i~e to di[member it from che Empire, and
confer it in right of his Mocl}er on her Son
Atahualpa
;
che which being the de–
fire and i!)~entipn of
Huayna'Capac,
he·fent far the Prince
Huafcar,
then at
Couo,
co
come
to
him, andina
foil
Aífembly ofhis Captainsand
Curaw,
fpake to his
legitimate Sori andHei-r
in
this manner:
lt
i1
we!l kz¡own, Prince, that accorcling, to
the ancient Cuftome and Can
on of ourAnceftoH'l'S derived to
m
from our firft Father
tv1an–
CO
Capac,
this Kingdom of
Qgj.tubelongs to your Crown and Inheritance
;
having ev_er·
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been maintained for a rule u
ntothis day, that whatfocver Kingdoms
01·
'Provincej have been
conquered,. have ever been annexed to the Imperial Crown, of which
Cozco
is the chie/
City
and M etrópolis : But in regard 1 bear fo tender an ajfeétion towards yotF Brother
Atahualpa,
that it wou!d grieve me much tofee him poor
;
J
could therefore wifhyou would
con{ent to,part with the Kingdom of
Qgitu,
that fo I might be_
/f.ow·it upon him
;
for rhough,
the Inheritance in right beJoHrs; Jet tonfidering that that l(ingdom was the Patrimony
o(
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