596 / 1070
Royal
CommenttJ.rier.
BooKil.
" bue in regard ic is impoffible ro puc che
Europeans
in chis ílace and condition, ,
" or to perfüade chem to che ufe of fuch Arms, Cuíloms, or Habic,
fo
humanely
'' fpeaking , chey will never make tria! or effay to gain :Viétories wich füch cools
" or iníl:ruments. An~ on the contrary,
1
wel'e ch~
1nd,ans
armed as are che
Eu–
,,
ropeans,
crained up with che fame Milicary Difcipline, and infüuéted in the Are
'' ofWar, borh by Sea and Land, rhey would be more invincible chan che Turks.
" Of che Truth here0f Experience is che beíl: proof; for whenfoever che
SpaniardJ
" and
I~dians
were equal in cheir Anns, the
Spaniards
were ílaió in greac numbers ,
" as for Example, in
Puno
of
Mexico,
and long before thac in ocber places; for
" the crurh is, when che
Spaniards
have been laden and encumbred wich their
" Arms, and che
Indians
free and light, che
Spa11iard1
have been·ofteh defeated
in
" open Battel ; as in
fl.!!.itu,
.in
ChachapuaJª~
in
Chqquifaca,
in
Tucma,
in
Cunti,
in
"
Saufa;
in
Pa1rus,
in
Chiti1
ánd other p¡irts. Whérefore in tottipáring che V-a–
" lour and Prowefs of che
Spdniards
wich chac of tht!
'lndtans,
boch of
.Mexico
and
"
Nn,,
there can be no tneafure ot erial made
9y-the
Succefs-ót' Conqueíl:s,
by
" reafon of che gteat inequality in their Arms, ál'td abb've all, che lnvemion of
" Fire-arms was more terrible to them chan all che refr, and feems fomething
" more than what is humane or natural; and in reality che Viétor-1es which have
" beei;t obtained in moíl: parrsof ~he new World~ ahd ef~éially in
Peh,,
were won–
" derfüll Effe& of Divine Provil:lénCt!, rtlnci rattter
co be'attríbuced ro che Power
" of God; in favour bf che Gofpel,
't-hat\
to
-ehe
Valo.urof thé
Spaniqrds.
Bue
" though we may coWpare ihe
Ett'f'opeu,u
ahd tAe
JJ(itidtit k¿
together iQ the point
" of Arms, yec wé cannbt admit of ahy Comparifbn becween the
\Spaniards
and_
" -thé
Indian,,
as to the-c1\:
t
ofWar, in which, no doubt bat cbe
Spaniar'ds
have
'' rnlich che advancage: But
co
lec páfs chl,!;
poinr
1
and compare
lnllians
with
In–
"
didns,
chere is no doubt bue the
lnc;u,
añd che .Péople of
Peru,
were·much che
" betcer Souldiers; 9f which 'they ha e given ús füfficienc Tefümonies by che
" many Conqu~fls rbey ,l'!láde óver
tl~e
many ,rtóuhcries
they
r
ecluced to rheir
'' Obédience, áhd enjoyed
;.i.
nor were they ligfüµlzrd for the-ir Valo.ur of lace
': Years onely, (
ás·
fome 1Jeopl~ vainly imagine,) but for llBove five or
fue
" húndred Yea ·s paíl,; ambt'lgíl: which many
Kin(s
of chem l:iave been very
'~ powerfüll; t'l';J.mely
MailcoCapac,
/nen
Roca,
'firatbrlha l11c1:t, Pachacutec,
and chofe
'' defcended
frdln
diac
Li-~e
o che greac
'Hf!l(jhd
C:ip
é,
who
was
Emperour, be-'
" fidés many other Capcains Jof che fame ~lou\:'I,
of
whom we have creaced ac
'' large in ocher,pla~es.
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Bl.;u
'P'a!era;
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áftér ,
ich íhort 'Cligreffion 'lec us re–
túrn
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