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BooK

II.

Royal

Commen.taries.

vvhid1 attend the f4ccefs of

\V-

ar; and therefore: in Compa!Iion to bis Peo–

ple, he would rather chufe

give ovéi '·his Pretenfions; as defperate, than

engolf himfelf in fuch a Defign which was év.ery day atttended with new Diffi·

ó1lties.

And having duly confi

dered the

fe things, ,and confulted on them vvith fome ·

few of bis Relations, he

refo

lv.ed, to give over.the War ó

arrµ

thac he rnigbt in–

tima'te

rnucb cp rbe Officers' of·his An:ny,: he affembbl che principalof them

rogecher, .and publickly difcourfecl vvitb them

tbis effd~t:

' ·

/'-, Bretbren, and Sons of mine, .I have vv€ll obferved '; anti proved' che great

t'>tffettion and Zeal ye have demoníl:raced tovvards my, Service, ·having wich

WJmch Alacrity, and Readineís, offered your Lives aríd _forrnnes, Wtves and

Cbildren, thac ye mighc !again eftabliíh me in the Th;-o~e of my. Ethpire;

'·'··bu't fince it is apparent, thac the

Pachacamac

vifibly figpts ·againíl: us, and hach

'' decreed that I íhould noc be

King,

,chere is no reafon for us to withftand and

'' oppofe bis Divine Will.

:. '' I am well affured, and I believe ye are ·al! fenfible, that my Defires to

'.~- reign and govern, are n9t grounded on Principies of Ambician ; bnt tha,t

·my Kingdoms may recovei! ithac Pean'! and Liberty. which they -€njoyed

" under che genele and eafie Government of my Anceíl:orn:s'; it being rhe Du–

" cy of every good K.ing to íl:udy the Profperity and Welfare of his People;

and acc6rding to the praél:ice of the

Ínruu,;

to prefer that before any othet

" ConGdeniüon whatfoever.

Bue I have good reafon co fu[peét and fear ,

" thac the Deíigns of thefe Mén, who,!E we call Gods, aód fay they were

" fent from Heaven·, are very much different from thefe Princip!es. How–

~,-foever, for my pare, I cánnoe, bue wirh much Regret and Tendernéís

to–

" wards you, feek to gain my point at the coíl: of your -Lives, and would

" rathe_r live in a prívate manner, defp0iled

my-Empire-, which is my ln–

" heritance, chan to recovet ie at the expente of. theit ,Bl0ud ,

hom I love

" ~s dearly as my own Child~en. A11d 'n0w· therefore, ·

tlME

·the

ViPaéocÍúu

may

" not treat you

il1

for my 1.fake, I alff- refolved to t'etite my

[élf;

and -to

live an Exile from

,Gountrey, thatlfér all Cau[e of Jealoufié -and Suf–

pidon being removed

my Abfonce ,-

may be_reéeived inco cheir gooq

'' Grace and Favour.

.•

'' And now

find che Prophecy of my Father

Huayna Capac

fully accom-·

" pliílled, wbich was, That a Stranger Nation íhould deprive us of our.

" Ernpire, and defiroy our Laws, and Religion. Had we well confidered

" chis, before we began the War , we fhould have acquiefced, and 'fubmie–

" ced , becaufe my Father, the King, enjoined us to obey and ferve tbe

Vi–

racochas,

wbo[e

Laws, as he faid, were bern;r chan ours, and their Arms

" more powerfull tban our force. Botb which things have proved true, for

" foon as they encred into chis Empire, Our Oracles became Glent, which is a

" fign that they yielded unto theirs: And as to their Arms they havé had

" an advantage over ours ó for though at che beginning we. had che forcune

·'' to kili fome few of them, yet at lengch one hundred and fevency onely

"- which furvived, were able- to deal with

USj

nay as we rnay fay, did conquer us,

" feeing that in che end we are forced to recrear.

" The truth is, it cannot well be faid tha~ they conquered us, nor can

" tbey boaíl:

much o

f their Viétories ó for feccing aGde the Miracles which

" apµeared in

the.ir

Favour , they of themfelves gained no advancage ovei·

" us.

For what can we fay to che Fire, which burned our own Houfes,

" and became extiflét,

foon as it couched theirs

? ,

What 'can we think

" of rhat Cavalier, who, ac the Extremicy of the Siege, appeared wirh Thun~

'' der and Lightning in bis Harrrl, and rouced and deíl:royed ali befare him

" And then in the Night, a moíl: beautifull Princefs appeared ín che Clouds,

" yvitq an Infan_t in , her Armesó which, with thac aíl:onifüing Brighcnefs íhe

" darted from her- Eyes, difmayed and blinded us in fuch manner, tbat we

" knew not whac we did, and even feared to remrn unto .our own Qiar–

" ters ; how much

lefs durfi we advemnre to give Battel ·

thefe

Yira–

cochM

Moréovef,,

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