74 / 1070
Royal
Commentarier.
BooK
III.
which was common amongff the People of
Collao,
and afterwards was fpread over
all the Dominions ofthe
IncM,
That che
Indian1
íallying out one day co fight,
all
che Stones they chrew,
anq
che Arrows chey íhoc,. recurned upon the~felves.,
fo
that many of
Colla
were killed and wou_nded
by
thetr own Weapons, whidi re~
torced againíl: cheir own Breaíls; che which fabulous report we íhall relate more
at large hereafcer. Wich chis great defirufüon and morcality the
Colúton1
being
affiighced efpecially cheir
C11r-aca1,
and fearing chat greacer evils would
be
the ef.
feét
of ch~ir obfünaey, reíolved to fubmic; ancl accordingly difpofing cheir Peo1>le
in
feveral Squadrons, or Bands, they marched orderly to crave Merey.
In
the
firíl:
place went the Childr~n, nexc followed che Mochers, chen che old Men,
and
then che Souldiery, wich cheir Capcains and Commandeis, and laíl
of
all
che
Cap.
tains wich their
Curac.u,
having cheir hands-bound, andhalcers about cheir
necks,
as
a
fign chac chey had deferved deach, for haviog refified the Children and
Fami–
ly of che Sun; and
to
make their humiliacion the more formal, according to
the
&;uíl:ome of
,,,.u,
chey walked defcalced, or bare-foot, for grearer
ieverence to
that
Majefiy
or
Deity ,~hkh they went
to
adore.
C H A P.
111.
The
Collaons
upoiz Surrenáer are received to Pardon, the
Fable
is
explained.
T
·F-I
E
(e1,ier-al fquadrons ¡;>refeneing themfelye;
befor~the'
Inca,
~ittT
all
Jmmi.'
licy,proftraced chemfel'v~ to the ground' befare
him,
and w1th load accla.–
mations faluced him by che title of che Son of
Phix!Jl,u;
which ceremony being per.
formed br che C01nrn0nalcy, the
C11r11c,u
followed nexr, who havi~ made their
humble revevence afcer. the faíhion,of cheir Countrey, rhey
begged
hisMajeíly's
Pardon for che crimes and offences chey had commicced,againft ñrm
1
bue in
cafe
it
were his pl-eafüre thac they, ílioutd' be puc to death, at leafi tbat be woul'd
be
pleafed to forgive che mulcicudes of thofe poor Souldiers, who being feduced
by
cheir
ill
example, had been perfuaded
ro
raife Arms againft his Majefiy; and thát
he would
be_
pleafed alfo
to
extend his Merey farcher có the VVomen,
and to
the.
old Men and Children, who having no pare in the gailt of che Rebellion, were
objeéts of his Compaffion, bue as for them, rhey were ac bis feet, ready to receive
the ~ntence h€ íhould
pafs
upon them in fatisfaétion for all che ochers.
The
Inca
when he received them, was fitting in his Chair, encompaffed with.
his Men oFWar, and having heard che Speech of the
C11r,mu,
comman&d thac.
they !hould be_ toofed·from cheir bonds, and che halters caken &om their necks,,
tdling t:hem, thac he
did
not onety give díem their Lives, bue cheir Liberties alfó
1
and wich g<mtle wouds aífured them, That he carne neither co depri'Je chern of
their Lives, nor of cfüeir Efl:"ates, bue to doe chem g_ood , by ce:ichini
tbem to
li-ve aa&ording to che rules ofReafon, and the Law of Nature; and
dfat
lelving
d11eir Iclols, chey.íhoulcd henceforward adore the Sun, for cheir onely GoGf, by
whofe gratious. commancd< he had received them co pardon, and in tefümonf here–
of he did again confirm. to them their Houfes, Lands and Vaífals, wichouc ocher
iotent chan oh€-ly ~o beíl:ow favours and bleffmgs on them, whid\ íhould be pro–
ved by a
10mg'.cr_aét
0fexperience to them and their ¡,oíl:ericy; and
fo
much, he
f
aicC
the Sun,had rnquired him ~o communicate unto them, and cherefore now
chey
mighc
r€ouvn, c0
their
own
homes, where chey. 'had onely co cake care·of them–
felves, and
1
o~y him,
foi:
cbat w0uld·be for the common good and
1
benefic of
them al1 :- And' for che bet~r aífurance·of cheir Pardon, and evidence of ilie:
lncis
gr-a,cious-FavQur, l\e•ordered:that cPie
Cm'ac,u,
in
&ehalf of all rheir Péo¡;,le,,
íhoutd·
m:epn
che
mffiS!
0F
t>eace•
on
their
left knee-j
a-nd be
permitted che ho-
.
nour