On the next morning I was summoned to wait upon the Inca Upanqui,
and went, wearing my armour. I found him in the same great chamber as
before, only now he was more royally arrayed, and with him were sundry
of his high lords of the Inca blood, also certain priests, among them
the _Villaorna_ Larico.
The old king, who on that day seemed clear in his mind and well, greeted
me in his kindly fashion and bade me set out all that had passed between
me and Huaracha in the Chanca camp. This I did, only I hid from him how
great had been the Chanca losses in the battle and how glad they were to
declare a truce and rest.
Upanqui said that the matter should be attended to, speaking in a royal
fashion as though it were one of little moment, which showed me how
great an emperor he must be. Great he was, indeed, seeing that all
the broad land of England would have made but one province of his vast
dominions, which in every part were filled with people who, unless they
chanced to be in rebellion like the Yuncas, lived but to do his will.
After this, when I thought the audience was ended, a chamberlain
advanced to the foot of the throne, and kneeling, said that a suppliant
prayed speech with the Inca.
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