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Royal
C01nmentaries.
BOOK
VJ.II.that the others fhould be difpeeded ba k with fuch convenient
Provifions
as
were
neceJTary
for their
journey.
.
,
The
neXJ: day
'j-ohn Sier:a
w_as
come
within two
League~
of
the
Inca,
when he
met
a new
Order,
to
deta10 him two days longer
before h1s
admittance·
and
in
like manner MeCfengers were fent to
caufe
BetanpoJ
and the Frier to
reru:n back
to the
Inca,
who at the end of two
<lays
fending
for
'John Sierra,
he received him
with fuch
.kindnefs.
and
affe~ion
as was
~ue
to
a near
a~d
principal Kinfman :
!\nd
John Sierra
having
expreiled an
explamed
the
particular~
of his
Mellage
rn
the
beft fenfe and words he
was
able ; the
Inca
feemed
well
fattsfied and
pleafed
with what he had delivered; but in
regard,
that being in his Minority, and not
. mafter of
himfelf.,
nor
having
for want of years affumed the colour d W reatb
it
was neceffary for him to refer all his Affairs, and Treaties to the coniideracion
bf
his Captains : Which
being
done, Frier
Melchior de Los Reyes
was alfo fent
for, and ordered to deliver the Emba!fy he !)ad brought from the Vice-King .
which
being accordingly
fignified,
the Offer was
kindly
underftood, and
th~
prefents accepted: Howfoever
it
was ordered., that the Frier, and
John Sierra
fhould attend, and expect an Anfwer after the Captains had confulted there–
upon.
The
debate being again
re-affumed., nothing was
concluded ;- but that more
time was
requir~d
to confult their Predietions and Oracles, and to· confid r
farth~r
before they -could come to a refolution: And
in
the mean time, not to
detain
7ohn
Sierra..,
and the Frier
any
longer,
it
was ordered, that
they
fhould
be difpatched
away
to
Lima,
with two other
.lndian
Captains,who
in
the name
of
the
Inca
{hould attend the Vice-King,and treat with hiJn concerning the
Penfion
and
allowance
which was to be
giyen
to the
Inca,
in confideration that the In–
heritance
and Succeffion
of
thofe Kiogdoms,did
by
Right
of
Nature belong unto
him.
·!3eing in this manner difmift:, they travelled by the
way of
Andaguaylas
to the City qf
Los Reyes.,
!Vhere
they
arrived on St.
Peters
day
in
the month
of
1unc.
The
Indian
Captains _ having had Audience of the Vice-King,
and
declared what they had to
fay
in
behalf
of their
Inca,
were
kindly
teceived
by
-him,
and hofpitably treated
for the
fpace
of
eight
da
s;
during
w~icb
time they were lodged
in
the
City,
and had
frequent
c
nt -
rences with the Vice-Kiog, touching the
entertainm~t
which was
c:o
be
iven
the
Inca
for the maintenance
of
his Court,
and
Equipage agreeable to
hr
Dig–
nity,
fo
as to be able to live peaceably amongft them, paying
Homag
aJJd
Obedience to the
King.
The Vice-King having confulted this point with the
Arch-BifhQp
and Judges,
it
was agreed to
give
an
allowance to the
Inca,
of
fevenreen
thoufand pieces of Eight
yearly
in
Money for maint nan e
of himfelf') and ·sons; befides the
Indians
and Eftate of
Franc1fcrJ
H er–
nandez.,,
and to
hold
therewith
the
Valley
of
Tucay
,
together with
the
Indians
and Lands formerly belonging
to
Don Francifco Hernandez.,,
t
1e
Son
of
the Marquis: With fome Lands belonging to the Fortref:, of
C11-z..co
which was a!Ugned to him for his dwelling
houfe
and place, wh
rei 11
he
was
ro
keep his
Indian
Court.
In
confirmation and
for
I
cun
y
hereof,
an inftrumenc was drawn up, to fottle this
AHowance
on· the
J,.c.,,,,
provided that in the fpace
of
fix Months afcer the date thereof, which was
the fifth of
'July,
the
Inca
ihoutd accept of. thofe Conditions, and
foav
his
habitation in the Mountains, and come and live amongft the
Spaniards.
.
This
Writing
was delivered to
John
Sierra,
who
was folely
appointed to return
therewith, accompanied
-0nly
with the two
Indian
Captains;. and
by
that time
t-hat.
he wa5 come
t-0
the
Indian
Court,
the
Inca
had
recei–
ved the coloured Wreath? and with great
jny
received the
~etters,
and
Writings from the
Vice-King,
&c.
Thus far
Diego
Hernandez,
which
I
thought
fit
to
extr-all:
ver.bAtim
from his
own Writings ;
th
t
I
might
not
feem to have enlar
ged on .th-e Care, and Cautions ufed
oy
the
lndianr
in
t heir Treaty
abo.vethe Sphere of their Capaci·
ties.
·
And
now it
wiU
not be from -0ur
purpo.fe, to explain
fome
palfages,
which
this Author
hath
.c-0u<:he-O upon in
the preceeding
difcourfe.
The firft
is
concerning
-tqoie
Carives,
who, he
fays,
did eat one the other
in
the time
of War :
it
is rrue,
hat -this was accuftoinary in the Empire of
Mexico,
in the
ahtI()ot
times
of H
athe.nifme.
-Out
in
&YH
it
was never
pratlifed;
for
I