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BooK

III.

Royal

Commentaries.

and rúghc into che Province of

Vmafuyu,

fo chac by che fpeedinefs of cheii- march

rhey mighc furprife che Enemy, who dia noc expeét che motion of

greac a body

in lefs chan che fpace of a whole month; but feeing chem already

che midíl of

cheir C..ountrey wich a flying Army, and che grofs Body on their march towards

rhem, and confidering chac it was impoilible for chem to affemble

foon rogerher,

as ro make a head fuflícient to refiíl, began ro repenc ofcheir pertinacious anfwer ;

and now laying afide che thoughcs ofWar, che

Curacas

wich fpeed and haíle affem–

bled cogether from all pares, refolving chat che onely expedien.cin chac exigency

was ro ask pardon, and merey for thei.F late offence;

thae one after che orher,

as chey chanced to come in, proíl:raced chemfelves before the

Inca,

acknowledging

him for a true Child of che Sun, andas fuch chey fwore and vowed unto him all

Faithfulneís and Obedience.

The

I?Tea,

concrary ro,che ~peétation of the

Curaca.r,

who expeéted nothing

leís th~n ~earh, or puniíhmen.t, received chei:n -with a gratious Clell!ency

telling

chem by,one of h_is_Captains! tha~ wheA he c~nfide~eq.cheir B,\rb!l.t:itY,,, an~ thac

they

were

whoily ignoran~ of al;l ~1,Dd of .M,orahty, he did noc admire,ac cheir re–

fuíal to accep,t bis Religion, aod che lenicy of his governmenc, being aífured thac

when chey íhall have once learned and proved chofe chings which conduce to hu–

mane

Lif~

ehey wijl blefs che pour in which they were pe¡fuaded to for.fake chofe

their

Idols,, which w~rdonned

che fimilitude ofBeafis, ,uid vile Oeacures, and

capabl~.of nothing bue concen;ipt; wherefore now he commanded them, rhat in

every thing they íhould refign themfelves wich implic¡ce i::aich, and encire Obe–

dience to the Relig~on, L;l'~s ¡md,Government wliich che

lnra

and bis Minillers

!hoolü i).npofo upan them, ~or fuc;h was the pleafure of theíSUJ,1 bis Father.

The

Curac~

wi,tn ~~oíl profound humilitY, an[wered, Thac they did promife

and

vow to ac\mowledge oo othei; Go~ than. che Sun, nor no other King chan the

!nea,

whofe Laws and Ordinanc~ being foundcd on Reafon and JufHce, were

the beíl: Rules wl1m:qy

make his Subjeéts happy. The

Inca,

in favour aod

honour

to,

the[e·his

n(;!w

Subieéts, fetcled his Courc for a while in the Province

Chir:i11quif

which is the chief and capital

Sea

rhis.

People;

an which place

informing 1imfe!f of che fül!a_tion anq po_füion of rheir paílurages, ·and of

the

Caufes

anq

Ongmal of th~ differetices aníing between thefe People and their

~eighbo~rs,, dio after mature confi~erntion der~rmine where che confines of each

Counuey fhoukl be lirnitted; and in .teíl:ims:,ny thereof caufed heaps

oÉ

Scones

be·chmwn up at füeh places, where, he tboughc fir, to remain for Boundaries

anq

Marks

E<:>

d.i,fünguiíh cine Lands of one People from the other; che which

Land.-m~rks are to chis day conforved, and continued

greae Veneration, be–

caufe th~y were the

füil

thac Nature, which had been raifed

Peru

by order

of che

Inca.

The

Curactfs

ofbmh Provinces being entirely fatisfied .with chis Semence and

Determination of lhe

Inca,

with profound humility kiífed his Hands, and retur–

_ned

their refpeétive abodes, whilíl: the

Inra

in che mean time vifüed ac bis lei–

fure the cbief places of both iliefe Pro.vinces, thac

be migbt fetcle his Govern–

ment, and eíl:abliíh his L:

i.ws

amongíl: them, after which nQt judging it

fü

to pro–

ceed farcher in his ConqueLl:s, thm1gh his Profperiry and Succefs was greatly invi–

ting, he recurnrrd back agaia to

Co,;,co,

where he entred in this triumpham manner

into bis Imperial Ciry. Firíl: che

Curac45

and ·Nobles of the two late reduced

Provinces, who carne out ofcuriofity to fee the Imperial Seat, carried the

Inca

on.

their Shoulders in a Chair of Gold, in token of their fervirude and. fübjeétion,

che Souldiers marched before in their milirary order, their Captains, anti Chiefs

foll0wed immediarely after the Chair; ~very Squadron keeping its due 0rder, ac–

c0rding to its degree of precedency, che whidi was ,allorred them according to

tbeir Seniority, che new Conqueíl:s giving plae::e to che more ancient fubjééts: and

chus che triumph being ranked in t:his or0er, the whole Cicy concurred to the

folemnicy, going forrh according to their ufu~ manner, to meet and receive rheir,

Inca

wich Mufick, aRd Songs, and

all

feíl:iviey. .

CHA P.