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BOOK

VIII.

.Royal

Conzmentaries.

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into

Spain

fo poor and milerable, that

the

richeft of hem had no t a

u1and

Ducats

to defray his Charges ; though to raife

this Money.,

he had

Horfe, and Cloaths, and the poor Furniture of his Hcufe: and t ho ugh fome of

them had polfeffions of Lai ds., and fome little Rent, yet

e Revenue wa

mall, that it was fcarce worth lookitig after,

an'd fo

remote, that th

were

forced to leave and abandon it., as ofno worth and alue to th m : for though

a Perfon

fuould

commit his Eftate., in this

manner,

to the Trull:

and

Man~gement

of Friends;

yet

far is

Spaifl

remot~

from

Peru.,

that often..im s Friend -take

?dvantage of diftance, and long abfence., and make that their own; which is on-

ly intrufted to

th~Ql

by others: And thus much I can atteft, and aver upon

own experience')

who

having left fome Eftare and lnheritan e of

own

to the care of another Friend, he made ufe of that confidence I had in him to

cheat and defraud me of what appertained to me.

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J\.nd.this was the cafe of thefe poor Gentlemen., who left their Efrates with

- fome Friends, from whom they heard no farther. afterwards ; and enquired of

me for them., after I came to

Spain,

know of me whether they were alive or

not, and how, or in what

manner

they

bad difpofed of their Efrates: For

part

I .was able to give

t!~em

bu.tan imperfett account of their

matter~,

for I

was but young, and could not look

far back into the Eftates and Concern–

ments

other

~en.

A nd here let u_s

l~ave

our Pretenders. on their Voyage,

the

fuccefs

which we fhalJ

confider

Jl'l.

Its

due place.; and

the mean

time

will

proceed to recount the Succefles of tha't

Empire,

in relation to its own

atural

Lord.

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CH.

AP.

\TIII.

The

Vic~-King dejig~s

bring

the~

Prince,

who was

lieir

this

pire,

fro11z

his

.Retirement in the Mountains,

pay

Ho112age

a.nd·

Fealtl

his

Majefly. .

The ways

.and means

which

were

ontrived

for doing the

fanze.

~HE

Vice·

King having difpatched thefe poor Gentlemen into

~pain,

upon

the fuggeftions (as we have faid) of evil Counfellours, who infiouatedinto

him

dangerous Canfpiracies., .and civil Difturbances, which thefe Men might

machinate,

the Intereft they had with other Souldiers· of inferiour degree!

• and hereof there had been fuch frefh

Examples.,

that the Fears and Jealoufies of

the like events might very reafonably be apprnhended.

But now to arnufe, and

divert the minds of the

P~ople

from fuch Tragical Plots as thefe, and for better

fecuring

the Pe

ace of the Empire, Letters were wrote t·o

Munnoz.,,

the Gover–

nour of

Coz.co,

and to

Donna Beatriz.;

Coya

to confider of a way,how they m;ght

in a friendly and peaceable

man~er

perfwade the Prince

Sayri

Tupac

to leave his

Mountains, and come and live amongft the

Spaniards,

who for his encourage–

ment, wQu]d make

him

a~.allowance

fufficient to maintain his

Family

and Equi-

. page. This propofition was treated with the

C_oya,

which was Sifter to the

Fa–

ther of this Prince., who was the Legitimate Heir to tbe Empire., being the

Son of

Menco Saraa,

whom tltofe

Spaniards

killed, who he had protected and deli–

vc ed out of the bands of their En'emies., as

related in the

7th.

Chap–

t er

the

4th.

Book of this

.id.

Part. The

Infant

Donna Beatriz.,

tho' it were

for no other reafon than to fee her Nephew in that

City,

and not with ex pecta–

tion of being-reftored to his Empire, received with

great

readinefs, and good

will,

the Command and Order of the

Vice-King~

and in purfuance thereof di–

fpatched away a Meifenger, attended with

Indian

Servants, to the Mountains of

Vt/Lea

Pampa,

where 1:he

I nca

made his refidence: the Meffenger himfelf was

alfo of the Blood-Royal, to

rende~

the offer more fpecious, and more

eafily

ac–

cepted : His Journey was long, .and much about, and over bad ways, by rea ..

fon that tlie Bridges were broken down ; but at length c:,oming to the Out-

guard

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