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Royal

Conirnen,taries.

BOOK

VIII.

with

hi.en

., for

havi~g

left the .Mountains, and all accompanied him to the lodg–

ing

which

was provided

for

him.

The next day a certain Inhabitant of that City.,

called

Michael

Aflete

came

make

him a V

ifit, and prefented to him the coloured Wreath, which

'he de–

clared

had

taken from the

King

Atahualpa

Ca/famarca,

when he

was

made Prifoner by the

Spaniards,

and that now he was glad of the occafion to

· reftore it unto him, as of right

~elo!1gin.g

to the Heir

that Empire.

The

Prince outwardly feemed to rece1ye

w1th many exprefhons of Thanks : and

was faid., That he

p~id

a good r.eward for

it.,

Gold.,

Silver,

and

Jew-·

els.

But we may

b~lleve.

otherw1fe., and

th~t

this

Prefe.nt

was difple:ifing, as ·

th Prince often figntfied

fecret, and that

was

abomina

ble and odious to

him., for

having belonged to

Atahualpa

: .

For

all

the

Kindred of

the

Prince

were of opinion., that the War?

RebelliC>n.,

and Tyranny

~hich

Atahualpa

made

upon

Huatcar

th Jawful

Krng.,

had been the caufe of rume

and

deft ull:i–

on of the whole Empire: and

for

that reafon, that the Wreath ought to be

burned, which that

Auca

or Traytor had worn, who had deftroyed them

and their Pofterity.

This,

and much more on this Subject our Kindred related

my Mother, when they came to

Coz..co,

and made

her their

Vifits.

The Prince having pailed

Huamanca,

by eafie Journies came at length to

Coz..–

and bdged in the Houfe of his Aunt

Donna .Beatriz.,

which

was

on the back

fide of

Fathers dwelling., to which place all thofe of the

Royal

Blood

both men and women reforced to welcome him to the

Imperial City:

and I

went in · the name of

Father, to ask leave that he

might

perfonally

come and pay his

refpeets

him;

I found him then

playing

at a certain game

ufed amongft the

Indians ,

of which I have given an acco"unt in the firft

part

thefe

Commentaries ;

kifled

his Hands,and delivered

Meffage; he

commanded

me to

fit

down., and prefently they brought two guilded Cups of that Liquor,

made

Mayz...,

which fcarce contained

four

ounces of Drink ; he took them

both, and with bis own H.and he gave one of them to me; he drank, and

pledged him ; which as we have faid, is the cuftom of Civility amongft

them.

This Ceremony being paft, he asked me,

Why

I did not meet him at

VdLcapampa?

l anfwered him,

Inca,

as I am but a Youngman, the Governours

make no account of me, to place me in fuch Ceremonies as thefe. How,

re–

plied the

Inca, I would

ra~her

have feen

you

than all the Friers and Fathers

Town, though

were the Father in the

Frock.,

or he in· the Surplice:

an~

tell

Aunt,

That

l kifs her Hands, and that fhe

lhould

not come

hither., for I

will

wait upon her

felf, and rejoyce au our happy meet-

rng.

· d

h.l

· ·

this

manner,

e entertarne me a great

le,

ma mg

many

enqmnes

condition

and how I

pent my

time;

and

taking

leave of him, he

defir

ofren.

viGt

him.

As I

was going

away, I

made

him a

fub–

miffive

bow and. reverence, after the manner of the

Indians,

who are of his

Alliance and Kindred, at which he was

much pleafed, that he embraced me

heart il y,

and with much affeltion., as

app

ared by his Countenance.

At that

time all the

Caciq11es,

and as

many

Indian

Officers as were from

Coz..co

to the

Charcas,

(which is a Tract of

Land

re~ching

200

League~

in length, and above

in brc:adth) were then prefent, and all

attendrng

on the

Inca;

for

whofe fake the Feafts and Rejoycings which they made were celebrated

with more Joy and

Solemnity

thatl in the parts and places of the Journey,

through

which

they had paffed

though others of more wife and fober temper,

were greatly troubled to confider the

meannefs

and poverty of their Prmce, and

that fuch Maygames as

thofe

were invented to exprefs his Grandure.

W hileft thefe Shews were aaing, the Prince defired, that he might be ad–

mitted

Baptifm~

and that my Lord., and Farher

Garfilaflo

might be his God-

ther as

had formerly been agreed amongft them, but he being then very

weak

~nd

fick was not able to perform this Office, fo that anqther G ntleman,

one of the molt antient and pincipal Citizens called

Alon(o de Hino1ofa

a Na..

rive of

Truxillo.,

was fobftituted in his place ; with this

llica

Sayri

T1-pac,

hi Wife named

C11ji Huarcay

was alfo baptized ; who

(as

Palentino

ith

)

was the Daughter of

H1uifcar Inca;

perhaps rather {he might be

his Ni ce,

for

to have been his Daughter, lhe

mufr

at leaft have b.een

th1rty