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Ro}'al

Commentáries.

B O

o ·

III.

Mayta

Cápa~,

(he fourth

foca,

gains

Tiah_uanacu,

and

what for't

of ~uilditzgs

were

fountf

there.

I4 E

lf!~ª, Mayta Capac,

havihg petforitled th@ Ceremoni~s due

thé

Obfetjúies of

h.is

dead Etth<rr, refolved

€o

vifü tlie 'r€rnote

párEs ef his Dominions ; apd hough

had a\i:eady in thé fone

his

Farher

cravelled thGfe Countriés·, yet being then iñ his

Mlnority,

a11el

under the Tuitjon of his Parents and Couníel-

lóurs,

lié

had,_not t'he opp0rtunlt-y

demonílrate

che

Excellency

his

Ve-rtués,

Mr yet

f'.0

obfetved by

lfü

people,

ª"'

·was now, being an ·

abfolute PFince. Whétefüreiáfter

che

e~drnple of his AMcil;ours he honoured

and

Catisfied

~hé

foveral f\rovine:es of his-Kingdort1 wich d1e ldfü@ of nis Pr~fence~

giving

fmth

tefümóflies ·M li@éralicy, rnarage and genemus éli[pófition

to'

his

Cu–

raca.1,

and a11

othér his Sq.bjefü~ that chey i:étmined

1t11 gtéát aclníirati0n of t1is

Royal

€rtues ánd A:bilíties of !')JiAd. ' ,

. Maving accornpBíned tkis Vif¡taEibñ,

re-Mfumed th"e d@fign of eP1latgtng his

Dominions aft€r

dié exampk~

óf

liis Ancé~6urs covér'iñg his a.mbition and coves

tóufneís under che

pecióús·prétence óf n:f<;fü-iqling

che

Nations from their barba–

i:ic.y and váin füperfütions,

té

mór-e <tivi'li-zé0!life, and

thé true and'religious

wóríhip and adoration of

the Suri:

Acé01'dit;¡g]y he taifed an Army, and

thé

Spring following he

bega:n

his

mar.ch

wi-t'h

rwélv<2 thó'Ufand Men under rhe_.Com–

mand of

four

Generals and cheir fofériout' Offa:el's, t'.akilng his way as

far

as thac

place, where the Lake

Tit-icacir.

ernptiés it felf; which b€ing che Coumrey of

Col–

ko,

plain and even, and the people íirnple, and yeé docible, it was che more imvi–

tíng, and more éaíily fübdued.

Being come

this íl:rearn which ruFJs fr(Í)1n t'he Lake;

made floats, on

whtth

he Ferried his Army

the other fide, and éhen [ene his ufüal Su111h1ons

the

Inhabirams , requiring therñ éo fubmir

tó

his Góvernment and Religion.

The[e

Indians

having hea1'd che repó1'é of éhol@ Mirades whiéh the

lilcM

had per–

formed, wirhouc much difficulcy fub1nitted to bis Com!'nands ; and amongíl: rhe

~eft, t!1e peoJ?le of

_Ti:1hua~:,1~tt

1,ve1'e reduéed t? obedience; of ,~ho_[e gr~at and

1rtcre<:l1ble Edifices, 1c 1 requtfit'e, chat vve fhould' déclarn fornechmg

t~t.s place.

:A.mongíl:

rhe

mighcy"

dts

and Buildings of' thac Coun(toy, ther.e is a cercain

Hill,

heap of Earrh thrówn up by h~nd; which is

hlgh, that ic is a füh>jeét

of greac admil'ation; and leíl: with time ir íhoulcl fettle-, or

ftfik

lówer, i~

founded on greac Scones cemenced -together:

And

whac end this

was

done,