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BooK
II.
Royal
Commentllries.
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tions, to come in, and be converted to thé knowledge and adoration of che Sun;
and iµ regard chey had rhe fame Title
df
Incas,
as well as their King; he concei–
ved rhac rhe fame Obligacion lay upon rhem, to ferve rhe Sun, who was che tom–
mon Parenc of rhem a!r, anp chereforé required diem
to
join wirh him in rhé
farne work and defign ; thac
fo
rhey might reduce chofe People frorn cheir bruciíh
and befüal courfe of living
to
a Life more regular and racional; for thar rhey fee–
in&_ ~he improvemenrs which rhe inflructions of his Farher,
the.
Inca,
had m_ade
fo
11iS
own Subjeéts, rnight be inore e~fily allur~d
to
forfake rheir old barbarbus
· Cuíl:oms, and embrace chofe which are more beneficia} anq refined.
1
Hereunto che
Curacai
gave chis ready and cbearfull Anf
wer,
that they were noc
onely willing to obey bis Cornmands in rhis particular, bue even ro encer intd
the fue for nis fake; and
fo
ending cheir Difcourfe, chey prefixed
a
day to begiri
rheir'
J
ourney: and accordingly
che
Inca
.
departed with
~
gre~t Retitme of his Sub-.;–
j~,
caking his Journey .by che way of
Colla.fu.Ju, .
wh1ch hes to ~he So.urhward
from che Cicy
Couo;
;ind
as
they travelle
d , they perfuaded the
Indians
wirh fair
w0rds co
follm"{
theír Example, and
to
bec,otne Subjeél:s
ro
che
l~ca,
and Devota–
ríes
to
rhe Sun, uniring
w¡rli
rhem in Religjón,cowards.rheir God, and Allegiance
co
tht:ir Prince. Thofe
Indians
which are ofche Nations·called
Púchina
and
Can–
chi,
and are the nexc borderers, being a ~~ople very Gmple and credulous~ (as in–
deed all the
Jndit!ln1
are,) (eeing che etfec1s which the
Inca
had opq!rated on his
o"wn
Subjeéts, which was che beíl: argument to,éqrivince them, théy immediately fub-:
mit{~d
to
his Government; and chus by degr~_es, dur~g che whole cqurfe of chis
Jnca's
Reign, wichout violence or force ofarms, .in a gemle ~nd.peaceable manner
he reduced ali the People, as far as
Chuncara,
wqich .is abone twency Leagues
in
length, with che InhaDitancs ofche parts adjacent to his Subjeétion, over
all
"hich
he prevailed
fo
far, .as to plow and cultivare their Lands, .to lead a moral Life
aé–
cording
to
.che_Rules of th~ light of nature, and rhat forfaki~g th~_ir 14.ols, and evil
cuíl:orns
which rhey praéhfed, they fhould worlliip che Sun, and obferve chofe
,Laws
and
f>recepcs
which
?Y
Reve_lation
his
Father,
Manco Capac,
had delivered
t~
them;
all
wh1ch che
Ind1an1
read1ly accepced and embraced,
being
highly
.füls-
. f:ied with that ~nefit an·d improvement wfüch the Dominion and Rule of
Sinchi
Roca
had brought unto chem, who afcer the example of bis Father, fiudied ali
ways and means to endear that People to himfelf.
,
Sorne Authours repare that chis King proceeded much beyond che Countrey
of
Chuncara,
and extended his Dbminions over the 'Nauoris of
Canea/la, Ruruchacbi,
.Ajfillu, .Afancatu, Huancani,
and pthers; ali which he gained wich fuch gentle·
tteacment, tha,t he needed noc Wars, or other Arms, than perfuafions tb invite
them; uftng thefe new plantations, as good Gardiners doe cheir Órchards, pru-,
nh_1g and digging about their . Trees,
in hopes of plenty and abundance of
Fruit.
.
Sinchi R~a
having chus lived in peace
ar.idguietneís
for
che fpace ofmany years,'
and,
as
fome
will
have it, for about thi
rty, finding himfelf at length decaying·and
aged, he declared that now after the labours and cares he had taken
to
reduée tnerí
to
the knowledge of his Father the Sun, he
was
now going to cake his refi and
repofe with him. His lawfoll Son, by his legitimareWife and Siíler,
Mam,a Cora
(oras óthers will have ir,
M11ma Oc/lo,)
called
Lloque Yupanqui,
h€
léft to fucceed
him, as Heir to ali
bis
I)ominions : BeGdes this Prince he ha,d other Soris by
his
Wife, and more Children
by
bis Kinfwomen, who were his_Concubines, all
·which we
may
call legitimare. Moreover he had many Ball:ard Children by W
o–
rnen
of
other Famílies, all which was allowable according
to
che rule, and faying;
that ic was
fit
and requifite
that
th€ Generation and Family of
the
Sun íhould
oe
illany
ancl
numerm:1s,
·