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Royal

Commentaries.

more antient

Subje5ts followed,

until at length, fo he

l~Q

pl c , he

Inc1.H

t hem–

felv

came immediately before

the Priefts') mL- "'d with a

number

poor Peo–

ple, to Ggni e their Humili

in a low and mean condition., having

loft

their

Empire, their Houfes, Inheric.ance., and all their Revenue particularly

long–

ing to them.

This being the order direfred and obfc rved in the ProceITion, divers

I11dians

from

the

Canaris

intruded themfelves amongft the croud ; for though that

Province is not within the Precinets and

urifdiltion of

Coz..co,

yet

thofe People

alfo claimed a priviledge

appear at the Solemnity; and in their Chairs

Se-

: dans., made a diftinlt Company by

themfelv~s,

becaure

many

of their Nation

lived in

th City, of whom the Head

Chief

was

Don Francifco Chillcho Can–

nari

of whom we made mention formerly, and fet forth, how that in the time of

the

Siege.,

when

_Hernando Pifarro

was

greatly diftre.ffed

the Prince

Manca In–

this

anarian

killed in th

e pu

blick place an

Indian

Captain belonging to

th~

Inca,

who challenged the

be.

ft man of the

Spaniards

to a fingle Combat.

This

Don Francifco

afcended the Stairs of

the

Cymeterie

in a difguife, covered with his

Mantle, and his Hands under

it,

and in a Chair pl2in, without

any

trimming.

either of Silk or Gold., but painted with divers colours., and in the four Pannels

thereof were defcribed theiour

Battels

between the

Indians

and th

Spaniards.

Being come to the height of the

Cemyterie

to the right-hand,where the Ollie rs

of the Corporation were placed, and with them

Lord

Garf1laflo

la Vega.,

who was then Governour of the City,and his

Deputy

Monjar"z..)who

was a very-

. able Lawyer, and a perfon of great Prudence and Difcretion.

B hold on a

fudden this

Indian Cannari

threw off his Mantle, which ferved him for a

loak,

and delivered

one of his Servants, and fo remained in

c1'erpo,

with a

clofe

Coat girt to him.,according to tbeirCuik>m,when they are preparing to fight., or

to perform

any

other ACtion, or Feats of Atl:ivity; in his right.hand he held

the locks the Head of an

Indian

carv~d

in Wood, and painted.

So foon

as the

Incas

faw it,

four

·or five of them bruftled up to the

Canarian,

and

catched him up from thefloor,intending to throw him headlong from the Scaf–

fold, which caufed a

tumult

amoogfi: the

Jndiam.,

who remained on each fide

of the Scaffold, where the ;noft Holy Sacrament was expofed;

that the

Deputy

Monjaraz..

was obliged to interpofe his Authority for keeping the

Peace. And demanding of the

Incas,

for what reafon they were

mucp of–

fended

one of· the graveft amongft them made anfwer, faying, This Dog

/Juca

or Rebbel, inftead of coming to celebrate this Feftival, comes with

Head, to revive the

memory of

thofe

things which had better been for-

gotten.

Then the

Deputy

asked the

Cannarian,

vVhat was the meaning thereof? To

which he reply'd, Sir., I cut off the Head of an

Indian,

who challenged

anv

of the

Spaniards

to a fingle Duel, at that time when

Hernando Pifarro,

and

Gonfalo Pifarro,

and

John Pifarro

Lord.>

and Mafters, with

200

Spaniards

more, were

befie~ed

in t_his

Mark~t-place:.

and in regard there

w~s

Spaniard"

but ho thought

d1f-reput?tlon

to hun, to

engage fingly

with an

Indian;

I took up the Q!larrel

felf, and obtained leave to accept the Challenge,

and engage in the Combat ; which I performed with fuch good foccefs, that

I overcame the

Indian,

and cut off his Head in this Market-place ; and then

pointed with

bis

Finger to the very plat of Ground where the Duel was fought:

Moreover,,

[aid he.,

thefe four Pictures which are in the four Pannels of

Chair, are a defcription of the four

Bat~els

in which I was engaged on the fide

of the

Spaniards

againft the

lndians;

fo that

is no wonder, if on fuch a day

as this., I fhould boaft and glory of thofe Exploits, and Feats of Arms which

1 have performed in fervice of the Chriftians. To which the

Inca

again re–

ply'd, Thou

og and Traytor, didft thou do this Action

thy own cou–

rage arid bravery,

or by virtue and affiftance of this

Pt!chacamac,

before

whom we are now pr fent., and by means., and under the aufpicious condufr

of the

Spaniards

Fortune

Deft thou not know., that thou., and all

thy

Linage

were Slaves

us, aqd that it was not

by thy

Prowefs and Valour that

thou

d1dft

obtain

tbj.,

itl:ory, but

folely

by virtue of that power we have

before

mentioned?

lf thou wilt make tryal of th

truth of what I

fay,

fince

we are all

Chrifi:ians~

get thee to the Market-

lace, and provide

thy

felf

y-1ith

Armc,

and there lhall meet

thee

one

the meaneft of onr Servants., who

i i

!hall

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