The older and more prudent men said that they ought to consider what they had learnt from their neighbours who were vassals of the Ynca ; namely, that their laws were good and their government was mild; that they treated their vassals as their own children, and not as conquered people; that the lands they took were not what the inhabitants required, but what was superfluous and could not be worked by them, and that the harvest of the lands which were tilled at his own cost was the tribute, and not the property of the Indians. Besides, the Ynca gave back all that was in excess of the requirements of his court and army; and in proof of what they said it was only necessary to look dispassionately at the improved condition of the Ynca's vassals, who were more prosperous, richer, and more contented than they ever had been before. It would be seen that the dissensions which, in former times, prevailed amongst themselves for the most trifling causes, had now ceased, that their property was protected from robbers, their wives and daughters were safe, and neither rich nor poor, great nor small, received any injury.

They added that it should be known how many neighbouring provinces, on hearing of these blessings, had willingly submitted to the government of the Ynca, in order to enjoy them; and that it would be well if they did the same, for it was safer to appease the Ynca by submitting to his demands than to provoke his rage and anger by refusing to obey, if afterwards they were obliged to yield by force of arms and thus lose the Ynca's favour.