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BooK
III.
Royal
Commentarief.
as
they heard of the -approach ofthe
!nea,
cerne forth
tó
meec i1íni-, óoch Men and
-Women
I
old and youhg, ahd with Songs and Muíick, Accda'mations, and all
things chac mighc cefüfie their Joy, chey recei:ved him for .. chei:r Kíng, v'o{ving
-aH
Ooodlience and VafGlage
to
his Períon. The
Jnc-a
ón
che ocher íide r.eizeived chem
with
a gratiotis Eye, befl:owm'g on cheln
fücrh V
eíl:s,
or Gánbents,
as
""ere
jn
che
mode
aod
faíhion of his Courc: Of chis
kind
creath\ent
thl\;
Piti
[ene
·ad
vice
t@
their Neighboms , being of che fame Nation with them of
Yandhwara,
'givmg
them to underltand thac che
Inca
had taken up his aboad amongft chem, and thac
they had received him for cheir Lord and Maíl:er, according
to
which example of
the
Piti,
che
CuracM
of divers Nations carne likewife in, and fübmicced chem-
felves.
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-
The
Inca
received them ali
v.;ith
his accufl:omed goodnefs, and as an evidrnce
ofhis greacer favour, he was_defaous to fhew himfelf
to
his ·reople, and vifü
their Councrey, whicb cóntafned abduc cwenty Lea~ú~s in lengch, and abouc
fifceen
in
breadch. Frorri thls Province of
Yanahuara,
11e paffed into anotber, cal–
led
Aymara,
becween which two tbere
is
a [pace of ground wholly deíolace and
unpeopled
Qf
abouc fifteen Le:igues ovec. On the orher íide ofchis defarr, a greac
numbet
b[
f>edple
w~re
gathered ihfo•á Mdy w~chin a G:ércaiñ irlch3féd ground
C31l}~d
J1!11t~n[ti,
S~
íl:op the pafl'.age of ch<t
I~c__a,
and en~r_anc,e ,iQt~ thei! <:;ou_nrrey,
wh1ch contams th1rty Leagues m length, and fifteen rn breadch, and 1s nch m
Mines ofGold, Silver and Lead, and abounds in Cactle and J?eople, and confiíl:ed
of at·l~:iíl: eighcy
N
1tiom, before chey \vere reduced to ~he Obedience ofche
Inca.
. At the Foot of chis Inclofüre the
Inca
commanded h1s Army
to
encamp,
fo
as.
to cut the Enemy off from all fupplies, who being barbarous, and ignorant of
War, had t!lifpeopled
ali
füe Councrey, @d gacbeted theni iricd.@ne
bddy1
Iioc
confiderihg tlfat by chis means they wéte cooped up Gn al1 fides, ami hen:nn~d in,
as
it
were
1n
a Cage. The
Inca
Gontinued feveral,days in
1
chis manner, with an
unwíllingnefs
to
mack
them,
iriviting them to
fu5milíion
wich
aU
fair
cern1s ar1d
propofals of Peace, ancl offedng no ocher violence to thern than co hinder them
from provifioHs ·and fuíl'enance; that fo what Reafon and Argument-could nos
crifeét,·
Famirie
and Hunger rnight cmforce.
In
chis refo1uce candition che
Jndiahs
remainéd for the Íl)Uce of a whole month, unrill being coníl:rained by·cbe neceffi–
ties
of Farnine" th~y fo!llt Meíiengers
to
che
Inca,
giving hirn
ta
umieríland, thac
they were ready
to
receiv€ him for their J<.:ing, and acdore him, as c"1e croe Off..
fpring of che Siln, condiüonally, chat he, on- ·che faich and Word of his Divine
Progeny, pfon'life; that fo foon as tbey íl1all have yield~d themfelvesto h:rm, he
will
cortquer and fobjeét under his Imperial Command che neighhiouring Province
o[Vmafuyu,
whicb b€ing a numerous ancd warlike People living upon:Rapine a:nd
Spoil,. did make fre~uenc il'lcuríio111s to the very doors of tbeir Hollfes,, ea:ting up
tlieir proviíim1s•and paílures,, and cómmicring many other mifchiefs and ourlrages ;
for whicb injuries they had often made War upon them, which ended in bloudaná
confufion on cheone Gde atrd the other; and wben at lengch Peace was made, and
cerrns of áccommodcl!tion,agreed, on, they fuddenly broke out again inw néwvio–
lences, AOt coníidering che Faüh and Promifes chey had g1ven: Wherefol·e ifhe
pleafeá to avenge chem ofthefe Enemies, and refüain cheir incurGons on chem for
the future, they would yield, and,acknowledge him for theit.: Prince and Lord.
To this Propofal the
Inca
rnactle anfi:ver by one of his Captains, That che deíign
of bis coming into chofe parts had no ocher aim chan
to
relieve the oppreffed,
and reclaim the barbarous Nacions from that beíl:ial manner of living, whereto
chey were accuíl:omed, and chat he might iníl:ruét rhem
in
the Laws of Reafon
and Moralicy, which he had received from bis Father che Sun; bue as to che a–
venging chem of cheir Enemies for the injufüce' and injuries they had done rhem,
it was che Office and
Duty
of che
lnéa
to perform; howfoever it became noc them
ro impofe conditions on che
Inca,
who was their Lord and Sovereign, <).nd was to ,
give racher chan receive cerms, and therefore chat they fhould refer ali cheir grie-- '
vanees to his Wifedom, who inherici!)g che juíl:ice of che Sun, bis Father, was
inclinable of himíelf to redrefs their Oppreílions, and reduce· their Enemies to
terms ofReafon and Jufüce.
With chis Anfwer che Ambaífadours remrned; and the clay following ali
th~
Indians
that were retired within che inclofüre to che number ofabove cwelve chou–
fand fighting men, with cheir Wives and Children to about thircy choufand foul~,
carne forth, and in feveral DiviGons prefemed themfolves on
che.irknees·before
·
the
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