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Royal

Commentaries.-

BOOK

VIII. ·

faid, that tliere was no reafon to expeCl: the reftauration of

Prince

fo~

the

I nca

.was already difpoif.effed of his

~!lpire,

and

the

fame di pided

am~ngft

the

Spam1trd1,

and propornoned by Pravmces, and Plantations, of which there

was no

hopes ever

to fee a

reftitution : And

in-

fuch a

condition

this

Prince difinherited

and

divefted of all his Power., and

Riches

would

m~ke

fo ch a poor figure before his People') as

~ould

give them Subjeet :ather of Sor–

row, than of

Joy

at his prefence. And tho' the

Vice-King

promifed to make

him

an allowance, wherewith honourably to fupport himfelf and Family· yet

not having

allotted

the

Provinces, nor named

the

parts

from

whence

focb

Re–

venue is to arife, it looks a·s if he intended

fe d him with empty words

without

any

real or fubftantial performances: and in cafe when an

allowanc~

is affigned, which doth not prove agreeable to the

Quality

of the Prince, he

bad lived a more happy Exile within thefe Mountains, than expofed abroad

Mifery

and Scorn. But what fecu ity have you, that thefe

Spaniards

will

not deal with this Prince, as

fhey

fometicne did with his Father? whom, inftead

of returning him all the acknowledgments, which a Soul endued with Humanity

and Reafon, was capable

render, they barbaroufly killed with the ftroak of

a Bow.I upon hts Head., whileft he endeavoured to divertife, and folace them

a that Game, in their Solitude and retirement with him, where he con–

cealed and focured t!hem from

the

bands of their £nernies. Nor is

long

fin~e

the time of

Atahualpa.,

but that we may remember how .. they frrangled

him againft the Faith and Articles of Peace which were mpde with them, ha- ,

ving thereby given

us a

clear

Evioence,

how far their Honefty and

Promif<

extend.

Thefe

~md

other Examples of the faithlefs and treacherous performances., • ·

ufed

the

Spaniards

towards the

Caciques,

and other

Indians

bf Principal Note,

were particulc1rly called to mind., and related (the which for bre'trity fake

omit.) Aad

a.f°t€-rwards

the two Opinions,

with

the Arguments on each fide,

being laid before the

Prince,

he inclined to the advice of remaining in his

Station, and not intrufting his Perfon to the Honefty and Mercy of the

Spani-

ards

;

and herein he was ·more

frrongly

confirmed, when he reflected on

th~

Fate of his Father, and

his

Uncle

AtRh11alpa..

And then it was, (what

Palen-

tino

faith before) that the Prince ordered the Letters, and Prefents, and Wri-

tings to be returned to the Vice-King, and to tell him, That as he

might

do his

own

will

and pleafure,

he, who was the

Inca,

was

free

and )ndependant of

any,

and. fo would continue.

· But

whereas.our L<;;>rd God bad., out of his infinite goodnefs and mercy, de–

termined, that that

Prince,

his Wife and Children') and Family., thou Id be ad–

rni tted into the Bofom of our Mother the

Roman

Cathoiick Church ; he

go–

verned the Heart of this Prince,. that notwithftanding all the Affrightrnents.,

and Appr ben fions he conceived of incurring the like Fate with hi Ance–

ftoc, he yet rn a fbort time changed his mind, and refolved to throw himfelf,

and

Good Fortune, on the Faithfulnefs, and good Nature of the

Spamard..s.

The which

Palentino

confirms, and fays,

Tha~

after

'J"ohn

Sierra,

and the others

were departed, the

Inca

difpatched two

Indiam

afcer them, with Orders to

caure them to

return,

and give up the Commiffion which was delivered to them.

Thus did this matter pafs, as this Auttior relates, tho' with fome difference

in refpelt to time., and the method of'the feveral proceedings: I for

art

fet them down in that

Form as

tney fucceeded., according as

they

were

often related to

Mother,

our

Indian

Kindred, who came out with

the Prince., and made this matt the Subject of their difcourfe at the time

their Vifits. But to be fhor' in this Story, the

Prince ba\ring.,

with a

Httle time, abated his choller, which the memory of his Father, and Uncle, h d

raifed in

him ;

be declared his refolution to vi.fit the Vice-King, who per–

haps

mig.b~

thereby be

inclined

to protect, and favour his

Royal

Stock.

Howfoever the Captains defired, and importuned

h~m

to be

cautiou ')

and kind to himfelf, than to expofe his life and fafety to the W

~ll

and 1er–

of the

Spaniards:

But finding the

Inca

refolute,

and determin d to go,

faying.,

that

wa the Command of the

Pachacamac,

and of his Father th

Sun> the aptains acquiefced, and again had their recourfe to the good

and bad Omens, and

confolt with Birds., and the Sky, and the eather:

and

eing no unlucky appearances,

they

clofed with the defir s of th

Prinre,

and