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the_o true_a god_n they_o have_v quit_v that_o idolatry_n and_o be_v disabused_a and_o right_o inform_v in_o religion_n they_o only_o conserve_v a_o grateful_a memory_n of_o that_o king_n who_o be_v so_o fortunate_a and_o propitious_a to_o they_o both_o in_o war_n and_o peace_n from_o collasuyu_n he_o pass_v into_o antisuyu_n where_o the_o people_n be_v poor_a and_o mean_a be_v not_o able_a to_o demonstrate_v such_o ostentation_n and_o magnificence_n as_o other_o have_v do_v howsoever_o according_a to_o their_o degree_n and_o quality_n they_o show_v as_o joyful_a heart_n as_o their_o simplicity_n be_v capable_a to_o express_v in_o evidence_n of_o which_o they_o erect_v triumphal_a arch_n in_o the_o way_n by_o which_o he_o be_v to_o pass_v the_o which_o be_v form_v of_o timber_n they_o cover_v with_o rush_n and_o crown_v with_o garland_n strew_v all_o the_o way_n with_o flower_n express_v the_o joyfulness_n of_o their_o heart_n after_o the_o custom_n of_o their_o country_n and_o as_o 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of_o people_n and_o troop_n shall_v make_v a_o noise_n and_o give_v jealousy_n to_o the_o inca_n and_o that_o at_o length_n they_o shall_v assemble_v and_o meet_v at_o a_o general_a rendezvous_n in_o some_o place_n beyond_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o inca_n where_o he_o himself_o will_v follow_v after_o they_o and_o appear_v in_o the_o head_n of_o they_o as_o their_o king_n and_o leader_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o most_o agreeable_a counsel_n and_o best_a expedient_a to_o recover_v their_o liberty_n for_o that_o it_o be_v a_o folly_n and_o rashness_n to_o endeavour_v it_o by_o force_n or_o to_o set_v up_o their_o power_n against_o the_o puissance_n of_o the_o inca_n nay_o though_o such_o a_o design_n shall_v seem_v feasible_a and_o practicable_a yet_o consider_v the_o gentleness_n of_o the_o inca_n and_o with_o what_o kindness_n and_o humanity_n he_o have_v return_v the_o act_n of_o hostility_n which_o they_o have_v offer_v he_o it_o will_v seem_v a_o part_n of_o ingratitude_n 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lope_n garçia_n de_fw-fr castro_n in_o the_o government_n of_o peru_n and_o be_v elect_v thereunto_o for_o his_o great_a virtue_n and_o christian_a piety_n be_v so_o devout_a a_o gentleman_n that_o every_o eight_o day_n he_o receive_v the_o most_o holy_a sacrament_n he_o be_v send_v to_o peru_n with_o the_o title_n of_o vice-king_n and_o receive_v at_o los_fw-es reyes_n with_o the_o state_n and_o solemnity_n agreeable_a thereunto_o and_o govern_v with_o that_o gentleness_n and_o moderation_n that_o no_o man_n can_v take_v occasion_n either_o to_o mutiny_n or_o rebel_v he_o have_v scarce_o be_v two_o year_n in_o the_o government_n when_o he_o resolve_v to_o bring_v out_o from_o the_o mountain_n of_o villca_n pampa_n the_o prince_n tupac_n amaru_n the_o legitimate_a heir_n to_o that_o empire_n be_v the_o son_n of_o manco_n inca_n and_o brother_n of_o don_n diego_n sayri_fw-la tupac_fw-la of_o who_o we_o have_v give_v a_o large_a relation_n in_o this_o eight_o book_n he_o be_v the_o 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have_v a_o great_a interest_n with_o their_o people_n and_o well_o belove_v by_o the_o commonalty_n and_o be_v man_n zealous_a of_o the_o public_a good_a for_o this_o matter_n of_o public_a good_a be_v the_o great_a concernment_n to_o which_o the_o inca_n the_o curaca_n and_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o war_n and_o peace_n bend_v their_o chief_a aim_n and_o study_n to_o other_o curaca_n the_o incas_fw-la who_o carry_v the_o cup_n drink_v in_o their_o own_o and_o not_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o inca_n with_o which_o the_o curaca_n be_v abundant_o satisfy_v acknowledge_v it_o a_o honour_n sufficient_a for_o they_o to_o drink_v with_o one_o who_o be_v of_o the_o family_n and_o ally_v to_o the_o sun_n as_o well_o as_o the_o king_n himself_o the_o first_o ceremony_n of_o drink_v be_v finish_v then_o immediate_o the_o captain_n and_o curaca_n of_o the_o several_a nation_n make_v their_o invitation_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o order_n as_o they_o have_v be_v themselves_o invite_v 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company_n to_o eat_v with_o he_o every_o day_n intimate_v that_o the_o charge_n of_o victual_n be_v inconsiderable_a provide_v that_o the_o reckon_n be_v not_o inflame_v with_o wine_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o refuse_v so_o much_o for_o the_o dearness_n of_o it_o as_o for_o the_o total_a want_n there_o be_v sometime_o of_o it_o be_v bring_v from_o so_o remote_a part_n as_o spain_n chap._n xxvii_o of_o the_o olive_n plant_n and_o who_o bring_v they_o first_o to_o peru._n in_o the_o same_o year_n of_o 1560._o don_n antonlo_n de_fw-fr ribera_n a_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o city_n of_o los_fw-es reyes_n who_o have_v be_v procurator_n general_n of_o peru_n and_o live_v some_o time_n there_o and_o go_v afterward_o into_o spain_n and_o return_v back_o again_o he_o bring_v with_o he_o from_o sevill_n several_a olive_n plant_n which_o he_o careful_o save_v and_o put_v up_o in_o two_o great_a jar_n and_o of_o above_o a_o hundred_o which_o he_o have_v bring_v there_o be_v but_o three_o slip_n only_o that_o be_v alive_a the_o which_o he_o plant_v in_o a_o fruitful_a soil_n and_o valley_n wherein_o he_o have_v also_o other_o fruit_n such_o as_o grape_n figgs_n pomegranate_n and_o orange_n limb_n and_o the_o like_a with_o pulse_n and_o seed_n of_o spain_n he_o sell_v they_o public_o in_o the_o marketplace_n of_o that_o city_n which_o be_v new_a fruit_n be_v buy_v up_o at_o any_o price_n and_o as_o i_o be_o inform_v for_o certain_a that_o he_o make_v above_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o piece_n of_o eight_o thereof_o don_n antonio_n de_fw-fr ribera_n have_v plant_v these_o olive_n tree_n in_o his_o own_o land_n will_v not_o afford_v so_o much_o as_o one_o leaf_n of_o they_o to_o be_v plant_v in_o any_o other_o ground_n than_o his_o own_o and_o for_o security_n of_o they_o he_o guard_v they_o with_o at_o least_o one_o hundred_o negro_n and_o thirty_o dog_n which_o watch_v his_o rich_a plantation_n both_o by_o day_n and_o night_n but_o it_o happen_v out_o that_o some_o person_n more_o 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