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BooK·III.
would fubrnit and proíl:race thernfelves before him, and acknowledge him to be
of the true race aQd progeoy-of che Sun.
·
·
Though chis people was in no capacicy of giving conditions to the
lnca,
yet
he
-was pleafed co accepc fuch as chey offered ; beiog refolved to adhere to che old
Maxim of his Anceíl:ours, which was racher to conquer w1ch love and affeétion,
than by force ; and therefore he affored them on his word, chac·n cafe. chey did
not think to adore his Facher che Sun, nor yet to accept his Laws, he woµld thea
leave them to their own.choice and freedorn :. The which promife he rnade on
an undoubted confieence, thac
fo
foon as chofe Myíl:erlc:s and excellent Statutes
were revealed
to
them, they could noc but accept and embrace chem ; and that
they would onely be troubled, that fuch admirable beaucy of reafon arrived
fo
late to their bearing and knowledge.
Upon chis aífurance and promife the
Inca
entred into
Chayanta,
where he was
received wich much awe and veneration, but not with that mirth and rejoycing
as che.y ufed in othér pares at chis Solemnicy : For as yet thefe poor ¡:5e8ple fiood
wavering becween hope and fear, untill the Reverend Coúnfellours deputed by
the
Inca,
with che Prince lús Son and Heir, took fome pains for feveral days
to
declare, :md expound to chem che La\.vs relating to cheír IdolatrousReligion, and
to
their Secular Goveinment : the which they inculcaced
fo
frequencly, and wich
fuch patience and plainnefs, untill at length they became capable of chat Doéirine
which chey taught.
The.Jndians
fiood gaping all chis while wich wonderfull at–
tentíon, admiring_ that füch Laws íhould be made for their honour and advancage; -
and chen buríl: out inco Acclamations, faying, That wmthy were they
to'
be
ac–
counred Gods, and eíl:eemed for Lords of che Univerfe, who were
able
to frame
and dellver füch Laws and Sracuces co Mankind ; che whjch chey promiJed to re–
ceive and obey ; and thac renouncing ali cheir formerIdels, rices and vain cuíl:oms,
they vowed and fwore to embrace che Religion ofthe
Inca;
:rt1d
Jn
token thereof
they proíl:raced themfelves before che Prince, who repre[enced the Perfon of
his
Father che Sun, and che
lnclf, CapacTupanqHi.
~
Having thus·yieldedthernfelves in a folemn m:mner, they fell to Dancing
after
the faíhion of cheir Countrey, íhewing forne new Daneses which they had pur–
pofely rnade for che entertainrnenc of che
Incas 1
and ali people habiced chemfelves
in their beíl: cloathes, wich Tinfel and Ribbons, finging Ballads made in honour
and _praife of che Sun, and the
Incas,
and of cheir good Laws and Governmenc;
and m fine, chey made all che dernoníl:rarions of love and affefüon imaginable. ·
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CH A P.
XVI.
O/ the many Inventlons which the
Indians
made to pafs Ri–
vers, añd to tak._e Fi./h.
H
Aving already mencioned the two feveral fo11cs of Bridges which che
Jnca.i
made for paffing Rivers; one of which wa~ compofed
~f
Ofim
and che
othe~ of Rufbes and G_anes.
_"'!'fe
íhall now pro1eed to declare fome'other
In-
b
vent10ns which che
lnd1~ns
pro1etted for che fame purpofe ; for in regard che
la–
our a~d charge of ~akmg Bndges wé!s
fo
_gre,ac, ~hac cbey were onely_made for
'?nven!enc~
of
che g1eac Roads and c~e Kmg s Hfgh-ways ; and that che Coun- ·
ney bem~ m oth~r p_laces large ~nd. w1de, wanced ~bat convenience whereby che.
P;~ple .m1ght mamtam comrnu~1Cat1on one wich che. other; wherefore Necefficy,
'h
hrc~ 1s th~Mocher of Ingemuty, ~aught them feve\-a! comrivances accorqing co
t
e difpofitton and narure of rhe Rivers, as alfo ho\11\to fi:vim on rhe Seas
with
fuch
~aes,
as
ferV'ed
th'eir prefent occafions ; for they
had
not as yec atcained to
che